ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
March/April 2001 (Volume 10, Number 4)
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Business Law Today
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It’s time for Philly
The Philadelphia Spring Meeting is just weeks away. A full schedule of exciting events have been planned. For detailed information on the CLE programs, committee and subcommittee meetings as well as social events, check out the Section’s Web site at www.abanet.org/buslaw. See our ad about the meeting on pages 46-47 of this issue for event highlights. The Section Spring Meeting is simply the best educational, informational and networking event of the year.
Flashback to the ’50s
If you registered for the Spring Meeting, but did not purchase a Section Dinner ticket, you’ll want to send an e-mail request right away to blregister@abanet.org to reserve your ticket. You won’t want to miss this one as it won’t be any run-of-the-mill meal. This flashback to the ’50s will feature "Bowser" of the "Sha Na Na" television show and the movie "Grease." There will also be other great live music, roller skaters, bobby soxers, and other tributes to the ’50s. So pull out the poodle skirts and leather jackets and get ready to rock — Business Law style.
Platinum sponsors
The Section would like to extend a special thank you to our Platinum sponsors, who through their generous donations will help support this year’s Spring Meeting: F Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP F Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley, LLP F Cozen and O’Connor F Dechert Price & Rhoads F Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP F Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP F Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, LLP F Pepper Hamilton, LLP F Philadelphia Bar Association F Philadelphia Bar Association Business Law Section F Reed Smith, LLP F Saul Ewing, LLP F West Group F Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, LLP F Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
The nominees are …
At the Midwinter Council Meeting, the Section’s Nominating Committee proposed a slate of names for officer and Council positions to be elected at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago:
• For chair-elect of the Section for a one-year term: Harold S. Barron, Blue Bell, Pa.
• For secretary of the Section for a one year term: Barbara Mendel Mayden, Nashville, Tenn.
• For budget officer for a four-year term ending August 2005: Renie Y. Grohl, Washington
• For Section delegate to the ABA House of Delegates for a three-year term ending August 2004: Richard M. Phillips, Washington
• For Section delegate to the ABA House of Delegates for a two-year term ending August 2003 (unexpired term of Barbara Mendel Mayden): James H. Cheek III, Nashville, Tenn.
• For Council members for four-year terms ending August 2005: James L. Holzman, Wilmington, Del.; Marsha E. Simms, New York City; Evangeline W. Tross, Madison, N.J.; Ann Y. Walker, Palo Alto, Calif.; and Robert A. Zadek, San Francisco.
For minority lawyers
The Section of Business Law — in cooperation with the Section of Litigation and the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession — will cosponsor the "Second National Conference for the Minority Lawyer: A Unique Program for Business Lawyers, Litigators and In-House Counsel," June 18-19, at the Renaissance Mayflower in Washington.
The inaugural conference, held in San Francisco last year, was a huge success, and this year’s conference promises to be equally exciting. This two-day program will include practical training programs and substantive CLE programming sessions designed specifically for minority business lawyers and litigators.
For more details, call 312/988-5508 or check it out at www.abanet.org/minorities. Register soon for this informative and rewarding event.
2001 Annual Meeting
Join your fellow Section members, colleagues and friends for the 2001 ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Aug. 3-7. Section events will feature an abundance of CLE programs focusing on the hottest commercial and business law issues of the day. These programs will bring you up to date on the issues relevant to your practice — all while earning a year’s worth of CLE.
You’ll also get updates on the latest substantive developments in all areas of business law at the 200+ committee and subcommittee meetings.
The ABA has designated an outfit called I.T.S. to process registration for the 2001 Annual Meeting. To register, contact 847/940-2124 or register online at www.abanet.org/annual/2001/home.. In the spring, Section members will receive a complete brochure detailing Section-sponsored activities and ticketed events. Watch your mail for details. For up-to-date information, check out www.abanet.org/buslaw.
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