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Sunday, April 3, 2011
On Thursday, April 28, the Bar Association of San Francisco has planned a brown bag luncheon, Renewable Energy: Are we there yet? It will run from noon to 1:45 p.m. at the BASF Conference Center, 301 Battery Street in San Francisco.
Speakers Mike Levy, chief counsel of the California Energy Commission; Diane Fellman, director of Regulatory &...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The American Law Institute will hold its annual meeting Monday through Wednesday, May 16 to 18, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday morning and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, with premeeting events planned for Wednesday from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.
The meeting will open with remarks by Lord Phillips of...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Bar Association of San Francisco will help lawyers give advice about how to dissolve a company in a luncheon seminar titled Proper Burial: How to Advise Your Corporate Clients. It will run from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the BASF Conference Center, 301 Battery Street in San Francisco.
Timothy Young of Fortis General Counsel, LLP and Brian Y. Lee who is...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Colorado Bar Association has planned a morning seminar, Better Appellate Writing, Briefing, and Oral Argument, on Friday, May 6. It will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the CLECI Large Classroom, 1900 Grant Street in Denver.
Attendees will learn from Judge John Webb, who was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in 2002, and came to the...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The State Bar of Texas will host the Texas Minority Attorney Program this spring in San Antonio and in Houston.
The San Antonio program will be held Friday, April 1, and the Houston program will be held Friday, May 6.
The Houston program will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the South Texas College of Law, Garrett-Townes Auditorium, 1303 San...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The University of Texas School of Law and The Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Texas will host the annual Corporate Counsel Institute on Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15, at the InterContinental Dallas, 15201 Dallas Parkway.
The program will be repeated in Houston on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. It will run from 8:45 a.m. to 5...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Texas Access to Justice Commission and Foundation honored Texas Representative Richard Peña Raymond with the Texas Access to Justice Legislative Hero Award for his contributions to improving access to justice in Texas during a special presentation at the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid office in Laredo, Texas, on February 25. Texas Supreme Court Justice...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The Massachusetts Bar Association celebrates the decision of the Governor's Council today to confirm Governor Deval Patrick's nomination of Fernande R.V. Duffly to serve as an associate justice to the Supreme Judicial Court. The state has reached a historic milestone by appointing its first Asian-American to the state's highest court.
"The...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
On Tuesday, March 8, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., at the Rhode Island Superior Court, 250 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island, the state bar's New Attorney Advancement Task Force (NAATF) is offering a free seminar, "Superior Court Civil Motion Calendar: View From The Bench." Featuring Superior Court Associate Justice Sarah Taft-Carter and experienced...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Highlighting the importance of engaging global law firms committed to making a positive difference in local communities, Boston Bar Association President Donald R. Frederico today welcomed Jones Day as a BBA Sponsor Firm. Jones Day opened its Boston office in January.
"Jones Day has an exemplary reputation for excellence and public service, and we are...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Following the release of House 1 by Governor Patrick, Boston Bar Association President Donald R. Frederico issued a statement thanking Governor Patrick for level funding for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation line item for legal aid to poor people:
"In an environment where very painful choices are being made, the BBA is heartened to know...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
As of January, the Boston Bar Foundation's (BBF) John & Abigail Adams Benefit, with John Fish of Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. as its honoree, has raised $545,000 from a broad spectrum of 68 law firms and businesses. Over 1,000 guests descended on the MFA's New Art of the Americas Wing in January for the benefit.
The BBF advances access to...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The New York County Lawyers' Association is pleased to announce that the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates has adopted the major recommendations proposed by a report released by NYCLA's Task Force on Judicial Conduct.
The report was prepared in response to concerns that the activities of the commission on judicial conduct may...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The Westchester Southern Connecticut Chapter of the ACC will examine Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Setting.
The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at noon on Friday, March 25, at the Woodway Country Club, 540 Hoyt Street in Darien, Connecticut. It will be a basic primer on the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. Other...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The New York County Lawyers' Association's (NYCLA) Civil Rights and Liberties Committee has joined an amicus brief in Bob Camreta v. Sarah Greene, et al., a case involving the removal, detention and two-hour interrogation by the police of a nine-year-old girl.
The brief asserts that her interrogation and detention violated the Fourth Amendment...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
On Tuesday, April 5, the New York County Lawyer's Association will host a seminar looking at Ethical Issues in Immigration Practice. It will be located at NYCLA's 14 Vesey Street Center in New York City and begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m.
This seminar will cover the ethical pitfalls involved in the growing and evolving field of immigration...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Stephen Robinson, a partner in the Litigation and Government Enforcement & White Collar Crime practices at Skadden,Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, has been named chair of the New York City Bar Association's Committee to Enhance Diversity in the Profession. The committee was established in 1990, with Cyrus R. Vance as its first...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
A message from NYSBA President Stephen P. Younger:
"I am pleased to inform all of our members that Ken Standard, our esteemed colleague and former president, is going to be honored at the American Bar Association's mid-year meeting in Atlanta. He is the recipient of the Life Achievement Award for Excellence in Pipeline Diversity. It is a great honor,...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The New York City Bar Association has sent a letter to the African Union (AU), expressing concerns about that organization's "explicit lack of support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to endorse the recommendation of the AU High-Level Panel on Darfur for a hybrid court for Sudan.
"Given Sudan's problematic justice record, the Association...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
"Over the past five years, our State courts - which have a constitutional duty to provide meaningful access to justice for all New Yorkers - have been pushed to the brink. Courts have no control over the number of litigants who come through their doors. Caseloads have risen dramatically while the number of unrepresented parties facing economic and family-...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
As part of its primary goals to promote diversity, the Connecticut Bar Assocation's YLS hosted the Sixth Annual Diversity Award Dinner. This year's award recipient was the Honorable Richard A. Robinson.
Judge Robinson became a superior court judge in 2000, and during his tenure, he served as the presiding judge (civil) in the judicial districts of New...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
ACC and the Georgetown University Law Center have jointly planned the annual Corporate Counsel Institute: Change Comes to Washington and What It Means for In-house Counsel. It will be held Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11, at Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.
On Thursday, the program will run from 8:00 a...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The Research Triangle Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel has planned a Mini-MBA course that will be held on Tuesday, April 26, at the Prestonwood Country Club, 300 Prestonwood Parkway in Cary, North Carolina.
The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 4:00 p.m.
The program will address balance sheets, income statements,...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
The American Law Institute-American Bar Association will offer a two-day seminar examining corporate taxation on Thursday, March 31, and Friday, April 1, at the Hilton Embassy Row, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.
Day one begins at 8:40 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. and day two begins at 8:00 a.m. and adjourns at 5:00 p.m.
On Thursday...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
This week the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the certiorari petition in Pella v. Saltzman, in which DRI participated by filing an amicus brief, authored by DRI member Evan M. Tager of Mayer Brown in Washington, DC. Pella Corporation and Pella Windows and Doors, Inc., (Pella) appealed the lower court's certification of a class action against it, which alleges...
