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BBA
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Governor Deval Patrick shakes hands with the BBA Past President Ray Young at signing ceremony for UPC legislation. Without Ray's commitment and perseverance, this legislation would not have passed.
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| Monday, February 23, 2009 |
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| 12:00p |
Legislation & Public Policy Committee, Delivery of Legal Services Section, Pro Bono Committee - at BBA; RSVP
BBA’s Civil Gideon Initiative in the Real Estate Practice Area
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Russell Engler |
Russell Engler, New England School of Law, will describe the BBA’s Civil Gideon initiative as it applies to real estate practice. He will focus particularly on the initiative’s application to housing issues, including evictions. The Task Force’s Report is available online for anyone wishing to review it in advance. |
| 12:30p |
Real Estate Pro Bono Committee - at BBA; RSVP |
| 3:00p |
New Lawyers Section and Criminal Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Top Guns, 2009: Public Corruption
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R. Robert Popeo |
The Top Guns program is designed to get the best of the best to speak on key issues facing the criminal bar. This year is no exception. We will discuss the emergence of public corruption cases in recent years and explore them from a host of perspectives, including those of key federal and state prosecutors, go-to defense lawyers and in-the-know policy makers. This program is a must for very experienced criminal lawyer as well as for lawyers just starting out. Panelists: Brian Kelly, Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit, US Attorney’s Office; John T. McNeil, Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit, US Attorney’s Office; Gerard T. Leone, The Middlesex District Attorney's Office; R. Robert Popeo, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
L. Scott Harshbarger, Proskauer Rose LLP; Joseph F. Savage, Jr., Goodwin Procter LLP; Arnold R. Rosenfeld, K&L Gates LLP; and Edward Bedrosian - MA Attorney General's Office. Moderators: John A. Wortmann, Jr., US Attorney's Office and Michael D. Ricciuti, K&L Gates LLP. |
| Tuesday,February 24, 2009 |
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| 8:30a |
Education Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30p |
Construction Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Mediations in Construction Cases: From the Mediators' Perspective
The BBA welcomes mediators Brad Honoroff, The Mediation Group, Walter McDonough, Hinkley, Allen & Snyder LLP and John Spignesi to discuss mediations in construction cases. |
| 12:30p |
Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Endowments in the Current Market: UPMIFA and FSP FAS 117-1
The current market presents numerous legal and accounting challenges for non-profit organizations. A significant development is the recent introduction in Massachusetts of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), which, if enacted, would permit organizations to spend a portion of an endowment fund's value, despite the presence of an overall negative return. Jack Clarke, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Robert E. Cowden III, Casner & Edwards LLP, and John Sannella, Kirkland Albrecht & Fredrickson, LLC, will address the current state of affairs on UPMIFA as well as FAS 117-1, the staff position issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board that addresses the net asset classification of funds subject to UPMIFA and provides new disclosure requirements for all non-profits with endowment funds. |
| 4:30p |
Criminal Law Public Policy Committee - at BBA |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
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| 12:00p |
International Intellectual Property Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Protecting IP in China
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Mark Schonfeld |
Doing business in China is a challenge for even experienced business lawyers. Chinese IP law, IP enforcement, and business strategies are changing. The BBA has assembled a knowledgeable panel of lawyers and a business advisor to guide you through this critical process. Panelists: Jack Daniels, Eastbridge Partners, LLC; Jerry Cohen, Burns & Levinson LLP; and Mark Schonfeld, Burns & Levinson LLP. |
| 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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Ron Borod |
This series of lunch programs focus on legal and business developments in the tumultuous financial services industry. Each program consists of an update on current market and regulatory events; a drill-down on a significant and timely issue; and a spotlight on a company or an industry and how it is coping with the recession. Speakers: Martin Lacdao, Morin Center; Ron Borod and Jonathan Black, Brown Rudnick LLP; and Kingsley Greenland The Debt Exchange, Inc. (DebtX). A question and answer period will follow. Co-sponsored by the
Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, BU School of Law. |
| 12:00p |
Tax Section, Federal Tax & Business Transactions Committee, and ERISA Committee - at Citizens Bank, One Exchange Place, Boston: RSVP
Latest Developments on Code Sections 409A and 457A
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Loretta R. Richard |
Teresa A. Martland, Foley Hoag LLP, and Loretta R. Richard, Ropes & Gray LLP, will address the latest developments on Code Sections 409A and 457A. With respect to Section 409A, the speakers will discuss Notice 2008-113, which provides relief for certain operational violations, and the recently proposed “income inclusion” regulations regarding the calculation of taxable income upon a failure to satisfy the Section 409A requirements The speakers will also address recently enacted Section 457A, including guidance issued in Notice 2009-8. Section 457A imposes substantial restrictions on the use of deferred compensation arrangements by foreign entities and other “tax indifferent entities,” including U.S. partnerships with significant foreign or other “tax indifferent” partners. |
| 12:00p |
Leasing Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Leasing Basics: A Guide to Navigating, Drafting, and Negotiating Commercial Real Property Leases for New Practitioners (part two)
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Eric M. Labbe |
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 Two will focus on the lease agreement itself, with a review of provisions of particular importance to both landlord and tenant clients. |
| 12:30p |
Elder Law & Disability Planning Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Long-Term Care Planning for the Second Marriage: Advanced Planning, Crisis Planning and Ethical Issues
Steve Cohen, Cohen & Oalican, LLP, and Ken W. Shulman, Day Pitney LLP, will discuss issues that arise when one spouse in a second marriage requires nursing home care or expensive care at home. |
| 12:30p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section - at BBA; RSVP
Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and the Civil Rights Implications
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Dan Winslow |
Hear and challenge Dan Winslow, Duane Morris LLP, and Larry DiCara, Nixon Peabody LLP, views' on legislative and congressional redistricting. In 2012, the boundaries of state legislative and congressional districts will be redrawn to reflect changes in population within Massachusetts from 2000 to 2010. The number of congressional districts remaining in the state, and the manner in which state and federal district lines are drawn will be the subject of legislative debate and quite possibly court proceedings. Among the issues likely to arise is the impact on minority representation. |
| 4:00p |
New Lawyers Section - at BBA; RSVP
Keeping your head when all about you are losing theirs: Dealing with a Layoff
Moderators Gina Walcott, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers , and Chris Morrison, Hanify & King, P.C., will lead a four panel progam covering a full range of issues and options in the current economy. This comprehensive program will provide insight for lawyers in all positions. For more information on the program and panelists, please click here. Co-sponsored by Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. |
| 4:30p |
BBA Executive Committee - at BBA |
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
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| 12:00p |
Health Law Section Ad Hoc Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Health Reform Implementation: What’s the Department of Revenue Got To Do With It?
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Navjeet K. Bal |
Please join us to welcome Navjeet K. Bal, Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue, the “unlikely health reform agency,” has responsibility for implementation of some of the most innovative and challenging provisions of Chapter 58 (the Massachusetts Health Reform Law of 2006). The Individual Mandate and the Schedule HC are examples of the Department of Revenue’s new authority over health reform and successful role in its implementation. Discussion will include a description of DOR’s collaborations with other health reform agencies and highlights of compliance in the first year of the Individual Mandate. |
| 12:00p |
Immigration Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Immigration Issues Facing Mixed Status Families
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Halim Moris |
Anne Gillespie and Cristina Dacchille, Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston, and Halim Moris, Moris and O’Shea LLC, will discuss the evolving economic and political challenges faced by mixed status families in Boston. |
| 12:00p |
Estate Planning Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Ethical Issues, Including Conflicts of Interests, Facing Estate Planning Attorneys
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Jill Collins |
Jill Collins, Day Pitney LLP, will lead this brown bag program. Estate planning attorneys face ethical issues ranging from the obvious to the very subtle, and those issues can be missed in circumstances when representing several generations of a family or a client with property located in several jurisdictions. We will discuss these issues and practical methods by which attorneys should address them. |
| 1:00p |
Bankruptcy Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
Chapter 11 Professionals Group
Last year, a few chapter 11 professionals from some of the firms in Boston met to discuss the development and future of our practices. In that meeting, we realized that there did not exist within the BBA or otherwise an organized group focused primarily on chapter 11 practice. Christopher Panos and Doug Rosner have been starting the process of forming one. In that regard, we invite chapter 11 professionals to an open meeting to discuss the formation of such a group. The agenda will be to discuss generally the challenges facing our profession and ways we can work together to meet them. We will also form a core working group to identify issues facing chapter 11 practitioners and make recommendations to address those issues where possible. |
| 5:00p |
Business Litigation Committee - at BBA: RSVP
From Business Litigator to the Bench: Tips from Judge Murtagh
Judge Thomas R. Murtagh will share his valuable perspective on effective advocacy -- drawn from practice but illuminated by four years on the bench. Please join us. |
| Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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| 6:30a |
Environmental Law Section - at Loon Mountain, Lincoln, NH; Please email Ralph Child (rchild@mintz.com) to RSVP for this program
Second Annual Environmental Law Section Ski Trip
The Environmental Law Section invites you for a day of downhill or cross country skiing, snowshoeing, or other outdoors activity in the snows of New Hampshire. Skiers (and boarders) of all abilities and non-skiers are welcome - including those who choose just to be pampered at the lodge. Bus transportation will be provided to and from the Regional Transportation Center in Woburn. There are activities planned all day at or around Loon Mountain. Food, drink and meeting space will be available at a reserved lounge at the base lodge. |
| 12:00p |
Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and Insurance Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
ERISA Issues in M&A Transactions
Larry Karle, Longfellow Benefits, will discuss issues with retirement plans and other benefit plans that are governed by ERISA in the context of M&A and other transactions. |
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