Breaking News
Business Law Breaking News is a webinar addressing real-time developments in law that may affect your practice. Get timely analysis from leading experts on new court decisions, new laws and regulations, changes to existing laws and regulations, and other current events.
Upcoming Program
Effect of COVID 19 on Shareholder Meetings and the Ability to Give Opinions
April 15, 2020
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
A webinar on current developments in legal opinions practice covering recent cases and the just issued TriBar Comment concerning the use of electronic signatures and third-party opinion letters.
Panelists:
- Richard Frasch (moderator), California Lawyers Association, BLS Opinions Committee, San Francisco, CA
- Steven O. Weise, Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA
- Stanley Keller, Locke Lord, Boston, MA
- Lisa R. Haddad, Goodwin Proctor, Boston, MA
- James D. Honaker, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE
- Robert S. Risoleo, Sullivan & Cromwell, Washington DC
- David Sikes, Jones Day, Silicon Valley, CA
Presented by: Legal Opinions Committee
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Upcoming Program
An Ethics Discussion on Sharing the Attorney-Client Privilege, Updated for the COVID-19 Apocalypse
April 23, 2020
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
The law has evolved to recognize that the privilege may be shared for the purpose of joint representation. In that context, the privilege shields communications from the outside world, but it is assumed that there is no shield between the joint clients. The panel will discuss the ethical contours of these rules and their particular impact in the context of the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Panelists:
- Hon. Mary Johnston (moderator), Superior Court of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
- Melissa Damian Visconti, Damian & Valori LLP, Miami, FL
- Jason Panzer, Herring & Panzer, Austin TX
- Merrick L. Gross, Carlton Fields, Miami, FL
- Michael D. Rubenstein, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX
Presented by: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee
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Accreditation Information
The ABA will seek credit for this program in the states indicated on this page. The ABA will seek 1 hour of general CLE credit in 60-minute states and 1.2 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute states. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. Visit www.americanbar.org/mcle for general information on CLE at the ABA.
On-Demand CLE Archive
Archive
Audio, video, and materials from Breaking News programs will available to Business Law Section members shortly after each webinar.
- M&A in Europe: Impact of COVID-19 (April 7, 2020)
- When COVID-19 Impacts Your Deal: Evolving M&A Practices and Provisions (March 24, 2020)
- Impaired or Unimpaired? Treatment of Make-Wholes Following Fifth Circuit's Decision in Ultra Petroleum (February 19, 2019)
- Basho Technologies: Examining the Contours of ‘Control’ and the Attendant Fiduciary Duties Owed by VC’s (September 10, 2018)
- A Briefing on Miller v. HCP case: Fiduciary Duties and the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in LLC's (May 18, 2018)
- Avrahami v. Commissioner - What You Need to Know (September 1, 2017)
- A Look at FDCPA Regulation of Bankruptcy Practices after Midland Funding LLC v. Johnson (May 31, 2017)
- The Hague Securities Convention Becomes Effective April 1, 2017; What You Need to Know Now (March 15, 2017)
- Financial Regulatory Outlook 2017: The Future of the CFPB (January 25, 2017)
- The Supreme Court's Decision in Salman v. U.S.: What Does it Mean for Private Practitioners? (January 19, 2017)