updated: January 2, 2008
Boston Bar Association        
   

The Mutual Fund Industry and the SEC
Trends, Practice and Enforcement

Thursday | April 7, 2005 | 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Boston Bar Association
Conference Center
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

Sponsor:

Criminal Law Section


I. Mutual Fund Industry—Trends in regulation and enforcement

  • Market timing/late trading—theories of prosecution
  • Conflicts of interest/revenue sharing/gifts and gratuities
  • The next scandal in the mutual fund industry - what conduct is of interest to the SEC
  • What the SEC is looking for in compliance programs
  • What in-house counsel at mutual funds are thinking about now

II. Securities Enforcement Trends and Practice

  • Current and future priorities of the SEC and MSD
  • What makes enforcement cases criminal
  • Hedge Funds— new issues and the effects of the new regulations
  • What can defense bar expect when dealing with SEC, MSD and USAO
  • Counseling companies during internal audits/investigations
  • What does it mean to cooperate with the SEC, MSD and USAO; What do regulators and prosecutors expect; Must the company waive it’s attorney-client privilege; What does it get you

Moderators

Jonathan L. Kotlier
, Esq.
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
formerly Chief, Economic Crimes Unit
U.S. Attorney’s Office

Donald K. Stern, Esq.
Bingham McCutchen LLP
former United States Attorney


I. Mutual Fund Industry

David P. Bergers, Esq.
Associate Regional Administrator
SEC, Boston

Jack Pirozzolo, Esq.
Assistant U.S. Attorney

Frances Cohen, Esq.
Dechert LLP

Jason A. Tucker, Esq.
Senior Litigation Counsel
Putnam Investments

Brien T. O’Connor, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP


II. Securities Enforcement Trends and Practice

Walter G. Ricciardi, Esq.
Regional Administrator
SEC, Boston

Diane Freniere, Esq.
Chief, Economic Crimes Unit
U.S. Attorney’s Office

Bryan Lantagne, Esq.
Chief of Enforcement
MA Securities Division

John J. Falvey, Jr., Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP

Thomas J. Dougherty, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP


Program Prices

$115 - BBA Member
$145 - Non-Member
$80 - BBA Member - New Lawyer (admitted after 6/2003)
$60 - BBA Member - Legal Services/Government Lawyer


 


© 1995 - 2008 All Rights Reserved
Boston Bar Association, 16 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Ph: 617.742.0615 | Fax: 617.523.0127
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Questions, comments? contact
membership@bostonbar.org