Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute 2009 (Live Webcast)

Overview

Live Webcast on September 29, 2009 (E.D.T.)

This is a webcast of the live New York session.

Why You Should Attend

The global financial crisis, against the backdrop of recent Supreme Court cases, has increased the focus on securities cases and is changing the landscape. The need to stay current and develop new strategies and tactics has never been more important. Our faculty of leading practitioners, SEC officials, federal prosecutors and judges will update you on the latest case law, enforcement initiatives, emerging trends, and breaking developments.

What You Will Learn

• Strategies for prosecuting and defending the securities fraud class action
• How the courts are applying Stoneridge’s rejection of “scheme liability”
• What the financial crisis means for securities litigation
• Government enforcement initiatives and how to deal effectively with the government
• Criminal investigation and prosecution of securities violations
• The latest on corporate governance litigation
• Developments in auditor liability
• Ethical issues for securities lawyers

Who Should Attend

This Institute is designed for the intermediate to advanced securities practitioner, outside and in-house counsel, compliance officers, regulators, investment bankers and securities dealers.

Special Bonus to all Registrants

All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of PLI's comprehensive Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment the 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.

Please Note: Webcast attendees will receive a downloadable version of the Handbook one business day prior to the program.

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.

PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm

Contact the Groupcasts Department via email at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details.

Schedule

All times are E.D.T.

Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  (E.D.T.)

9:00  Opening Remarks and Introduction

• Hot issues and cutting-edge developments in securities litigation
• Trends and predictions

Lyle Roberts, Jonathan K. Youngwood

9:15  Today's Securities Litigation Frontier - Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives

• The financial crisis and securities litigation
• Recent developments in pleading standards
• Corporate scienter
• Applying Stoneridge
• Developments in auditor liability

Lyle Roberts (Moderator), Brad S. Karp, Rebecca M. Katz, Samuel H. Rudman, Jonathan R. Tuttle, Bruce G. Vanyo

11:15  Networking Break

11:30  Corporate Governance Litigation

• Overview of recent Delaware and other key state decisions
• Developments in merger litigation
• Update on options cases

Jonathan K. Youngwood (Moderator), Vice Chancellor Lamb, David H. Leventhal, James P. Smith III

12:30  Lunch

Afternoon Session: 1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  (E.D.T.)

1:45  Case Management and Settlement Issues in Securities Litigation

• Filing and settlement trends
• Mediation techniques
• Use of experts
• D&O liability issues

Jonathan K. Youngwood (Moderator), Vincent G. Caracciolo, Frederick C. Dunbar, Professor Eric D. Green, Stanley M. Grossman

2:45  Government Initiatives and Perspectives/How to Deal Effectively with the Government

• SEC and DOJ trends in the Obama Administration
• Financial crisis cases
• Recent insider trading cases
• Actions against lawyers, accountants and other gatekeepers

Colleen P. Mahoney (Moderator), Peter H. Bresnan, Wayne M. Carlin, Scott W. Friestad, Carmen J. Lawrence, Mark K. Schonfeld, Karen Patton Seymour

3:45  Networking Break

4:00  Government Initiatives and Perspectives/How to Deal Effectively with the Government (continued)

• Practices and strategies for internal investigations
• Preserving privilege and work product
• Criminal investigation and prosecution of securities fraud
• Defense perspectives on recent SEC and DOJ actions
• Managing multi-prong proceedings involving the government and private litigants

Colleen P. Mahoney (Moderator), Peter H. Bresnan, Wayne M. Carlin, Scott W. Friestad, Carmen J. Lawrence, Mark K. Schonfeld, Karen Patton Seymour

5:00  Adjourn

Faculty

Co-Chair(s)

Lyle Roberts, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Speaker(s)

Peter H. Bresnan, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Vincent G. Caracciolo, Managing Principal, Integro Insurance Brokers
Wayne M. Carlin, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Frederick C. Dunbar, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting
Scott W. Friestad, Associate Director and Special Advisor to the Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Eric D. Green, Professor, Boston University School of Law (Ret.); Principal, Resolutions, LLC
Stanley M. Grossman, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP
Brad S. Karp, Chair of the Firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Rebecca M. Katz, Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Hon. Stephen P. Lamb, Former Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Carmen J. Lawrence, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
David H. Leventhal, Faruqi & Faruqi LLP
Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Samuel H. Rudman, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Mark K. Schonfeld, Former Director, NY Regional Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Karen P. Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
James P. Smith III, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Jonathan R. Tuttle, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Bruce G. Vanyo, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Program Attorney(s)

Laurie Gilbertson, Practising Law Institute

CLE Credit