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Message from the Chair, Charles E. McCallum
Meetings are where things happen in the Section of Business Law. Of course
we value your membership even if you can't make it to meetings, and we are
increasingly offering electronic participation for those who cannot be
there. But we encourage you to take advantage of the personal interaction,
involvement, and excitement of being there in person.
Spring Meeting / Dallas / April 10-12
Despite flight cancellations our Spring Meeting in Dallas was a
great success, with a turnout only slightly below expectations. Thanks to
all of you who endured hardship getting there, including the member who
flew from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, then flew from Cincinnati to Oklahoma
City, where he rented a car and drove the rest of the way to Dallas. Now
that's dedication!
Thanks also to our Meeting Sponsors, who supported the
meeting at a record level, and to the Planning Committee, led by
Section stalwart Byron F. Egan. Special thanks to George and Jean Coleman who
arranged for the opportunity to have our Section Dinner in the striking
Dallas Museum of Art with a private showing of the J. M. W. Turner Exhibition.
And of course thanks to our committee and subcommittee chairs, and to our
Program, Committee Forum Chairs and Panelists, who put on more than 80 outstanding
programs and committee forums. The Practice Points in this edition of
eSource feature some of the most popular of those CLE offerings. All
of the program materials and audio clips are available in the program
library on the Section Web site.
Global Business Law Conference / Frankfurt / May 29-30
We were also pleased by the success of our first Global Business Law
Conference, held May 29-30 in Frankfurt, Germany. Our sponsoring committees
hosted 21 cutting edge CLE programs that were attended by 175
conference attendees, 80% of whom were from countries across Europe.
Immediate Past ABA President Karen Mathis was in attendance, as well as
Jeffrey B. Golden, Chair of the ABA Section of International Law, who was also a
panelist. Two of the most popular programs are featured in this month's
practice points. Materials for all programs are available to Section
members in the program
library. Enthusiasm is high for continuation of the
Global Business Law Conference series in future years, and we hope to be
able to announce program details for 2009, before the end of the summer.
Annual Meeting / New York / August 8-11
It's time to register and make your plans for the Annual Meeting in New
York City. As at all of our meetings, there will be a strong CLE component,
with over 70 programs, including a timely program on "Federal, State,
and Industry Initiatives on Hedge Funds and their Regulation." You
can earn a year's worth of CLE credits at this meeting. Make sure to take a look at the full
slate of Annual Meeting Programs.
Many of our committees and subcommittees will hold working sessions at the
Annual Meeting, including several new committees. Take a look at the
Web sites of these new committees and consider joining them:
Governmental
Corporations; Project Finance; and
Securitization and
Structured Financing.
There will also be a full range of social events and networking
opportunities. The Section Welcome Reception will be at our meeting hotel,
the Grand Hyatt, followed by the usual committee dinners. Our speaker at
the Section Luncheon will be Ben W. Heineman, Jr., the well-known and highly
regarded former General Counsel of General Electric, and currently a Senior
Fellow at Harvard Law School and at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government, as well as Senior Counsel to WilmerHale. Mr. Heineman will
speak on "High Performance with High Integrity."
Fall Meeting / Washington, D.C. / November 21-22
Additional committees continue to add meetings and programs to this event,
joining the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and the Committee
on Business and Corporate Litigation to present a full two-day meeting
which grows each year. Program details will be available in late
August.
Current information for these meetings, all upcoming and past meetings can
easily be accessed through the newly redesigned meetings portal.
Bookmark this page and use it often to make the most of the Section's
meeting-related resources.
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Charles E. McCallum
Chair, Section of Business Law
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This "basics" program was designed to help business lawyers
understand financial statements and brought together finance experts,
transactional lawyers and litigators to discuss what all those columns
really mean.
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Order your copy of this presentation on CD or MP3, professionally produced and accredited for 1.5 MCLE hours by the ABA Center for CLE.
Click here for full information.
This program focused on tensions in the relationship between stockholders
and boards and discussed hedge fund ownership, regulatory and governance
developments and best practices for managing the changing environment.
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Presented by the Committee on Corporate Laws
at the Section Spring Meeting, April 2008.
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This past year has seen significant investment in the banking industry by
private equity, sovereign wealth and other fund investors. This panel of
senior regulators and industry experts discussed the legal, regulatory,
business and policy issues of these transactions.
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Presented by the Committee on Banking Law
at the Section Spring Meeting, April 2008.
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The collapse of the credit markets has led to startling developments in the
break-up of public company mergers, with accompanying litigation and
renegotiation of deals. The program provided an overview of recent
developments in material adverse change litigation and renegotiation, from
lawyers on the "front line."
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Information systems can have limitations that can be critical for companies
when there is a data security breach or in the context of mergers,
electronic transaction and e-discovery. This program addressed responses
to data security breaches and loss of data, responses to e-discovery
requests and technology due diligence in an M&A context.
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This program summarized how and why third-party legal opinions in domestic
United States transactions are prepared and understood in accordance with
the customary practice of U.S. lawyers and explored customary practice
issues presented in cross-border opinions involving U.S. opinion giver or
recipient.
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Presented by the Committee on Legal Opinions
at the Section Global Business Law Conference, May 2008.
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Based on the framework of benchmark studies on market terms for
commonly-negotiated deal points, this session compared and contrasted
market practices in the U.S. and the European Community in negotiating
common types of acquisitions.
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Part I of this series dealt with conflicts of interest with
current clients. Part II dealt with conflicts with former clients.
Part III is concerned with the extent to which a client can
waive a conflict.
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Committee Spotlight
To learn more about or join the committees that contributed to this month's practice points, just click on the committee name below.
Section members are eligible to join the Section's committees at no
additional cost. Become involved or simply stay in the information
flow. It's FREE!
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The Annual Kathryn R. Heidt Memorial Award is designed to serve as a lasting tribute to
Kathryn R. Heidt, former chair of the ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Business
Bankruptcy. It also recognizes the importance of bankruptcy education and scholarship
to the ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Business Bankruptcy and the bankruptcy
profession. The award will be presented at the committee's fall meeting. Nominations are
due June 30, 2008. For more information about the award,
click here.
The goal of the Business Law Fellows, Ambassadors and Diplomat Programs is to increase the
participation of young lawyers, lawyers of color and lawyers with disabilities in Section
activities. The Section is committed to investing dollars in these individuals who are
expected to participate actively in the substantive work of the Section and to grow into
future leadership positions within the Section. The Program is designed not only to develop
future leaders of the Section but also to enhance the image of the Section among members of
the Young Lawyers Division, national bars of color, and national organizations of disabilities
in order to attract these individuals into Section membership. The Section will select five
Fellows, five Ambassadors and one Diplomat and will fund their expenses to participate in Section
activities for two years. Applications are due July 7, 2008. For more information about the program,
click here.
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