2009 Committee on Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar (Lake Buena Vista, FL)

The documents below are written materials for the 2009 Committee on Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar, February 12-15, 2009. Please note: You must be a Section of Litigation member and be logged in to access the materials.

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The Financial Market Meltdown and Its Impact on Litigation, Regulation, and Corporate America

• » Financial Markets in Crisis: Section-By Section Analysis of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• » 2008 Trends: Subprime and Auction-Rate Cases Continue to Drive Filings, and large Settlements Keep Averages High
• » 2008 Trends in Securities Class Actions

General Counsel Forum

• » Collapsing Firms’ GCS in Spotlight – Potential Actions Echo Backdating Era but Difficult to Prove

White Collar Risks for In-House Counsel in the Current Environment

• » White Collar Risks for In-House Counsel in the Current Environment

The In-House Counsel Challenge of Creating the Best Record Possible

• » The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Attorney Conduct Rules
• » Gauging the Landscape of Prosecutions
• » Hail to the FILIP Memo

Life Is Unfair but Competition Shouldn’t Be: Red Flags, Fouls, and Other Dangers in a Competitive World

• » Business Tort Claims Involving Fraud & Misrepresentation
• » Life Is Unfair but Competition Shouldn’t Be: Red Flags, Fouls, and Other Dangers in a Competitive World
• » What Can I Say: Leeway and Legal Limits in Commercial Speech

“It’ a Small World After All” – Business Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes in a World Economy

• » Revisiting the French Supreme Court Decision that Will Affect Discovery Abroad
• » Gathering Evidence in the Great White North: It’s Not Just the Weather that Will Surprise You
• » Conflicts in the Law of Foreign Antisuit Injunctions

Tips for Managing the Expedited Mega-Case

• » Tips for Managing Expedited Litigation from Histor’s Great Strategists

Anatomy of a Bellwether Case: Nicaraguan Workers v. Doll

• » Jury Interviews: Nicaraguan Workers v. Dole

New Rules of Engagement: Can Inside and Outside Counsel Successfully Partner to Handle the Ethical Challenges of E-Discovery?

• » EDRM Model Code of Conduct: Addressing Ethical Challenges of E-Discovery
• » New Terms of Engagement: Can Inside and Outside Counsel Successfully Partner to Handle the Ethical Challenges of E-Discovery?
• » Digital Discovery & E-Evidence

Putting a Face on the Corporation: Strategic Conduct, and Defense of 30(b)(6) Depositions

• » Preparing for and Defending Corporate Designee Depositions
• » 30(b)(6) Deposition
• » A Practical Guide to Preparing for and Defending 30(b)(6) Depositions

The Changing Landscape of Regulatory Scrutiny and the Role of In-House Counsel

• » An Ounce of Prevention is Better than a Pound of Cure: A Tidal Wave of Federal Enforcement, the Changing Role of In-House Counsel and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

What Trial Lawyers Know about Contracts that Transactional Lawyers Should Know Too

• » Minimizing the Risks of Litigation by Contract

Think, Before Hitting ‘Send’: Protecting Privilege between In-House Counsel and the Business Client

• » Think, Before Hitting ‘Send’: Protecting Privilege between In-House Counsel and the Business Client

Litigation Management Roundtable

• » Cooperative Defense Groups: Strategies for Cost Effective Collaboration

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