NEW! CLE IN THE CITY SERIES SAVE THE DATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 AM & PM Sessions / Lunch Presentations / Reception FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 AM Sessions REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1 (WITH PROMO CODE) $25/session for attendees and nonmembers in the Tri-State Region (INCLUDING ALL OF NEW YORK STATE)
New this year, a special set of CLE programs featuring New York lawyers and the expertise of the New York Bar. The programs are organized into 12 tracks focusing on different practice areas. Attendees will include ABA Annual Meeting registrants from around the country and local NY Metro area lawyers (both members and non-members). SELECT Mix and match from 12 substantive tracks to fit your legal interests. Unless otherwise indicated, each track includes three programs (1.5 hours CLE credit) and a lunch speaker. Each track will cover one of the following areas of practice: Antitrust () NCAA case, international merger review, and antitrust/innovation Commercial Litigation (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP) insights from experts and evolution of commercial courts Construction Law (BakerHostetler LLP) introduction, mediation, leveraging recent rule changes M&A/ (Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz) one program on each Family Law (NY City Bar) making divorce less taxing and successful therapy models (two programs, both on Friday) Financial Restructuring and (Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP) out-of-court exchange offers, municipal and sovereign restructurings, major issues on appeal () emerging payments at fast speeds, issues for start-ups and investors, effects of blockchain and regtech (NY International Arbitration Center) emergency applications, avoiding enforcement of international arbitration awards, proposed changes to rules convention on enforcement of judgments (three programs all on Thursday, August 10) with particular reference to solo and small firm practitioners (NY City Bar) cybersecurity, judicial perspectives on ethics, artificial intelligence (Fordham Law Center Thursday / Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Friday) mock trial, infamous trial re-enactment, jury deliberations study United Nations (UN and US Mission request pending) sustainable development, conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, a new agenda for women White Collar Criminal Law (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP) one program on enforcement trends followed by a reception (Thursday, August 10 afternoon only) EARN Earn up to 4.5 CLE credits. SAVE Tickets are $25 per session and include, in addition to the CLE programming, access to: Trial of Two Pizzas and Reception Thursday, August 10 5:30 7:00 p.m. New York Hilton Midtown Add a ticket for a presentation by a prominent lunch speaker at select law firms (non-cle) for only $20! We have a stellar group of lunch speakers including: Catherine Amirfar (former Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State) Track Tom Baxter (former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Financial Restructuring/ Track IBM Watson accompanied by John Douglas, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Track Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Corporate Governance/M&A/ Track Hon. Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Hon. Barry Ostrager, Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Commercial Division Commercial Litigation Track Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York Track Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney Track CLE in the City Series Chairs: Michael H. Byowitz,, New York, NY Stephen P. Younger, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY Experience all the ABA Annual Meeting has to offer and save money with the ABA All-Access Registration Package and get: CLE in the City Series at no additional charge Trial of Two Pizzas (New York versus Chicago) and Reception Nine CLE Showcase Programs (Frid, Aug 11, Sat, Aug 12) It Is Only Fair! An ABA concert and rally for the Legal Services Corporation ABA EXPO and Reception General Assembly & Presentation of the ABA Medal President s Reception at Rockefeller Center Access to over 100+ Entity CLE programs MEMBERS $495 / NON MEMBERS $695 TO REGISTER GO TO ambar.org/annual
CO-SPONSORSHIP CLE in the City tracks are sponsored by numerous bar associations and other entities including a number of ABA Sections, Divisions and Forums as well as: The Asian American Bar Association of New York; The Brooklyn Bar Association; The Connecticut Bar Association; The Federal Bar Association (SDNY Chapter); The Federal Bar Association (EDNY Chapter); The Metropolitan Black Bar Association; The Nassau County Bar Association; The Network of Bar Leaders; The New Jersey State Bar Association; The (numerous Committees); The New York County Lawyers Association (Committees and other entities); The New York State Bar Association (many Sections); The Puerto Rican Bar Association; The Queens County Bar Association, among others.
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1. $25/SESSION PLEASE NOTE: PROGRAM SPEAKERS, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Thursday, August 10, 2017 10:00 11:30 a.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED Commercial Litigation Construction Law Kelley Drye & Warren LLP BakerHostetler LLP (between 48th & 49th Streets) Fordham Law Center, Constantino Room (Thursday only) Antitrust and the NCAA s Rules Against Athletic Compensation: Illegal Cartel or Procompetitive Trade Association? Winning Commercial Cases Before Trial: Insights from the Experts Introduction to Construction Law Navigating the new M&A Landscape: Lessons for Uncertain Times New Challenges to Out-of-Court Exchange Offers 8:30 9:15 A.M. Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:15 9:30 A.M. Welcome 9:30 10:30 A.M. Keynote Address and Q&A 10:45 A.M. 12:15 P.M. The Quick and the Paid: Emerging Payments at Faster Speeds 9:00 10:30 A.M. Emergency Applications in International Arbitration: When Is an Arbitrator As Good as a Judge? 10:45 A.M. 12:15 P.M. Diehard Attempts to Avoid Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards Cybersecurity for Law Firms: Does Size Matter? Mock Trial Senior Attorneys Versus Junior Attorneys United Nations Requested UN Sustainable Development: Why Lawyers Will Play a Key Role Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:00 1:30 p.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED Lunch: Speaker High ranking DOJ or FTC official (not CLE) Commercial Litigation Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Lunch: Speakers Hon. Colleen McMahon, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, and Hon. Barry R. Ostrager, Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Commercial Division, New York, NY (not CLE) Construction Law BakerHostetler LLP Lunch: Speaker TBD (not CLE) (between 48th & 49th Streets Fordham Law Center, Constantino Room Atrium (Thursday only) Lunch: Speaker Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY (not CLE) Lunch: Speaker Tom C. Baxter, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY (previously Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York) (not CLE) Lunch: Speaker IBM Watson (Pending Final Approval) accompanied by John Douglas, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY (not CLE) 12:30 1:45 P.M. Lunch program: Speaker Catherine Amirfar, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY (formerly Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State) (not CLE) Lunch: Speaker (New York County District Attorney) Cyrus Vance, Jr., New York, NY (not CLE) Lunch: Speaker Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York, New York, NY (not CLE) United Nations Requested Lunch with President of the General Assembly (invited) (not CLE)
Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:00 3:30 p.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED Commercial Litigation Construction Law Kelley Drye & Warren LLP BakerHostetler LLP (between 48th & 49th Streets) Fordham Law Center, Constantino Room (Thursday only) As the World Turns: How to Ensure that Your Merger Review Does Not Become a Soap Opera Winning Commercial Cases At Trial: The Keys to Success Advocacy in Mediation The New World of Corporate Governance Bondholders Rights in Municipal and Sovereign Restructurings Paths to Market: Legal and Policy Issues for Start-ups and Investors in Fintech Enforcement of Judgments Internationally Recurring Ethics Issues: The Judicial Perspective Reenactment of the Heart Mountain Draft Resisters Trial United Nations Requested Conversation with the Legal Counsel of the United Nations (invited) White Collar Criminal Law Debevoise & Plimpton 919 Third Avenue (between 55th and 56th Streets) 4:00 6:30 P.M. White Collar Enforcement Trends Under the Trump Administration Friday, August 11, 2017 10:00 11:30 a.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED Does Need to Innovate to Stay Relevant in the 21st Century? Commercial Litigation Kelley Drye & Warren LLP The Evolution of Commercial Courts: Where Are They Now and Where Are They Going? Construction Law TBD Lincoln Center 9:30-11:00 A.M. Winning the Case Without Breaking the Bank Leveraging Recent Rule Changes to Make Litigation (and Arbitration) Affordable 11:15 A.M 1:00 P.M. Lincoln Center Redevelopment Tour Family Law (between 48th& 49th Streets) Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Friday only) s under the Trump Administration: What Has Changed, What Has Not, and What is Still on the Table 9:45 10:45 A.M. Top Ten Tax Tips for Making Divorce Less Taxing 11:00 12:00 P.M. Therapy Schmerapy What Works and What Doesn t: Setting Up a Meaningful Plan for Change Business Bankruptcy and Restructuring: Major Issues on Appeal 9:45 10:45 A.M. Registration and Continental Breakfast 10:00 11:30 A.M. Team Industry vs. Team Startup: Debating the Effects of Blockchain and Regtech on the Longstanding Framework for Financial Regulation 11:30 A.M. 12:00 P.M. Closing Remarks 12:00 1:00 P.M. Networking Luncheon Artificial Intelligence and the Law the New Frontier of Research, Recommendations, and Responsibility 8:30 9:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast 9:00 10:30 A.M. How Juries Think and Behave: Empirical Research from Real Jury Deliberations United Nations Requested A New Agenda for Women: Discussion of: 21st Century Challenges to Women and Girls Empowerment