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Upcoming Webinars of Note

posted by Akin Gump

Tuesday, October 28:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partners John M. Dowd and Andrew J. Rossman will be presenting a free webinar titled “Who’s Going to Court, Who’s Going to Jail?: Civil and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Wake of Financial Crisis.”  The program will address issues such as—

  • assessing what laws, regulations and legal theories are available to federal and state law enforcement
  • examining potential private litigation causes of action and the likely targets of such civil lawsuits
  • evaluating the impact recent federal court rulings, such as Stoneridge, will have on civil litigation
  • analyzing possible plaintiffs’ and defendants’ legal strategies in civil and criminal actions.

The live webinar takes place on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST.  To view the program, please go to the Washington Legal Foundation Web site at www.wlf.org.  The program will be recorded and available for later viewing on the Foundation’s Web site, as well.

Wednesday, October 29:

With credit tight, corporate managers are looking for other ways to grow their businesses.  Strategic partnerships fit the bill.  But corporate finance experts say such hook-ups—while often appealing—come with their own set of problems.

On Wednesday, October 29, Financial Week M&A reporter Tim Catts, along with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s C.N. Franklin Reddick III and KPMG Corporate Finance LLC’s Cherie Smith Homa, will participate in a live Financial Week Webcast—”To Buy or Not to Buy? Why a Strategic Partnership May Be the Way to Go”-in which they will discuss the promise and perils of strategic partnering.

To register for this free webcast, visit the Financial Week Web site.