Fall Meeting
November 20-22, 2014 Washington, DC CHRONOLOGICAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (As of 11/5/2014)
Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM *Corporate Governance Committee Dinner Corporate Governance Committee Chair - Holly Gregory
The Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C.
West View Room, Lobby Level
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Marcel's *Business and Corporate Litigation/Judges Initiative Committee Dinner Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Co-chairs - Patrick T. Clendenen, Lee Applebaum and J. Stephen Schuster
2401 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Joe's Seafood, Prime *Middle Market and Small Business Committee Steak & Stone Crab Dinner Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - Thomas J. Walsh
750 15th St NW,
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 1 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Meeting Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - Patrick T. Clendenen
Roosevelt, Ballroom Level
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Business Press Roundtable Corporate Governance Committee Chair - John H. Stout
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Law and Accounting Committee Meeting Law and Accounting Committee Chair - Randall D. McClanahan
Washington, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Program: Bankruptcy for Breakfast Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - Sarah L. Cave
Roosevelt, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Program: Securitization Regulation: Major Developments Securitization and Structured Finance Committee Chair - Ellen L. Marks
Salon I, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Program: Small Client, Big Problems: Identifying Potential Criminal Issues and Preventing Them From Becoming Criminal Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - George M. Flint III
Salon II, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 2 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Director and Officer Liability Committee Meeting Director and Office Liability Committee Chair - Lewis Lazarus
Jefferson, Ballroom Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Government Affairs Practice Committee Meeting Government Affairs Practice Committee Chair - John Anthony Knapp
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Hedge Funds Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Paul N. Roth
Salon IIIB, Ballroom Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Private Placement Broker Task Force Middle Market and Small Business Committee Co-chairs - Linda Lerner and Eden Rohrer
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Legal Opinions Committee Meeting Legal Opinions Committee Chair - Timothy G. Hoxie
Washington, Ballroom Level
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Program: ISS Benchmark Policies Corporate Governance Chair - Frank M. Placenti
Plaza II, Ballroom Level
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Program: The Institutional Investor and Derivatives Regulation - What's New? Institutional Investors Committee Chair - Edward Klees
Salon I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 3 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Program: The SEC's Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative: ABA Federal Regulation of Securities Committee's and Other Private Sector Proposals Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Thomas Kim
Salon II, Ballroom Level
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM International Securities Matters Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Robert Lando
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Andrew J. 'Buddy' Donohue
Salon IIIB, Ballroom Level
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Lincoln, Ballroom Level Securities Regulation Joint Meeting Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - Bonnie J. Roe Federal Regulation of Securities Committee
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Small Business Issuers Joint Meeting Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - A. John Murphy
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Civil Litigation and SEC Enforcement Matters Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Co-chairs - Elizabeth P. Gray and Carmen J. Lawrence
Lincoln, Ballroom Level Middle Market and Small Business Committee
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 4 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Program: Halliburton 2- The Earthquake that Didn't Happen and the Future of Securities Litigation Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - Kevin H. Metz
Roosevelt, Ballroom Level
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Fund Director's Guide Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Lori Schneider
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Dialogue with the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Catherine T. Dixon
Salon II, Ballroom Level
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Program: Hello to the FIO: Federal Involvement in State-Regulated Insurance in the Dodd-Frank Era Government Affairs Practice Committee Chair - Amy Kellogg
Plaza II, Ballroom Level
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM *Federal Regulation of Securities Luncheon Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Catherine T. Dixon
Salon I, Ballroom Level
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Business Divorce Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Co-chairs - Kurt Heyman and Bradford K. Newman
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 5 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM International Developments Corporate Governance Committee Co-chairs - J. Michael Judin and Richard A. Silberstein
Jefferson, Ballroom Level
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Insider Trading: Your Firm, Your Funds, Your Worries Institutional Investors Committee Co-chairs - Catherine T. Dixon and Edward Klees
Salon II, Ballroom Level
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Program: Have You Said What You Mean, and Who Decides What You Said: Who Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over Opinion Givers, and What Does That Mean For Opinion Interpretation And Opinion Liability?
Federal Regulation of Securities Committee
Salon IIIB, Ballroom Level
Legal Opinions Committee Chair - Timothy G. Hoxie
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Roosevelt, Ballroom Level Program: Preparing Your 2015 Executive Compensation Disclosure - Maximizing Your Pay-for-Performance Message and Minimizing Your Litigation Risk Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Co-chairs - Beth Dickstein and Susan Daley Federal Regulation of Securities
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Securitization and Structured Finance Committee Meeting Securitization and Structured Finance Committee Chair - Ellen L. Marks
Plaza II, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 6 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Program: Tour of the Ivory Tower: Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court for Business Lawyers and Clients Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Co-chairs - Brigid Cech Samole, Mark Trachtenberg and Julissa Rodriguez
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM **Officers Meeting Section Wide Events Chair - Paul "Chip" L. Lion III
Boardroom, Ballroom Level
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM FINRA Corporate Financing Rules Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Mark T. Lab
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Publications Corporate Governance Committee Chair - Bruce F. Dravis
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Audit Responses Committee Meeting Audit Responses Committee Chair - Thomas W. White
Washington, Ballroom Level
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Proxy Statements and Business Combinations Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Brian V. Breheny
Plaza II, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 7 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Program: Issuers, Broker-Dealers, Investment Advisers and Funds (and Regulators) Embrace Social Media: "Like" It or Not (or, To Tweet or Not to Tweet: That is the Question) Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Co-chairs - Jay G. Baris and Andrew J. Donohue
Salon II, Ballroom Level
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Salon I, Ballroom Level Program: What, Me? Yes, You: The Surprising Reach of the Registration Requirements of the Commodities Exchange Act Institutional Investors Committee Chair - Edward Klees Federal Regulation of Securities
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bankruptcy Litigation Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - Sarah Loomis Cave
Jefferson, Ballroom Level
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Business Courts Joint Meeting Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - Richard Renck
Lincoln, Ballroom Level Judges Initiative Committee
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Judges Initiative Joint Meeting Judges Initiative Committee Co-chairs - Lee Applebaum and J. Stephen Schuster
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Trading and Markets Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Dana G. Fleischman
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 8 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Governance & Sustainability Corporate Governance Committee Co-chairs - Nancy S. Cleveland, Katayun I. Jaffari and David M. Lynn
Roosevelt, Ballroom Level Co-sponsoring Committee: Federal Regulation of Securities
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Disclosure and Continuous Reporting Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Ann Yvonne Walker
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Financial Institutions Litigation Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Chair - R. Stephen Ganis
Washington, Ballroom Level
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Middle Market and Small Business Committee Meeting Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - Thomas J. Walsh
Plaza II, Ballroom Level
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Institutional Investors Committee Meeting Institutional Investors Committee Chair - Edward Klees
Lincoln, Ballroom Level
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Corporate Social Responsibility Task Force Meeting Corporate Social Responsibility Task Force Chair - Ashley C. Walter
Roosevelt, Ballroom Level
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Legal Opinions Reception Legal Opinions Committee Chair - Timothy G. Hoxie
Salon IIIB, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 9 of 12
Friday, November 21, 2014 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Subcommittee and Task Force Chairs and Vice Chairs Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Catherine T. Dixon
Salon II, Ballroom Level
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception Section Wide Events Chair - Paul "Chip" L. Lion III
Salon I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 10 of 12
Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Section 16 Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Howard Dicker
Salon IIIB, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Professional Responsibility Committee Meeting Professional Responsibility Committee Chair - Keith R. Fisher
The Boardroom, Ballroom Level
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Corporate Governance Committee Meeting Corporate Governance Committee Chair - Holly Gregory
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Family-Owned Businesses Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - Michael P. Connolly
Washington, Ballroom Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Securities Registration Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Michael L. Hermsen
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Career and Practice Development Committee Meeting Career and Practice Development Committee Chair - Kathleen J. Hopkins
The Boardroom, Ballroom Level
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Dealing with Director Misconduct Task Force Corporate Governance Committee Co-chairs - Liz Dunshee and Jayne E. Juvan
Plaza I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 11 of 12
Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Leadership Meeting Middle Market and Small Business Committee Chair - Thomas J. Walsh
Washington, Ballroom Level
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Securities Law Opinions Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Chair - Robert E. Buckholz Jr.
Salon IIIA, Ballroom Level
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Disclosure Effectiveness Working Group Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Co-chairs - Thomas Kim and Catherine T. Dixon
Salon II, Ballroom Level
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Program: Hot Corporate Governance Issues Facing General Counsel Corporate Governance Committee Co-chairs - Randall M. Ebner and Robert Bostrom
Salon I, Ballroom Level
* Ticket Required ** Closed Meeting Page 12 of 12
