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Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello, my name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Empty Voting and the TELUS Experience." Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. Thie briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook tab in the program ...

From the program: Trade Secrets 2013: What Every IP Attorney Should Know

Released on: Feb. 26, 2013

The "Big Three" categories of intellectual property are patents, copyrights and trademarks, but just as valuable is the fourth category of trade secrets.  If you work at a technology company or other company that creates or works with industry trade secrets - or if you counsel such a company - this course will teach you what you need to know to protect your valuable assets. Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:12:55] Segments ...

From the program: Advising Nonprofit Organizations 2013

Released on: Feb. 27, 2013

The business of running a nonprofit organization has become increasingly complex, as nonprofits are under heightened scrutiny to account for their management and fiduciary practices. The repercussions from the economic crisis and the need to cope with ongoing financial uncertainty have also brought into focus new legal standards for proper investment conduct, while the changing technological landscape forces nonprofits to confront new legal issues ...

From the program: Residential Lending after the Crash: An Update on How Dodd-Frank and the CFPB Have Changed the Rules of Home Loan Origination (Free)

Released on: Feb. 12, 2013

The rules of the road for residential lending have changed dramatically since the crash in 2008 and the subsequent passage of the Dodd-Frank amendments to the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).  In this training you will get an in-depth look at what’s new and what’s different, including an update on recent rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Regulators ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

Taken from the briefing Update on CA Penal Code 1170.9 for Veterans recorded February, 2013. Learn about the restorative relief now available to veterans under subdivision (h) of the California Penal Code 1170.9, effective as of January 1, 2013! Under Penal Code 1170.9, where a veteran alleges and the court concludes that a veteran committed a criminal offense as a result of sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress ...

Released on: Feb. 12, 2013

Taken from the briefing FERC: Policing the Physical Energy Markets recorded January, 2013. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) became an enforcement agency in 2005 when Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act, which authorized the agency, inter alia, to impose million-dollar a day penalties and police against manipulation of the physical electric energy and natural gas markets.  FERC implemented this authority by issuing policy ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

BRIAN W. BROKATE: It's my pleasure to introduce this next panel on Blatant Infringement. When you see them, what do you do with them? By now, everybody knows Katie McCarthy, one of the two prominent McCarthys in the trademark field. I understand there's another one who's Professor Tom. Is that right, Siegrun? But certainly Katie McCarthy has really made a tremendous name for herself in this area and in terms of IP enforcement as well. To Katie's ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello, my name is Amy Taub. And I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, FERC-- Policing the Physical Energy Markets. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook tab in the ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

MICHELE R. FISHER: So our next panel's presentation, and I'll introduce them as they're coming up here, so we can keep moving, is To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? Good question. Arbitration has been a hot topic since the Supreme Court decisions of Concepcion, Stolt Nielsen, and D. R. Horton case. And there've been a lot of questions and disputes as to whether employers should have arbitration agreements. What are the pros, and what are the cons? ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

We'll move on to the second part of our presentation, and this presentation is from the bank's perspective. And Peter Barwick is going to speak about the way mortgage securities are held by the banks, the corporate trust issues. And Rich Haber and Jeff Jaffee are going to talk about the economics of mortgage servicing. And thank you very much gentlemen. PETER S. BARWICK: Good afternoon. Thanks, Joe. Thank you all for braving the elements to get here. ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: Our next presentation is an update on trademark enforcement, and we will provide an update on three different topics-- dilution, the new gTLD program, and anti-counterfeiting. And we're lucky to have on our panel three very qualified speakers to address these topics. I'm going to introduce everybody now at the beginning so we can go smoothly from presentation to presentation. The first presentation is by Siegrun Kane, who is ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

ROBERT P. DAVIS: Yeah, we're right on. OK. Good. All right, everybody. Showing you that we really mean when we say the break periods will be strictly enforced, we go to our last panel of the morning, followed by a meal period which, as far as I can tell, is not mandated by statute or regulation. REID R. BRODA: Yet. ROBERT P. DAVIS: Yet, said Reid Broda. And just briefly, to introduce our panel. Immediately to my right, Reid Broda, who here is one ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: Welcome back, everyone. We're starting off the afternoon with copyright enforcement update where we're going to get two experts here talking about fair use, gray goods, and computer software protection issues in the copyright area. The first speaker is Dale Cendali who's a partner at Kirkland and who has argued before the supreme court not once, but twice, won the Harry Potter Lexicon case in a trial that was hotly followed and ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

ROBERT P DAVIS: So given our usual procedure for moving very promptly into the next panels. I'm going to wait for the logistics to get settled out here. Then I'll briefly introduce our panel and turn it over to them. OK. I think Laura, soon as she's got her name-- AUDIENCE: Go ahead. ROBERT P DAVIS: All right, so I got the clear signal to proceed. Really, two things I'd like to point to in introducing this next panel on handling classification and ...

From the program: Corporate Governance - A Master Class 2013

Released on: Feb. 27, 2013

Recent developments, including increasingly intense shareholder activism, seemingly shorter investment time horizons, and regulatory developments under the Dodd-Frank Act, have accelerated changes in corporate governance. Many of the changes are fundamental and will have a profound impact on public companies, their directors and management, and the securities markets. Our stellar faculty will discuss what has already occurred as well as what ...

From the program: Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2013

Released on: Feb. 13, 2013

Are you up-to-date on the important developments in federal civil practice and the implications of these developments for your cases?  In Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2013, 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. Lecture Topics  ...

Recorded on: Feb. 13, 2013

Taken from the briefing Final FATCA Regulations: What Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds Need to Knowrecorded February, 2013. The FATCA regime represents the IRS’s far-reaching effort to require “foreign financial institutions,” including offshore investment vehicles, to assist it in enforcing the US tax obligations of US persons. The lengthy final FATCA regulations were published on January 17, 2013. The FATCA regime will ...

Recorded on: Feb. 13, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Reading Public Company Financials, What You Need to Know". Before I begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Financing 2013

Released on: Mar. 1, 2013

This seminar will explore major issues and problems, and recent changes, in how lenders and borrowers negotiate commercial real estate loans in the still-lingering shadow of the recent financial crisis. Speakers will show how today’s lower valuations and the renewed conservatism of lenders will shape the terms, legal negotiations, and closing process of commercial real estate financing in 2013. This year’s program will turn back toward ...

Released on: Feb. 14, 2013

Taken from the briefing Key Elements of Effective Remediation: An Insider's View 2013 recorded January, 2013. The SEC and DOJ place a “high premium” on effective remediation in deciding whether to prosecute or demand a monitor.  Remediation done poorly, or worse, not at all exposes the organization to enhanced penalties, difficult audit processes and recurring financial loss.  And it is not just the organization that suffers.  ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Hello, my name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Key Elements of Effective Remediation-- An Insider's View. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back everyone from the break. This is our final session of the day. Last but certainly not least, we've saved some of the best for the last. I'll be very brief, and we'll just get rolling. But I'm going to introduce Sharon Sandeen, professor Sandeen again. She was with us very early this morning and gave us the trade secret crash course. And she's going to talk with a wonderful panel about best practices at home and abroad regarding ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

P. ANTHONY SAMMI: So let me just jump right into the next panel. This is entitled, Protecting Your Clients' Trade Secrets. And we've got two wonderful gentlemen with us here today. One is David Garrett. And one is David Klausner. There are two Davids. David is obviously closer to me, David Garrett. And David Klausner is on the other side. Let me introduce them briefly. David Garrett is managing director and head of Stroz Friedberg's San Francisco ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

P. ANTHONY SAMMI: We're going to move into our next panel, which is Controlling Costs and Litigation-- Experts and Damages panel. We've got a wonderful panel lined up for you. I'll let them get situated. And I'll introduce them one by one. First, the closest to me is Dan Jackson. Next to Dan Jackson is Chris Gerardi and then Dan Cooper is at the end. I'll start with Dan Jackson. Dan Jackson is at Alex Partners. He has more than 30 years of experience ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

ANTHONY SAMMI: Professor Sandeen is a professor of law at Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches a variety of intellectual property law courses. She did practice, in private practice, for 15 years in Sacramento, California before becoming a professor. She is published several articles, several books, and a lot of material on trade secrets, and intellectual property, in general. We're very pleased to have Professor ...