| Monday, February 26, 2007 |
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| 12:00p |
Leasing Committee and New Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
Commercial Leasing Basics, Part I
Join us for part one of a two part series on the basics of commercial leasing. We will discuss the nuts and bolts of
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Caroline O'Leary |
commercial leases, how to negotiate them from the point of view of a tenant or a landlord, and introduce some of the ancillary documents such as notices of lease and SNDA’s. Panelists include: Caroline O’Leary, Counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP; Anita Agajanian, Partner, DLA Piper US LLP; Eric Labbe, Associate, Goodwin Procter LLP. These two sessions will be particularly useful for new lawyers who would like an introduction to this area of law. Please feel free to invite any interested members of your practice. |
| 12:30p |
Estate Planning Committee and Elder Law & Disability Planning Committee - at BBA: RSVP
Advantages and Limitations of Durable Powers of Attorney
Russel E. Haddleton of Haddleton & Associates, P.C. and Daniel A. Wentworth of Fidelity Investments will discuss the advantages and limitations of durable powers of attorney. This will be viewed both from the perspective of the attorney who is presenting the power and the person requested to accept the durable power of attorney. |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
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| 8:30a |
Education Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Construction Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Surety Bonds: From Both Perspectives
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John P. Connelly |
John P. Connelly, a partner at Peabody & Arnold LLP who specializes in construction and surety law, will lead a discussion on topics pertaining to surety bonds from the perspectives of both sureties and parties making claims against sureties. |
| 12:15p |
Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Nonprofit Strategic Transactions
Frederic J. Marx of Hemenway & Barnes and Christopher M. Jedrey of McDermott Will & Emery will discuss significant aspects of strategic transactions between nonprofit organizations based upon their recent experiences.
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| 12:30p |
Hazardous & Solid Waste Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Annual Update of CERCLA (Superfund) Developments
Joanna Jerison, Chief of the Superfund Legal Office in United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 (EPA-New England), will provide an annual update of CERCLA (or Superfund) developments. Specifically, she will provide:
an overview of legal and policy developments over the past year, and a summary of new and significant issues primarily related to Region 1 Superfund sites. The Committee welcomes all of its members to this informative presentation. |
| 12:30p |
Legal Opinions Committee, Corporate Law Committee and Mergers & Acquisitions Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Customary Opinion Practice
We will discuss whether the Business Law Section should recommend that the Boston Bar Association co-sponsor the proposed "Statement on the Role of Customary Practice in the Preparation and Understanding of Third-Party Legal Opinions." The Statement was prepared under the auspices of TriBar Opinion Committee, but is not a product of TriBar. It was reviewed extensively during the course of many TriBar meetings and has the general approval of the members of TriBar. The goal is to have as many bar groups as possible jointly "issue/sponsor" the Statement, as this will give the Statement the greatest possible effect for judges and juries. For a copy of the Statement, please click here. |
| 4:30p |
Executive Committee - at BBA |
| 5:00p |
CORI Reform Study Group - at BBA |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2007 |
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| 8:00a |
BBF Grants Committee - at BBA |
| 9:30a |
Public Interest Leadership Program - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
ERISA Committee - at BBA; RSVP
An Employer's Guide to the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act
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Alden Bianchi |
Alden Bianchi of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C. will discuss the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act’s impact on Massachusetts-based employers and multi-state employers doing business in the state. Chapter 58 of the Mass. Acts of 2006, An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care (as amended) imposed new health insurance requirements on individuals, insurers and employers. |
| 4:30p |
Administration of Justice Section - at BBA; RSVP
Agenda
1. Court Management Advisory Board 2006 Annual Report; Chief Justice of Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan and Chair Michael B. Keating; 2. Walk to the Hill (March 15, 2007); 3. New Protective Order Policy. |
| 5:00p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section and Senior Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
The Assault on the Lawyer-Client Relationship
Join us as a panel of experienced and thoughtful experts describe recent attacks on relationships between lawyers and
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Mala Rafik |
clients, and try to describe what it all means. Program Chair: Mala Rafik, a partner at Rosenfeld & Rafik, PC. and Co-Chair of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section of the Boston Bar Association. Moderator: Richard L. Levine, Co-chair of the Senior Lawyers Section of the BBA. Panelists Include: Jack Cinquegrana, a partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP and President of the Boston Bar Association; Judith A. McMorrow, Professor at Boston College Law School; and Carol V. Rose, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. |
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BBO Roundtable - at BBA |
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Law Day Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Banking & Financial Services Committee, Corporate Counsel Committee, Investment Companies & Advisers Committee and Securities Law Committee - at BU Law School; RSVP
Globalization of Securities Exchanges
Erik Sirri, Director of the Division of Market Regulation for the Securities and Exchange Commission will discuss the evolution of exchanges from serving local financial markets to their expansion overseas as a result of acquisitions of foreign exchanges. The lecture will explore the implications of these acquisitions from a regulatory and economic standpoint. |
| 12:15p |
International Transactions Committee, Securities Law Committee, Corporate Law Committee and Corporate Counsel Committee - at BBA; RSVP
The Alternative Investment Market ("AIM")
Jamie Brown, Managing Director and Head of U.S. Investment Banking for Canaccord Adams will discuss the Alternative Investment Market. The “AIM” is the London Stock Exchange's international market for smaller growing companies, to which a growing number of US companies are turning. Specifically, we will discuss
the listing process, an overview of AIM, NASDAQ v. AIM pricing and regulatory considerations and investor data. |
| 12:30p |
Environmental Litigation Committee - at BBA; RSVP
State of the Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeals
James Rooney, Administrative Magistrate, will be joined by other DALA representatives as he discusses the state of the Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeals. Specifically, he will focus on: the status of environmental adjudicatory appeals since DALA took jurisdiction over the Office of Administrative Appeals within EOEA in 2004; case flow; appeal processing; and recent decisions of note. |
| 12:30p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section and Delivery of Legal Services Section - at BBA; RSVP |
| 2:00p |
BBA CLE: The Intersection of Divorce and Bankruptcy - at BBA; Register
Attend this program to learn about the relationship between family and bankruptcy law as it has been affected by three recent events: the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2006 (BAPCPA), the US Supreme Court decision Marshall v. Marshall (the Anna Nicole Smith case), and legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts. |
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Bankruptcy Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Intellectual Property Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Health Law CLE Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Please join us for our monthly Health Law CLE meeting. |
| 5:00p |
New Lawyers Section and International Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Volunteer Opportunity - NBLSA International Negotiations Competition
The National Black Law Students Association, in cooperation with the Boston Bar Association's New Lawyers and International Law Sections, is sponsoring the first NBLSA International Negotiations Competition. This is an opportunity to serve as a judge as students from across the country negotiate complex legal, business and social problems. No prior experience in negotiations is needed to qualify, and there are opportunities available at various times throughout the weekend of March 3-4. If you are interested in volunteering, we welcome you to join us at the Orientation and Welcome Reception at the Boston Bar Association on Friday, March 2. Please click here for the welcome letter from Pratima Narayan, International Relations Chair and National Director of the International Law Student Division of NBLSA. |
