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| 12:30p |
Trust & Estates Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
Labor & Employment Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
The EEOC's New Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities
R. Liliana Palacios-Baldwin, Senior Trial Attorney at the EEOC, will provide an overview of the new guidance to determine discrimination against persons with caregiving responsibilities. According to the EEOC, changing workplace demographics such as women's increased participation in the labor force have created the potential for greater discrimination against working parents and others with caregiving responsibilities. In May of 2007 the EEOC issued a new guidance intended to assist employers, employees, and Commission staff in determining whether discrimination against persons with caregiving responsibilities constitutes unlawful disparate treatment under federal EEO. Come learn about this new guidance, the circumstances when discrimination against a caretaker can violate federal anti-discrimination laws and how to prevent discrimination against caretakers in the workplace. |
| 5:30p |
Labor & Employment 151 B Committee - at BBA |
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| 8:30a |
Litigation Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 8:30a |
Environmental Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 9:00a |
Audit Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Tax Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Computer & Internet Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Do Software Patents Have Value?
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Steven J. Frank |
Love them or hate them, software patents are here to stay. But is that a good thing? The people who hate them cite long delays, high cost and varying coverage. Devotees see patents as the only reliable IP mechanism available to protect software. Steven J. Frank, Goodwin Procter LLP, will consider the question from business and legal perspectives -- what's possible in a changing legal and regulatory environment, what's advisable in terms of strategy, when having a patent is worse than doing nothing at all, and what, exactly, is a software patent, anyway? |
| 12:30p |
Estate Planning Fundamentals Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Kathleen M. Sablone, Vice President, Wealth Planning Solutions Group, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, will be providing an overview of charitable remainder trusts, including the basic structure of a CRT, when this planning technique is appropriate, and planning options for existing CRTs. |
| 4:30p |
Criminal Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 4:30p |
Family Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 5:30p |
Family Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Appellate Advocacy for the Family Lawyer
Hon. Fernande Duffly, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court, and Neal Quenzer, Chief Staff Counsel, Supreme Judicial Court, will provide a perspective from the appellate courts on best practices in appellate advocacy. There will be plenty of time for questions. |
| 5:30p |
Labor & Employment Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| Wednesday, January 9, 2008 |
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| 8:30a |
New Lawyers Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Privacy Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Practical Issues with the New MA Data Breach Law: Roundtable and Questions
Join Peter Lefkowitz, Vice President and Chief Counsel, Privacy & Security, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Mark E. Schreiber, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, and David Szabo, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, among others to discuss the practical issues with the new MA Data Breach notice law, Ch. 93 H. The law, now in effect, poses a number of strategic and practical compliance questions for companies and others. |
| 12:15p |
College & University Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Employment Law Update
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Paul Lannon |
Paul Lannon, Holland & Knight LLP and Steven Locke, Brandeis University, will lead a discussion of court decisions and regulatory developments in 2007 that affect Massachusetts colleges and universities as employers. |
| 12:30p |
Corporate Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
An Overview of State Programs, Incentives & Tax Credits for Business
Annamarie Kersten, Regional Director, Greater Boston, Massachusetts Office of Business Development, will provide an overview of Massachusetts programs, incentives and tax credits for companies doing business in Massachusetts. The various programs should be of interest to the attorneys attending as well as their clients. |
| 12:30p |
Securities Enforcement & Litigation Committee - at BBA; RSVP
How Privilege Considerations Affect the Conducting of an Investigation
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Marty Murphy |
Preservation of attorney-client privilege and work-product protection can be challenging in the context of an internal investigation. The recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion in Ryan v. Gifford (Maxim Integrated Products) may make the task even more challenging. Join us as Marty Murphy, Foley Hoag LLP leads a discussion on how privilege considerations affect the conducting of an investigation and the use of the results of the investigation. |
| 3:30p |
BBA/MBA Alimony Task Force - at BBA |
| 4:30p |
Executive Committee - at BBA |
| 5:30p |
BBF Grantee Reception - at BBA |
| Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
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| 12:00p |
Public Service Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
Business Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 4:00p |
Financial Literacy Training - Offsite |
| 5:00p |
International Law Section Steering Committee - Offsite |
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| 8:30a |
Bankruptcy Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:15p |
Health Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Whistleblower Prevention 101: Inside Baseball
Robert M. Thomas, Jr. will provide an overview of the most common mistakes companies make when dealing with potential whistleblowing employees. He will discuss the basic steps that can be taken to handle these delicate situations. Mr. Thomas is the principal and founder of Thomas & Associates in Boston, Massachusetts, a white collar litigation firm concentrating in whistleblower representation. |
| 12:30p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section, Criminal Law Section and Litigation Section - at BBA; RSVP
Bench-Bar Conference on Federal Habeas Corpus Actions Challenging State Convictions
Join a panel of federal district and magistrate judges for a program on what has been described in judicial opinions as "one of the most complex" areas of federal law. Discussion will focus on aspects of practice and procedure unique to this area and will provide an opportunity for questions and comments by practitioners representing inmates and the government. Panelists: Hon. William G. Young, United States District Judge; Hon. Judith G. Dein, United States Magistrate Judge; and Hon. Leo T. Sorokin, United States Magistrate Judge. |
