AttorneysEd Center

Boca Raton, FL, July 1, 2010-Celesq® AttorneysEd Center today announced that it has scheduled the following web casts covering important new Supreme Court decisions in Bilski v. Kappos; City of Ontario v. Quon; the Honest Services cases of Skilling v. U.S., Black v. U.S., and Weyhrauch v. U.S.; and the Securities Litigation and White Collar cases of Morrison v. National Australia Bank, Jones v. Harris Associates, Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds, Skilling v. U.S., and Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:

• Bilski v. Kappos

Business Methods Patents Live On after Supreme Court’s Decision in Bilski v. Kappos, from the Celesq®-West IP Master Series
July 9, 2010 (12:00 noon ET)

Leigh J. Martinson, Esq., a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP, reviews the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Bilski v. Kappos, in which business methods patents barely survived, and discusses the impact of this decision on future patent litigation and prosecution. Our presenter also discusses previous 35 U.S.C. section 101 precedent, various litigation and prosecution strategies for challenging a section 101 attack, and strategies for attacking existing claims under section 101. A must program for patent practitioners, from the Celesq®-West IP Master Series.

Registration for, and details concerning, the live web cast will be available shortly by clicking on the live web cast banner at www.celesq.com.

• City of Ontario v. Quon

Mixed Signals? The United States Supreme Court Rules in Quon that Employers Can Review "Personal" Text Messages, while one State's Supreme Court Enforces Limits on such Reviews—What Does This Mean for the Corporate Workplace?
July 15, 2010 (1:00 PM ET)

For years, employers took for granted that it is legal to monitor an employee's every keystroke on work-issued computers, phones and PDAs. With the recent surge in employee privacy claims, some state and federal courts have sided with the employee, particularly where the electronic activity involves personal, rather than business-related, matters. Join Heather Egan Sussman and Stephen Erf, partners at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, who explain the recent developments in the legal framework for this privacy debate and what it means for the American workplace, particularly in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Quon, in which the Court unanimously ruled that the employer could lawfully review personal messages sent on work pagers, and the New Jersey Supreme Court in Stengart, in which the Court held that an employer improperly accessed an employee’s private email messages. The program includes practical advice about when and to what extent employers can use employees' electronic activities to make employment-related decisions like hiring and firing and best practices for implementing lawful workplace policies in light of the changing legal landscape.

Attorneys wishing to register for the live web cast, or to learn more about the program, may visit www.celesq.com and click on the live web cast banner.

• Honest services: Skilling v. U.S.; Black v. U.S.; Weyhrauch v. U.S.

The Supreme Court and Honest Services: Does the Skilling Decision Provide any Clarity or Fair Notice of What is Prohibited?
July 22, 2010 (12:00 noon ET)

The Supreme Court held in Skilling that honest services fraud under Section 1346 is defined by pre-McNally case law on bribes and kickback schemes. Whether this provides any more clarity and notice than before the Court's decision is an open question. The lengthy opinions do not define what constitutes bribery or a kick back scheme. Also left open is whether in fact a breach of fiduciary duty underlies these concepts and if so, the source of this law. Join Tom Gorman of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP and Frank Razzano of Pepper Hamilton LLP for this important program, which analyzes the High Court's honest services decision and explores key questions every practitioner must analyze when representing a client involving an honest services charge.
 

Attorneys wishing to register for the live web cast, or to learn more about the program, may visit www.celesq.com and click on the live web cast banner.

• Securities Litigation and White Collar: Morrison v. National Australia Bank; Jones v. Harris Associates; Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds; Skilling v. U.S.; Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

The Supreme Court and Securities Litigation: Assessing this Term with a Look to the New Term
August 25, 2010 (12:00 noon ET)

In Morrison, Harris Associates, Merck, Skilling and Free Enterprise, the Supreme Court handed down a series of decisions this past term impacting securities litigation. Morrison involved the so-called “foreign-cubed” cases but may ultimately impact the reach of SEC enforcement. Harris Associates centered on suits involving adviser fees, while Merck and Skilling involved potential liability in, respectively, civil securities fraud actions and white collar prosecution. Free Enterprise keyed on the viability of a key part of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Supreme Court has already accepted cases for hearing next term involving key questions such as the dividing line between primary and secondary liability and what is material when pleading a cause of action for fraud. These and other cases may shape the future of securities litigation for years to come.

Join Tom Gorman of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP as he analyzes the foregoing securities litigation cases decided by the Supreme Court this past term and looks forward to significant actions the Court has accepted for review in the term which will begin on the first Monday in October 2010.

Registration for, and details concerning, the live web cast will be available shortly by clicking on the live web cast banner at www.celesq.com.

The web casts will be recorded and, like all Celesq® programs, will be available on demand and on CD directly from Celesq® (www.celesq.com). For more information about any of the programs, or to place an order from Celesq®, you may visit their web site at www.celesq.com and click on the program(s) in which you are interested; or email them at customer.care@celesq.com.
 

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