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BBA
WEEK - January 26, 2009 |
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At a recent BBA CLE on limited liability companies and family limited partnerships: Kimberly E. Cohen of Ropes & Gray, Nancy B. Samiljan of Goulston & Storrs, and Joan B. Di Cola of the Law Office of Joan B. Di Cola.
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| 12:00p |
Affordable Housing Committee and Public Policy Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Legislative Initiatives
Please join us to welcome Deborah Goddard and Margaux LeClair, both of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, at this brown bag lunch. In January of last year, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) completed a year-long dialogue with fair housing advocates and stakeholders on the policy and program role of DHCD in fair housing. In June 2008, DHCD issued a comprehensive set of fair housing policy and program recommendations. Deborah and Margaux will be updating us on the policy as well as interim steps that the agency has taken with respect to fair housing, particularly the Guidelines for Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plans, and will provide us with additional insight into the whys and hows behind some of the changes in the Guidelines.
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| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
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| 8:30a |
Education Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee Open Forum Discussion
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Kendi E. Ozmon |
During this brown bag lunch, the tax-exempt organizations committee will hold an open forum discussion led by committee co-chairs Kendi E. Ozmon and Martha N. Frahm. |
| 12:30p |
Securities Law Committee and Corporate Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
What’s New in Proxy Statements and Year-End Reporting
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Marisa Murtagh |
Jonathan Wolfman and Marisa Murtagh of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP will discuss recent developments and trends affecting year-end reporting, proxy statements and the conduct of the annual meeting. Executive compensation isn’t the only development affecting public companies’ year-end process, so come hear Jonathan and Marisa discuss other important developments affecting this upcoming year-end reporting and proxy season in this companion presentation to Mark Borges’ recent "Drafting Executive Compensation Disclosure for the 2009 Proxy Statement." |
| 12:30p |
Construction Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Emerging Trends in Project Governance
During this brown bag lunch, Felipe Pla, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, will discuss emerging trends in project governance. Specific topics will include an update on the current real estate market economy and current trends in project governance. |
| 3:00p |
BBA CLE: PERM Filings in Today’s Economy - at BBA; Register
Significant changes to PERM are expected in 2009 including the new Form ETA 9089 to be rolled out in coming months. This program will help the immigration professional to plan strategically for success in PERM cases, to be prepared for the coming PERM changes and to anticipate and cope with the problems which may come with the new 9089 form. Expert panelists will offer the practitioner valuable advice on successful strategies, from case evaluation through recruitment through the processing of the I-140. |
| 4:00p |
Criminal Law Section and New Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
The Cutting Edge Issues in Criminal Law
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Ben Clements |
This fast-paced annual criminal law program is designed to give the practitioner an overview of the major developments in state and federal criminal law and the impact of these cases as well as other administrative, legislative and procedural changes/issues that have impacted the practice of criminal law in these forums. The program will commence with a briefing by Ben Clements, Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Deval Patrick, on his view of criminal law issues from the State House. David Meier and Marty Murphy will also report on the BBA’s Task Force on Wrongful Convictions. In addition, a distinguished faculty of judges and practitioners from the federal and state courts, will discuss critical changes in the criminal arena in 2008 as well as anticipated issues for 2009 and beyond. |
| 4:15p |
BBA Council - at BBA |
| Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
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| 12:00p |
Banking & Financial Services Committee - at Brown Rudnick LLP, 18th Floor, One Financial Center, Boston; RSVP
The Buck Starts Here
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Eric R. Fischer |
Join us for the first in a series of lunch programs focusing on legal and business developments in the tumultuous financial services industry. Eric R. Fischer, Goodwin Procter LLP, will provide a brief update on recent developments; Andrew Hodgkin, a banking law practitioner, will discuss credit default swaps and other problems faced by regulators; and Jay McHale, Computershare North America, who will provide a snapshot of one company’s strategy for meeting the challenges presented by the financial services industry. A question and answer period will follow.
Co-sponsored by the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law at Boston University School of Law. *Please note: RSVPs are necessary for a headcount on lunch and for arranging security access. Please remember to bring ID with you for security purposes. |
| 12:00p |
Leasing Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Leasing Basics: A Guide to Navigating, Drafting, and Negotiating Commercial Real Property Leases for New Practitioners (part one)
During this two part series, Eric M. Labbe, Goodwin Procter, LLP and Elizabeth A. Garner, Brennan, Dain, LeRay, Wiest, Torpy & Garner, PC., will briefly familiarize young lawyers and others new to the practice area with the important terminology, legal concepts, and business considerations found in commercial leases. Part One will deal with the arrangement from a conceptual standpoint, with attention to the major issues presented on both the "business" and "legal" sides of the transaction. *Part two of this series is scheduled for February 25, 2009. |
| 12:30p |
BBF Board of Trustees - at BBA |
| 4:00p |
Energy & Telecommunications Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Perspectives on Energy Policy Under the Obama Administration and 111th Congress
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Paul G. Afonso |
Historic changes in energy policy and investments to stimulate our clean energy economy are expected from the Obama Administration and the new Congress. Please join us to hear our expert panel speak on these anticipated actions just days after President Obama is sworn into office. From establishing a federal cap-and-trade system to expanding capital investment in renewable energy generation and transmission, this program will provide insight into the changes we should expect to see, how the Administration will prioritize its clean energy agenda, and some of the local impacts of these actions. Panel: Paul G. Afonso, Brown Rudnick LLP: Joe Dalton, Suez Energy; Kate Anderson, Office of US Senator John Kerry; and Cutler Cleveland, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University. Moderator: Jason Marshall, Office of State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio. |
| 4:30p |
BBA Executive Committee - at BBA |
| 5:00p |
College & University Law Section - at Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
One International Place, 44th Floor, Boston; RSVP
Annual January Social |
| Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
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| 8:30a |
Diversity & Inclusion Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
Wetlands, Waterways & Water Quality Committee - at BBA; RSVP
EPA’s Expanded Regulation of Stormwater Within the Charles River Watershed
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Hamilton Hackney |
Bill Walsh-Rogalski, EPA New England, Peg Stolfa, MassDEP, Margaret Van Deusen, Charles River Watershed Association, and Hamilton Hackney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP will discuss the EPA’s upcoming, expanded regulation of stormwater runoff from large commercial and industrial properties within the Charles River watershed through its “residual designation” authority under the Clean Water Act, supplemented by a discussion of MassDEP’s similar regulatory program. |
| 3:00p |
Bankruptcy Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Young Bar Meets Bench
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Natalie B. Sawyer |
Join us for the the Second Annual Young Bar Meets Bench program, a program intended to provide young practitioners with a unique opportunity to hear from the judges, the clerk of the court, and a chapter 7 trustee concerning issues and topics that are relevant to you. The event will be divided into two segments: an informational segment and a cocktail social. Panelists: Chief Judge Henry J. Boroff;
Judge Joan N. Feeney;
Judge William C. Hillman;
Judge Joel B. Rosenthal;
James Lynch, Clerk of Court;
and Joseph Baldiga, Chapter 7 trustee. Moderator:
Natalie B. Sawyer. |
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Alimony Task Force - at BBA |
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| 8:30a |
Section Co-Chair Roundtable - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Senior Lawyers Section, International Law Section, and New Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
Cleared for Release from Guantánamo Bay - What's Next?
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P. Sabin Willett |
Please join P. Sabin Willett, Bingham McCutchen LLP, and Jerry Cohen, Burns & Levinson LLP, with Dick Neumeier, Morrison Mahoney LLP serving as moderator, for a discussion of the results of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Boumediene v. Bush, which held prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have a constitutional right to habeas corpus. Attorneys Willett and Cohen will discuss the issue of resettlement of wrongfully imprisoned detainees here and abroad, and how Congress and the Executive Branch might best create a legitimate detention policy to replace the practices at the to-be-closed Guantánamo Bay detention center. |
| 12:00p |
Federal Tax & Business Transactions Committee - at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, 2 International Place, Boston; RSVP
Sections 108 and 382 of the Code - Traps and Opportunities in a Challenging Economy
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Julie Hogan Rodgers |
In the current economic climate, many businesses are undergoing debt or equity restructurings. Roger Ritt and Julie Hogan Rodgers of WilmerHale LLP will discuss the impact of Section 108 (cancellation of debt) and Section 382 (limitations on the use of net operating losses) in connection with such restructurings. In particular, their presentation will focus on (i) the attribute reduction rules under Section 108 and their application to corporations (including S corporations), partnerships, and individuals and (ii) the special rules under Section 382 applicable to corporations in bankruptcy. |
| 12:30p |
Environmental Law Section, Air Quality & Climate Change Committee, and International Environmental Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Report on Climate Change Issues
Heather K. Coleman, Senior Policy Advisor on Climate Change at Oxfam America, will discuss the December 2008 United Nations climate change negotiations in Poznan, Poland and the outlook for action from the Obama administration and the new Congress. Ms. Coleman is lead author of Turning Carbon into Gold: How the international community can finance climate change adaptation without breaking the bank, a paper that was released at the Poznan meeting, where she participated in policy discussions, side events and press conferences. |
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