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A presentation covering the finer points of the 'whistleblower' provision of Dodd-Frank.

Every company inevitably either knowingly or inadvertently will do business with an entity that is in financial distress. How do you plan to do business with a financially troubled company? What legal steps can be taken to ensure performance by such a company? What actions can be taken to ensure payment or performance under an agreement with a distressed company? Will your client be liable for a preference recovery upon payment by a company that ultimately files for bankruptcy? Or is your client interested in acquiring assets from a company in financial distress?

Is your company aware of all the different data-breach-notification laws in the US? This session will focus on what constitutes a security breach with electronic transfers, the steps to take following such breach, the obligation to the National Provider Identifier, how insurance coverage is considered, and the differences in the state laws.

Contract, document, matter management, electronic billing and electronic discovery: with all of the legal systems available, lawyers have never been so efficient...or so confused. Knowing where to store and find information, much less how to take action on the data, is becoming increasingly impossible and expensive. This session will illustrate a day in the life of an attorney attempting to find vital accountability metrics on a major case. Receive a checklist of advanced metrics and learn where to find the data needed to compile metrics in today’s technology landscape.

Companies are increasingly looking at joint ventures as a way to develop products, bring products to market, increase market share and, hopefully, increase revenue. This session will explore the pros and cons of various legal structures and arrangements commonly referred to as “joint ventures,” including securities laws, valuation and exit strategies, protection of intellectual property, anti-trust concerns, tax and financial statement impacts, and management of human and other resources.

Panelists will cover various strategies to help you manage all aspects of commercial loan restructuring including: loan modification and restructuring, commercial loan short sales, SBA loan settlement and restructuring, and lender strategies versus obligor’s strategies. They will also answer questions such as: What is the primary focus of an examiner's review of a commercial loan? What are the best methods for improving the collectability of a commercial loan? What is the role of the guarantors?

A key question in both the United States and Canada is whether infrastructure and other public projects should be structured as public-private partnerships (P3s). Explore the lessons learned from completed P3 projects, using examples from Canadian and US infrastructure projects and the approaches adopted by leading jurisdictions throughout the world. It will outline what private sector companies and their in-house counsel need to know to maximize their success.

The SEC, IRS and FDIC have recently issued regulations governing equity and phantom equity plans that may result in clawback, change in control, valuation, accounting issues and other illnesses that may affect your plans. This panel will provide a checklist of known ailments, a method to diagnose your plan and treatment options to bring your plan into good health. In a town hall setting, participants will be asked to share their own "home remedies" with the group.

This material discusses the relationship between the finance and legal departments and how to foster a better and more productive working union.

Why settle for "getting to yes" when you can "play to win"? Risk is everywhere and every decision you make is a gamble. To gain the advantage, you need to understand the odds and your opposition and accurately assess tolerance for legal and financial risk — your own, your company’s, and your competitor’s. This multi-disciplinary and interactive presentation will bring together the latest in decision theory, finance and psychology, using participatory examples from poker, blackjack and the stock market.

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