2012 ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, October 14 to Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Chicago, Illinois
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Protecting Your Client’s Reputation in Today’s Emerging Media Landscape Understanding today’s fast-changing communications environment is critical for lawyers engaged in a wide range of practice areas. Whether counseling clients facing litigation, crisis situations, or other challenges, client reputation needs to be protected in the court of public opinion while an outcome is pending in the court of law. Navigating an inquiry from The New York Times or a legal trade publication is one thing; managing reputation in the emerging media terrain of Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube is quite another. This session will provide helpful, real-life perspectives on how you can get the most out of working with an expert communications consultant – and preventable pitfalls to avoid.
Do We Learn from Our Mistakes? Reducing Overhead to Stay Competitive in the New Normal One of the best kept secrets is that there is now a wealth of free and affordable legal research resources that can give your firm new capabilities while at the same time reducing its costs. The program will begin with an in-depth example applied to tracking campaign finance reform legislation nationwide. The panel will then discuss what resources are available more generally, as well as presenting novel strategies for reducing overhead.
Issues and Developments in Medical Tourism As more and more patients travel across international borders to obtain health care, many new and complex health care legal issues have begun to arise. This session will address such questions as whether insurance covers health care procedures and treatments outside the borders of a medical tourist’s home country, what regulations govern the licensing of facilities and professionals serving the medical tourism market, and may drugs or medical devices not approved for use in a medical tourist’s host country be used where the care is provided.
Legal Process Outsourcing: The Savvy Law Firm’s Strategy for Driving Growth, Increasing Revenue, and Cutting Costs Corporate clients are demanding reductions in legal fees and related costs. Corporate legal departments are increasingly using LPOs to help them achieve this goal. This session will explore how partnering with an LPO can provide law firms with a significant advantage in competing for new clients.
Litigation Financing: An Introduction Litigation finance is a relatively new but simple idea. Investors provide funding to cover the costs of a case in return for payment if the case is won. The return comes in the form of a multiple of the funding commitment offered in the first place. Not very long ago, such funding arrangements were held to be unlawful. But it is now recognized that without third-party funding many claimants would not be able to afford to pursue valid claims, thus serving a useful social purpose by providing access to justice. However, not everyone agrees. This session will explore the influence litigation financing has on litigation and some of the ethical questions that have arisen as its use has become more widely embraced.
Non-bankruptcy lawyers and non-U.S. bankruptcy lawyers, in addition to U.S. bankruptcy practitioners, will benefit from this panel discussion of issues to consider when a client has been sued by a trustee or a plan fiduciary in a U.S. bankruptcy proceeding. Topics will include types of causes of action, defenses and challenging the applicability of the U.S. bankruptcy laws to foreign entities and persons. The panel will also cover practical aspects including when to settle and parameters for settlement.
When Disaster Strikes: Recovery Strategies for Law Firms After the immediate crisis of a disaster, the work of picking up the pieces and going forward begins. It is here that advance planning can help speed the recovery and minimize the long-term negative effects of the disaster. This session will address the steps that a law firm can take to get back on its feet again, including the post-disaster steps two member firms took in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Christchurch earthquakes.
Addressing the Public Pension Crisis Most public pension plans are currently underfunded and are taking their toll on state and municipal budgets, crowding out badly needed investments in education, public safety and transportation. News stories appear almost daily about public pensions but often provide conflicting data and opinions. This session will provide factual information on the state of public pension plans and actions being taken by the states and municipalities to address underfunding and projected shortfalls.
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