Simpson Thacher litigation partner Jonathan K. Youngwood will co-chair, and litigation partner Peter H. Bresnan will speak at Practicing Law Institute's "Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute" program on September 29, 2009 in New York.
Mr. Youngwood will moderate a panel on "Corporate Governance Litigation," discussing an overview of recent Delaware and other key state decisions and developments in merger litigation. In addition, he will moderate a panel on "Case Management and Settlement Issues in Securities Litigation," addressing issues including filing and settlement trends, mediation techniques, use of experts and D&O liability issues.
Mr. Bresnan will speak on a panel entitled "Government Initiatives and Perspectives/How to Deal Effectively with the Government," addressing issues including SEC and DOJ trends in the Obama Administration, financial crisis cases, recent insider trading cases and actions against lawyers, accountants and other gatekeepers, as well as practices and strategies for internal investigations, preserving privilege and work product, criminal investigation and prosecution of securities fraud, defense perspectives on recent SEC and DOJ actions and managing multi-prong proceedings involving the government and private litigants.
The program will also be available via live webcast. For more on the program, please click here.