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E-newsletter of the Boston Bar Association | March 22, 2010 |
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| VOICES OF THE BAR | |||
| What one modern invention could you not live without? | |||
| HEADLINES | |||
| Bench and Bar Team Up to Help Kids Avoid Credit Trouble | |||
| Be a Lawyer in the Classroom | |||
| BBO Welcomes New Members | |||
| PHOTO ALBUMS | |||
| Emerging Issues in Federal and State Climate Change Policy | |||
| LAW FIRM NEWS | |||
| Sullivan & Worcester Acquires National Bankruptcy Group | |||
| Five Boston Attorneys Join Nixon Peabody's NP Trial | |||
| Davis Malm Earns 2010 Chambers USA Rankings | |||
| FEATURED CLE | |||
| 3/24/2010 - Commercial Finance Transactions and Bankruptcy Avoidance Actions Register Now >> |
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| MEET THE BBA STEERING COMMITTEES | |||
| Litigation Section Steering Committee | |||
| PLANNING AHEAD | |||
| 3/22/2010 - Is the Civil Justice System in Need of Serious Repair? Register Now >> |
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| 3/23/2010 - An Introduction To The Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts Register Now >> |
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| 3/25/2010 - What Happens to Abandoned Individual Account Pension Plans? Register Now >> |
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| The BBA is the Hub of Legal Activity this Spring | |
| THE WEEK AHEAD | |
| Monday, March 22, 2010 | |
| 4:00P |
Is the Civil Justice System in Need of Serious Repair: Part II - at BBA Speakers: Michael Keating of Foley Hoag LLP; Leo Boyle of Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.; Joan Lukey of Ropes & Gray LLP; David Rapaport of Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C. Administration of Justice Section, Litigation Section more info / RSVP>> |
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | |
| 8:30A | Education Committee - at BBA |
| 8:30A |
An Introduction To The Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts - at BBA Speakers: James Grace of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Sheri Mason of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Business Law Pro Bono Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Credit Bids at Bankruptcy Sales: No Longer a Right? - at BBA Speakers: Daniel Cohn of Cohn, Whitesell & Goldberg LLP; Douglas Gooding of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Bankruptcy Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
COD - And What Else You Need To Know About Distressed Debt - at BBA Speakers: Ed Sair of Deloitte, LLP Business Law Section, Federal Tax and Business Transactions Committee, Tax Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Insurance Part II: Indemnity and Additional Insured - at BBA Speakers: Tom Morrin of Graham Company Construction Law Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
Current Challenges In Disability Discrimination Cases And The Interrelationship Between Disability Benefits And Discrimination Claims - at BBA Speakers: Mala Rafik of Rosenfeld Rafik & Sullivan, P.C.; David Rapaport of Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C. Labor and Employment Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 4:00P |
Bankruptcy/IWIRC Career Development Panel - at BBA Speakers: Barbara Gilmore of U.S. Bankruptcy Court-Worcester; Lena Goldberg of Harvard Business School; Anne White of Demeo & Associates, PC; Elisa Sartori of Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Lisa Herrington of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Membership Committee, Young Lawyers Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | |
| 12:00P |
Who Owns It? - Rights to Employee Inventions Around the World - at BBA Speakers: Jay Sandvos of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP International Intellectual Property Law Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Practicing Before the DPU: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask - at BBA Speakers: Laura Olton of Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities; Amy Rabinowitz of National Grid USA; Jed Nosal of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General; John Habib of Keegan Werlin, LLP Energy and Telecommunications Law Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Show Us the Money- The Current State of CRE Capital Markets - at BBA Speakers: Casimir Groblewski of Fantini & Gorga Real Estate Finance Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Slugging and Stonewalling: Managing Difficult Behaviors in Mediation - at BBA Speakers: Jack Wofford of Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc.; Sarah Worley of Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Overview of Life and Disability Insurance - at BBA Speakers: Herbert Daroff of Baystate Financial Services, LLC Insurance Law Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 4:00P |
BBA CLE: Commercial Finance Transactions and Bankruptcy Avoidance Actions: Will LBO Challenges Continue? - at BBA Speakers: Victor Milione of Nixon Peabody LLP; Stephen Darr of Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Lee Harrington of Nixon Peabody LLP; Greg Clark of Citizens Bank Commercial Finance Committee more info / Register>> |
| 4:30P | BBA Executive Committee - at BBA |
| 5:00P |
College & University Section Annual Social - at Holland & Knight LLP, 10 St. James Avenue
College & University Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| Thursday, March 25, 2010 | |
| 8:30A | Diversity & Inclusion Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:30P |
EBSA's Abandoned Plan Program - at BBA Speakers: Anne George of Employee Benefits Security Administration, United Stated Department of Labor Bankruptcy Law Section, ERISA Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
New MassDEP Guidance on Activity and Use Limitations - at BBA Speakers: Margaret Shaw of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Hazardous and Solid Waste Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| Friday, March 26, 2010 | |
| No Meetings Scheduled | |