Rachael Flanagan has been invited to moderate a panel discussion during the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus Leadership Summit at the 2024 American Association for Justice’s Winter Convention in Austin, TX. 

The panel, Go Through the Channels: Making Mental Health a Priority at Your Firm, is scheduled for 9 am on Friday, February 9, 2024. 

For more information or to register, visit WTLC Leadership Summit 2024. 

The $25 registration fee for the Summit is donated to WTLC’s Mike Eidson Scholarship fund. This $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a female law student who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a trial lawyer. 

Leslie Kroeger, co-chair of the Complex Tort Litigation practice, has been invited to speak on a panel during the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus Leadership Summit at the 2024 American Association for Justice’s Winter Convention in Austin, TX on Friday, February 9, 2024.  

The members of the panel, Going Big at Home: Making an Impact in Your State, will discuss topics including leadership roles in state bar and trial associations, share personal challenges and triumphs experienced while in a leadership role, and offer advice for the next generation of leaders. 

For more information or to register, visit WTLC Leadership Summit 2024. 

The $25 registration fee for the Summit is donated to WTLC’s Mike Eidson Scholarship fund. This $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a female law student who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a trial lawyer. 

Molly Bowen, a partner in our Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, represents public pension funds and other institutional investors in securities class actions and shareholder derivative lawsuits.

In association with the Federal Bar Association, she will present a live video-broadcast, scheduled for: January 31, 2024 at 3 – 4:00 PM EST

The presenter will address how to effectively represent a lead plaintiff in a securities fraud lawsuit in their 30(b)(6) deposition. We will discuss strategies to analyze and address deficiencies in the 30(b)(6) deposition notice with opposing counsel and, if necessary, the court. We will also provide practical guidance on preparing your client for the deposition. Finally, we will discuss best practices in defending your client during their deposition.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Challenging the 30(b)(6) deposition notice
  • Preparing a client
  • Defending a 30(b)(6) deposition

Michelle Yau, chair of Cohen Milstein’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice, joins an ABA webinar panel of distinguished plaintiff and defense lawyers who will discuss the current state of play in ERISA litigation and current case law relating to excessive fee cases, the validity of arbitration provisions, cybercrimes relating to theft of plan assets and data, and the use of forfeitures to reduce employer contributions.

The webinar is scheduled for January 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Moderator: Henry Talavera, Polsinelli, Dallas, TX

Panelists:

José M. Jara, Fox Rothschild LLP, Morristown, NJ

Howard Shapiro, Jackson Lewis PC, New Orleans, LA

Michelle C. Yau, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC

CLE credits are available.

Laura Posner has been invited to speak at Columbia Law School’s 2023 Conference on M&A and Corporate Governance on December 8, 2023 at Alfred Lerner Hall. The event brings together academics, a federal judge, an economist, and prominent M&A and corporate governance practitioners.

This year’s panelists are scheduled to include U.S. Senior District Judge Jed S. Rakoff and economist and Director of the PCAOB Office of Economic and Risk Analysis Martin C. Schmalz.

Ms. Posner’s panel, The Insecurity of a Security: Crypto Assets and Current Issues in Securities Enforcement and Litigation, is scheduled at 10:30-11:45 a.m.

The panel will examine recent developments in the treatment of crypto assets under federal securities laws, as well as other emerging issues in securities enforcement and litigation.

Joshua Mitts (David J. Greenwald Professor of Law and Fellow in the Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets, Columbia Law School) will moderate the discussion, and panelists will include:

  • Jennifer L. Conn, Partner, Paul Hastings, LLP
  • Laura H. Posner, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
  • The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, Senior United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Gregory Strong, Partner, DLx Law

Register and learn more at Columbia Law School.

Sharon K. Robertson, a partner in our Antitrust practice, will co-chair Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) 2023 Class Action Litigation Conference.

Who Should Attend

This program will benefit outside attorneys who are prosecuting or defending class action cases as well as in-house counsel who want to gain a competitive edge in this fast-moving field.

Why You Should Attend

Class action lawsuits remain an integral and exciting part of high stakes litigation. The courts, including the Supreme Court, have taken notice. You will gain the tools and strategies you need to effectively litigate these complex cases. Faculty of this program include top plaintiffs’ and defense counsel and academics. Attorneys focused on employment law, products liability, toxic tort, securities, antitrust, consumer fraud, or civil rights, in particular, will benefit from this program. The course also includes pragmatic tips on litigation strategies designed to improve your skills and your chances for success in the courtroom.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program participants will be able to:

  • Understand recent Supreme Court developments
  • Comply with the Class Action Fairness Act
  • Gain improved pretrial and courtroom skills
  • Conduct efficient discovery for class action cases
  • Deliver effective opening and closing arguments to obtain class action certification

Register and learn more at Practising Law Institute.

Zachary Krowitz, an associate in our Antitrust practice, has been invited to speak at the American Antitrust Institute’s (AAI) Young Lawyers Breakfast at the 17th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 8:15 a.m.

Zac’s Young Lawyers Breakfast panel will address questions junior lawyers have about the practice of antitrust law and pursuing public interest law through the lens of antitrust litigation.

For more information and registration, visit AAI.

Carol V. Gilden, a partner in our Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice and a vice president of Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP), has been invited to moderate a panel at the ILEP-Penn Carey Law Journal of Business Law Symposium on November 9 – 10, 2023 at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Ms. Gilden will be moderating the panel ESG in the Private Sphere on Thursday, November 10 at 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. The panel includes presentations by law professors and commentary from other academics and the Defense Bar.

The focus of this year’s symposium is the future of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Notably, the entire symposium features all women speakers. Furthermore, the symposium honors the trailblazing work of Jill E. Fisch, the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at Penn Carey Law, and Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Learn more about the November 2023 Symposium by visiting ILEP.

Laura H. Posner, a partner in our Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, is the incoming president of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP), a public policy research and educational foundation whose mission is to preserve, study, and enhance investor and consumer access to the civil justice system.

In this role, she will open and close the annual ILEP-Penn Carey Law Journal of Business Law Symposium on the Future of ESG on November 9 – 10, 2023 at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

The focus of this year’s symposium is the future of environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Notably, the entire symposium features all women speakers. Furthermore, the symposium honors the trailblazing work of Jill E. Fisch, the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at Penn Carey Law, and Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

This year’s panel programs include:

  • ESG in the Private Sphere
  • SEC ESG Enforcement and Litigation
  • ESG and Gatekeeprs
  • ESG & Disclosure Practices
  • Discussion between SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Professor Jill E. Fisch

Furthermore, there will be presentations by up-and-coming scholars, as well as a roundtable on Delaware Business Law.

Learn more about the November 2023 Symposium by visiting ILEP.

Zachary Glubiak, an associate in our Antitrust practice, will speak to the ABA Civil Practice & Procedure Committee about the standard of review in labor market antitrust cases.

The thirty-minute Zoom program will offer the perspective of lawyers with experience on both the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ sides of recent no poach and wage fixing cases.