Welcome

The last few weeks have certainly been among the most dramatic in the lives of business lawyers, particularly those practicing in the financial services industry and those whose clients depend on effective and efficient equity and debt markets to support their businesses. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 0f 2008 has been adopted by Congress and this unprecedented governmental support package will soon become law. However, we will not know for some time whether this Act will provide the necessary liquidity to the credit markets to enable them to return to some semblance of normal activity.

At the Section's Fall CLE Meeting in November several of our committees with responsibility for financial services will be presenting programs addressing the current economic crisis, the Economic Stabilization Act, and the impact of these events on the practices of business lawyers.

• Audit Responses
• Business and Corporate Litigation
• Business Bankruptcy
• Corporate Governance
• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
• Federal Regulation of Securities
• Governmental Corporations
• Investment Services
• Law and Accounting
• Legal Opinions
• Professional Responsibility
• Securitization and Structured Finance

We are in an unprecedented period of our Nation's history, and the bold measures currently being taken by government and the private sector will have dramatic long-term consequences for our members and their clients. It is the goal of the Section to remain as relevant as possible to our members as these developments occur. The Fall Meeting presents a unique opportunity for our members to be engaged in discussing and debating some of the most critical legal issues we and our clients have ever faced.