• Oct. 15, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Securities lawyers need to have a firm grasp of not only the federal securities laws, but also how the SEC works to administer these laws. In this program, you will be given an introduction to the federal securities laws as well as the operating divisions at the SEC that administer the laws. You will be provided with what you need to know about how the SEC administers the securities laws — and the other agencies that the ...

• Oct. 16, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend This program will address the unique regulatory issues that impact the nonprofit sector. Expert faculty will discuss best practices, compliance issues, and reporting obligations, and also help you stay current with the latest developments and complex rules governing the nonprofit sector. What You Will Learn   Governance and conflicts of interest compliance: regulations, enforcement and standards of accountability  ...

• Oct. 17 - 18, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend This two-day event offers a comprehensive review of case law and regulatory developments, an in-depth analysis of emerging issues, and best practices, designed to maximize employment law compliance, mitigate legal risk and achieve business objectives. The faculty is comprised of nationally recognized management and plaintiffs’ attorneys, members of the judiciary, in-house counsel and government enforcement agency officials ...

• Oct. 19, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Electronic information is all-pervasive and its use and misuse can pose serious ethical problems for attorneys. Attorneys use electronic information to communicate with the public and with clients, to advertise their services, and to prosecute and defend litigation. Electronic communications have now expanded to include social media and that media poses expanded opportunities and risks for attorneys. Our faculty, which consists ...

• Oct. 29 - 30, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Please note that "ethics" in the program title refers to the “Compliance and Ethics Program” used in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations. It does not specifically refer to legal ethics. Please check the credit calculator to the right for credit information for your jurisdiction. Why You Should Attend Having an effective compliance and ethics program is essential to companies of all types. Such programs help organizations ...

• Oct. 31, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Technological innovation, Federal Circuit appellate oversight, and Supreme Court decisions continue to drive significant changes in the law. At this program, several different perspectives on many of the most pressing issues will be offered by experienced practitioners. It is designed to give you the information you need to maintain your practice edge, concentrating on new developments from 2017 and 2018 and placing them in the ...

• Nov. 5 - 6, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Licensing intellectual property can be a practical and efficient strategy for companies looking to expand into a new market, enhance an existing product line, reduce costs or accomplish other business goals.  The IP under consideration to license could be a patent, copyright, trademark, software or any combination of them all.  IP licensing is a practice that is increasingly common across industries and as the need ...

• Nov. 8 - 9, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Media and communications law must respond to new challenges, including those arising from digital and social media. The areas of First Amendment, defamation, privacy, intellectual property, newsgathering, right of publicity, and reporter’s privilege law are rapidly changing. The expert faculty of law firm practitioners, in-house counsel, government officials, and academics will address these issues. Unlike any other program, ...

• Nov. 12, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Stay Ever Current: Subscribe today to  PLI’s blog edited by Clifford E. Kirsch. Why You Should Attend Financial services firms’ corporate compliance programs continue to be under intense regulatory scrutiny and face immense challenges brought upon the FinTech revolution. Many new rules have been issued which impact the manner in which financial services firms operate. At the same time, these programs have to adapt to financial ...

• Nov. 14 - 15, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Whether you are plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel, you must be up to date on the current state of the law and able to quickly develop successful litigation strategies and tactics. Outside and in-house lawyers with national reputations in patent litigation will offer guidance on trying and managing bench and jury patent trials, as well as U.S. Patent Office post-grant trial proceedings, and the program as a whole ...

• Nov. 16, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Join our expert faculty of life sciences practitioners, in-house counsel, government regulators, and prosecutors as we examine the current state of life sciences law and what the future might hold for affected parties. This program will cover the broad range of issues confronting the life sciences industry: structuring of compliant financial and other relationships; recent developments in scientific discourse and promotional ...

• Nov. 28, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend The role of the in-house counsel continues to transform to meet new challenges in relation to an increasingly global economy, financial turmoil and continually changing new technologies. It is essential for all in-house counsel to be informed of the latest developments and to possess effective, budget-conscious strategies for managing the legal and practical business matters of corporate law departments, while adding value to ...

• Nov. 30, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Every year, the Banking Law Institute reviews the year’s major developments in banking law and regulation, offering seasoned analysis and practical takeaways from experienced faculty drawing from industry, the banking bar and government.  The program always starts with a panel featuring the regulatory voice, where senior members of various agencies share key insights on banking policy – a rare opportunity to ...

• Dec. 5 - 6, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend PLI’s 51st Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute will offer an outstanding faculty of leading practitioners who will discuss recent developments, key immigration trends, and practical strategies. What You Will Learn  Policies and practices of the current administration and implications for the immigration practitioner What immigration counsel need to know about work and employment visas, ...

• Dec. 10 - 11, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Stay current on disclosure requirements and developments affecting annual disclosure documents and proxy soliciting materials prepared by SEC reporting companies. Hear from the SEC staff and our faculty, who will focus on anticipated changes to the SEC disclosure regime, current “hot issues,” best practices, and practical pointers. Our faculty will discuss any proposed or final regulatory changes, plus domestic and ...

• Dec. 14, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Negotiating and drafting design and construction contracts that clearly define responsibilities and intelligently allocate risks is an art.  The design and construction process is risky and proper risk identification and allocation is critical to the success of any project.  Additionally, 2017 marked the issuance of new AIA Owner/Architect agreements, Owner/Contractor agreements, and the General Conditions Document.  ...

• Dec. 20, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend At this unique interactive program based on the video “Negotiation Ethics in Five Acts”, the faculty will review various everyday ethical scenarios in corporate practice  while program participants “vote” electronically with the rest of the audience on the correct ethical responses.  What You Will Learn Topics to be discussed include:   Can you examine metadata in draft deal documents?  ...

• Dec. 21, 2018 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend It used to be that only “death and taxes” were inevitable, but for attorneys these days, add to that list, “Privacy.” This seminar will give general practitioners, litigators, corporate counsel, and transactional attorneys a fundamental understanding about how privacy connects and works with other practice areas as well as the basics of the security of personal information and regulatory enforcement. You ...

• Jan. 7, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Secured transactions -- interests in specific collateral granted by the debtor in conjunction with the debtor’s promise to pay -- are governed by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. At this program, you will learn the fundamentals of acquiring a security interest, including how to attach, to perfect (filing and non-filing methods) and to gain (and maintain) priority in the collateral of your choice. You will learn how to secure the most ...

• Jan. 8, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend The REIT and commercial real estate industries have continued to experience strong M&A activity, with some sectors poised for large-scale consolidation even as new property types enter the REIT universe through spin-offs, conversions and IPOs. At the same time, high-profile transactions involving non-traded REITs and the increasing presence of activist investors — and a number of high-profile governance changes — ...

• Jan. 14, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend The 2017 Tax Act substantially changed the landscape for many areas of tax practice, and the world of financial products is no exception. This year’s program has been completely re-designed to examine the parts of the Act that most closely affect financial products tax practitioners, including the new limitation on interest deductions under Section 163(j), the uncertain scope of Section 451(b), and the base erosion anti-abuse ...

• Jan. 17, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend From the physical world to the Internet, infringement of IP is a multi-billion dollar industry.  In-house and outside counsel need to know how best to protect their company’s or their client’s investments in IP.  To keep up with the rapidly evolving legal landscape in this field, companies need to be informed not only about the challenges they face, but also about the legal developments that affect how they ...

• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Our 21st Anniversary program will continue to focus on transactions, highlighting the tax problems encountered by practitioners in today’s typical commercial real estate transactions and structures, and examining the simple and sophisticated solutions being used by the experts.  Panels of nationally-recognized real estate tax experts from major law and accounting firms will provide attorneys, accountants and real estate professionals with ...

• Jan. 31, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend PLI’s Private Fund Regulatory Developments and Compliance Challenges carries on a tradition as one of PLI’s first programs of the new year to review the private fund regulatory landscape, offering a first look at what the balance of the calendar will bring.  Led by an expert faculty of private fund in-house counsel and leading firm lawyers, the discussion is always lively and informative.  The 2019 program ...

• Feb. 4, 2019 Indianapolis, IN

Why You Should Attend Legal Services providers are under increasing pressure from government regulators and clients to insure that sensitive client data stored in law firm servers is secure. The Securities and Exchange Commission, for example, is taking a closer look at cybersecurity breaches in public companies – viewing them as fiduciary lapses. Legal services providers, like most vendors, are required to adhere to the same security standards ...