1. Celesq® Announces April-May CLE involving Developments in Corporate/Sec.
Enforcement; Litigation Skills; IP, Asset Protection
Celesq® Announces April-May CLE involving Developments in Corporate/Securities Enforcement;
Litigation Skills; Intellectual Property; Asset Protection/Business Assets
Boca Raton, FL, April 02, 2013 -- Celesq® AttorneysEd Center has announced the following web
casts for April and May 2013:
Update on Say on Pay Litigation (2326)
Live web cast: April 3, 2013 (4:00 PM ET)
Courtney Worcester and Michael Thompson, Foley & Lardner LLP, provide an update on say on
pay litigation, discuss what guidance companies and their counsel can draw from that litigation,
and provide advice for smaller issuers facing their first shareholder advisory vote after Dodd-
Frank.
The SEC's Continued Focus on the Private Equity Industry: What their Lawyers Need to Know
(2327)
Live web cast: May 16, 2013 (12:00 noon ET)
Roger Lane and Courtney Worcester discuss several areas that the SEC is expected to
concentrate on, including valuation practices during a fundraising period; conflicts of interest;
and the fiduciary duties owed by the Chief Operating Officers and Chief Financial Officers of
private equity funds, and best practices to avoid or mitigate the risks of SEC scrutiny.
Litigation Holds and the Duty to Preserve-2013: Important Updates for Corporate Counsel and
Litigators (2311)
Live web cast: April 8, 2013 (4:00 PM ET)
Jeffrey Fowler, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a full-time e-discovery litigator, covers recent
developments in the legal duty to preserve evidence, including proposed new amendments to
the Federal Rules and recent sanctions cases. He also provides practical tips for how to plan,
execute and defend an effective preservation strategy.
2. Patent Infringement Litigation before the International Trade Commission: Hot Topics, from
the Celesq®-West LegalEdcenter IP Master Series (2324IP)
Live web cast: May 8, 2013 (12:00 noon ET)
Michael Kasdan provides an overview of Section 337 Actions before the ITC and discusses key
recent developments in ITC jurisprudence, including the satisfaction of the domestic industry
requirement by non-practicing entities and the availability of exclusion orders on essential
patents for which FRAND commitments have been made.
IP Due Diligence in M&A Transactions for IP and Transactional Counsel (2330)
Live web cast: May 21, 2013 (12:00 noon ET)
In M&A transactions, the results of a legal due diligence investigation can significantly impact
the terms of the transaction. Aaron Tantleff, Chris Rasmussen and Steven Cade, Foley & Lardner
LLP, discuss review of the deal terms and structure and the seller's intellectual property,
analysis of potential pending or threatened infringement claims; limitations on buyer's rights to
fully exploit the intellectual property; and other considerations when drafting a due diligence
memorandum, purchase agreement or related transaction documents.
Asset Protection for the Operating Business, Professional Practice and Real Estate Holdings
(2315)
Live web cast: April 30, 2013 (12:00 noon ET)
Barry Engel discusses various principles, concepts and strategies designed to provide asset
protection for a client’s operating business, professional practice and/or real estate holdings.
Attorneys wishing to register for any of the live web casts, or to learn more about the
programs, may visit www.celesq.com and click on Celesq® Upcoming Webcasts, accessed at
btly link to http://www.celesq.com/news/category/hot_topic .
The web casts will be recorded and, like all Celesq® programs, will be available on demand and
on CD directly from Celesq® (www.celesq.com). For more information about any of the
programs, or to place an order from Celesq®, you may visit their web site at www.celesq.com
and click on the program(s) in which you are interested; or email them at
customer.care@celesq.com.
3. About Celesq® AttorneysEd Center
Celesq® AttorneysEd Center (www.celesq.com ), a nationally-recognized leader in providing
high-quality continuing legal education programs to attorneys throughout the United States,
focuses on the hottest topics and latest trends in practice areas of particular interest to outside
and in-house corporate attorneys and litigators. A pioneer in online CLE, Celesq® today offers
its programs in a variety of convenient formats, including live web casts, online streaming audio
and audio CDs.
Contact Sharon Levine Mirsky, Esq., at (561) 241-1919 or slmirsky@celesq.com for more
information.