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Corporate Counsel Symposium
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20th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium

Schedule of Events


October 5, 2012 - Park Cities Hilton - Dallas, Texas

8:00 8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome

  • John B. Attanasio, Dean and William Hawley Atwell Professor of Constitutional Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Emerging Issues in Technology and Outsourcing Transactions

  • Michael J. Brito, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, Texas

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

•    Panelists

  • Elizabeth Jacobs, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.

  • Jay Martin, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy Counsel, Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Texas

  • The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, Retired United States District Judge, District of Columbia & Former Director, SEC Division of Enforcement, Washington, D.C.

  • Carey O’Connor, Vice President - Corporate Secretary & Operations Counsel, Flowserve Corporation, Dallas, Texas

•  Moderator
    • Ann J. Bruder, Senior Vice President of Law, Government Affairs and Global Compliance, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary, Commercial Metals Company, Dallas, Texas

    10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

    10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Corporate America Under Attack: The Continued Use of Qui Tam Plaintiffs and "Deputized" Law Firms by States Strapped for Cash

  •   Kym Rogers, Senior Attorney, SNR Denton, Dallas, Texas

  •  Peg Hall, Partner and Head of Health & Life Sciences Sector, SNR Denton, Dallas, Texas

  • 11:15 11:45 a.m. The Company and Its Employees: Current Issues in Employment Law

  • Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan

  • 11:45 12:15 p.m. Credit Crisis - How It’s Unfolding and the Long Term Impact on Shareholder Litigation

  • Darren Robbins, Partner, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, California

  • 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. The View from DOJ: Criminal Enforcement Priorities

  • Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

  • 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Billing and Interfacing with Outside Counsel

    •    Panelists

    • Robert Ackermann, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, CLMG Corporation, Dallas, Texas

    • Carlos M. Hernandez, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Fluor Corporation, Dallas, Texas

    • Denise C. McWatters, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Holly Frontier Corporation, Dallas, Texas

    • John Torres, Chief Legal Officer, Lennox International, Inc., Dallas, Texas

    •    Moderator

    • Marc I. Steinberg, Rupert and Lillian Radford Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas

    2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Cutting Edge Tools for Reducing E-Discovery Costs

    • Eric P. Mandel, National E-Discovery Counsel, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break

    3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Hot Topics in Social Media

    • David A. Bell, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, Texas

    3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Texas and Delaware Corporate Governance Litigation Update

    • Patricia J. Villareal, Partner-In-Charge of Dallas Office, Jones Day, Dallas, Texas

    4:15 - 4:45 p.m. The Incredible Shrinking Antitrust Law

    • C. Paul Rogers, III, Professor of Law and Former Dean, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas

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