• Jan. 17, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 17, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 17, 2019 Indianapolis, IN
• Jan. 17, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ

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. 17, 2019

Do you prepare patent applications? If so, join patent authority Jeffrey G. Sheldon of Cislo & Thomas LLP as he provides you with an insightful and timely update on patent preparation strategies based on new developments in the law. Obtain the skills and best practices you need to provide better client service, and increase chances that your patent will issue and survive an IPR and litigation.  Discussions will include: Best strategies ...

• Jan. 17, 2019

As companies review and refresh their risk factors for upcoming annual reports, special consideration should be given to recent SEC focus on Brexit, cybersecurity, and LIBOR risks facing public companies and the quality of company disclosures of these risks.  In addition to an overview of these and other key risk factor topics for public companies, Lillian Brown, Knute J. Salhus and Sarah K. Sellers of WilmerHale will provide practical tips ...

• Jan. 18, 2019

Right now, there are around 44 million consumers without a traditional FICO score (sometimes called “Credit Invisibles”) in the United States.  Lenders are just beginning to underwrite loans to them using artificial intelligence and alternative data.  Add the developing world, and the number of underserved consumers who might be reached with AI shoots up to a billion.  In short, this is a huge opportunity.  But AI and ...

• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ
• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 22 - 23, 2019 Cleveland, OH

Why You Should Attend During the past twenty-seven years, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have substantially revised the consolidated return regulations. These changes, coupled with recent legislative developments, judicial decisions, and published and private rulings, have dramatically changed the operating rules of consolidated returns. An understanding of these rules is critical for practitioners and corporate tax ...

• Jan. 22, 2019

As you prepare your company’s Form 10-K this year, you will have to consider incorporating changes required by the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Final Rule as well as deal with complex, emerging disclosure questions surrounding cybersecurity risks and the impact of Brexit, among others. Please join our SEC Institute workshop leaders Cheryl L. Linthicum and George M. Wilson as they discuss these and other key issues to address ...

• Jan. 23, 2019

In 2016, the Delaware Chancery Court upended M&A litigation when it held in Trulia that it would no longer approve so-called “disclosure-only” settlements of M&A strike suits.  In response to Trulia, the plaintiffs’ bar began filing M&A strike suits in federal courts all over the country.  Over the last few years, however, it has become clear that the plaintiffs’ bar strategy backfired, as federal courts ...

• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Philadelphia, PA
• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ
• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Cleveland, OH
• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 24 - 25, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA

The explosion of new financial products over the past decade like the emergence of cryptocurrencies, the implosion of the credit markets and the resulting significant regulatory requirements underline the importance of a basic understanding of financial products. While these instruments have been invaluable investment tools, with enormous potential for product manufacturers and investors, they also create potentially significant legal risks and challenges ...

• Jan. 24, 2019

This Briefing about preliminary injunction (“PI”) motions in trademark infringement cases will provide an update on the law, along with practice pointers. Formerly, PI motions were the prevailing method of judging trademark infringement. That procedure is now under a cloud that has proved a major problem for plaintiffs.  As the result of relatively recent Supreme Court precedent, plaintiff-movants for PIs must independently prove ...

• Jan. 25, 2019

The recently issued patent examination guidelines published in the Federal Register became effective January 7, 2019. The guidelines are directed to patent subject matter eligibility under section 101 implementing new policy directives from Director Andre Iancu and treatment of functional claiming under section 112 for computer implemented inventions.  Stephen G. Kunin and Christopher J. Maier,  partners at Maier & Maier PLLC will explain ...

• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 San Francisco, CA
• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 New York, NY
• May. 9 - 10, 2019 Chicago, IL

• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 Webcast

• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 Atlanta, GA
• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 Philadelphia, PA
• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ
• Mar. 4 - 5, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA

Why You Should Attend Intellectual property licensing continues to grow increasingly complex with the legal, regulatory and technical landscape constantly evolving.  Building and maintaining a successful and effective practice requires that practitioners stay sharp and current in a wide variety of key areas. Whether you are using licensing to develop technology, expand or create market opportunities, or generate returns from existing assets, ...

• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 Indianapolis, IN
• Jan. 28 - 29, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ

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. 28, 2019

Globalization has enabled national governments to expand the scope of their traditionally political and diplomatic activities into the commercial sphere.  As a result of such phenomena as state-controlled enterprises playing major roles in the international energy or financial sectors, legal systems across the globe have increasingly recognized that where foreign governments act as private entities, they should be treated as such to at least ...

• Jan. 29, 2019 New York, NY

Why You Should Attend The ability to speak clearly and confidently is important for all lawyers, whether speaking with partners, making a pitch to clients, or addressing a courtroom. At this two-hour program, you will learn techniques that will immediately improve your presentation skills. The program is designed for all attorneys interested in improving their communication skills.    What You Will Learn   Master effective physical ...

• Jan. 29, 2019 New York, NY

As a member of the New York Professional Development community, you are invited to attend an exclusive live preview of the new PLI.EDU website on January 29, 2019. PLI staff will walk you through the new site and show you how to best utilize key enhancements, including:   Using the new “Find a Program” module to search by practice areas, credits offered in specific jurisdictions and program format Sharing program details ...

• Jan. 29, 2019

Antitrust has become a political hot topic, entering the public consciousness unlike has been seen in decades, both in the U.S. and globally. This trend, along with several pending enforcement actions, means that 2019 is set to be yet another blockbuster year for antitrust and competition enforcement. In this Briefing, antitrust experts, M. Howard Morse and Megan Browdie of Cooley LLP will preview what you need to know, including: Current ...

• Jan. 30, 2019 New York, NY
• Jul. 30, 2019 New York, NY
• Sep. 20, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 30, 2019 Webcast
• Jul. 30, 2019 Webcast
• Sep. 20, 2019 Webcast

With law school behind you, it's now time to learn the ethics and skills lessons that are helpful to know before you start practicing, but tend to arise when you're already on the job.  Knowing how to navigate a range of ethical pitfalls, polishing your writing and communications for clients and colleagues, as well as honing your negotiation preparation approach - are all skills and knowledge that are "nice to know" until you "need to know." ...

• Jan. 30, 2019

The European Union’s GDPR privacy law came into force in May, bringing with it the highly-publicized maximum penalty of 4% of worldwide turnover. But what, really, are the likely damages, penalties and collective claim procedures for employment-context data law violations in UK and Europe? Now we have some answers.  In October, the UK Court of Appeal issued the Wm. Morrison Supermarkets decision, expanding employer “vicarious liability” ...

• Jan. 30, 2019

Globalization has enabled national governments to expand the scope of their traditionally political and diplomatic activities into the commercial sphere.  As a result of such phenomena as state-controlled enterprises playing major roles in the international energy or financial sectors, legal systems across the globe have increasingly recognized that where foreign governments act as private entities, they should be treated as such to at least ...

• Jan. 31, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 31, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 31, 2019 Atlanta, GA
• Jan. 31, 2019 Cleveland, OH
• Jan. 31, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ

Why You Should Attend Effective risk prevention practice, a volatile political environment, occasional fraud and cross border issues require businesses to preplan and limit risk, including with distressed companies.  The program will cover current issues relating to structuring, drafting and enforcing the rights of creditors and parties to loans, various executory contracts and intercreditor agreements, principally in out-of-court restructurings ...

• Jan. 31, 2019 New York, NY

• Jan. 31, 2019 Webcast

• Jan. 31, 2019 Indianapolis, IN
• Jan. 31, 2019 Mechanicsburg, PA
• Jan. 31, 2019 Boston, MA
• Jan. 31, 2019 Nashville, TN
• Jan. 31, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA
• Jan. 31, 2019 Philadelphia, PA

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 ...

• Jan. 31, 2019 Chicago, IL
• Feb. 11, 2019 San Francisco, CA

• Feb. 11, 2019 Webcast

Why You Should Attend Learn the basics of drafting and negotiating corporate agreements — from how the provisions of an agreement fit together, to the fundamental drafting and negotiating principles common to all corporate agreements. Our expert faculty will teach you how to reduce your client’s goals to a complete, clearly written and enforceable agreement, and how to identify what issues are most likely to come up in a negotiation of ...

• Jan. 31, 2019

Legal data analytic tools are now available for insurance litigation in federal courts.  Data analytics can help insurance practitioners identify and understand trends in insurance litigation and develop winning strategies for their clients, whether they are insurers or insureds.  In this One-Hour Briefing, Ronald C. Porter of Lex Machina will demonstrate how the use of legal data analytics can help practitioners develop winning litigation ...

• Jan. 31, 2019

A winning strategy in arbitration requires an advocate to take different approaches to process, substance, and tactics in preparing and presenting a case than the advocate would take in court. This One-Hour Briefing by arbitrators who also were advocates provides critical advice that will enable counsel to maximize the benefits of arbitration. Expert faculty discussion will include: Privacy and Confidentiality Pleadings Preliminary ...

• Feb. 1, 2019 San Francisco, CA
• Feb. 13, 2019 New York, NY

• Feb. 1, 2019 Webcast
• Feb. 13, 2019 Webcast

• Feb. 13, 2019 New Brunswick, NJ
• Feb. 13, 2019 Atlanta, GA
• Feb. 13, 2019 Cleveland, OH

What You Will Learn Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitter, Yelp, YouTube and other social media sites are transforming not only the daily lives of consumers, but also how companies interact with consumers. Indeed, even the largest, most conservative blue-chip corporations have embraced social media; one recent study reveals that, of the Fortune Global 500, 97% are on LinkedIn; 86% have Twitter accounts; 84% have a presence on ...