Jones Day MCLe University
Please join us for our annual
JD MCLE University for clients
and friends of Jones Day.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Irvine, California
JOnEs DaY invites you to participate with our attorneys in a
full day of MCLE courses to be held in our Irvine Office.
The morning sessions will offer two hours of GEnEraL
PraCTICE credit and one hour of EThICs credit.
The afternoon sessions will begin with a lunchtime
discussion, offering one hour of GEnEraL PraCTICE credit,
on Jones Day’s representation of Chevron in a recent high-
profile case involving Chevron’s nigerian operations.
The remaining afternoon sessions will offer one hour of credit
each for ELIMInaTIOn OF BIas and sUBsTanCE aBUsE .
Following the afternoon session, we will host a cocktail reception.
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Jones Day is a state Bar of California MCLE approved provider.
9:00am Welcome The presentations will be held at
Jones Day’s Irvine Office, located at:
9:05am - 12:25pm MOrnInG sEssIOns
3161 Michelson Drive
Ethical Considerations for Suite 800
In-House Counsel Irvine, CA 92612-4408
Recent SEC Developments
Exploiting Intellectual Property Rights
12:25pm - 3:55pm aFTErnOOn sEssIOns
Lunch–Chevron Nigeria
Substance Abuse, Chemical
Dependency, and Mental Health
Concerns in the Legal Profession
Lions and Tigers and Bears,
Oh My! Exploring Legal Bias
Issues Through Film MCLE COMPLIanCE DEaDLInE
3:55pm Cocktail reception GrOUP Group 1 (Last Names A–G)
DEaDLInE February 1, 2010
2010
JD University MOrnInG sEssIOns
MCLe PrOGraM DEsCrIPTIOns
1 hour of Ethics Credit and 2 hours of General Credit
9:05am - 10:05am Ethical Considerations for In-house Counsel
This session will explore common ethical dilemmas faced by in-house
counsel, including internal and external conflicts of interest, simulta-
neous representation of corporations and individuals, potential pitfalls in
conducting investigations, and ethical issues that arise in the course of
settlement discussions.
Speakers: Shawn M. Harpen and Steven N. Geise
10:15am - 11:15am recent sEC Developments
This session will discuss SEC hot topics, including the SEC’s recent inter-
pretations attributing personal liability to gatekeepers without attendant
personal misconduct and an update on recent developments relating to
insider-trading liability.
Speakers: Jonn R. Beeson and Kevin B. Espinola
11:25am - 12:25pm Exploiting Intellectual Property rights
This session will present alternative structures for exploiting intellectual
properties with others.
Speaker: Thomas A. Briggs
JD University aFTErnOOn sEssIOns
MCLe PrOGraM DEsCrIPTIOns
1 hour of General Practice, 1 hour of substance abuse, and 1 hour of Elimination of Bias Credit
12:25pm - 1:45pm Chevron nigeria
(lunch)
The anatomy of the trial and a Top 10 defense verdict will be presented.
Speaker: Robert A. Mittelstaedt
1:45pm - 2:45pm substance abuse, Chemical Dependency, and Mental health Concerns in the Legal
Profession
This session will focus on causes, effects, and solutions relating to sub-
stance abuse and mental health concerns in the legal profession.
Speaker: Dr. Steven Berglas
2:55pm - 3:55pm Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Exploring Legal Bias Issues Through Film
Explore the thorny issues of discrimination, harassment, and manag-
ing diversity through the eyes of some of Hollywood’s finest television
and motion picture writers and directors. We’ll use the magic of motion
pictures to examine legal, historical, and cultural aspects of bias in a
stimulating new way, through the eyes of unforgettable characters ranging
from Don Corleone to Darth Vader.
Speaker: Allison R. Michael
3:55pm Cocktail reception
BIOGraPhIEs
Jonn R. Beeson advises and counsels a broad range of compa-
nies, from smaller private companies to large publicly traded
corporations, on corporate and transactional matters, primar-
ily negotiated mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, takeover
preparedness, corporate finance, corporate governance, and
general corporate counseling. His experience includes many
complex cross-border matters.
Thomas a. BRiggs (Tom) focuses on commercial transactions
where intellectual property, technology, information, and
knowledge or other intangible assets are a significant factor.
He has particular experience in licenses, joint development,
strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, dives-
titures, and settlement agreements. Tom is coleader of the
Licensing & Technology Transactions Services of the Firm’s
IP Practice.
Kevin B. espinola counsels a wide spectrum of public and
private companies in mergers and acquisitions, corporate
governance, general corporate counseling, and corporate
finance matters. He has worked on a wide variety of acquisi-
tions and dispositions, including public-company mergers,
hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, asset divestitures, and
asset acquisitions. His corporate counseling experience spans
a broad range of industries, including biotechnology, phar-
maceuticals, medical devices, gaming, hotels and hospitality,
cruise lines, nutritional supplements, and real estate.
sTeven n. geise (sTeve) is a trial lawyer who focuses on defend-
ing companies in product liability lawsuits in state and federal
courtrooms throughout the country. In that work, he has
represented manufacturers of airplanes, cigarettes, eleva-
tors, off-road vehicles, pharmaceuticals, and other consumer
goods in both individual and class-action litigation. In addition,
Steve represents clients in general, commercial, and intellec-
tual property litigation matters.
BIOGraPhIEs
shawn haRpen is a partner in the Firm’s Securities and
Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice who
assists public and private companies, directors, and offi-
cers in complex commercial litigation, securities class and
derivative actions, and proper corporate governance poli-
cies and procedures. Her practice involves both domestic
and cross-border work. Shawn is a Fellow of the Litigation
Counsel of America and currently serves as vice chair of the
State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Professional
Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) and as cochair of the
Orange County Bar Association’s Professionalism and Ethics
Committee.
allison R. michael is a partner in the Labor & Employment
Practice, representing corporations and executives in all
aspects of labor and employment law. She was named one
of the “Top 50 Women Litigators in California” by her peers
and the Daily Journal and recently won $4.7 million for a client
while defending a sexual harassment lawsuit.
RoBeRT a. miTTelsTaedT (BoB) is a trial lawyer with more than 30
years’ experience in complex commercial cases, including
antitrust, unfair business practice, international law claims
under the Alien Tort Statute, and employment law. Bob has
served as lead trial counsel or national coordinating counsel
in state and federal antitrust matters for industries ranging
from computer games and petroleum to high-speed internet
access and online music stores. He has been responsible for
the defense of nationwide class and parens patriae actions
and for complex arbitration, grand jury, and other criminal
matters. Most recently, Bob obtained a defense verdict in
a five-week jury trial in a high-profile Alien Tort Statute case
in San Francisco federal court that was recognized as the
“California Defense Verdict of 2008” by the Daily Journal and
for which he received the California Lawyer “Attorney of the
Year” award for litigation.
BIOGraPhIEs
dR. sTeven BeRglas is an executive coach and management consultant who
spent more than 30 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s
Department of Psychiatry. From 1980 to 1985, he held a Career Scientist
Development Award from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration for his work on success-induced alcohol abuse, which was
based on the self-handicapping theory that he formulated. Dr. Berglas’s
self-handicapping theory has stimulated over 500 journal articles.
Jones Day
3161 Michelson Drive
Suite 800
Irvine, California 92612-4408
949.851.3939
Parking will be validated for program attendees.