Conflict Minerals Compliance and Disclosure – June 26-27 2013

The National Law Review is pleased to bring you information about the upcoming Conflict Minerals Compliance & Disclosure Conference:

Conflict Minerals June 26-27

When: 26-27 June 2013

Where: venue to be confirmed – Chicago, IL, United States of America

Why You Should Attend:

In August 2012, the SEC released its conflict minerals rule that many organizations have been waiting for. The SEC now requires public companies to disclose the specific minerals contained in their products, making supply chain due diligence a must. Companies have until May 31, 2014 to track down each level of their supply chain and compile a report of their findings. The marcus evans Conflict Minerals Compliance & Disclosure Conference will allow organizations to see how they compare to their peers in the creation of a conflict minerals management program.

The conflict minerals rule is complex and has many aspects to it. This conference will break down each requirement provided by the SEC and discuss the widely used guidelines offered by OECD and EICC. This advanced course on conflict minerals will tackle key issues, including: the creation of a successful conflict minerals team utilizing various departments within your organization, managing your supply chain, and building an IT program that will successfully secure the data collected from the various levels of the supply chain. By attending this conference, delegates will be able to verify if their conflict minerals program has taken the necessary steps thus far to successfully meet SEC expectations for the first filings deadline.

Key Topics:
  • Review the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conflict minerals rule with Navistar
  • Tailor guidelines from various cross industry associations to meet your organizational needs with the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
  • Create a cost effective conflict minerals program with Brady Corporation
  • Obtain necessary data from your supply chain to meet SEC requirements with Rogers Corporation
  • Maintain a strong rapport with all tiers of your supply chain to increase transparency with Applied Materials

Insurance Companies: Friend or Foe?

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Policyholders and their attorneys frequently experience insurance companies improperly investigating and documenting claims, in turn leading them to wrongfully deny claims that may be inconsistent with their obligations under the policy. Insurance companies often do not have processes in place to satisfactorily review the policy and decision, resulting in angry policyholders, bad publicity and litigation.

Yet Professor Jay Feinman, Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law and noted scholar on insurance law, believes that claim executives and policyholders’ attorneys can work together to avoid any collisions in the claims process. At the America’s Claims Event 2013, he joins Edward Eshoo and Andrew Plunkett of the Childress Duffy law firm, who are expert policyholder attorneys, in a presentation entitled “How Claims Go Wrong: A Policyholders’ Perspective.” Their program will identify common mistakes that insurance companies make and suggests possible remedies.

Professor Feinman recently sat down with me for an interview to express his recommendations regarding the insurance industry. He explained that the ideal structuring in insurance companies would permit claims to be paid promptly and fairly.  In order to meet these goals, insurance companies must invest time and resources to sufficiently train personnel. Also, insurance companies must approach claims with continuity so that claims are not shuffled around. Finally, insurance companies must consult with objective and independent experts to investigate claims.

Claims handlers also repeatedly make errors that adversely affect insurance companies as a whole. Professor Feinman opined that insurance personnel must adopt a standard of remaining adequately informed and knowledgeable. They should always have access to the policy in question as well as insights into how courts interpret the policy’s language to avoid denying a claim based on just the individual insurance company’s authority.

In situations when insurance companies and their personnel act in bad faith, the policyholder often pursues litigation. This may occur when an insurance company blatantly acts in bad faith in denying a claim. However, even if they do not deliberately act in bad faith, insurance companies can create systems that lead to the same results. Professor Feinman points out that litigation can arise even when individuals within insurance companies are not intentionally acting in bad faith but rather when they do not conform generally to the law of claim practices.

Switching to the policyholders’ attorneys, Professor Feinman believes they hold a role in the claims process as well so that their clients’ potential losses can be covered. These attorneys should advise their client to remain open and forthcoming and provide as much information to insurance companies as reasonably demanded. Also, the policyholder’s counsel should work to comply with the terms of the policy. Further, in cases where the independent experts fail to perform their job, counsel may provide for replacement experts.  According to Professor Feinman, insurers and policyholders’ attorneys should not act as adversaries but rather as partners to ensure that the claim process runs smoothly,

When this does not happen, policyholders suffer given the unique nature of insurance in that if an insurance company refuses to fulfill its obligation, a policyholder cannot purchase another insurance plan to cover its past loss. Professor Feinman raises the emotional toll on Hurricane Sandy survivors who lost their homes and businesses without insurance companies’ fulfilling their obligation to cover these losses. In turn, insurance companies suffer because they lose their client base and earn a bad reputation while facing liability. This liability may lead them to disgorge any economic benefits received from retaining a claim, pay the claim as requested, and in many cases, pay consequential and punitive damages. Therefore, insurance companies prosper when they pay the claims that the policy covers in the first place. Ultimately, insurance companies that do not fall into adversarial patterns with policyholders’ attorneys and live up to their obligations reap economic benefits.

As a valued reader of the National Law Review, we would like to extend a special registration offer.  Use the following link to register to attend the 17th Annual America’s Claims Event and receive an additional $50 discount off the prevailing registration rate.  This discount is only for readers of the National Law Review and is only available for new registration.  Please Click Here to Register and Save!

Professor Feinman to speak during the 17th Annual America’s Claims Event “How Claims Go Wrong: A Policyholders’ Perspective” on June 20, 2013 at 2pm.  To register please visit www.americasclaimsevent.com/registration and use promo code ACENLR for a $50 discount off prevailing rates.  Discount available only to new registrations for the 2013 conference, no additional discounts can be applied.

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ABA Aviation Litigation 2013 Conference – June 06, 2013

The National Law Review is pleased to bring you information about the upcoming Aviation Litigation 2013 Conference.

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When

June 06, 2013

Where

  • The University Club
  • 1 W 54th St
  • New York, NY 10019
  • United States of America

Prominent industry insiders, including mass tort litigators, assemble for one day to share essential strategies and personal experiences on the best ways to handle mass disaster claims.

Attendees of this National Institute will:

  • Participate in the analysis of a mock aviation accident case
  • Review recent case law developments in leading aviation industry cases
  • Observe effective ways to present and cross-examine the causation expert from adept Aviation Bar attorneys
  • Watch TrialGraphix facilitate a mock trial; including case presentations and live deliberations

2nd Annual White Collar Crime Institute – May 20, 2013

The National Law Review is pleased to bring you information about the upcoming 2nd Annual White Collar Crime Institute:

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When:

Monday, May 20, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m

Where:

The New York City Bar, located at 42 West 44th Street in New York City, New York

The City Bar Center for CLE at the New York City Bar will present the 2nd Annual White Collar Crime Institute, a full day program co-sponsored by the White Collar Crime committee  with a networking reception to follow.

Th relatively new committee on White Collar Crime, formerly headed by New York City Bar’s former President Samuel Seymour is currently  headed by John F. Savarese of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. The members of the committee are well known in the field and come from law firms with substantial white collar crime practices as well as from government agencies. The committee has been quite active on various fronts, including putting together this groundbreaking CLE program.

Do not miss this opportunity to hear from a talented pool of panelists. Scheduled to participate from the government are George Canellos, SEC Acting Director of Enforcement, David Meister, CFTC Director of Enforcement, Marc Berger, Chief of the Securities Fraud Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the S.D.N.Y., and Richard Zabel, Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District. The Honorable Raymond Lohier of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York are scheduled to participate. Panelists also include distinguished academics and top practitioners in the field. The May 20 program also features two prominent keynote speakers, Loretta Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Cyrus Vance, Manhattan District Attorney.

Plenary sessions will focus on:

  • the impact of media coverage on prosecutorial decision-making; and
  • the importance of effective pre-indictment advocacy in white collar cases

Break-out sessions will focus on:

  • market abuse;
  • emerging trends and challenges in criminal discovery;
  • navigating conflicts in corporate and executive representation; and
  • cyber crime

Register now!

False Claims Trial Institute – June 05 – 07, 2013

The National Law Review is pleased to bring you information about the upcoming False Claims Trial Institute.

False Claims Institute

When

June 05 – 07, 2013

Where

  • The Liaison Capitol Hill An Affinia Hotel
  • 415 New Jersey Ave NW
  • Washington, DC 20001-2001
  • United States of America

As the number of False Claims Act cases filed, and settled, continues to rise, an increasing number of cases are litigated through discovery and trial. This one-of-a-kind institute will focus on the discovery, evidentiary, and trial challenges that must be successfully overcome to try a False Claims Act case. The capstone of the program will be a two-day mock FCA trial, from voir dire through jury deliberations.

Attendees of this program will improve their knowledge of the challenges involved in litigating a False Claims Act case, including::

  • Developing trial themes and a litigation plan
  • Obtaining discovery from the government
  • Building or limiting damages
  • Assessing and reducing the risk of exclusion

Emerging Insurance Coverage & Allocation Issues in 2013 – May 14th, 2013

The National Law Review is a proud sponsor of Emerging Insurance Coverage & Allocation Issues in 2013 Conference:

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When:

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Where:

The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 W Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA

All in-house counsel and insurance professionals always complimentary at Perrin Conferences. Special Restrictions Apply. Registration fee is $895 and includes private website access to course materials, continental breakfast, refreshment breaks and networking cocktail reception. Group discounts available, please inquire.

2011 SuperConference Change, Grow, Innovate – From Legal Advisor to Strategic Partner May 23- 24 Chicago, IL

The National Law Review is a proud sponsor of Inside Counsel’s 11th Annual SuperConference Monday May 23- Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, IL. 

Change, Grow, Innovate – From Legal Advisor to Strategic Partner

InsideCounsel’s 11th Annual SuperConference is designed to provide senior legal professionals insights, ideas and solutions to help them meet their growing responsibilities and evolving needs. Developed by in-house counsel, for in-house counsel, SuperConference will provide you innovative resolutions essential to addressing your department’s business and legal needs.

Conference Overview

• Research-based, market-driven content addressing the evolving role and needs of in-house counsel

• 19 interactive educational sessions with real-world case studies

• Unparalleled networking opportunities with senior level corporate counsel from Fortune-500 companies

• The industry’s best-valued corporate legal conference — Earn up to 12 CLE Credits for less than $38 per credit*

*Based on in-house early bird rate of $449

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote – Former White House Deputy Counsel Daniel J. Meltzer.

Keynote Panel: Managing Up: Ways on Managing the Board, CEO & CFO – Featuring Kraft Foods’ GC Marc Firestone and MillerCoors’ CLO Karen Ripley.

Keynote Panel: Corporate Governance – Featuring Scripps Network’s CLO A.B. Cruz, III, Corn Products’ GC Mary Ann Hynes, and DLA Piper’s Anastasia Kelly.

$100 Discount off registration before April 1st with Promo Code WBNLR1 To Register and for More Info.  Please Click Here:

Chief Litigation Officer Summit Fall 2011 15-17 September 2011, Red Rock Casino, Resort, Spa, Las Vegas, NV

The National Law Review is  pleased to announce the Chief Litigation Officer Summit Fall 2011 is taking place on the 15 through 17 of  September 2011, Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV.

A Unique Event

The future of litigation will bring new matters, increased competition and a strong need for budget maximization. Employment, IP, product liability, commercial and securities litigation continue to become more complex and therefore more costly. As a Chief Litigation Officer, one of the main challenges is to stay within budget, and tactics such as eDiscovery and specialized outside counsel certainly compound this challenge.

Executives that can find solutions and best practices to work through these challenges will stand out amid a mounting sea of litigation counsel. By employing alternative billing structures, one can allow for fair and accurate budgeting in hopes of maximizing resources, which will help contribute to a successful trial. Skillful planning, organizing and managing of cases is absolutely necessary to stay on top of your game during the trial or deciding on alternative dispute resolution. Enhancing outside counsel relationships through effective communication can greatly increase your odds and assist in dealing with a building case load.

The Chief Litigation Officer Summit provides a unique forum for service providers to gain access to the leading in-house counsel across the nation. Over three days, service providers will meet and interact with the heads of litigation from the country’s leading organizations through a number of one-on-one business meetings and many networking activities. In addition, service providers will attend strategic conference sessions and keynote presentations delivered by these heads of litigation. Within the luxurious settings of The Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, this networking event presents a unique opportunity to develop meaningful and valuable business relations.

marcus evans will seek CLE accreditation in those states requested by registrants which have continuing education requirements. CLE credit hour information will be displayed on the certificate of attendance, which is provided to the attendees after the event has run and once each State has confirmed approval. marcus evans certifies that this activity has been approved for CLE credits by the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Pennsylvania.

Our executive delegation is selected according to the following criteria:

  • Scope of Responsibility
  • Budget
  • Sign-off Authority
  • Company Revenue
  • Interest in Purchasing Products and Services

Delegates will include decision makers with the job titles of General Counsel Litigation, Assistant General Counsel Litigation, Associate General Counsel, Litigation, Chief Litigation Officer, Vice President, Litigation and Senior Litigation Counsel with ultimate responsibility for litigation within their corporations.
Six Reasons Why You Should Attend the Summit:

  • Attend innovative summit sessions that outline tools to maximize the profitability of your company or organization
  • Network with an executive, focused group of your peers to discuss and debate differentiated strategies and develop future business contacts
  • Meet with leading Solution Providers to gain solutions to your most pressing business challenges
  • Maximize your time spent at the event by pre-selecting Keynote presentations, summit sessions, one-on-one meetings and networking activities through the Secured Summit Web site and scheduling software
  • Extensive opportunities for informal peer networking throughout the weekend through day and evening leisure activities
  • Documentation of presentations and information presented at the Summit via the interactive Web site


Delegate Package 

  • Pre-event Secured Web site access for scheduling
  • Executive Summit Program
  • 8-10 one-on-one business meetings with Solution Provider executives
  • Post-event Web site access for documentation and information on next event
  • Two nights accommodation at the Resort
  • All meals, receptions & special events
  • Participation in the Summit networking activities


For information on attending as a Delegate, please contact:
Marketing Manager
E: 
webenquiries@marcusevansbb.com
T: 246 627 3761

Chief Litigation Officer Summit Fall 2011 15-17 September 2011, Red Rock Casino, Resort, Spa, Las Vegas, NV

The National Law Review is  pleased to announce the Chief Litigation Officer Summit Fall 2011 is taking place on the 15 through 17 of  September 2011, Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas, NV.

A Unique Event

The future of litigation will bring new matters, increased competition and a strong need for budget maximization. Employment, IP, product liability, commercial and securities litigation continue to become more complex and therefore more costly. As a Chief Litigation Officer, one of the main challenges is to stay within budget, and tactics such as eDiscovery and specialized outside counsel certainly compound this challenge.

Executives that can find solutions and best practices to work through these challenges will stand out amid a mounting sea of litigation counsel. By employing alternative billing structures, one can allow for fair and accurate budgeting in hopes of maximizing resources, which will help contribute to a successful trial. Skillful planning, organizing and managing of cases is absolutely necessary to stay on top of your game during the trial or deciding on alternative dispute resolution. Enhancing outside counsel relationships through effective communication can greatly increase your odds and assist in dealing with a building case load.

The Chief Litigation Officer Summit provides a unique forum for service providers to gain access to the leading in-house counsel across the nation. Over three days, service providers will meet and interact with the heads of litigation from the country’s leading organizations through a number of one-on-one business meetings and many networking activities. In addition, service providers will attend strategic conference sessions and keynote presentations delivered by these heads of litigation. Within the luxurious settings of The Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, this networking event presents a unique opportunity to develop meaningful and valuable business relations.

marcus evans will seek CLE accreditation in those states requested by registrants which have continuing education requirements. CLE credit hour information will be displayed on the certificate of attendance, which is provided to the attendees after the event has run and once each State has confirmed approval. marcus evans certifies that this activity has been approved for CLE credits by the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Pennsylvania.

Our executive delegation is selected according to the following criteria:

  • Scope of Responsibility
  • Budget
  • Sign-off Authority
  • Company Revenue
  • Interest in Purchasing Products and Services

Delegates will include decision makers with the job titles of General Counsel Litigation, Assistant General Counsel Litigation, Associate General Counsel, Litigation, Chief Litigation Officer, Vice President, Litigation and Senior Litigation Counsel with ultimate responsibility for litigation within their corporations.
Six Reasons Why You Should Attend the Summit:

  • Attend innovative summit sessions that outline tools to maximize the profitability of your company or organization
  • Network with an executive, focused group of your peers to discuss and debate differentiated strategies and develop future business contacts
  • Meet with leading Solution Providers to gain solutions to your most pressing business challenges
  • Maximize your time spent at the event by pre-selecting Keynote presentations, summit sessions, one-on-one meetings and networking activities through the Secured Summit Web site and scheduling software
  • Extensive opportunities for informal peer networking throughout the weekend through day and evening leisure activities
  • Documentation of presentations and information presented at the Summit via the interactive Web site


Delegate Package 

  • Pre-event Secured Web site access for scheduling
  • Executive Summit Program
  • 8-10 one-on-one business meetings with Solution Provider executives
  • Post-event Web site access for documentation and information on next event
  • Two nights accommodation at the Resort
  • All meals, receptions & special events
  • Participation in the Summit networking activities


For information on attending as a Delegate, please contact:
Marketing Manager
E: 
webenquiries@marcusevansbb.com
T: 246 627 3761

White Collar Crime

The National Law Review would like to advise you of the upcoming White Collar Crime conference sponsored by the ABA Center for CLE and Criminal Justice SectionGeneral Practice,  &   Solo and Small Firm Division:

Event Information

When

February 29 – March 02, 2012

Where

  • Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach
  • 4525 Collins Ave
  • Miami Beach, FL, 33140-3226
  • United States of America
Primary Sponsors
  • Highlight

The faculty includes some of the leading white collar lawyers in the United States.  The keynote panels for the 2012 program will continue to focus on the role of ethics and corporate compliance in today’s business environment.

  • Program Description

Each year the National Institute brings together judges, federal, state, and local prosecutors, law enforcement officials, defense attorneys, corporate in-house counsel, and members of the academic community.  The attendees include experienced litigators, as well as attorneys new to the white collar area.  Attendees have consistently given the Institute high ratings for the exceptional quality of the Institute’s publication, its valuable updates on new developments and strategies, as well as the rare opportunity it provides to meet colleagues in this field, renew acquaintances and exchange ideas.

The faculty includes some of the leading white collar lawyers in the United States.  The keynote panels for the 2012 program will continue to focus on the role of ethics and corporate compliance in today’s business environment.  Once again, we expect excellent representation from the corporate sector.

  • CLE Information

ABA programs ordinarily receive Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit in AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, MO, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, VI, WA, WI, WV, and WY. These states sometimes do not approve a program for credit before the program occurs. This course is expected to qualify for 11.0 CLE credit hours (including TBD ethics hours) in 60-minute-hour states, and 13.2 credit hours (including TBD ethics hours) in 50-minute-hour states. This transitional program is approved for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys in NY. Click here for more details on CLE credit for this program.