Previous Events & CLE Programs
February 27, 2007
Committee Meeting
Customary Opinion Practice
Sponsors
Legal Opinions Committee
Corporate Law Committee
Mergers & Acquisitions Committee
We will discuss whether the Business Law Section should recommend that the Boston Bar Association co-sponsor the proposed "Statement on the Role of Customary Practice in the
Preparation and Understanding of Third-Party Legal Opinions."
The Statement was prepared under the auspices of TriBar Opinion Committee, but is not a product of TriBar. It was reviewed extensively during the course of many TriBar meetings and has the general approval of the members of TriBar. The goal is to have as many bar groups as possible jointly "issue/sponsor" the Statement, as this will give the Statement the greatest possible effect for judges and juries.
The thought is to confirm in a short, simple statement that customary practice is the starting place for evaluating the (i) sufficiency of the opinion giver’s diligence and (ii) the meaning of the words in the opinion. Once it is established that customary practice is the starting place, then all descriptions of customary practice contained in various bar association statements, etc. become relevant to consideration of these issues.
For a copy of the Statement, please click here.
January 10, 2007
Committee Meeting
**This meeting is co-sponsored with the Corporate Law Committee and the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee**
Join us to discuss the ABA’s October Legal Opinion Risk Seminar. Specifically, we will address:
- responsibility and concerns of opinion recipients and their counsel
- the gatekeeper role and transactional lawyers
- making third-party opinion letter "customary practice" work for the recipient
- opinion letter litigation - do's and don'ts
- managing large firm opinion practice
- opinion hotspots
- opinions and "side letters"
- dealing with demands for assignable opinions
Panelists will include:
November 28, 2005
Committee Meeting
Streamlined Closing Opinion
Donald W. Glazer, Goodwin Procter LLP and Stanley Keller, Partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP will discuss the anticipated publication of the Boston Bar Association's Streamlined Closing Opinion for use by Boston Area Law Firms. Mr. Glazer and Mr. Keller both served as former chairs of the Business Law Section and the Legal Opinions Committee. The Streamlined Opinion was developed by the Legal Opinions Committee under their supervision.
We're hoping for a lively discussion and welcome suggestions for future meeting topics. We hope you can attend.
September 26, 2005
Committee Meeting
Join us as we kick-off our program year with a general discussion of current events on Monday, September 26th. Many of you are involved in interesting issues, and we invite you to share them with the Committee. We will also discuss what future events members would like to see the Committee host.
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