BBA WEEK - October 8, 2007
1. Save the Date: BBA Law Day Dinner
2. Goodwin Procter LLP Creates Diversity Fellowship
3. Voices of the Bar: What is a typical weekday dinner for you?
4. Happy Anniversary, Dechert!
5. 8th Annual Criminal Law Bench Bar
6. Martin R. Healy Joins BBJ Board
7. Whistleblower Mechanisms for the Global Enterprise 

 
Talking Alimony

David Lee (BBA Co-Chair) with Denise Squillante (MBA Co-Chair) and Judges Robert A. Scandurra and Robert W. Langlois at the kickoff meeting of the Joint Task Force on Alimony.
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Monday, October 8, 2007
  BBA Closed in Observance of Columbus Day
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
8:30a Litigation Section Steering Committee - at BBA
9:00a Public Interest Leadership Program - at BBA
12:00p Real Estate Finance Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Nuts & Bolts of ALTA Surveys
Michael Feldman, President of Harry R. Feldman, Inc., will lead a presentation on the basics of ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys. Mr. Feldman will provide survey examples and review the ALTA/ACSM requirements and the Table A options. This program will jump-start the novice real estate lawyer's survey reviews and provide a welcome refresher course for the seasoned practitioner. 
 
12:00p Tax Section Steering Committee - at BBA
12:30p

Health Law CLE Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Please join us for our October meeting of the Health Law CLE Committee
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3:00p Public Service Committee Board Service Workgroup - at BBA
4:30p Family Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA
5:30p Family Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Courtroom Lawyer for the Day:  Limited Representation Pro Bono Training
Join Jill Crockett, Volunteer Lawyers Project, and David Eppley, Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, as they lead a training session for the newest pro bono opportunity made available from the Limited Representation Program of the Suffolk County Probate & Family Court. The "Courtroom Lawyer for the Day" program allows seasoned family lawyers from the Volunteer Lawyers Project / Senior Partners for Justice and the Boston Bar Association Family Law Section to provide "on-your-feet" advocacy to pro se litigants on set days.  No prior preparation or contact with these clients is required.  This program will allow the participant to qualify for Limited Representation, while simultaneously providing perspective as to what the participant can expect in this very rewarding pro bono opportunity.
5:30p Labor & Employment Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
12:00p Privacy Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Whistleblower Mechanisms for the Global Enterprise
Mark Schreiber
Steven A. Lauer, Corporate Counsel at Global Compliance Services, and Mark Schreiber of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP will discuss how data protection and privacy laws especially in the EU pose a challenge in establishing an internal reporting mechanism for a global company. U.S. public companies must comply with Sarbanes-Oxley provisions that require procedures for confidential and anonymous reports of accounting or auditing irregularities.
12:00p Intellectual Property Litigation Committee and Intellectual Property Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Enhanced Damages and Opinions of Counsel in the Wake of Seagate
Susan Glovsky
Susan Glovsky, a Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, will discuss the recent Federal Circuit decision in Seagate, which creates a new standard for awarding enhanced damages for willful infringement in patent cases. The talk will include a discussion of opinions of counsel, privilege waiver, and the new significance of preliminary injunction motions.
4:00p Criminal Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
8th Annual Bench Bar Conference
Michael D. Ricciuti
Join us as a distinguished judicial panel discusses a range of criminal issues presented in state and federal court at the trial and appellate levels.Panelists include: Honorable Nancy Gertner, United States District Court; Honorable Mark Green, Massachusetts Appeals Court; and Honorable Peter Lauriat, Massachusetts Superior Court. Moderated by: Michael D. Ricciuti, K&L Gates; and Christina Miller, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
4:30p Executive Committee - at BBA
Thursday, October 11, 2007
8:00a Business Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA
12:00p Land Use & Development Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Boothroyd v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Amherst
Donald R. Pinto, Jr.
Donald R. Pinto Jr. of Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster will disucss Boothroyd v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Amherst, a recent SJC decision concerning Chapter 40B. Mr. Pinto served as attorney for the developer in that case.
Friday, October 12, 2007
8:30a Bankruptcy Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA





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