| Monday, February 11, 2008 |
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| 12:00p |
Delivery of Legal Services Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Solo & Small Firm Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Banking & Financial Services Committee - at BU Law Auditorium; RSVP
Rep. Barney Frank to Discuss Lessons from the Subprime Crisis
 Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will discuss the sub-prime crisis. Co-sponsored with Boston University Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law |
| 12:15p |
Bankruptcy Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
A Short Play in 2 Acts: Birth of New Bankruptcy Rules & Infancy of BAPCPA's Business Amendments
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Doug Gooding |
Join Doug Gooding, Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, Jesse I. Redlener, Proskauer Rose LLP, and Peter Nils Baylor, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP as they 'perform' a short play about BAPCPA and its development. Mr. Gooding will summarize and comment on the proposed amendments to the New Bankruptcy Rules. Mr. Redlener and Mr. Baylor will review selected topics as affected by the "business" amendments to the Bankruptcy Code made by BAPCPA. |
| 12:30p |
Delivery of Legal Services Section - at BBA; RSVP
Special Education Law
Join Julia Landau, Massachusetts Advocates for Children, Daniel T.S. Heffernan, President of Board of Directors, Federation for Children with Special Needs, and Jeanine Solomon, The Disability Law Center, as they discuss special education law, the roles of attorneys and programs providing representation to families with children with special needs. The provision of appropriate special education services to children with disabilities is an area with wide ranging impact, particularly for families, school districts, and educators. Legal representation of families with children with disabilities is an area of tremendous need in Massachusetts. Many families battle pro se with school districts in disputes over topics such as eligibility for special education services, the delivery of appropriate services within the public school, placement in specialized private schools, MCAS and school discipline. |
| 3:30p |
PILP Meeting - at BBA |
| 4:00p |
Civil Right to Counsel Task Force - at BBA |
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 |
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| 8:30a |
Litigation Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 10:00a |
BBA Finance Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Real Estate Finance Committee - at BBA; RSVP
What to Think About Before Defeasing
Jodi Eppler of Chatham Financial Corporation will provide in-depth instruction on defeasance, including documentation, how the defeasance closing process fits within the sale/refinance of mortgaged property and a discussion of industry trends that impact the defeasance process. |
| 12:00p |
Tax Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Professional Liability Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Aiding and Abetting a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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Justin Fabella |
Join David Grossbaum and Justin Fabella of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as they discuss the recent growth in claims against lawyers by non-clients. Particularly troublesome is the advent of claims for aiding and abetting the client's breach of a fiduciary duty to the plaintiff. |
| 4:00p |
BBA CLE: Nonqualified Deferred Compensation under Code Section 409A: What Transactional Lawyers Need to Know - at BBA; Register
This program will provide attendees with timely and practical information on how to comply with the rules governing non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements under Code Section 409A. Geared toward corporate, employment and transactional attorneys, as well as tax practitioners, this program will focus on the application of Section 409A to "every day" situations arising in transactional practice. |
| 4:30p |
Family Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 5:30p |
Family Law Section and Solo & Small Firm Section - at BBA; RSVP
Facebook, MySpace & Family Law
Join Mark D. Robbins, Nixon Peabody LLP, and other fellow practitioners in an open discussion regarding FaceBook, Myspace and other social-networking sites and how such sites have been used in our practice. If you have experience with online social sites, whether positive or negative, please come and share your insights. This topic will be relevant for all practitioners, even if you practice outside Family Law. If you are interested in joining the panel of presenters, please feel free to contact the program organizer, Laura Unflat at Laura@unflatlaw.com. |
| 5:30p |
Labor & Employment Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 5:30p |
Consumer Bankruptcy Committee - at Law Offices of Elaine Bennkoski, 30 Eastbrook Road, Suite 301, Dedham, MA; RSVP
Predatory Lending: Rap Session
Please join us for our the first Consumer Rap Session of 2008 where discussion will follow up on the Predatory Lending seminar in the sharing of strategies for dealing with exploding ARMS and a deflating real estate market. As always, we encourage the sharing of "practice pointers" and request that you send proposed practice pointers and questions for discussion in advance to Grossberg@aa-attorneys.com. |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
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| 12:15p |
College & University Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Update on Academic Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare and Creative Commons
Join us for an update on two projects widely discussed by faculty who want to make their scholarship more available Michael Jung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss intellectual property and other issues related to MIT OpenCourseWare, which provides public access to lecture notes, materials and videos from 1800 courses. Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will review licenses available from Creative Commons and efforts at Science Commons to encourage scientists to share data. |
| 12:30p |
Corporate Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Timely Tips on Drafting Proxy Statements and CD&A
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Julie H. Jones |
Keith F. Higgins and Julie H. Jones of Ropes & Gray LLP will examine lessons learned about executive compensation disclosure from the last proxy season, including from the October 2007 SEC staff guidance and the publicly available comment letters. The program will also identify emerging "best practices" and provide tips for drafting proxy disclosure for the upcoming season. |
| 12:30p |
Securities Enforcement & Litigation Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Repricing Risk: How the Credit Crisis Is Changing the Hedge Fund Industry
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Timothy W. Mungovan |
Timothy W. Mungovan and Jonathan Sablone of Nixon Peabody LLP will discuss problems that hedge funds and their investors are facing as the credit crisis continues to unfold.There also will be a review of current litigation issues involving funds, including IMA, Bayou, Bear Stearns, and Amaranth. |
| 4:00p |
BBA CLE: Green Building: Regulatory Trends & Legal Strategies - at BBA; Register
This program will provide an overview for attorneys counseling clients who are considering building a green building. The panelists will discuss the LEED certification standards, state and local incentives and rules to support green building, unique liability issues that arise with green building projects, and how green building developments fit into land use practice. At the end of the program, attendees will have a better understanding of how to advise clients in this emerging field. |
| 4:30p |
Executive Committee - at BBA |
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
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| 12:30p |
Business Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 6:00p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section - at BBA; RSVP
The Future of the Death Penalty: Does It Have One?
Please join us for this discussion featuring: Deborah Fleischaker, Director of the American Bar Association, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project; Daniel J. Givelber, U.S. Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Member of the Board, New England Innocence Project; and Dr. Carl Ladd, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Forensic Science Laboratory. Co-sponsored by The Boston Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and Suffolk University Law School Student Chapter of the American Constitution Society. |
| Friday, February 15, 2008 |
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| 12:00p |
Arts, Entertainment & Sports Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Moral Rights in Massachusetts & the US after Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate, Inc.
Andrew Epstein, Barker, Epstein & Loscocco, will discuss his experiences in the case of Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate*, where he represented David Phillips, a Massachusetts sculptor. The case involved the question of whether site-specific art is protected under state and federal moral rights laws, namely the Visual Artists Rights Act (Section 106A of the Copyright Act) and the Massachusetts Art Preservation Act. Drew tried the case in US District Court and later on appeal to the First Circuit and also on appeal to the SJC. Join Mr. Epstein as he discusses his experiences with the case and the moral rights landscape after this groundbreaking 2004 action. *Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate, Inc., 288 F. Supp.2d 89 (D. Mass. 2003); on a certified question to the Supreme Judicial Court, 443 Mass. 110 (2004); on appeal, 459 F.3d 128 (1st Cir. 2006). |
| Monday, February 18, 2008 |
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BBA Closed in Observance of President's Day |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
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| 4:15p |
Council Meeting - at BBA |
| 6:00p |
20th Anniversary Reception for Bonnie Sashin - at BBA |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
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| 9:30a |
LRS Review Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Corporate Counsel Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Accounting for Lawyers
Partner Pamela Parizek and Managing Director Marikay Hines-Corcoran of KPMG International, Forensic Services, will discuss accounting for lawyers. |
| 12:30p |
Health Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
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| 8:00a |
BBF Board of Trustees - at BBA |
| 8:30a |
International Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Title & Conveyancing Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Acquisition & Disposition of Municipal Property
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Deborah A. Eliason |
Deborah A. Eliason, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., will discuss the acquisition and disposition of real property by municipalities. She will also address authorization (general and special authorization, who is authorized), exceptions and oddities of municipal real property law. |
| 5:00p |
New Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
4th Annual Wine Tasting
Join the New Lawyers Section for their 4th annual wine tasting event. Sample a selection of white and red wines while learning about food pairings and obtaining tips for choosing a proper wine when dining out with clients, colleagues, friends, and family. This event is free of charge for BBA members and their guests. |
| Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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| 10:00a |
PILP Meeting - at BBA |
