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Web Seminars
December 10, 2008 FCPA Enforcement & Financial Crisis: How World-Wide Government Intervention Affects Foreign Corrupt Practices Compliance Mark A. Srere, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Brian M. Privor, Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
November 10, 2008 Recent “Off-Label Promotion” Settlements: Extracting Enforcement Trends and Lessons for Health Care Product Producers Marc J. Scheineson, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Jacqueline C. Baratian, Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
October 28, 2008 Who’s Going to Court, Who’s Going to Jail?: Civil and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Wake of Financial Crisis John M. Dowd, Head, Criminal Litigation Group, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Andrew J. Rossman, Co-Head, Litigation Group, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
September 23, 2008 Katrina, Dickie Scruggs, and Wind v. Water: What Does Three Years of Insurance Litigation Teach Us About Our Civil Justice System? Sheila L. Birnbaum, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Hayden A. Coleman, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
September 9, 2008 Government Contractors in the Crosshairs: New Rules Demanding Compliance and Disclosure Expand Risks for Big and Small Businesses Richard P. Rector, Partner, DLA Piper US LLP James J. McCullough, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
August 8, 2008 Collaborations Among Competitors: The Google-Yahoo! Arrangement as a Case Study Charles F. (Rick) Rule, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Mark J. Botti, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
July 29, 2008 The SEC and Securities Class Action Suits: Defining the Relationship Between the Commission and the Plaintiffs’ Bar Professor Moin A. Yahya, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Alberta, Author, The Law & Economics Lyle Roberts, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
June 13, 2008 Losing More than Weight? How Taxes, Speech Mandates & other Anti-Obesity Policies Threaten Personal Freedom Professor Patrick Basham, Founding Director, Democracy Institute Dr. John C. Luik, Senior Fellow, Democracy Institute
June 3, 2008 Oversight and Investigation: Lessons from the 110th Congress and Effective Defense Strategies for Targets Theodore H. Bornstein, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP Philip G. Kiko, Member, Foley & Lardner LLP
March 28, 2008 Uncivil Litigation: Trends in Lawyer Misconduct and How Courts are Responding Michael I. Krauss, Professor of Law, George Mason University Damon W.D. Wright, Partner, Venable LLP
March 20, 2008 State Attorneys General Suits:Courtroom & Legal Policy Strategies for Defeating the AG-Trial Lawyer Alliance Brian Anderson, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP Amber Taylor, Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP
March 13, 2008 Sowing the Seeds of Litigation: Securities Class Action Lawyers and Their Quiet Efforts to Tilt the Scales of Justice Mark Tapscott, Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Examiner
March 5, 2008 Sovereign Wealth Funds: Issues and Legal Policy Implications of Their Investments in American Institutions Stephen W. Preston, Partner, WilmerHale LLP Robert P. O’Quinn, Senior Economist, U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee
February 27, 2008 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: SEC & DOJ Enforcement Breathes New Life and Risks into the 30 Year-Old Law Homer E. Moyer, Jr., Member, Miller & Chevalier Kathryn Cameron Atkinson, Member, Miller & Chevalier
February 5, 2008 SmithKline Beecham v. Dudas: Challenging the Patent Office’s “Continuations” Rule and the Suit’s Repercussions Mark Fox Evens, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC Christopher Cotropia, Associate Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law
December 4, 2007 CASE CLOSED?: SEC’s Case Backlog & the Corrosive Effects of Unresolved Investigations David A. Wilson, Partner, Wilmer Hale David Z. Seide, Counsel, WlimerHale
September 27, 2007 Free Enterprise in the Supreme Court: Strategies for Seeking Certiorari and Winning on the Merits Maureen E. Mahoney, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
September 6, 2007 Deferred Prosecution Agreements: A View from the Trenches and a Proposal for Reform F. Joseph Warin, Co-Chair, White Collar Defense Practice, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Andrew S. Boutros, Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
August 16, 2007 U.S. v. Stein and its Ripple Effects: Are Judges & Legislators Turning the Tide for Liberties in White Collar Enforcement? E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., Chair, White Collar Corporate Defense Practice, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Stephanie A. Martz, Director,White Collar Crime Project, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
August 2, 2007 Tort Law Unbounded?: Public Nuisance Litigation Threats and Recent Judicial Responses Victor E. Schwartz, Partner & Chairman,Public Policy Group, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Phil S. Goldberg, Associate, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P
July 12, 2007 The Ongoing Saga of Marshall v. Marshall: Beyond the Anna Nicole Headlines, Critical Legal Issues Lurk in Federal Court Horace Cooper, Legal Commentator and Senior Fellow, Centre for New Black Leadership Craig Goldblatt, Partner, WilmerHale LLP
June 28, 2007 Punish the Bad Apple, or the Whole Bunch?: Corporate Criminal Liability Standards & Tactics, and Theories for a Different Approach William B. Mateja, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C. Craig S. Lerner, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
June 7, 2007 When Congress Calls: Crisis Communications & Investor Relations for Oversight and Investigation Targets Michael Waldron, Vice President and Chief of Staff, FD Dittus Communications Kal A. Goldberg, Senior Vice President on the Special Situations team, FD
May 15, 2007 Supreme Court on Intellectual Property: Impact of KSR, MedImmune & Microsoft on Innovation and Patenting Hon. Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Senior Counsel, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt P.C. Robert P. Parker, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
May 8, 2007 Executive Order 13422: What Impact on Federal Regulators and Free Enterprise? Sally Katzen, Adjunct Prof. of Law, Univ. of Michigan Philip J. Perry, Partner, Latham & Watkins
May 3, 2007 “Direct and Independent Knowledge”: False Claims Act Enforcement & Litigation after Supreme Court’s Rockwell Ruling David L. Douglass, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P Paul Clinton Harris, Sr., Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P
March 29, 2007 Protective Orders in the Information Age: Safeguarding Company Property and Privacy in High-Profile Litigation Stephen G. Morrison, Litigation Group Chairman,Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Past President, Defense Research Institute and Lawyers for Civil Justice
March 28, 2007 FDA’s Federal Preemption Policy: Trial and Appellate Strategies for Medical Product Litigation Michael K. Brown, Partner, Reed Smith LLP James C. Martin, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
March 7, 2007 The Alien Tort Statute of 1789: Trial Lawyers’ Latest Mass Litigation Weapon John A. Merrigan, Partner, DLA Piper US LLP Kevin O'Scannlain, Of Counsel, DLA Piper US LLP
February 23, 2007 There’s a New Sheriff in Town: Legal & Other Strategic Considerations for Congressional Investigation Targets Mark R. Paoletta, Frm. Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations, House Energy & Commerce Committee, Dickstein Shapiro LLP Michael F. Barrett, Jr, Frm. Staff Director, Oversight and Investigations, Subcommittee, House Energy & Commerce Committee Morton Rosenberg, Specialist in American Public Law, Congressional Research Service
February 7, 2007 Misadventures in Mass Torts: Are Courts & Legislatures Reining in Asbestos and Silica Litigation? Mark A. Behrens, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
January 18, 2007 Hijacking Donor Intent: How Free Enterprise Philanthropy Is Diverted to Fund Activist Causes Terrence Scanlon, President, Capital Research Center
November 9, 2006 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Anticipating Government Enforcement and Managing Growing Legal Risks Simeon M. Kriesberg, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Claudius O. Sokenu, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
October 18, 2006 Fighting “Serial” Product Liability Litigation: Parlodel® as a Defense Case Study Joe G. Hollingsworth, Partner, Spriggs & Hollingsworth Katharine R. Latimer, Partner, Spriggs & Hollingsworth
September 13, 2006 Twenty Years of Proposition 65: Its Present and Future Impact on California and Federal Regulatory Policy Gene Livingston, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Eric G. Lasker, Partner, Spriggs & Hollingsworth LLP
July 20, 2006 An Unattractive Legal Theory: Lessons from the Successful Defense of Anti-Alcohol Advertising Class Actions J. Russell Jackson, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
July 18, 2006 The Rapanos and Carabell Rulings: Consequences for Clean Water Act Enforcement, Regulation, and Compliance Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Asst. Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice Ann Klee, General Counsel, EPA Barry M. Hartman, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
April 27, 2006 Incentivizing Whistleblower Litigation: Ramifications for Health Care Contractors as False Claims Laws Spread in the States John T. Boese, Partner, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP Beth C. McClain, Special Counsel, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
April 25, 2006 Ten Years after BMW v. Gore: Punitive Damages at Trial and on Appeal Andrew L. Frey, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Evan M. Tager, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
April 13, 2006 Achieving Civil Justice Reform in Court: How Defendants Can Dismantle Arbitrary, Pro-Plaintiff Common Law Rules Victor E. Schwartz, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
March 21, 2006 The Class Action Fairness Act, One Year Later: Mission Accomplished? John Beisner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP Jessica Davidson Miller, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
January 27, 2006 SEC’s New Civil Penalty Principles: Clearer Standards for Public Companies? Gregory S. Bruch, Foley & Lardner LLP, Former Asst. Director, SEC Division of Enforcement Julie A. Smith, Foley & Lardner LLP, Former Sr. Counsel, SEC Division of Enforcement
January 13, 2006 Merrill Lynch v. Dabit and Beyond: The Supreme Court Looks at Securities Fraud Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
December 14, 2005 Reducing Consumer Product Risks: The CPSC’s Mission and Agenda for 2006 The Honorable Hal Stratton, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission
November 16, 2005 Activists’ Legal Assault on DuPont’s “PFOA”: A Slippery Slope to Stricter Chemical Regulation? Bernard Taylor, Sr., Alston & Bird LLP Lee A. DeHihns, III, Alston & Bird LLP
November 9, 2005 Threatened & Endangered Species Recovery: ESA Reform in the 109th Congress? Steven P. Quarles, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP Rob Gordon, Professional Staff, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
November 3, 2005 Serono and DOJ’s False Claims Settlement: Implications for Medical Product Marketing Laura Frick Laemmle, Patton Boggs LLP Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation
October 24, 2005 Abigail Alliance v. Crawford: Litigating Access Rights to Lifesaving Medicine J. Scott Ballenger, Latham & Watkins LLP David Price, Washington Legal Foundation
October 18, 2005 Reuse of Medical Devices: Issues in Federal Policy James D. Miller, King & Spalding LLP Pamela J. Furman, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.
September 29, 2005 Litigation Inc.’s Lucrative Business Model: Mass Tort Screening, Scheming, and Suing Nathan A. Schachtman, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP
September 21, 2005 Payday Lending and the Military: Courting Liability? Ira Rheingold, Executive Director and General Counsel, National Association of Consumer Advocates James C. Sivon, Partner, Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C.
September 14, 2005 SEC Public Offering Reform: Does the Law Finally Match Reality? David E. Brown, Jr., Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Mark F. McElreath, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
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