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July/August 2012

Cover

CBS Corporation’s Pro Bono Program: A Priority And An Asset
Louis J. Briskman, Laurie Nicole Robinson
CBS Corporation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section Feature

FDCC Training Video Advances ADR Practitioner Knowledge
Timothy A. Pratt, Jeffrey W. Lorell
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Law Firms

Changes And Challenges In International Arbitration
Charles C. Adams
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Relieving High Costs And Delays In Arbitration – A Roundtable
Hon. William A. Dreier, Lee A. Rosengard
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
When In Rome (Or Cairo, Or Shanghai, Or Caracas … )
Paul H. Cohen, William M. Katz, Jr.
Thompson & Knight LLP
Protecting Your Company’s Global Interests Using Treaty-Based International Arbitration
Theodore R. Posner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
The Nuts And Bolts Of International Arbitration
Philip D. Robben
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
The Availability Of Third-Party Discovery In Arbitration
Anthony Candido
Clifford Chance LLP
Appellate Judge Speaks On The Benefits Of ADR
Edwin H. Stern
Gibbons P.C.

Organizations

Arbitration After AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: Judicial, Regulatory and Strategic Legal Responses To High Court’s 2011 Ruling
Glenn G. Lammi, Andrew Pincus, Evan Tager
Washington Legal Foundation

Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Section Feature

Pennsylvania Today: Opportunities For Growth In The Keystone State
Gene Barr
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

Law Firms

Another Star Office In Weil Gotshal’s Crown!
Diane Sullivan
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
As Local As Local Law Gets - Part II: New Jersey 2010-2011 Court Term Civil Case Highlights
Fernando Pinguelo, Andrew D. Linden
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
The Dangers Of Waiting Too Long To Request Return Of Inadvertently Produced Privileged Information
Charles J. Falletta
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Western Pennsylvania: Land Of Opportunity
Laura E. Ellsworth
Jones Day
Government Affairs Update: Lobbying Regulation Has Arrived In Philadelphia
Karl S. Myers
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Pro Bono

Section Feature

Doing Well By Doing Good – A Microsoft Hallmark
David A. Heiner
Microsoft Corporation

Corporations

CBS Corporation’s Pro Bono Program: A Priority And An Asset
Louis J. Briskman, Laurie Nicole Robinson
CBS Corporation

Law Firms

Jones Day: Pro Bono Without Borders
Laura Tuell Parcher
Jones Day
At Proskauer, Pro Bono As A Practice In The Truest Sense
Scott Harshbarger, Stacey O'Haire Fahey
Proskauer
Medical-Legal Partnership: A Promising Direction For Pro Bono
Steven H. Schulman, Lori Chumbler
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Walmart
Pro Bono Partnerships Between In-House And Outside Counsel – Why Everyone Wins
Mara E. Zazzali-Hogan
Gibbons P.C.

Organizations

Lawyers Alliance And Viacom Team Up To Help Nonprofits
Elizabeth M. Guggenheimer
Lawyers Alliance for New York
MFY Continues To Seek Justice For New York’s Most Underserved Populations
Jeanette Zelhof
MFY Legal Services, Inc.
Mobilizing The Next Generation Of Lawyers Committed To Equal Justice
David Stern
Equal Justice Works
Pro Bono Partnership: 15 Years Of Service To Nonprofits
Richard S. Hobish
Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.

Crisis Management

D&O Insurance In The Dodd-Frank Era: What You Need To Know To Protect Your Directors And Officers
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Lessons For Directors From Auditing Meltdown At China-Based Issuers
Roman E. Darmer, Bart Green
Jones Day
FDIC Professional Liability Lawsuits Deserve Close Scrutiny
Rosemary Stewart
Hollingsworth LLP
Cybersecurity: Fighting The Stealth Intruder
Michael A. Epstein
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Employee Benefits

Removing The Veil From 401(k) Fees
Brenda DeSaro
EisnerAmper LLP

Executive Compensation

Voluntary Corrections To Section 409A Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Dennis A. Minich
WTAS LLC
Say On Pay: Analyzing The Second Year Of Shareholder Votes
Jeffrey M. Stein, Laura O. Hewett
King & Spalding LLP

Investigations and Audits

Lessons For Directors From Auditing Meltdown At China-Based Issuers
Roman E. Darmer, Bart Green
Jones Day
An Insider’s Look At Investigations
Andrew Hruska
King & Spalding LLP
Practice Tips For Investigations And Audits
James M. Keneally
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Aviation

Aircraft Tax Audits – A Game Of Tomes
Gary I. Horowitz
Wiley Rein LLP

Contracts

Survey Of In-House Counsel Reveals Potential For Law Department Innovation
Tim Allen
Business Integrity
As Local As Local Law Gets - Part II: New Jersey 2010-2011 Court Term Civil Case Highlights
Fernando Pinguelo, Andrew D. Linden
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Corporate Governance

JOBS Act Opens New Avenues To Capital For “Emerging Growth Companies”
Benjamin M. Hron
McCarter & English, LLP

Corporate Securities and Finance

D&O Insurance In The Dodd-Frank Era: What You Need To Know To Protect Your Directors And Officers
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Employee Benefits: Not All Are Created Equal
Josefina V. Tranfa-Abboud
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
A New Era Of Whistleblower-Triggered Investigations
Steven S. Sparling
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
FDIC Professional Liability Lawsuits Deserve Close Scrutiny
Rosemary Stewart
Hollingsworth LLP
Say On Pay: Analyzing The Second Year Of Shareholder Votes
Jeffrey M. Stein, Laura O. Hewett
King & Spalding LLP
Maintaining Uniformity In Our Corporation Laws: The Unsung Labor Of The Corporate Laws Committee Of The American Bar Association’s Business Law Section
Al Driver
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
JOBS Act Opens New Avenues To Capital For “Emerging Growth Companies”
Benjamin M. Hron
McCarter & English, LLP
Acquirors Beware: The Unintended Standstill Consequences Of Confidentiality Agreements
Maurice M. Lefkort, Robert B. Stebbins, Adam M. Turteltaub
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Corporate Social Responsibility

CBS Corporation’s Pro Bono Program: A Priority And An Asset
Louis J. Briskman, Laurie Nicole Robinson
CBS Corporation
Doing Well By Doing Good – A Microsoft Hallmark
David A. Heiner
Microsoft Corporation

Corruption

Practice Tips For Investigations And Audits
James M. Keneally
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity: Fighting The Stealth Intruder
Michael A. Epstein
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Diversity

MCCA Pathways To Diversity Conference And Awards Gala Celebrate Heroes
Joseph K. West, Dennis Archer
Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)

E-discovery

The Availability Of Third-Party Discovery In Arbitration
Anthony Candido
Clifford Chance LLP
Top Reasons Organizations Move To An On-Demand E-Discovery Service
Nick Patience, Adam Sand
Recommind
Ancestry.com
Predictive Coding And Technology-Assisted Review After Da Silva Moore
Skip Durocher, Caroline Boudreau Sweeney
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Managed Review Services Benefit Corporations And Law Firms
John Thacher
TechLaw Solutions
How To Manage The Costs Of Big Data In E-Discovery
Kelli Clark
Applied Discovery, Inc.
The Dangers Of Waiting Too Long To Request Return Of Inadvertently Produced Privileged Information
Charles J. Falletta
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Energy

Pennsylvania Today: Opportunities For Growth In The Keystone State
Gene Barr
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Western Pennsylvania: Land Of Opportunity
Laura E. Ellsworth
Jones Day

Government Relations

Government Affairs Update: Lobbying Regulation Has Arrived In Philadelphia
Karl S. Myers
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Healthcare

Medical-Legal Partnership: A Promising Direction For Pro Bono
Steven H. Schulman, Lori Chumbler
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Walmart

Healthcare-Life Sciences

Another Star Office In Weil Gotshal’s Crown!
Diane Sullivan
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Immigration

Protecting Our Foreign-Born Talent: Looking To STEM And Beyond To Boost Our Economy
Michael D. Patrick
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Insurance and Risk Management

D&O Insurance In The Dodd-Frank Era: What You Need To Know To Protect Your Directors And Officers
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Intellectual Property

Is A Defendant A Willful Patent Infringer? Trial Courts Must Decide Whether The Actions Are Objectively Reasonable
Mark E. McGrath
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Another Star Office In Weil Gotshal’s Crown!
Diane Sullivan
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

International Law-Trade

Lessons For Directors From Auditing Meltdown At China-Based Issuers
Roman E. Darmer, Bart Green
Jones Day
The Nuts And Bolts Of International Arbitration
Philip D. Robben
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Changes And Challenges In International Arbitration
Charles C. Adams
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
When In Rome (Or Cairo, Or Shanghai, Or Caracas … )
Paul H. Cohen, William M. Katz, Jr.
Thompson & Knight LLP
Protecting Your Company’s Global Interests Using Treaty-Based International Arbitration
Theodore R. Posner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
The Availability Of Third-Party Discovery In Arbitration
Anthony Candido
Clifford Chance LLP
What You Really Need To Know About Transfer Pricing
Patricia Gimbel Lewis
Caplin & Drysdale

Law Department Management

Solving Productivity Bottlenecks
Kristin Nimsger
Thomson Reuters
Survey Of In-House Counsel Reveals Potential For Law Department Innovation
Tim Allen
Business Integrity
Top Reasons Organizations Move To An On-Demand E-Discovery Service
Nick Patience, Adam Sand
Recommind
Ancestry.com
Pro Bono Partnerships Between In-House And Outside Counsel – Why Everyone Wins
Mara E. Zazzali-Hogan
Gibbons P.C.
Pro Bono Partnership: 15 Years Of Service To Nonprofits
Richard S. Hobish
Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.

Litigation

Solving Productivity Bottlenecks
Kristin Nimsger
Thomson Reuters
A New Era Of Whistleblower-Triggered Investigations
Steven S. Sparling
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Garth Brooks Has Friends In “Law Places”:[1] Donor-Restricted Gifts And The Consequences For Nonprofits
Tara M. Walsh, John C. Hook , Russell J. Ressler
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Arbitration After AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: Judicial, Regulatory and Strategic Legal Responses To High Court’s 2011 Ruling
Glenn G. Lammi, Andrew Pincus, Evan Tager
Washington Legal Foundation
The Availability Of Third-Party Discovery In Arbitration
Anthony Candido
Clifford Chance LLP
FDIC Professional Liability Lawsuits Deserve Close Scrutiny
Rosemary Stewart
Hollingsworth LLP
Is A Defendant A Willful Patent Infringer? Trial Courts Must Decide Whether The Actions Are Objectively Reasonable
Mark E. McGrath
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
How To Manage The Costs Of Big Data In E-Discovery
Kelli Clark
Applied Discovery, Inc.
Acquirors Beware: The Unintended Standstill Consequences Of Confidentiality Agreements
Maurice M. Lefkort, Robert B. Stebbins, Adam M. Turteltaub
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
The Dangers Of Waiting Too Long To Request Return Of Inadvertently Produced Privileged Information
Charles J. Falletta
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
The Ascertainability Requirement For Class Certification: Origins And Applications
Yvette Ostolaza, David R. Singh, Joshua I. Schlenger
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
As Local As Local Law Gets - Part II: New Jersey 2010-2011 Court Term Civil Case Highlights
Fernando Pinguelo, Andrew D. Linden
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

Litigation and Litigation Support Systems

Managed Review Services Benefit Corporations And Law Firms
John Thacher
TechLaw Solutions

M&A

Acquirors Beware: The Unintended Standstill Consequences Of Confidentiality Agreements
Maurice M. Lefkort, Robert B. Stebbins, Adam M. Turteltaub
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Nonprofit

Garth Brooks Has Friends In “Law Places”:[1] Donor-Restricted Gifts And The Consequences For Nonprofits
Tara M. Walsh, John C. Hook , Russell J. Ressler
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
IRS Advisory Committee On Tax Exempt And Government Entities Recommends Significant Changes
Elizabeth M. Mills, Kathleen E. Gerber
Proskauer
Lawyers Alliance And Viacom Team Up To Help Nonprofits
Elizabeth M. Guggenheimer
Lawyers Alliance for New York
Pro Bono Partnership: 15 Years Of Service To Nonprofits
Richard S. Hobish
Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.

Private Equity

Employee Benefits: Not All Are Created Equal
Josefina V. Tranfa-Abboud
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
JOBS Act Opens New Avenues To Capital For “Emerging Growth Companies”
Benjamin M. Hron
McCarter & English, LLP

Tax

Voluntary Corrections To Section 409A Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Dennis A. Minich
WTAS LLC
IRS Advisory Committee On Tax Exempt And Government Entities Recommends Significant Changes
Elizabeth M. Mills, Kathleen E. Gerber
Proskauer
What You Really Need To Know About Transfer Pricing
Patricia Gimbel Lewis
Caplin & Drysdale
Aircraft Tax Audits – A Game Of Tomes
Gary I. Horowitz
Wiley Rein LLP

Technology

Cybersecurity: Fighting The Stealth Intruder
Michael A. Epstein
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Survey Of In-House Counsel Reveals Potential For Law Department Innovation
Tim Allen
Business Integrity
Predictive Coding And Technology-Assisted Review After Da Silva Moore
Skip Durocher, Caroline Boudreau Sweeney
FTI Consulting, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
How To Manage The Costs Of Big Data In E-Discovery
Kelli Clark
Applied Discovery, Inc.