MCLE has scheduled a very timely program, Advising on and Litigating Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors in Troubled Times: Navigating the Business Judgment Rule During the Financial Crisis.It will take place in the Upper Level Seminar Room of MCLE at 10 Winter Place, Boston, on Monday, June 15 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Scheduled speakers will include Peter M. Casey, Greenberg Traurig LLP; Michael C. Gilleran, Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, PC; Steven W. Hansen, Bingham McCutchen LLP; and Jeffrey B. Rudman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.
The audience will learn about the latest trends in shareholder derivative actions and class actions; how rapid changes in regulatory and accounting norms affect officer and director risk; what directors and management must do to maintain business judgment rule protection in complex circumstances; when a board's primary loyalty may shift from shareholders to creditors; what issues and problems are emerging in D&O liability insurance; what to watch out for in indemnification and advancement of legal fees; and how regulators are choosing investigatory and enforcement priorities.
For information, see CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
To register visit www.mcle.org.