Past 12 Months

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

Taken from the Web Program International Employment Law 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in New York Foreign Companies Doing Business in the U.S.: Special Challenges [00:58:33]   Managing the cultural and legal expectations of multinationals Special defenses and dangers for foreign companies Preparing the foreign executive for litigation Privacy/data protection and US discovery The purchase price of this segment includes ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Pocket MBA Summer 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in San Francisco Solvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy [00:59:04] State of the capital markets and outlook Analysis of indicators and causes of financial distress - Solvency - Liquidity - Financing An overview of the restructuring process and alternatives - Out-of-court - Chapter 11 reorganization - Impact on constituents (employees, ...

From the program: Prior Art, Obviousness, and the America Invents Act in 2012

Released on: Aug. 6, 2012

Patent reform has arrived: what will be its impact on those touchstones of patentability, prior art and obviousness?  102 was already a complicated concept for patent practitioners, having undergone evolving interpretations in the PTO and CAFC.  How will the AIA now complicate matters further?  How does the concept of “prior art” and circumstance collide in the 21st century? How does prior art on the web impact the practice? ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

Taken from the briefing IPO Market on the Upswing: The Act and Other Recent Developments recorded June, 2012. The IPO market is on the upswing, with strong deal flow and favorable aftermarket performances.  After a lull in the late summer and early fall of 2011, IPO activity picked up considerably at year-end and has continued into 2012, boosted by continuing economic recovery and relatively stable capital markets.  Then, in early ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: OK. We're going to get started. We're going to try to maintain compliance with our schedule and CLE requirements. So we talked a lot in the last session about the importance of culture to an organization. And that's all well and good. And certainly for the last few years, we've also seen a lot of Ethics Resource Center data that verifies the data we saw from LRN, that culture really does trump compliance, or culture can enhance an ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: So we're going to start now with the next session. This afternoon we're going to cover program structure and board oversight, auditing and assessment of the program, and then do a recent developments, hot topics, and a section on reporting procedures. So a lot to cover, but as I said, we have one hour, and then we're going to have a short break, and then we'll go to the last two panels of the day. Program structure, reporting procedures, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: And we're going to actually move right into our next panel. So if you all could, Andrea and Odell, could come on up. I apologize for the quick switch that we have to pull on you all. But while we're replacing our panelists we'll do a couple more benchmarking questions. So go to your iPads-- hi, Carol-- and click on polling questions. First question-- this panel, I'll introduce it first-- thanks, guys-- is on another exciting topic, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: Your ethics and compliance programs, ideally, should be designed around based on your particular compliance challenges and risks. And that's certainly something that the sentencing guidelines talk about, and really just sort of accords with common sense and good logic. You want to be trying to prevent those legal violations that you're most likely to encounter or that are going to cause the greatest harm to your organization. And ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: We're nearing the finish line for the day. Last two topics of the day. This one's a really tough one. This is an area where we as ethics and compliance professionals continue to struggle. We've talked about this a little throughout the day to day, and that is how do we measure the effectiveness of what we're doing. How do we test our programs to ensure both that they are running appropriately and that legal violations are not occurring? ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: Go right into the next panel. After this one, I promise you a break and some refreshments. I might actually sneak out and grab some coffee as soon as I do the introduction, but I'll be right back. This panel is actually two topics that we smushed together. They probably each deserve an hour, but we're only giving them half an hour each, because we only have a day and a half. We are going to talk about culture of an organization, how ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: Excited to see everyone here for day two of the conference. You guys are the diehards. We appreciate you. We actually have a really interesting morning lined up for you. We're going to start by talking about what I think is always one of the most interesting panels of this conference, which is the panel on reporting procedures and investigations. And then we will move on to talking about global compliance issues and third parties. ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: And these two are heroes for being on the last panel of the day. I think it can be a tough panel. But I'm not going to say we saved the best for last, because we've had amazing speakers all day long, but I'll tell you, if anyone can hold your attention and keep you engaged from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, it is Paul McGreal and Carrie Penman. Poor Paul, he normally has an hour to do this presentation on recent developments and hot topics. And ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2012

REBECCA WALKER: So we're going to move on to the last panel of the conference. Then we'll have a very quick wrap up before we leave, go on to enjoy our weekend. We've talked a lot over the last day and a half about the impact of social media, of technology on our risk profiles and on our programs more generally. So in the last couple of years, we've added this as a segment to the PLI program to discuss separately just social media-- the kinds of ...

Recorded on: Jun. 8, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in New York Ethical Issues in Real Estate Transactions [01:00:40]   Conflicts of interest Confidentiality Duty to disclose Professionalism The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: A Brief Guide to Avoiding Violations of the Rules of Ethics Patricia A. ...

From the program: Privacy and Data Security Law Institute (Thirteenth Annual)

Released on: Jun. 5, 2012

This program focuses on critical issues of information privacy, security and data protection faced by all companies.  The Internet and other evolving information technologies, wired and wireless, have prompted the development of powerful tools for the collection, processing, storage and use of personal information.  These trends create numerous issues regarding limitations on corporate rights to use that information and obligations to protect ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: I'd like to introduce Ed O'Callaghan. He should be up here in a moment. Ed is the moderator of our final panel. And the final panel is on International Whistleblowers, Investigating Corruption Across Borders. Ed is a partner in Clifford Chance's litigation and dispute resolution practice in New York. He has over 15 years of litigation experience in civil and criminal matters. I've known Ed for a number of years now. We practiced ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: Our panel is going to be, as I mentioned earlier, on foreign companies doing business in the United States, special challenges facing them. And we do have, I think, a great panel. And to my right, I'm just going to introduce everyone, is a good friend and a terrific lawyer, Wendi Lazar. Wendi is a partner and co-chair of the executives in professional practice group at Outten and Golden. Here in New York, she is very well known ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP M. BERKOWITZ: I'm just going to quickly tell you who-- well, I guess, Beth Lalik is sitting to my right. Beth is going to chair our first program. Beth is a partner in the Washington office of Littler Mendelson. She's a terrifically experienced and terrific lawyer and a good friend, and I think that she's extraordinarily well qualified to run this program. She's a member of the Hispanic Bar Association. She's been named repeatedly as one of ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 2012

Released on: Jul. 24, 2012

DVD's from the program Fundamentals of Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 2012, held June, 2012.

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC B. SLOAN: Let me introduce for you our next panelist, the sole panelist, is Brad Borden. Brad is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches federal income tax. He focuses on partnership taxation, real estate taxation, and related matters. And Brad is going to take us through the financial analysis of non-corporate entities. BRADLEY T. BORDEN: Thanks Eric. And also thanks for inviting me to participate today. I think originally ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

KIRSTEN S. AUNAPU: Good morning and welcome back to day two of Pocket MBA, Finance for Lawyers, the summer program. I'm pleased to welcome this morning Ken Herzinger and Dan Knappenberger. Ken is a partner at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe's San Francisco office, and is a member of the Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement group. Ken's practice focuses on SEC and related criminal investigations and enforcement actions, securities class ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC B. SLOAN: So while our panelists are getting settled, this is our last panel of the day. This is a panel on closing business transactions. And before I let these guys get started, first let me introduce them. Drew Buechley is sitting to my immediate right. And to my far right is Michael Goodman. Drew and Michael are Senior Managing Directors, essentially partners, at Pharus Advisors in San Francisco and New York, respectively. Pharus is, I think, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC B. SLOAN: Our first panel is on an overview of the relevant accounting frameworks and sources of information. And to handle this and to start things off, we're really fortunate to have Erik Moe. Erik is a Director with Deloitte. He focuses on financial accounting and reporting. He has an in-depth knowledge of a broad range of issues, including issues related to M&A, private equity, and IFRS, and he'll explain what that means. Erik? ERIK ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC SLOAN: All right, so our final panel is on professional ethics and transactional setting, and for that we continue to Brad Borden, and joining Brad is Dennis Ventry. Dennis is a professor UC Davis where he teaches tax and legal ethics in corporate practice. This is the ethics credit part of-- BRAD BORDEN: It is going to be interesting anyway. DENNIS VENTRY JR.: Especially combined with tax. So I think the hook on this, and the reason why tax ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

KIRSTEN S. AUNAPU: OK. Well, welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful lunch. We're going to start the second half of our day off with a great team of presenters here. I'm pleased to welcome back Professor Jennifer Blouin and Brian Doyle. They were both here with us last year and did a great job. They're going to speak to us on the practical elements of finance. Jennifer Blouin is an associate professor of accounting at the Wharton School of Business ...