Practising Law Institute Creates Inaugural ``Managing Complex Litigation'' Conference.NEW YORK -- Reflecting the increase in complex litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , which often involves multiple jurisdictions and overlapping civil and regulatory investigations, Practising Law Institute Practising Law Institute (PLI) is a non-profit Continuing Legal Education (CLE) organization chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, founded in 1933. [1] "...(PLI PLI Practising Law Institute PLI Professional Liability Insurance PLI Programming Language Interface (Verilog programming language) PLI Partido Liberal Independiente (Independent Liberal Party, Nicaragua) ) will host its first annual "Managing Complex Litigation: Legal Strategies and Best Practices in 'High-Stakes' Cases" conference. The program will be chaired by Richard W. Clary, Head of Litigation at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , and will take place on November 16, 2006 at the PLI New York Center. The full-day program will be a meeting of prominent corporate counsel, lawyers and business leaders and will provide a forum for a discussion of the most up-to-date intelligence on proven strategies and tools to manage the multitude of cross-jurisdictional legal, business and technology issues arising from complex litigation. They also will discuss how to manage overlapping civil litigation and regulatory investigations, handle ethical issues relating to electronic discovery and meet in-house counsel expectations. Program Faculty Richard W. Clary will chair the program that will include speakers such as Jennifer Daniels, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ; Lisa DiMonte, Merrill Corporation; Myron Eagle, Evidence Exchange; Pierre Gentin, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; Dawson Horn III, Altria Corporate Services, Inc.; Gregory P. Joseph, Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC; Elaine H. Mandelbaum, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Gregory A. Markel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; David R. Marriott, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Ivy McKinney, Xerox Corporation; David J. Onorato, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Corporation; Robert L. Palmer, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, LLP; J. Michael Rediker, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC; Martha E. Solinger, Lehman Brothers Inc.; Robyn F. Tarnofsky, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Tom Tigh, SuperiorGlacier; Mary Jo White Mary Jo White (born December 27, 1947) was the first woman to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002. White received her B.S. from the College of William and Mary in 1970 and her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1974. , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; and Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Registration Information The program will take place on November 16, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The registration fee is $1,295. This program has been approved for experienced attorneys in New York for a maximum of 7.0 credit hours, of which 1.0 credit hour can be applied toward the ethics requirement and 6.0 credit hours can be applied toward the professional practice requirement. To register, call (800) 260-4PLI or access www.pli.edu. For press interested in attending, please contact Joshua McCuen at (212) 824-5749. About Practising Law Institute Practising Law Institute (PLI) is a non-profit continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. organization dedicated to providing the legal community with the most up-to-date information available. Founded in 1933, PLI's continuing mission is to enhance the professionalism of attorneys and other qualified persons by providing, in a cost effective manner, the highest quality and most innovative programs, online CLE Cle total elimination clearance. , publications and other services to enable them to practice law competently and ethically, and to fulfill pro bono responsibilities. They offer more than 250 programs annually in locations across the U.S., including live webcasts, specialized in-house training programs, interactive multimedia, web programs, course handbooks and annually supplemented treatises. In addition, PLI annually awards over 3,000 full and partial scholarships to our programs. Learn more about PLI at www.pli.edu. |
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