"Bet the Company" Litigation 2010: Best Practices for Complex Cases (Groupcast Location)

Overview

Co-Sponsored by New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education

Why You Should Attend

You need to know what to do when your client is being sued in federal and state courts across the country. Complex litigation can involve securities law, intellectual property, antitrust and other substantive areas of law. The involvement of regulators seeking documents and depositions or the Department of Justice becoming a party only complicates matters further. The presence of multi-jurisdictional legal, business and technology issues and requires specific case management skills and techniques. This program brings together experienced practitioners to provide the most up-to-date intelligence on proven strategies and tools to manage these types of cases. Panelists will include both defense and plaintiffs’ counsel experienced in multi-jurisdictional litigation, regulatory attorneys and in-house counsel.

What You Will Learn

• Current developments relating to extraterritorial issues in class actions
• Issues relating to the differing roles of state and federal courts in complex litigation, with specific attention devoted  to the increasing role of state courts
• How to handle the intricacies of  bankruptcy-related litigation stemming from “bet the company” cases
• How to handle parallel regulatory issues
• How to approach the thorny ethical issues involved in complex litigation, including litigation funding
• How sophisticated in-house counsel approach complex matters and what they expect from their outside counsel

Who Should Attend

This program is directed toward litigators, in-house counsel and other professionals who handle complex litigation.

Special Bonus to all Registrants

All attendees receive a complimentary copy of PLI's comprehensive Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment this program and to stand alone as a permanent reference. PLI's Course Handbooks represent the definitive thinking of the nation's finest legal minds, and are often the standard reference in the field.

PLI Group Discounts

Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.

Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

Schedule

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:00  Introduction and Opening Remarks

Richard W. Clary

9:15  Current Legal Issues Relating to Complex Litigation:  Extraterritoriality

• Interpreting and applying Morrison
• Class certification issues
• ADR Purchasers and derivative suits
• Appointment of lead plaintiffs and counsel, including in the context of the PSLRA

Moderator: Jonathan K. Youngwood
Panelists: William C. Fredericks, Andrew B. Kratenstein, Avi E. Luft, Ronit Setton, Robyn Tarnofsky

• Procedural innovations to streamline complex cases
• Issues relating to the increasing role of state courts
• Coordination among courts

Moderator: Richard W. Clary
Panelists: Hon. Eileen Bransten, Hon. Fred E. Edwards, Hon. Richard J. Holwell, Robert L. Palmer, Owen C. Pell

11:15  Networking Break

11:30  Managing Complex Litigation in the Bankruptcy Context

• Understanding and working with primary constituencies
• Understanding the bankruptcy court’s perspective
• Formal and informal discovery investigations, and helping the courts deal with the workload

Moderator: Brian S. Rosen
Panelists: Lawrence N. Chanen, Hon.  Robert D. Drain, Jack G. Stern

12:30  Lunch

Afternoon Session:  1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1:45  Internal Investigations

• Current regulatory issues relating to Wall Street
• Best practices regarding internal investigations
• Best practices regarding parallel regulatory proceedings and litigation

Moderator: Herbert S. Washer
Panelists: Susan E. Brune, MaryJeanette Dee, Pierre M. Gentin, Mei Lin Kwan-Gett

2:45  Current Ethical Issues in Complex Litigations

• Issues arising from litigation funding
• Issues associated with interactions with insurance carriers
• Concerns about waiver

Moderator: Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal
Panelists: James L. Bernard, M. Alexander Bowie II, Ronald C. Minkoff, Rebecca Roiphe

3:45  Networking Break

4:00  Views from In-House

• Crisis management practices
• Issues with incorporating non-legal professionals into the litigation team
• “Pet peeves” versus best practices for outside counsel

Moderator: J. Kevin McCarthy
Panelists: Michael F. Coyne, Deborah M. Danzig, Elaine H. Mandelbaum, Beth Trent, Jeffrey T. Welch

5:00  Adjourn

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Travel Information

New Jersey Groupcast Location

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1520. 732-249-5100.