On June 5, 2019, Erica Lai moderated a panel about birthright citizenship and other immigration issues impacting the Asian American community.  Speakers included John Yang (Asian Americans Advancing Justice), Karen Narasaki (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights), and Neal Katyal (Hogan Lovells and former Acting U.S. Solicitor General), as well as Shalin Nohria (Hogan Lovells).  Held at Hogan Lovells’ D.C. office, the event was co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area (APABA-DC) and other local minority bar associations. 

Lawrence T Gresser led a discussion, titled “Looking Forward,” at the Cambridge Forum on English-American Litigation addressing the growth of litigation funding, expected trends in the business of law, and developments in privacy litigation in the U.S. and U.K. Larry serves as the Co-Chair of the 2019 Steering Committee.

Melissa H Maxman participated in a presentation, titled “The Incoherent Justification for Naked Restraints of Competition: What the Dental Self-Regulation Cases Tell Us about the Cavities in Antitrust Law” at the 19^th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Kwaku Andoh participated on the "Law, Industrialization & Technology in Africa" panel at the 16th Annual Columbia University African Economic Forum.

Partner C Evan Stewart will be on a panel addressing the different perspectives and special considerations for securities litigations and arbitrations at the Practising Law Institute’s “Securities Litigation: Trial of the Civil Action or Arbitration” program.

Partner Bonnie J Roe will moderate a panel at this year’s ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, entitled “Venture Exchanges:  Providing Liquidity to Small Cap Companies?” Bonnie, who also serves as the Chair of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, organized the panel as well.

Partner Bonnie J Roe will be on a panel addressing Regulation A at the “Private Placements and Hybrid Securities Offerings 2019” program hosted by the Practising Law Institute. 

Partner C Evan Stewart will chair and participate in the Practising Law Institute’s 2019 Ethics for Commercial Litigators program. He will address the latest and most complex legal ethics developments, and review the relevant case law arising out of commercial litigation.

Partner Angéline Duffour discussed the necessary steps involved in successful business creation, risk anticipation and entrepreneurship at a Salon des Entrepreneurs Conference titled “Créateurs: anticipez, maîtrisez vos risques... Et provoquez votre réussite!” (Entrepreneurs: Anticipate, Control Your Risk… And Generate Your Success!)

View photos from the event:  Photo 1;  Photo 2;  Photo 3;  Photo 4

Jeffrey M Bronheim participated in a joint HFM/NASDAQ webinar and discussed this year’s top compliance trends for global hedge funds, including SEC exam trends, CFTC reporting requirement changes, and Treasury rules.

Partner Muriel Goldberg-Darmon spoke to visiting Law and International Management students about the annual controls and investigations carried out by the Autorité des marchés finaciers (AMF). This was the first session of HEC Paris DMI’s Law Project titled “Market Abuse.”

Managing Partner Lawrence T Gresser spoke on an roundtable titled, “Managing Partner Roundtable: Best Practices for Hiring and Retaining Millennials,” which examined how law firms should approach recruiting and retaining the next generation of lawyers. This CLE was a part of the ABA's Law Practice Management Committee Annual Meeting.

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon, Associée du cabinet Cohen & Gresser à Paris et co-leader du Chapitre Français du Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), a organisé un petit-déjeuner au cours duquel Madame le Bâtonnier de Paris Marie-Aimée Peyron a fait une présentation sur le Legal Privilege. Des avocates de cabinets français ou internationaux, reconnues pour leur compétence en la matière, ont participé à cet évènement. 

Partner Muriel Goldberg-Darmon, co-leader of the French Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), hosted a breakfast in Cohen & Gresser’s Paris office during which Paris Bar President (Bâtonnier) Marie-Aimée Peyron spoke about Legal Privilege. High profile female lawyers from major French or international law firms joined the breakfast.

C Evan Stewart will present on Lawline’s “Ethically Conducting an Internal Investigation” webinar on December 19, 2018. 

Partner Chris Everdell spoke about cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and ICO enforcement actions as a guest lecturer at the Computer Crime Law class at Harvard Law School.

Partner Stephen Sinaiko will be on a panel addressing the fundamentals of a securities claim, existing precedent and evolving theories, as well as present an overview of the legal issues and strategic considerations that inform the filing of a securities class action at a New York City Bar CLE program.

Partner Melissa Maxman spoke at the 22^nd Annual National Institute on Class Actions hosted by the American Bar Association in Chicago. The panel discussion, “Big Price Tags, Big Issues”, explored the proliferation of third-party financing and its challenges.

Partner Muriel Goldberg-Darmon spoke at the AMF Enforcement Committee’s annual symposium on October 3, 2018, as the only speaker from a private law firm.  Muriel was a panelist for the second round table on “Cooperation between the respondents and the AMF during investigations or inspections and sanctions,” which was moderated by Jean Gaeremynck, State Councilor and member of the AMF Enforcement Committee.  Muriel’s fellow panelists were:  Jean-Luc Blachon, First Vice-Prosecutor at the Parquet National Financier; Sophie Bresny, Head of the Inspections Unit at the Autorité de la concurrence; Andrew Cotterell, Head of Law, Policy & International at the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority); and Benoît de Juvigny, Secretary General of the AMF.

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon est intervenue lors de la Table Ronde n° 2 du Colloque de la Commission des sanctions de l’AMF du 3 octobre 2018

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon a participé à la Table Ronde sur “Quelle coopération entre les mis en cause et l’AMF ?” organisée par la Commission des sanctions de l’AMF le 3 octobre 2018. La table ronde était modérée par : Jean Gaeremynck, président de section au Conseil d’Etat, membre de la Commission des sanctions de l’AMF.

Les intervenants étaients : Jean-Luc Blachon, premier vice-procureur, Parquet national financier, Sophie Bresny, chef du service des investigations de l’Autorité de la concurrence Andrew Cotterell, Head of Law, Policy & International, FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), Muriel Goldberg-Darmon Associée du cabinet  Cohen & Gresser,  Benoît de Juvigny, secrétaire général de l’AMF.

London office managing partner Jeffrey M Bronheim participated on a panel discussion entitled “New Approaches for Blending Active & Passive Investments: The Pension Perspective,” at Inside ETFs Europe on October 1, 2018. Topics of discussion included active and passive investing, particularly with respect to factor investing and the proliferation of ETFs. 

Associate Sophia Soejung Kim has been featured as a speaker at the 26^th Annual International Association of Korean Lawyers conference. Her presentation examined the influence and reach of the DOJ and SEC into the affairs of foreign nationals who are in violation of U.S. Financial laws abroad.

Partner Bonnie J Roe will speak on a panel entitled “Going (to the) Public” at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting 2018 in Austin, Texas on September 14. 

Partner Melissa Maxman appeared on Legal Talk Network’s podcast series ‘On the Road’ on the ‘Antitrust Exemptions in Sports--& More!’ episode. She joined host Creighton Macy of Baker McKenzie, and panelists Sathya Gosselin of Hausfeld and Kim Scott of Miller Canfield, in a discussion about antitrust exemptions in sports, antitrust careers, and litigating sports cases.

C&G partner C Evan Stewart will chair the "Ethics in Banking and Financial Services" CLE seminar. 

Partners Muriel Goldberg-Darmon and Angéline Duffour spoke at a roundtable on “Grey areas in privilege” during the Women in Investigations conference in London on June 28, 2018. The panelists were: Jane Shvets, Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, Polly Sprenger, Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, Mona Vaswani, Partner at Allen & Overy, and Muriel Goldberg-Darmon, Partner at Cohen & Gresser. The moderator was Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden, Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Muriel discussed the French Bar rules regarding privilege and internal investigations as well as cross border investigations (DOJ investigations and AMF/SEC investigations). Angéline spoke about specific issues in France regarding employment law (disciplinary sanctions and protection of employees).

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon participated in the “Activists Funds: Opportunity or Threat for the Economy” roundtable at the conference on Activists Funds and Governance organized by the Paris-Dauphine University on June 26th, 2018. The panelists were:  Hubert de Vauplanne, Partner at Kramer Levin, Edouard Dubois, Vice-President at Blackrock, Philippe Leroy, President at Associés en Finance, Ahmed Guenaoui, Administrateur civil at Direction générale du Trésor,  Laurence Boisseau, Journalist at Les Echos, Colette Neuville, President at ADAM (Minority Shareholders Defence Association), Anne-Sophie d’Andlau, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at CIAM,  and Muriel Goldberg-Darmon, Partner at Cohen & Gresser. The roundtable was moderated by Sophie Schiller, Professor at Paris-Dauphine.

Please also find a link to the September 6, 2018 issue of the magazine, La Semaine Juridique, in which a transcription of Muriel's presentation, "Fonds activistes : opportunité ou menace pour l’économie ?" is featured on page 42. 

Bonnie J Roe presented at The Reg A Conference by DealFlow Events on "Will Regulation A find its niche?"

C&G co-founder and Managing Partner Lawrence T Gresser led a discussion on “The Business of Law” at the Cambridge Forum on English-American Litigation on June 5, 2018 in Middleburg, Virginia. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the Forum’s 2018 Steering Committee.

C Evan Stewart will speak at PLI's Delaware Law Developments 2018 in its Ethics segment. 

C Evan Stewart will participate in Clear Law Insitute's "Professional Responsibility Traps Waiting For Financial Services Counsel" webinar on May 23, 2018.

Jason Brown will participate on a panel titled "Consumer Protection and the State Attorneys General" at COMPLY2018. 

Christian Everdell participated on the "Focus on CryptoCurrency: How to Identify Transactions that are Using Digital Currency to Avoid U.S. Sanctions" panel at the ACI's 11th Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions: Enforcement & Compliance. The panel discussed how new payment methods are challenging the existing banking system for risk and compliance, how non-US companies use digital currency to avoid US sanctions rules, and how financial institutions can protect themselves.

John was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Global Investigations Review Conference.

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon participates in the “Ring the Bell” ceremony at Euronext Paris to celebrate International Women’s Day. Click here to see a photo of the bell ringing ceremony.

Ron Wick moderated this second installment in the Civil Practice & Procedure Committee's Class Action Series, which offered insights into best practices in presenting and rebutting economic evidence, including retaining and working with experts; tactical considerations and evidentiary issues unique to class actions; and the impact of the Supreme Court's most recent class certification decisions on antitrust class actions.

John spoke on the subject of legal privilege at The Cambridge International Economic Crime Symposium in 2016, 2017, and 2018 .

Le cabinet Cohen & Gresser, en collaboration avec SONJ Conseil, a organisé un petit-déjeuner / débat sur “L’émergence d’un activisme constructif”, le 5 décembre 2017 au Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, autour de : Ahmed Guenaoui (Direction Générale du Trésor), Gilles Mentré (Associé Gérant, Banque Lazard), Joseph Oughourlian  (Managing Partner, Amber Capital), Caroline Ruellan (Présidente, Sonj Conseil) et Muriel Goldberg-Darmon (Avocate Associée, Cohen & Gresser).

De nombreux acteurs de place (AMF, Euronext, AFEP, MEDEF, banques, fonds d’investissement, sociétés cotées, etc.) y ont participé et ont ainsi enrichi le débat.

Cohen & Gresser, in collaboration with SONJ Conseil, organized a breakfast discussion on “The rise of a constructive shareholder activism”, at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, Paris, on December 5th, 2017. The panelists were: Ahmed Guenaoui (Direction Générale du Trésor (French Treasury)), Gilles Mentré (Managing Partner, Banque Lazard), Joseph Oughourlian  (Managing Partner, Amber Capital), Caroline Ruellan (President, Sonj Conseil) and Muriel Goldberg-Darmon (Attorney at law, Partner, Cohen & Gresser).

A substantial number of financial leaders were present and enriched the debate (The French stock market regulator (AMF), Euronext, AFEP, MEDEF, banks, hedge funds, public companies, etc.).

C&G Partner C Evan Stewart will speak at the New York City Bar Association November 28, 2017 Legal History Meeting on the continuing history of substantive due process. 

Mark S Cohen participated in a CLE panel titled “Ethical Issues in Jury Trials” at PLI’s annual Trial by Jury. The panel discussed issues including avoiding ethical pitfalls and making ethical decisions, preparing a witness without coaching, dealing with a witness whose story changes or conflicts with other evidence, and issues involved with using jury consultants and investigating jurors. 

C&G partner Angéline Duffour led a workshop on French Labor Law Reforms at Paris EUROPLACE's Expanding Your Business in Paris Workshop in London. President of the Paris Region, former Education Minister and Treasury Minister, Valérie Pécresse, introduced the workshop. 

Mark S Cohen and Muriel Goldberg-Darmon served as guest lecturers at the Université Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne for the 2017 fall semester. They taught a course titled “U.S. White Collar Criminal Law” to students in the Master 2 (JD equivalent) program. The course covered the fundamental principles of U.S. criminal law and a review of the key participants in white collar criminal practice. The course also covered substantive white collar issues, such as FCPA, banking, and finance-related issues. Jonathan S Abernethy and Christian R Everdell served as visiting lecturers. Reggie B Schafer served as the course’s teaching assistant.

Lawrence T Gresser spoke at the 2017 Forum on Defense Class Action regarding Rule 12, The Motion to Dismiss. The session covered how the courts have applied Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009) at the pleading stage, and reviewed the current status of other defenses that are often raised by defense counsel in motions to dismiss putative class actions.

Les cinq ordonnances portant réforme du Code du travail, signées vendredi 22 septembre dernier par le Président de la République, ont été publiées samedi 23 septembre au Journal officiel.

Certaines mesures prévues par ces ordonnances sont d'application immédiate, telles que le barème des indemnités prud'homales ou la réforme du télétravail, tandis que d'autres, comme la fusion des instances représentatives du personnel, écessitent des décrets d'application. Selon le gouvernement, une vingtaine de décrets est attendue d'ici le 31 décembre 2017. Les ordonnances devront toutefois, pour être pérennisées, être ratifiées par l'Assemblée nationale.

Nous vous proposons, lors de cette matinale, de faire le point sur ces ordonnances et, plus particulièrement, de :

• décrypter et analyser les mesures phares de la réforme,
• identifier les impacts sur les pratiques existantes,
• bénéficier de conseils opérationnels pour se mettre en conformité.

Intervenants :

• Angéline Duffour
• Anna Milleret-Godet

Date : Mardi 17 octobre 2017

Heure : 8h30 - 10h30

Le programme portera sur les conséquences juridiques et fiscales dans le pays de situation de l’immeuble et le pays de résidence de l’investisseur, ou encore le pays dont il est ressortissant.  

The program will address legal and tax issues in the country where the property is located, as well as in the investor's country of residence or country of nationality.  

*Program is in French

C&G partner Bonnie J Roe will participate in an ABA Business Law Section webinar titled, "Current Issues in Securities Law for the Non-Securities Lawyer." This program will provide the basics of what a non-securities lawyer needs to know about securities law. It will demystify the laws and give enough walking-around knowledge so lawyers can determine whether a securities specialist is needed and to what extent.

Associate Sophia Soejung Kim spoke about the developments in corporate transparency and public corruption at the 25^th Annual International Association of Korean Lawyers hosted in Seoul, Korea. She addressed the recent trends and developments in the US Government’s enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

C&G partners Karen H Bromberg, chair of the firm's Privacy and Data security group, and Kwaku Andoh, former Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at JP Morgan Chase whose practice currently focuses on M&A, participated in an interactive CLE webinar on data privacy in M&A transactions.

The webinar features Jon Abernethy (Partner, Cohen & Gresser) and Andrew Curtin (Global Head of Investigations, AIG) for a special webcast focusing on managing legal and cultural risks in cross-border investigations. It covers:

• Handling multi-jurisdictional approaches to priviledged communications in the aftermath of the recent U.K. decision in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd. and The RBS Rights Issue Litigation
• Identifying potential cultural challenges and local laws that may impede an effective investigation and prevent a one-size-fits-all approach to designing internal processes and procedures within multinational organizations
• Implementing best practices when preparing for and coordinating effective internal investigations across international lines

Practising Law Institute: "Securities Litigation 2017: From Investigation to Trial" 

Johannes Jonas participated in a panel at a conference in Paris organized by Business France about business opportunities for French companies in the United States.  The panel, entitled "How to Approach the U.S. Market," discussed business and legal considerations/implications when starting or developing a business in the United States.

Lawrence T Gresser participated on a panel titled “Everything You Know Is Wrong: A Strategic Overview of Current Trends in the Two Jurisdictions” at the English-American Litigation Forum. The discussion covered trends and events including Brexit and the election of President Trump and their implications on the business and practice of law.

Dans ce programme, Franck Le Mentec portera sur les questions suivantes : Quel avenir des spécificités françaises en matière de fiscalité des groupes dans une perspective globale?  Quel est le rôle de la fiducie patrimoniale face à l’assurance vie? 

In this conference, Franck Le Mentec will address the following topics : What is the future of the French group tax policy system from a global perspective? What is the role of the financial trust as opposed to life insurance?

*Program is in French

Jon participated in a panel at the IBA’s 20^th Annual Transnational Crime Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.  The panel, entitled “The Right to Silence When Everyone Else Is Talking,” examined the right against self-incrimination from the perspective of several countries in a world of increased cross-border information sharing between investigators, regulators, and prosecuting authorities.

Mr. Stewart speaks at the Village of Westbury's annual Law Day. 

Experiential legal learning platform AltaClaro has partnered with international law firm Cohen & Gresser, LLP to host a live online panel to discuss current trends in anti-money laundering enforcement. The panel is complimentary for in-house counsel, white-collar and regulatory attorneys, and compliance professionals.

Dans cette “Matinée Fiscale,” Franck Le Mentec portera sur les thèmes suivants : l’étendue des obligations déclaratives, la problématique des sanctions et de la solidarité prévue, le trust et ISF, le trust et échanges d’informations, le trust et article 123-bis du CGI, et les conséquences de la jurisprudence Wildenstein.

In this “Fiscal Morning” program, Franck Le Mentec will address topics related to the scope of reporting requirements, sanctions and the solidarity clause, trusts with respect to the Solidarity Tax on Wealth, exchanges of information, and Article 57 of the General Tax Code, and the consequences of the Wildenstein jurisprudence. 

*Program is in French

Discussed White Collar Crime/DOJ Issues.

Consumer Antitrust Institute in Chicago

This program guides participants through issues that can arise in the most complex securities matters — from the initial government investigation to the filing of the civil cases to either settlement or trial. The expert panel consists of leading practitioners, government officials, and judges, providing updates on the latest best practices and case law.

ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting Panel, Washington DC 

Speakers include: C. Evan Stewart, Helen V. Cantwell, Michael J. Dell, Susan J. Kohlmann.

This course will examine the legal principles surrounding extraterritorial application of U.S. criminal law and its limitations.  It will also cover methods U.S. prosecutors use to gather evidence overseas, as well as general principles of law concerning extradition of foreign nationals.

Mr. Stewart addressed FBC Second Circuit Committee members about the U.S. Supreme Court's Korematsu decision. 

A presentation discussing how the legal market landscape was impacted by the financial crisis and how it has changed since and strategies to succeed nowadays. 

• Genesis of the law
• Apprehending the risks in a company
• Deployment of compliance programs within a company
• Protection of whistleblowers
• The new mechanism of transaction (differed prosecution agreement)
• The monitoring process
• Final remarks by the vice president of the Assemblée Nationale.

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Jon participated in this panel at Deloitte’s 10th Annual U.S. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Conference at Fordham Law School in New York.

ABA 20^th Annual National Institute on Class Actions in Las Vegas NV 

This course will examine the legal and practical foundations of good corporate governance for privately held companies, particularly younger growth companies, or start-ups, and companies backed by venture capital or private equity investors. 

C Evan Stewart will speak on the topic of American Political Memorabilia at Cornell University in New York City. 

International Association of Korean Lawyers, IAKL Seoul Conference Program, Washington, D.C.

C Evan Stewart will speak on the topic of American Political Memorabilia at Cornell University in Washington, D.C. 

In-House Counsel Forum, Jeju, Korea

Guest Lecturer, fall 2016, at the University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. The course provided an overview of U.S. white collar criminal law. It began with a review of the fundamental principles of U.S. criminal law and a review of the key participants in white collar criminal practice. The course also covered substantive white collar crimes, such as FCPA, banking, and finance related crimes.  

During this program, hosted by the Practising Law Institute, C Evan Stewart and other expert faculty will review and provide practical guidance on current ethical issues faced by attorneys in banking and financial services.

Association of Transportation Law Professionals (“ATLP”)  87th Annual Meeting in New Orleans

Held in San Fransisco in cooperation with BusinessFrance, BPI France, and Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP. 

In March of 2016, C&G's Damir Cefo spoke at the annual AIPPI Conference in Tel Aviv about building a powerful U.S. portfolio. 

Evan Stewart will be on this panel for commercial litigators, covering new developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine, exposure to civil liability, and a bevy of other issues s surrounding ethics for commercial litigators.

Webcast for thecorporatecounsel.net regarding how to navigate the changes that will occur with the new FAST Act. 

Click here to register for free; earn 1.5 CLE credits

As of August 17, 2015, under E.U. directive 650/2012. French citizens having residency within another country, or U.S. citizens in France can use either country’s estate planning laws to govern the distribution of ALL of their assets including French-based assets. For French citizens in New York, this allows for significant planning opportunities. Practitioners will need to understand the contrast between the French heirship system and New York planning laws. This panel will outline the difference between the estate planning and estate tax laws between the two countries, and how the estate tax treaty operates for a decedent subject to estate tax in both countries.

Melissa Maxman moderated this event. 

Actionnariat salarié et épargne salariale: opportunités offertes par la loi Macron

La loi du 10 juillet 2015 pour la croissance, l'activité et l'égalité des chances économiques a introduit des aménagements techniques concernant la mise en place de plans d'Attribution Gratuite d'Actions. Cette loi présente également un assouplissement des conditions d'éligibilité des sociétés aux BSPCE ("Bons de Souscription de Parts de Créateur d'Entreprise") et simplifie certaines règles relatives à l'épargne salariale. 

Au cours de cette Matinale, seront abordés :

• les modifications juridiques et fiscales concernant l'émission d'actions gratuites, de BSPCE et les dispositifs d'épargne salariale (participation, intéressement et Perco)
• les modifications apportées au traitement fiscal et social de ces dispositifs
• les impacts de la réforme sur la situation des bénéficiaires non-résidents et des plans étrangers bénéficiant à des résidents français
• la revue des aspects juridiques et pratiques à intégrer pour l'émission de nouveaux plans conformes aux conditions de la Loi Macron

Partner Dan H Tabak served as a panelist in a webinar for the IPO IP Chat Channel discussing the status of conflict waivers under legal and ethical rules, the various types of advance waivers, and how courts have evaluated the text of the waiver and the surrounding facts in a number of decisions. The panelists will also offer tips for how to negotiate and draft advance waivers that can best serve the needs of both clients and law firms.

This presentation offered a broad overview of mediation, including the benefits of mediation, the mediation process, and mediation strategies.   Participants learned practical tips that they can apply before, during, and after a mediation session to improve their chances of reaching a mutually agreeable solution to seemingly intractable disputes.

EU privacy regulators want the right to be forgotten – the delisting of information on the internet – to go global. This webinar, consisting of a panel of privacy attorneys, will consist of a discussion surrounding the issues stemming from the EU’s Right to be Forgotten ruling, whether this ruling could extend to US search engines, and what legislation needs to be explored in order to properly address the international implications of this ruling.

Additional panelists include: 

• Andy Roth, Legacy co-chair of Dentons' global Privacy and Security group 
• Ferdinand Graf, Managing Partner and Head of the M&A, Competition, and Cartel groups at Graf & Pitkowitz (Austria)
• Kevin Moss, Counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

Please click here to register for the webinar and earn CLE credit. 

This program will explore hot topics facing attorneys and will provide guidance on how to maintain an ethical practice in accordance with accepted professional responsibility standard.  It will be presented from the perspectives of both a litigator and a corporate counsel.

Please click here to register

During this program, hosted by the Practising Law Institute, C Evan Stewart and other expert faculty will review and provide practical guidance on current ethical issues faced by attorneys in banking and financial services. Please click here to register

Francisco Villegas will give a presentation to the Camden CoLab, based in Camden, New Jersey, on the basics of intellectual property and how it can be used by a tech start-up.

The choice of entity in which to conduct your business is significantly affected by tax considerations.  This session will provide a business and corporate law perspective on the various pass-through entities recommended for tax reasons by the preceding speakers by considering the non-tax issues in doing business as a sole proprietorship, “S” corporation, partnership or limited liability company.

This program guides participants through issues that can arise in the most complex securities matters — from the initial government investigation to the filing of the civil cases to either settlement or trial. The expert panel consists of leading practitioners, government officials, and judges, providing updates on the latest best practices and case law.

Click here for more information and to register. 

C&G’s Evan Stewart will be on this panel for commercial litigators, covering new developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine, exposure to civil liability, and a bevy of other issues s surrounding ethics for commercial litigators.

Click here to register

Melissa Maxman was a panel chair for this event. 

Melissa Maxman was a panelist at this event. 

Melissa was a panelist at this event. 

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

The faculty presenting this program will cover all aspects of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration process, including prehearing matters, motion practice, hearings, and awards, and will also provide a detailed guide to FINRA investigations and enforcement actions. Leveraging outcomes from recent cases and investigations, the aim of this presentation is to arm participants with the tools and knowledge needed to effectively litigate for their clients who may find themselves as parties in these types of proceedings.

To register, please click here

University of Pennsylvania Law School 14^th Annual APALSA Conference, Philadelphia PA 

This presentation focused on discovery and settlement in cross-border litigation in the United States and Western Europe as well as on international commercial arbitration.

Shearman & Sterling’s Annual International Arbitration Day

The Alice decision held that patent claims directed to certain abstract ideas are invalid under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 101. This represents the fourth time in the past five years that the Supreme Court has tackled the question of whether a patent was directed to patent-eligible subject matter. The decision impacts the future of software patents, other business method patents, and patent troll (NPE) activity. This One-Hour Briefing will address what inside counsel need to know about the Supreme Court’s decision on patent eligibility including:

• What factors of patent eligibility does the Alice ruling not address
• Applying Alice from the perspective of the patent defendant

Each year, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) hosts its Ethics for Corporate Counsel program which covers ethical issues facing attorneys and other business entities. This year, C&G partner Daniel H Tabak will sit on the Current Issues & Best Practices panel. 

Francisco Villegas will give a seminar at the YLE Media Startup Accelerator Powered by Nestholma on the value of intellectual property rights to start-ups, with an emphasis on the U.S. and U.K.

Since 1994, Office of the Appellate Defender has hosted First Monday in October. This annual fundraising event features a mock U.S. Supreme Court argument, followed by an awards ceremony at which the Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy is presented to two of the most highly regarded advocates in the nation. This year, C&G partner Mark S Cohen will be one of nine justices on the panel. 

C&G partner Jonathan S Abernethy will speak at the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL) at Fordham Law School in New York City.  Mr. Abernethy will be a panelist on the Conference’s Anti-Corruption Panel, and will address, among other subjects, recent trends in FCPA enforcement and how companies can mitigate risks through effective compliance programs and procedures.

This panel will discuss recent trends in compliance and enforcement, including 10b5-1 plans, hedging and pledging, and case law developments. 

Melissa was a panelist for this event. 

Discussion topics include: the intersection of banking and brokerage regulation, broker-dealer enforcement, compliance, professional responsibilities, regulated entities in civil litigation, and the FCPA.  

Karen Bromberg, head of C&G's Intellectual Property Group, joins a panel of top tier IP attorneys to discuss the Supreme Court's major intellectual property rulings from this term. Ms. Bromberg will address the recent SCOTUS ruling which found that online television streaming service Aereo Inc. is in violation of copyright laws. 

This presentation focused on e-discovery procedures from various United States district courts to illustrate that variations in discovery rules may influence not only the costs, but also the substantive outcome of the case.

The panel will address best practices for corporate counsel assisting boards of directors in fulfilling their corporate governance responsibilities, including the various ethical issues that may arise in evaluating an acquisition, conducting an internal investigation or other situations.

Melissa was a primary commentator at this event. 

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

 Drawing prominent commercial litigators, this panel addresses ethical issues including new developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine. Additional topics cover conflicts, e-discovery, no-contact rules, and whistle-blower remedies.

Melissa was a panelist at this event. 

Melissa was a panelist at this event. 

This program offers practical advice to guide attorneys through every facet of the deposition process, providing the fundamental skills for taking and defending depositions.

In recent years, there has been an increase in parallel government investigations brought by the Department of Justice, SEC, and other federal and state regulatory bodies, as well as private litigation.  In addition, there has been an increase in parallel investigations brought by various foreign agencies such as the SFO and FSA in the UK.  These parallel proceedings raise important issues regarding  5^th Amendment rights against self-incrimination, limits on attorney-client privilege, stays of civil proceedings, discovery (domestic and foreign) and the impact of settlements in multiple proceedings.  The panel will review the trends in this area and discuss strategies by which companies and individuals can confront and manage these investigations.

The current ethical environment facing lawyers is one of the most challenging in our history. The traps waiting to catch lawyers are numerous and, in most cases, they are hidden below the surface. This session addresses the following subjects: conflicting client obligations of confidentiality; whistleblower rights for lawyers; multi-jurisdictional traps for the unwary; liability issues for lawyers; multiple representation issues; the dangers of documents; and, international practice issues.

Discussing current litigation issues stemming from shareholder activism and activist investing, this panel consists of business and securities litigators with extensive experience representing both hedge funds and other investors, as well as target corporations and their boards of directors. Shareholder activism is on the rise, as sophisticated activists—including large, well-funded hedge funds—undertake well-organized activist campaigns. Increasingly, the activist campaign has moved from the boardroom to the courtroom, as activists and target companies challenge each other’s conduct. We will address litigation strategies to be deployed by activists and target companies during the activist campaign and the subsequent proxy contest.

Drawing prominent members of the white–collar bar, this panel addresses current issues relating to government investigations and compliance, public integrity, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Estimating the value of your development stage private company is a necessary first step in preparing for a round of new financing, but the hard part may be the next step: figuring out how to allocate that enterprise value to your different classes of equity. Using the Trados, Inc. case as an example, this panel discussed what to watch out for.

Shearman & Sterling’s Annual International Arbitration Day, November 2013

This program explored the rules of professional conduct as applied to contract negotiation and performance.

This panel explored some of the consequences of recent changes in the rules governing unregistered securities offerings under Regulation D.

Topics covered included new developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work-product doctrine (including disclosure obligations to third parties, the status of government pressure to waive, congressional legislation, selective waiver, and inadvertent waiver), lawyer's exposure to civil liability, whistle-blower remedies for lawyers, and more.

Topics covered included recent trends in criminal enforcement as illustrated by the A U Optronics trial; the structure of antitrust enforcement in the United States, and recent civil trials of interest.

This InsideCounsel panel explored recent trends in developing and implementing anti-corruption compliance programs for international operations from an in-house counsel and regulatory perspective. The panel focused on the impact of the new Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other recent global developments related to anti-corruption upon the development and implementation of global anti-corruption compliance programs.

Mortgage-backed securities have played a prominent role in the wave of financial litigation, and claims have raised a complex web of legal questions. This program explored these claims and analyzed the recent trends in some of the most high profile cases to date. Issues explored included: an explanation of the typical structure of an RMBS transaction; more advanced concepts in put-back and monoline litigations such as statistical sampling as a method for proving defaults; issues related to claims stemming from violations of federal and state securities laws; statute of limitations issues; loss-causation standards and recent settlements in the MBS space.

This course provided an overview of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct ("RPC") for attorneys, promulgated in April 2009. It focused on four key areas of change from the Code of Professional Responsibility that the RPC superseded. The course addressed cutting-edge ethical issues, including problems that arise in the areas of e-discovery, electronic files, and the Internet.

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 4^th Annual Convention, Washington DC  

This panel gave information and advice, focusing on professionalism and deciding on a legal specialty, to Columbia Law School Legal Practice Workshop students.

The panel discussed current developments under the JOBS Act of 2012, including pending and future SEC rulemaking initiatives implementing various provisions of the Act. The panel featured Stanley Keller, David Lynn, Michael Hermsenthe, and the Director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, Meredith Cross, and members of her staff.

Topics covered included client expectations and priorities and the future of the legal market.

A discussion of best practices in performing due diligence and how to manage client expectations, discover hidden assets and begin the process early so that remedies can be put in place before closing.

With over 70% of Corporate Board seats filled through network connections, this Women in the Boardroom Connections session discussed how best to build and use your professional network. The event featured Andrea Nierenberg, President of The Nierenberg Consulting Group. Women in the Boardroom is an all-female professional organization geared towards arming women with the resources necessary for Corporate Board leadership and service.

This course provided an overview of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct ("RPC") for attorneys, promulgated in April 2009. It focused on four key areas of change from the Code of Professional Responsibility that the RPC superseded.

This CLE program explored the litigation implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The panel was moderated by The Honorable Paul G. Gardephe.

Bankruptcy Basics provided an introduction to fundamental bankruptcy concepts. The presentation outlined the basic bankruptcy process, the different chapters of bankruptcy, how claims are filed, adjudicated, and paid, and how court proceedings function. 

Melissa was a panelist at this event. 

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

A privacy law presentation at the In-House Counsel Forum of Korea.  This seminar will describe sources of privacy law in the United States and the European Union.  It will also illustrate how these jurisdictions approach privacy law, how it is enforced, and why it is enforced differently.  Lastly, recent privacy litigation in Europe and the United States will be discussed. 

Melissa was a speaker at this CLE course.

Melissa was a speaker at this event. 

Multiple presentations while at the U.S. Department of Justice, including to the U.S. Navy, officials and military in Guam, and agencies and governmental bodies in California, Nevada, and Alaska.