April, 2012

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

MARC ROTH: OK. I'd like to thank everyone for coming back into the room and those of you who are on the Web, thank you for coming back and joining us for now the last session of the program, which I think has been very, very informative and exciting the past day and a half, and will now culminate in a terrific program on e-discovery. I actually think this program also kind of like wraps up, this one session wraps up a lot of the issues we've been ...

Course Handbook from the program Developments in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law 2012, held April, 2012.

From the program: Hot Topics in Advertising Law 2012

Released on: Apr. 5, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Hot Topics in Advertising Law 2012, held March, 2012.

From the program: Going Private 2012: Doing the Deal Right

Released on: Apr. 5, 2012

DVD's from the program Going Private 2012: Doing the Deal Right, held February, 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 5, 2012

CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: As I mentioned earlier, a lot of what we're trying to on this final session is talk about some practical considerations for broker-dealers, for advisers in this area. We're going to talk about what it means to be a muni adviser. Again, some of the practical, as I said, implementation issues, registering as an adviser and living as a muni adviser. Talk about your certain disclosure, hitting on some themes we've talked about in the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 5, 2012

LAUREN ESPOSITO: It's now my pleasure to introduce you to the chair of today's program. The chair of today's program is Cliff Kirsch. Cliff is a partner in Sutherland's financial services practice group, where he conducts a comprehensive securities regulatory and compliance practice with a particular focus on broker-dealer and investment adviser matters. Ladies and gentlemen, Cliff Kirsch. CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH: Thanks, Lauren, and good morning to everyone ...

From the program: Fundamental Concepts in Drafting Contracts: What Most Attorneys Fail to Consider 2012

Released on: Apr. 6, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Fundamental Concepts in Drafting Contracts: What Most Attorneys Fail to Consider 2012, held March, 2012.

From the program: Ethics for Government Lawyers 2012

Released on: Apr. 6, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Ethics for Government Lawyers 2012, held March 2012.

From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2012

Released on: Apr. 6, 2012

DVD's from the program Advanced Licensing Agreements 2012, held February 2012.

From the program: Green Technology Law and Business 2012: Strategies for Investment and IP Protection, and What Mainstream Companies Need to Know About Using CleanTech

Released on: Apr. 6, 2012

DVD's from the program Green Technology Law and Business 2012: Strategies for Investment and IP Protection, and What Mainstream Companies Need to Know About CleanTech, held March, 2012.

From the program: The SEC Speaks in 2012

Released on: Apr. 7, 2012

DVD's from the program The SEC Speaks in 2012, held February, 2012.

Course Handbook from the program Consumer Financial Services Institute (17th Annual), held April, 2012.

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Computer Entertainment; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics

Released on: Apr. 9, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Computer Entertainment; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics, held March, 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: So I'd like to thank Ian and Dean for their excellent presentation on the AIA and their in-house counsel and patent prosecution perspective. We're going to start the next hour session on the AIA. First, I'm going to answer a couple of questions that we got from the web at the end of the last hour. Then we're going to try some new technology here, and going to poll all of you on your views on the AIA, and then we'll go into my presentation. DAVID ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DAVID K. BARR: Good afternoon, everyone. We're going to beginning the afternoon session right now. Hello, once again I'm David Barr. I'm the co-chair with Dan Reisner for today's program and just want to give you a brief overview of what we're going to be doing this afternoon before I get into my talk. I'm going to be talking about some recent developments that I'm sure you're all aware of in Section 101, patentable subject matter, including decisions ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

AMY: Our speakers for today's briefing are Maura Grossman and Ron Hedges. Maura Grossman is counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where she advises the firm and its clients on legal, technical, and strategic issues involving electronic discovery and information management both in the US and abroad. Maura is co-chair of the E-Discovery Working Group advising in the New York State Unified Court System and a member of the Discovery Subcommittee ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: Our second session is going to cover major decisions in the past year, including pending Supreme Court and Federal Circuit en banc petitions. Our speaker is Mr. Ben Hsing, a partner of mine at Kaye Scholer. He's been practicing in the area of patent litigation for the past 20 years. His practice includes patent litigation before US District Courts, the US international Trade Commission, and the Federal Circuit. His clients include ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DAVID BARR: I have the pleasure to introduce two distinguished attorneys to discuss the Therasense case in the first segment of our program. The first speaker will be Janet Linn. [? Janet Linn ?] is a member of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, concentrating on intellectual property litigation, counseling, and opinion work. Janet's practice covers the full range of intellectual property law, including patent, trade secrets, trademark, and unfair competition. In ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: Our next two speakers on the AIA are from Pfizer. Dean Olson has over 25 years experience as a patent lawyer. He joined Pfizer in 1989 and is currently assistant general counsel with responsibility for numerous therapeutic areas. Mr. Olson has also been a product patent attorney with Pfizer covering many products, including Caduet, Norvasc, and Viagra. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Olson was employed at United Technologies Corporation ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing

Released on: Apr. 10, 2012

Audio CD's from the program Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2012 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing, held March 2012.

From the program: Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2012

Released on: Apr. 10, 2012

DVD's from the program Consolidated Tax Return Regulations 2012, held February, 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

ALAN S. KAPLINSKY: OK. We are going to move immediately into the next panel. The topic is Credit Card and Retail Banking Developments. We're going to cover a wide range of topics during the next hour. But, let me first introduce our panelists. Sitting to my immediate right is David Permut. David is a partner with Goodwin Procter and works out of the Washington office. Sitting next to David is Roger Heller, and Roger Heller is a partner in the Leiff ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

JULIA B. STRICKLAND: We're going to start the 4:00 o'clock panel. And this panel, which is actually newly added to this program, addresses Emerging Payment Models and Related Litigation. And to my right, we have two people who are very involved in these issues. To my immediate right is David Teitelbaum, who is a partner at Sidley Austin. He has a broad regulatory practice for all types of financial institutions and assists these companies in a wide ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

DEEPAK GUPTA: Is that working? Let's get started. So this panel is called the New Consumer Perspective, and this is an opportunity to hear from two distinguished consumer advocates about where we've gone over the past year and what their priorities are for the future. And the big story here as with so many of the things we've been talking about is the CFPB. The CFPB is sort of, I think will end up being maybe the only thing we talk about. I've actually ...

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2012

ALAN S. KAPLINSKY: OK. We're ready to begin. This will be the final panel before we break for lunch. And I'm sure it's gonna be a lively one, where the topic is mortgage litigation. You've already heard quite a bit, both yesterday and earlier today, with the state AGs and the New York Banking Department, about what they're doing in the mortgage area. Our focus here is gonna be a bit more on private litigation. And we've got two highly qualified people ...