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36th Annual Securities Regulation Institute-Coronado, CA

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
"Markets Update"
By Jon A. Woodruff, Goldman Sachs & Co., Los Angeles
Presented as part of the Securities Practice in the Current Market Environment panel

"Securities Practice in the Current Market Environment"
By Alan L. Beller, John T. Bostelman, Patricia A. Vlahakis, and Jon A. Woodruff

"Changes in Corporate Governance and Board Concerns"
By Thomas A. Cole, D. Cameron Findlay, and A. Gilchrist Sparks III

"Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System"
A Report to Congressional Addresses by the United States Government Accountability Office
Presented as part of The SEC in Transition panel

"Financial Reform: A Framework for Financial Stability"
Presented as part of The SEC in Transition panel

"Demands for More, Better, Faster Disclosure: Practical Guidance for Public Companies and their Advisors"
By Meredith B. Cross, Frank H. Brod, Keith F. Higgins, and Thomas J. Kim

"Top 10 New Disclosure CD&I'S"
By Meredith B. Cross, Frank H. Brod, Keith F. Higgins, and Thomas J. Kim

Thursday, January 29, 2009
"Accounting in the Limelight"
By John W. White, Vincent P. Colman, Linda L. Griggs, and Robert H. Herz

"Loss Contingencies - How Will They Be Disclosed in the Future?"
Presented as part of the Accounting in the Limelight panel

"Securities Disclosure"
Presented as part of the Accounting in the Limelight panel

"Global Capital Market Developments"
By Steven E. Bochner, Edward F. Greene, Stanley Keller, Shelley E. Parratt, and Alan Schoenbaum

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Securities Law but Were Never Given the Chance to Ask..."
By Martin P. Dunn, Brian V. Breheny, Wayne Carnall, Meredith B. Cross, and John F. Olson

"M&A Trends and Developments"
By Richard E. Climan, Brian J. McCarthy, Leo E. Strine Jr., and Leigh Walton

"It's Tough in the Middle for Corporate Counsel: Navigating CEO - Board Tensions While Avoiding Ethical and Liability Landmines"
By Dixie L. Johnson, E. Norman Veasey, Dorian Daley, and Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.

"Corporate Governance Update with Focus on the Board's Reliance on Corporate Counsel"
Presented as part of the Ethical and Liability Landmines panel

"Product Integrity, Inc. Hypothetical"
Presented as part of the Ethical and Liability Landmines panel

Friday, January 30, 2009
"Developments in Enforcement and Criminal Investigation"
By Mary Jo White, Linda Chatman Thomsen, Randall R. Lee, Steven Tyrrell, and Richard H. Walker

"Developments in Enforcement and Criminal Investigation - FCPA Practice Scenario"
Presented as part of the Developments in Enforcement and Criminal Investigation panel

47th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute-San Francisco, CA

Friday, December 5, 2008
"Advising Management and the Board Regarding Corporate Governance"
By Martin P. Dunn, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, D.C. and Keir D. Gumbs, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.

"SEC Developments Affecting Corporations"
By Sharon R. Flanagan and Lisa J. Reategui, Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco

Thursday, December 4, 2008
"Building an Effective Privacy Compliance Program"
By Chad A. Fentress, Accenture, LLP, San Jose

"Current Developments: Employment Law & Labor Relations"
By Joan B. Tucker Fife, Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco

"Current Credit Environment Legal Issues and Financing Conditions"
By Francesco Penati, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, San Francisco and Steven Macko, Wells Fargo Foothill, San Francisco

"Hot Topics in Data Security Breaches"
By Heidi C. Salow, DLA Piper US LLP, Washington, D.C.

"International Privacy Laws"
By Heidi C. Salow, DLA Piper US LLP, Washington, D.C.

"Foreseeing the Risks of Doing Business in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions"
By Elaine Carey, Control Risks, Los Angeles and Robert W. Tarun and John F. McKenzie, Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Francisco

47th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute-Chicago, IL

Friday, September 26, 2008
"Advising Management and the Board Regarding Corporate Governance"
By Martin P. Dunn and Amy B. Freed, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, D.C.

"Criminal Enforcement of the FCPA: Structure, Recent Activity and What to Expect in 2009"
By William B. Jacobson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

2008 Short Courses for Prosecuting Attorneys and Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases

Monday, July 21, 2008
"Developments in Evidence Law and Procedure"
By Cathryn S. Crawford, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
"A Loss of Innocence: When children and lawyers prepare for court"
By Lillian Salcines Bright, Office of the District Attorney, Wilmington, North Carolina

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
"Forensic Pathology"
By Dr. Nancy L. Jones, MD, Office of Cook County Medical Examiner, Chicago

"CSI: Eyewitness Memory"
By James M. Doyle and Mark R. Larson

28th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute-Chicago, IL

Thursday, May 1, 2008
"The Changing Dynamic between Strategic and Private Equity Bidders"
By R. Scott Falk, Michael S. Canmann, Charles W. Mulaney Jr., Mark B. Tresnowski

"M&A Trends"
By Cary A. Kochman, UBS, Chicago

"Majority Voting and the 2008 Proxy Season"
By Claudia H. Allen, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP, Chicago

Friday, May 2, 2008
"Amendments to Rule 144"
By Richard D. Buchband, Accenture, Ltd., Chicago

"Rule 144 Practices Corporate Counsel Survey: April 2008"
By Richard D. Buchband

"Restructuring High Yield Bonds"
By John J. Huber, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.

"Acquiring Companies and Businesses in Europe"
By Baker & McKenzie

"Cross-Border Transactions Handbook"
By Baker & McKenzie

"International Joint Ventures Handbook"
By Baker & McKenzie

"Case Studies Addressing Ethics and Malpractice in Corporate Transactions"
By Timothy J. Melton, Lori S. Gordon, Pamela Phillips, Michael S. Shakman

"Conflicts of Interest-What Are The Typical Triggers?"
By Pamela Phillips, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco

35th Annual Securities Regulation Institute-Coronado, CA

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
"Welcome and SEC Division of Finance Overview"
By John W. White, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.

"Challenges Facing the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Year 2008 and Beyond"
By David S. Ruder, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

"U.S. Capital Market Developments"
By Steven E. Bochner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto

"Securities Act of 1933 and Short Sales"
By Alan L. Beller, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York City

"SEC Roundtables on Using IFRS in the U.S."
By Mary B. Tokar, KPMG IFRG Limited International Financial Reporting Group, London

"International Financial Reporting Standards"
By John W. White , U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
"M&A Trends and Developments"
By Richard E. Climan, Larry W. Sonsini, Leo E. Strine, Jr., and Leigh Walton

"Purchase Price Adjustments, Earnouts and Other Purchase Price Provisions"
By Leigh Walton, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville

"Hedge Funds in the Current M&A Environment"
By Brian J. McCarthy, Patricia A. Vlahakis, Brian V. Breheny, Joele Frank, Peter C. Harkins, and Harvey L. Pitt

Friday, January 25, 2008
"Fifty Ways to Minimize Errors in Document Productions for Government Investigations"
By Dixie L. Johnson, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington , D.C.

46th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute - Chicago, IL

Friday, September 28, 2007
"Labor and Employment Law 2007: The Year in Review"
By Joseph E. Tilson, Meckler Bulger & Tilson LLP, Chicago

"Recent SEC Enforcement Actions against In-house Lawyers: An Ominous Trend for the Legal Profession"
By David B. Bayless and Tammy Albarrán, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco

2006 Short Courses for Prosecuting Attorneys and Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases - Chicago, IL

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Firearms Evidence and Reconstruction"
by Peter Diaczuk, Meghan Miller, and Jack Hietpas

Complimentary Whitepapers

"The Other Bailout: How the Fed is Financing the Financiers, and Related SEC Disclosure"
By Mark S. Nelson, J.D., CCH Writer Analyst; published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

"Stimulus Act Imposes Corporate Governance and Compensation Mandates"
By James Hamilton, J.D., LLM., CCH Principal Analyst; published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business