On May 21-May 23rd,
Vincent J. Syracuse
will host the Section’s spring meeting at the Sagamore in Bolton Landing, NY, which will feature the presentation of the Section’s Robert L. Haig Award for Distinguished Public Service to Second Circuit Judge Reena Raggi. Vince will also be a speaker on “How to Obtain Injunctions in State & Federal Court,” one of the CLE programs that will be presented during the weekend.
Andrew Berger
will be speaking about statutory damages in copyright litigation at the
Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law sponsored by PLI in New York City on April 30, 2010.
Vincent J. Syracuse
, who chairs the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, will be speaking at two events sponsored by the Section this spring. On April 27th he will be part of the Section’s annual diversity program at Lincoln Center “Smooth Moves: Career Strategies for Attorneys of Color” which will focus on career opportunities in the public and private sectors. THSH is a co-sponsor or the event which will include the presentation of the Section’s Honorable George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award to Norman Kee and Glenn Lau-Kee.
Vincent J. Syracuse
is the planning chair for the 2010 edition of the New York State Bar Association’s highly successful CLE program, “Introductory Lessons on Ethics and Civility for 2010” which is now in its eleventh year and will be presented in April in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Melville and New York City. He will chair the New York City program on April 16, 2010.
Jamie B.W. Stecher
will be a participant in the colloquium on ethics and civility.
On March 1, 2010,
Michael G. Tannenbaum
is scheduled to moderate an industry panel at the GAIM Ops conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Grand Cayman, with regard to current trends in the area of fee structures. lock ups, gates and other liquidity factors that are being negotiated by investors and managers.
In March 2010,
Michael G. Tannenbaum
will moderate a panel discussion at the 11th Annual Private Investment Funds Conference of the International Bar Association in London, England, regarding trends and new developments in connection with utilizing managed investment accounts instead of comingled investment vehicles to manage assets.
Andrew Berger
will be speaking at 2009 National Conference of the Appraisers Association of America to be held at the New York Athletic Club on Sunday November 8. His topic will be “Hey, That Looks Like Mine: When is Appropriation Art Infringing.”
Paul D. Sarkozi
will speak on a panel at the Practising Law Institute New York Center on July 29, 2009 at 3 pm. The program, entitled "This Really Happened: A Review of Real World Ethical Issues," will feature examples of ethical issues actually confronted by practicing attorneys. Topics include a lawyer's liability for misconduct of local counsel and the degree to which attorneys may have investigators engage in deceptive conduct to zealously represent clients.
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Scott E. Furman
,
Andre R. Jaglom
and
L. Donald Prutzman
will chair panels at the Fall Meeting of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association in Singapore, October 26-29, 2009 at the Swisshotel: The Stamford. Scott's panel will cover "Environmental Law and Energy Issues: Understanding the Role of Subsidies in the Burgeoning Renewable Energy Market." Drew's panel will be on "Best Practices in International Distribution Contract Drafting: A Guide to Key Contract Provisions Viewed from New York, Asia and Europe." Donald will chair a program entitled "Are You Exhausted Yet? How Differences in Intellectual Property Exhaustion Rules Affect International Transactions." In addition, Drew will participate in another panel on "Managing a Law Firm in the Current Economic Environment." The Firm is a Gold Sponsor of the conference.
Andre R. Jaglom
will chair his annual program on Product Distribution and Marketing in Chicago June 2-4, 2010. The program covers all aspects of distribution and marketing law, from antitrust and franchise law to intellectual property and international distribution, and addresses practical issues such as drafting distribution contracts and negotiating and litigating distribution disputes. This year's program will address continuing developments following the Supreme Court's landmark 2007 decision in the
Leegin case, which overturned the century-
old per se rule against resale price maintenance. In addition to planning and chairing the entire program, Drew will speak on the subjects of e-commerce and Internet distribution, drafting distribution contracts, business franchise laws and legal compliance, and will participate on panels addressing acquisitions in the distribution context, distribution disputes, and ethical issues that arise in distribution practice. Last year’s program description is available at
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