BBA WEEK - October 15, 2007
1. Voices of the Bar: If you could have dinner or drinks with any famous person who is no longer alive, who would it be, and why?
2. Duane Morris LLP to Give Leadership Award
3. District Attorney Gerry Leone to Speak at "Representing College & Graduate Students"
4. Criminal Issues in Civil Litigation
5. Does your Practice Include SSI, SSDI or Worker’s Comp?
6. Attorney General's Office to Discuss Predatory Lending Initiatives 
7. Asian American Lawyers of Massachusetts Legal Line Show
8. Negotiations Workshop Session I: Price Negotiations
9. Take a Look Back on the Massachusetts Principal and Income Act
10. CLE Course Material Sets on Sale Now!

 
PILP Kick-Off Meeting

Members of the 2007-2008 Public Interest Leadship Program get acquainted with the BBA.
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Monday, October 15, 2007
12:30p Massachusetts Practice & Procedure Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Criminal Issues in Civil Litigation
Mark D.
Smith
Mark D. Smith, partner, Laredo & Smith, LLP, will discuss criminal issues in civil litigation matters. Mr. Smith concentrates his practice in white-collar crime, government investigations, and business litigation and regulation.  Mr. Smith represents individuals and businesses during all stages of criminal and other government enforcement actions and in business litigation matters.
4:00p Children & Youth Outreach Task Force - at BBA
5:30p Labor & Employment 151B Committee - at BBA
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
12:15p Bankruptcy Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Predatory Lending: Initiatives Taken by the Office of the Attorney General
Chris Barry-Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and Carol Kenner, Special Assistant Attorney General, will discuss the initiatives taken by the Office of Attorney General concerning predatory lending in the Commonwealth including: current enforcement litigation; c. 93A regulations governing mortgage brokers and lenders as well as foreclosure rescue transactions and services; and the pro bono attorney referral hotline for MA borrowers facing foreclosure.
12:30p Senior Lawyers Section Steering Committee - at BBA
4:15p Council Meeting - at BBA
5:00p Environmental Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Reception for Laurie Burt, New MassDEP Commissioner
Join us as we congratulate Laurie Burt on her appointment as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.  
 
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
12:30p Health Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA
12:30p Corporate Law Committee, Corporate Counsel Committee, Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and Securities Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law
C. Stephen Bigler, Director at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., will address recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law as well as recent Delaware cases touching on corporate and transactional issues.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
8:00a PILP Breakfast - at BBA
9:45a BBF Trustees Meeting - Conference Call
11:00a Volunteer Tax Assistance Meeting - at BBA
12:00p Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Updates & Mediation Practice Discussion
Join us for the first meeting of the year where we will disucss program ideas, updates and specific topics within mediation practice including: identifying the parties' interests; getting the parties unstuck; breaking impasses; and exploring creative outcomes.
12:00p Title & Conveyancing Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Massachusetts Conservation Restrictions: What you should know
Irene Del Bono, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs,  Division of Conservation Services, will discuss the flexibility of Conservation Restrictions (CR) and the EOEEA review process, baselines and monitoring. The discussion will include what is and is not acceptable in an exacted CR and Community Preservation Act CRs, amendments versus dispositions of CRs and the implications of Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution.
3:30p PILP/JA Board Meeting - at BBA
Friday, October 19, 2007
11:30a BBF Investment Committee - at BBA





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