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Program for the January, 2008 Fair:
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL LONDON MCLE FAIR, 11-12 JANUARY 2008
AGENDA: The proposed agenda for this year’s Fair includes the following:
Friday, 11 January
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION
Coffee/Croissant
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EU LAW UPDATE SANCTIONS
Justin D’agostino, Partner, Herbert Smith - London
Nichola Peters, Herbert Smith - London
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ANTITRUST LAWS IN ASIA
Peter J. Wang, Partner, Jones Day - Shanghai
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
Dmitry Kurochkin, Partner, Herbert Smith - Moscow
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. HUMAN RIGHTS – THE KEY TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Sune Skadegard Thorsen, LawHouse – Copenhagen
Ruth N. Steinholtz, General Counsel, Borealis AG - Vienna
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ENERGY AND EMISSIONS TRADING
Francoise Labrousse, Of Counsel, Jones Day - Paris
Peter Roberts, General Counsel, Centrica Energy
5:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Saturday, 12 January
8:30 am. Coffee/Croissant
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN LEGAL PROFESSION
Lynette Swift, SwiftWork -- London
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
LEGAL WORLD IS FLAT
Discussion of legal aspects of outsourcing and outsourcing of legal services.
Peter Brudenall, Partner, Hunton & Williams – London
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR LAWYERS
Neil Brener, MD, Priory Hospital North London
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. LEGAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM
Are lawyers becoming unpaid government agents?
Richard Diebold Lee, International Consultant – San Francisco
George Brown, Member,Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP-London
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. LEGAL ETHICS &PROFESSIONALISM
Continued
5:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment
Course Descriptions:
EU LAW SANCTIONS: Speakers will discuss current EU law trends including sanction issues.
ANTITRUST LAWS IN ASIA: Speaker will discuss antitrust laws applicable to Asia
FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA: Discussion of legal challenges of doing business in Russia.
HUMAN RIGHTS – THE KEY TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: What is Corporate Social Responsibility? – The concept and emerging consensus; What roles are governments playing: - National, regional and multilateral developments; What are the roles of in-house lawyers?
ENERGY AND EMISSIONS TRADING: Speakers will discuss current legislation and practices in energy and emissions trading.
LEGAL WORLD IS FLAT: Discussion of legal aspects of outsourcing and outsourcing of legal services.
Ethics and Professionalism: Are lawyers becoming unpaid government agents? Topics to be discussed include: The governmental assault on client confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work product. A 3-hour interactive program is designed to meet the Ethics and Professionalism requirements of CA, NY, and all other US MCLE jurisdictions.
Substance Abuse for Lawyers – This 1-hour program is designed to meet the Substance Abuse requirements of CA and OH and to provide credit in other states as well.
Elimination of Bias Issues in the Legal Profession – This 1-hour program will meet the Elimination of Bias approval criteria for CA and MN.
NOTE that these topics and speakers may be subject to change.
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DON'T MISS THIS EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SATISFY YOUR CA, NY, OTHER U.S., AND/OR U.K. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS!
Program for the January, 2007 Fair:
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL LONDON MCLE FAIR, 12-13 JANUARY 2007
AGENDA: The proposed agenda for this year's Fair includes the following:
Friday, 12 January
8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION Coffee/Croissant
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
COMPETITION LAW - PRIVATE ACTION:
Stephen Wisking, Partner, Herbert Smith - London
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
CLASH OF TITANS:
Joseph J. Smallhoover, Partner, Dechert LLP
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
THE CHALLENGE TO BUSINESS CREATED BY CONTROLS OVER MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM:
George Brown, Member, Reed Smith - London
Andrew Clark, PWC - London
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA:
John Kao, Partner - Jones Day - Hong Kong
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY:
Scott Robson, KPMG LLP- London
Sanjay Bhandari, KPMG LLP - London
5:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Earn 12 or 14 MCLE Credits
Saturday, 13 January
8:30 a.m. Coffee/Croissant
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN LEGAL PROFESSION:
Mark Taylor, Partner, Jones Day - London
Charles Wynn-Evans, Partner, Dechert LLP
Paul Nicholls, Barrister, 11 Kings Bench Walk
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
PRACTICAL WISDOM FOR LAWYERS:
Alan Boyle,QC -Serle Court
John Reacroft, - Rigpa
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch to be provided
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
LEGAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM:
Ethics in Transnational Practice
Richard Diebold Lee, International Consultant - San Francisco
Nancy J. Moore, Professor, Boston University School of Law
Steven C. Krane, Partner, Proskauer Rose - New York and Paris
Clifford J. Hendel, Partner, Araoz & Rueda - Abagadas, Madrid
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
LEGAL ETHICS & PROF. Continued
5:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment
Course Descriptions:
Competition Law - Private Enforcement - This session provides an overview of what is the hot topic of European competition law at the moment. The session will provide an overview of the current status of private enforcement of competition law in Europe; the European Commission's green paper; and the issues which are currently being considered by the Courts and by policy makers including class actions and contingency fees, damages measures, court procedures, forum shopping and indirect purchaser actions.
Clash of Titans - This pesentation will deal with the clash between US rules under Sarbane-Oxley requiring corporate anonymous whistleblowing hotlines and data protection and labor law rules in EU Member States restricting anonymous whistleblowing and protecting personal data, as well as the differing approaches taken among EU Member States themselves.
Doing Business in China - Discussion of legal and ethical challenges to doing business in China;
The Challenge to Business Created by Controls Over Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing -The session is a high level review of the controls (many of which have an international reach) that have been put in place to control money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The session will include discussion as to the depth and breadth of the controls and the challenges that business has to face in complying with the many and varied regulations.
Electronic Discovery - Interactive presentation on e-Disclosure in Practice. Topics covered will include:
The drivers behind the growth of e-Disclosure;
The legal background;
An e-Disclosure management methodology:
Project Management;
Planning;
Digital Evidence Recovery (and recovery of paper records);
Relevance Filtering;
Evidence Visualization Applications;
Hosting;
Review and production Applications.
Practical problems. For example:
Available technologies;
International data collections;
EU Data Privacy rules;
Location of media;
Imaging or extracting copy data;
In-source or outsource? When to use external vendors.
Ethics Issues in Transnational Practice - This 3-hour interactive program is designed to meet the Ethics and Professionalism requirements in numerous states. Topics to be covered include conflicts, imputation, and the choice of disciplinary law, with attention to international arbitration. The speakers will also cover the application of GATS and of different rules of professional conduct on attorneys with a global practice..
Practical Wisdom for Lawyers - This session will provide an introduction to the practice of meditation. The presenters have been running courses for groups of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn and will present some of the insights which have arisen from this activity, as well as providing an overview of the practice itself. This 1-hour program is designed to meet the Substance Abuse requirements of CA and OH and to provide credit in others states as well.
Elimination of Bias Issues in the Legal Profession - Equal opportunities is no longer just about gender or racial discrimination. Discrimination laws have expanded to encompass disability, age, sexual orientation, religion and belief, thereby increasing the level of regulation on all employers, including those in professional services. This session considers the impact on law firms of the various limbs of discrimination law and looks at the lessons that could be learned from what has happened in other white collar environments. This 1-hour program will meet the Elimination of Bias approval criteria for CA and MN.
CLE Credits:
CA 12 credits including 3 ethics, 1 substance abuse and 1 elimination of bias approved. (Jones Day is a State of California approved MCLE provider);
NY 14 Veteran (some Transitional) credits, including 4.5 ethics, approved under section 6 of the New York CLE Board’s Regulations and Guidelines.
CLE Europe Limited will provide accreditation by The Law Society for 12 CPD credits. Pre-Qualification in other U.S. MCLE jurisdictions is in process.
CLE News:
On September 29, 2005, The Supreme Court of Illinois adopted a minimum continuing legal education rule. For information see www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt.
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