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• Jan. 8, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

How some of the key transactions completed in 2013 were structured, negotiated and closed How to reconcile the interests of the many constituencies in REIT M&A How to evaluate and address SEC developments relating to the REIT capital markets How to reconcile traditional non-exchange traded REITs with the many “non-exchange traded” REITs that have listed on a national securities exchange How to think about and structure REIT conversions, ...

• Jan. 10, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 10, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 10, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 10, 2014 Columbus, OH
• Jan. 10, 2014 Cleveland, OH
• Jan. 10, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Jan. 10, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 10, 2014 Boston, MA

At this perennial favorite, our expert faculty will teach you the basics of drafting and negotiating corporate agreements - from how the provisions of an agreement fit together, to the fundamental drafting and negotiating principles common to all corporate agreements. You will learn how to reduce your client’s goals to a complete, clearly written and enforceable agreement, and how to identify what issues are most likely to come up in a negotiation ...

• Jan. 15, 2014 Atlanta, GA

Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code applies to secured transactions, which are interests in specific collateral granted by the debtor in conjunction with the debtor’s promise to pay. At Secured Transactions 2014: What Lawyers Need to Know About UCC Article 9, you will learn the fundamentals of acquiring a security interest, including how to attach, to perfect (filing and non-filing methods) and to gain (and maintain) priority in the collateral ...

• Jan. 16 - 17, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 16 - 17, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 16 - 17, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ
• Jan. 16 - 17, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 16 - 17, 2014 Boston, MA

Effective negotiations and deal execution require that M&A practitioners be well versed in the latest trends. Recent developments in M&A transactions have included novel walk-away provisions, tailored go-shop provisions and new twists on reverse break-up fees. In a race to the finish line, some two-step tender offer transactions have proceeded on a dual track, in which a one-step merger transaction is pursued while the tender offer is proceeding. ...

• Jan. 21, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 21, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 21, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Jan. 21, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 21, 2014 Cleveland, OH

Depositions provide a unique forum to put forth your best case and get a glimpse at your adversary’s evidence. Whether you’ve done one deposition or 100, you need to be prepared to handle the special situations that arise and know how to identify and exploit the opportunities that exist. This program covers a range of topics and scenarios that can challenge even the most seasoned litigators. Our faculty of experienced litigators and deposition experts ...

• Jan. 22, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 22, 2014 Columbus, OH
• Jan. 22, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 22, 2014 Philadelphia, PA

The insurance industry continues to navigate the legal environment in meeting insurance and retirement needs in the face of regulatory initiatives adopted in recent years, and ongoing initiatives for regulatory and legislative change, as well as new technological developments. This timely program provides critical content on the prevailing and emerging legal issues practitioners must understand and insights into product development. As the evolving ...

• Jan. 23, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Jan. 23, 2014 Nashville, TN
• Jan. 23, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 23, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 23, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA

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• Jan. 23, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 23, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 23, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 23, 2014 Cleveland, OH

Project management has evolved from something many lawyers thought was a fad to a discipline every lawyer needs to understand and apply.  Legal departments are under pressure to reduce total legal costs to their organizations and to improve their management of outside counsel.  Applying legal project management to the management of these matters and the management of outside counsel are the keys to achieving these goals.  This program ...

• Jan. 24, 2014 Boston, MA
• Jan. 24, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

The unprecedented scope and continuation of the credit crisis, recession, and weak recovery requires business people and professionals to react quickly and deal with distressed companies and defaults.  This includes problems in the financial services, automotive, airlines, manufacturing, retail, sports and entertainment and real estate industries.  The program will cover current issues relating to structuring, drafting and enforcing the ...

• Jan. 27 - 28, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 27 - 28, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 27 - 28, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 27 - 28, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

Attend this renowned program and hear cutting-edge analysis of federal initiatives and FCC regulations. Plus, examine the latest negotiation trends, current case law, and the latest technology forecasts. Join the country’s leading outside and in-house counsel representing cable operators, programming networks, and online video distributors - and the regulators themselves - to gain an understanding of what has transpired in broadband and cable law ...

• Jan. 28, 2014 Birmingham, AL

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• Jan. 29, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 29, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ
• Jan. 29, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Jan. 29, 2014 Cleveland, OH

Are you up-to-date on the important developments in federal civil practice and the implications of these developments for your cases? At Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2014, a distinguished faculty of trial lawyers and judges will review and offer their insights into significant recent developments in the law. The program will focus on applying these developments for best pretrial and trial practices.

• Jan. 30, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 30, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 30, 2014 Philadelphia, PA

As the world’s economies grow increasingly integrated, the international tax laws of the U.S. impact a greater percentage of businesses and transactions.  These international tax rules affect not only large U.S. and foreign-based multinationals, but also increasingly affect mid-sized and smaller firms, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial activity.  As a result, a working knowledge of these international ...

• Jan. 31, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 31, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 31, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 31, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 31, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

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• Feb. 3 - 4, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Feb. 3 - 4, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Feb. 3 - 4, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Feb. 3 - 4, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

The Institute is designed to be of ultimate practice value to all three subgroups in the patent law community: patent prosecutors, patent litigators, and strategic/transactional lawyers. The two-day schedule includes seven plenary sessions of interest to all patent lawyers and five breakout sessions in each of the three subgroups.You design the two-day schedule that best meets your professional needs.Do not miss this unique opportunity to sharpen ...

• Feb. 5, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Feb. 5, 2014 Cleveland, OH

This course provides an introduction to the basics of ERISA fiduciary law using a case-study vehicle.  At this year’s program, you will learn about the principal issues in ERISA’s regulation of plan investments through a case study of a hypothetical plan asset hedge fund exploring entry in the plan marketplace and a plan investor considering such an alternative investment.  The program also will utilize a hypothetical fiduciary training ...

• Feb. 6 - 7, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Feb. 6 - 7, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Feb. 6 - 7, 2014 Philadelphia, PA

Our 16th anniversary program will continue to follow the format implemented last year focusing on transactions.  This new approach highlights the tax problems being encountered by practitioners in today’s typical commercial real estate transactions and structures, and examines the simple and sophisticated solutions being used by the experts.  Panels of nationally-recognized real estate tax experts from major law and accounting firms will ...

• Feb. 10, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Feb. 10, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Feb. 10, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Feb. 10, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Feb. 10, 2014 Columbus, OH
• Feb. 10, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

Counsel as well as Human Resources and compliance personnel whose responsibilities include wage and hour matters must keep up to date on the latest developments, and understand and anticipate wage and hour risks in order to implement effective compliance programs and to respond promptly to indicators of possible noncompliance.  At the same time, given the sensitivity of these issues, it is critical that attorneys counseling and representing either ...

• Feb. 12, 2014 Boston, MA
• Feb. 12, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Feb. 12, 2014 Cleveland, OH

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• Feb. 13 - 14, 2014 New Brunswick, NJ

This seminar will explore advanced issues in commercial real estate financing in a market that continues to improve – in some cases very dramatically.  We will focus on the use of multiple lenders and creative deal structures.  We have also seen nontraditional lenders such as hedge funds enter the market, providing equity-flavored (and priced) financing through joint venture vehicles, which will be a focus of this year’s seminar.  We ...

• Feb. 19, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Feb. 19, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Feb. 19, 2014 Nashville, TN
• Feb. 19, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA

New developments in multijurisdictional practice issues (including the interplay and disparity of various state ethics rules, different enforcement regimes, and U.S. rules vs. international rules) Current issues relating to multiple representation Recent developments involving conflicts of interest Whistleblower remedies for corporate counsel Dangers to corporate counsel in civil discovery New developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client ...

• Feb. 20, 2014 Atlanta, GA
• Feb. 20, 2014 Columbus, OH

Business separation transactions represent a substantial portion of all M&A transactions.  Many of these take the form of spin-offs, equity carve-outs and similar architectures not involving an outright sale.  But what is a spin-off, what makes it different from other types of business separation transactions, and why are people doing more of them?  This program will provide an in-depth perspective on the factors that drive the ...

• Feb. 21, 2014 Nashville, TN

The program will review the professional responsibility issues confronting lawyers who advise clients in connection with securities and derivatives transactions, including the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.

• Feb. 24 - 25, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Feb. 24 - 25, 2014 Cleveland, OH
• Feb. 24 - 25, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Feb. 24 - 25, 2014 Philadelphia, PA

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• Feb. 27, 2014 Philadelphia, PA
• Feb. 27, 2014 Boston, MA
• Feb. 27, 2014 Birmingham, AL
• Feb. 27, 2014 Pittsburgh, PA
• Feb. 27, 2014 Mechanicsburg, PA

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