Understanding New Litigation and Regulatory Issues a Year After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

WHY ATTEND?
The corporate fraud scandals that began with Enron and have continued through HealthSouth have ushered in a stunning wave of new laws and a new, zero-tolerance enforcement environment. Litigators are feeling the effects from the SEC's and criminal prosecutors' aggressive use of new tools and resources to a newly-energized securities class-action world, to new claims on behalf of corporate whistle-blowers. In this interactive session a year after passage of the landmark Sarbanes- Oxley legislation, top prosecutors and a panel of experts reviews the landscape and looks ahead at the new issues that litigators must anticipate in the post-Enron world.

YOU WILL LEARN
The new laws affecting corporate-fraud whistleblowers, and how public companies respond to whistleblowers under the new laws. An SEC perspective on the increased use of director and officer bars, other enforcement tools and resources and recent enforcement efforts in Massachusetts. How the new laws and punishments available to Federal criminal prosecutors affect their approach to corporate fraud. Dealing with the SEC and the Federal prosecutors: how to anticipate whether your client has potential SEC or criminal liability, steps you should take from the outset to protect his or her rights and the unique issues in defending parallel proceedings. How the post-Enron environment has affected Federal courts' treatment of class action claims, and its impact on new state court shareholder claims.

AGENDA AND WRITTEN MATERIALS
Current Government Initiatives:
The new laws and rules, recent trends in corporate fraud cases, investigative strategies, defense strategies and civil and criminal coordination.

The Private Litigation Landscape:
Recent private corporate fraud litigation in both Federal and state court; litigation strategies from both the plaintiff and defense perspective.

The SEC Perspective
Enforcement
Liability
Class Action Claims
Shareholder Claims
Ask the Experts - Question and Answer Session.

FACULTY
John J.Falvey, Jr., Esq., Cochair Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP, Boston
Christopher F.Robertson, Esq., Cochair Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston
Jeffrey C.Block, Esq. Berman, DeValerio, Pease, Tabacco, Burt & Pucillo, Boston
Peter E.Gelhaar, Esq. Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, Boston
Martin F.Healey, Esq. Acting Assistant District Administrator, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Boston
Jonathan L.Kotlier, Esq. Chief, Economic Crimes Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston
Ellen J.Messing, Esq. Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Boston

DATE AND LOCATION
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
4 - 7 p.m.
MCLE Conference Center
Ten Winter Place, via Winter Street, Boston

SEMINAR NO. 2003-22006-10

TUITION
Includes written materials

-MCLE Sponsors, New Lawyers Admitted to the Bar after 1999
Pending Admittees, Law Students, Paralegals or Legal Services
Attorneys....................................$145
-MBA/BBA Members ................................$155
-All Others ..................................................$165

CAN'T ATTEND?
Available after August 5
Written Materials....................................$95
Audiocassettes or CD..........................$125
Litigating in the Wake of the Enron Flood

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