ABA Section of Business Law: Live from the Fall 2008 Meeting
Why Attend?
If you missed these sessions, you can take any or all as Online CLE courses or download the MP3 files. Use the links above and scroll down to access individual sessions or the entire course. ABA members are eligible for discounts.
What You Will Learn
• Bankruptcy for Breakfast - An Update on Hot Issues
A panel of bankruptcy judges and experienced bankruptcy practitioners review the latest developments in bankruptcy law and procedure.
Presented by the Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation. Co-chairs: Michael D. Rubenstein, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX; and William Knight Zewadski, Trenam Kemker, Tampa, FL.
Speakers: Theresa Brown-Edwards, Potter Anderson, Wilmington, DE; Messrs. Rubenstein and Zewadski; Honorable Philip H. Brandt, Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington, Seattle, WA; and Honorable Elizabeth Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, NY.
• Meltdown! Perspectives on the Future of Financial Services Regulation
The real and perceived causes of the sudden collapse of markets around the globe and the ensuing economic crisis are already giving rise to sweeping regulatory change. A panel of experts representing the Section's Study Group on Regulation of Financial Markets will review the causes and the suggested and potential regulatory reforms that are needed to address them. This session also is available as an individual webcast segment.
What caused the crisis?
• Market failure?
• Monetary and banking policy?
• Regulatory failure?
What are the implications of the government response?
• EESA/TARP legislation
• Capital investment in financial institutions
• Guarantee programs
How should the system change – and will it do so?
• Market stability regulator
• SEC and CFTC
• Regulation of the CDS market
• Bank regulation
• Role of the states
Presented by the Study Group on the Regulation of Financial Markets. Co-chairs: Giovanni P. Prezioso, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; and Marc E. Lackritz, former president and CEO, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
Speakers: John D. ("Jerry") Hawke, ex-Comptroller of the Currency and former Treasury Under Secretary of Domestic Finance; and William F. Kroener III, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC
• Attorney-Client Privilege and SEC Examinations
This program will address current developments relating to the attorney-client privilege in the context of SEC examinations of investment advisers, investment companies, and broker-dealers (includes 30 minutes on ethics).
Presented by the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities. Chair: Jay G. Baris, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
Speakers: Lori A. Martin, Wilmer Hale, New York, NY; William R. Baker, III, Latham Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew J. Donohue, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Therese D. Pritchard, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC; and Gil Morris Soffer, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
• Dialogue with the SEC Enforcement Staff
This program is a panel discussion in a Q and A format (including responding to questions from the audience), in which they discuss recent significant cases, current priorities, and significant policy developments.
Presented by the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities. Co-chairs: Therese D. Pritchard, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC; and William R. Baker, III, Latham Watkins LLP, Washington, DC.
Speakers: George Curtis, Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Linda C. Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Luis Meija, Chief Litigation Counsel, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Antonia Chion, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; Scott Freistad, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC; and Joan McKown, Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.
Watch from the convenience of your office as you catch up on the latest developments – in bankruptcy law and procedure – the attorney-client privilege and SEC examinations – financial services regulation – and SEC enforcement – webcast live from the ABA Business Law Section Fall CLE meeting!
Business lawyers and their clients are bracing themselves for an unprecedented period of economic crisis and bold government and private-sector measures that will have dramatic long-term consequences. Will the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 provide the necessary liquidity to the credit markets to return them to some semblance of normal activity? The answer will not be known for some time.
Take this unique opportunity to attend these timely discussions presented by ABA Business Law Section committees with responsibility for financial services. Questions for speakers may be submitted during their live webcast sessions. Whether you watch all of these webcast sessions on November 21 – or save some for later when archived online – you also will receive the accompanying written materials in downloadable PDF format. In addition, you will gain complimentary access to the video recording to view and review on demand.
Tuition discounts are available for ABA Business Law Section members and ABA members. Group registrations benefit from significant discounts. See box above for details.
Planning Chairs
and Speakers
William R. Baker, III, Latham Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
Jay G. Baris, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY
Honorable Philip H. Brandt, Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington, Seattle, WA
Theresa Brown-Edwards, Potter Anderson, Wilmington, DE
Antonia Chion, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
George Curtis, Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
Andrew J. Donohue, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
Scott Freistad, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
John D. Hawke, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; ex-Comptroller of the Currency and former Treasury Under Secretary of Domestic Finance
William F. Kroener III, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.
Marc E. Lackritz, former president and CEO, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Lori A. Martin, Wilmer Hale, New York, NY
Joan McKown, Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
Luis Meija, Chief Litigation Counsel, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
Giovanni P. Prezioso, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC
Therese D. Pritchard, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC
Michael D. Rubenstein, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX
Gil Morris Soffer, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Honorable Elizabeth Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, NY
Linda C. Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
William Knight Zewadski, Trenam Kemker, Tampa, FL
Program Schedule
All Times Eastern Standard
8:30 a.m. Bankruptcy for Breakfast - An Update on Hot Issues
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Meltdown! Perspectives on the Future of Financial Services Regulation
12:00 noon Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. Attorney-Client Privilege and SEC Examinations
3:30 p.m. Dialogue with the SEC Enforcement Staff
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 6.5, including 0.5 hour of ethics. Total 50-minute hours, 7.8, including 0.6 hour of ethics. Includes at least 30 minutes on ethics and professional responsibility issues, accepted by some, but not all, MCLE jurisdictions.
Times
Eastern 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Central 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Mountain 6:30 am – 3:30 pm
Pacific 5:30 am – 2:30 pm
Alaska 4:30 am – 1:30 pm
Hawaii 3:30 am – 12:30 pm
