MCLE London™ Programme 2014

MCLE London^TM January 2014 – 22nd Mandatory/Minimum Annual Continuing Legal Education Course – Description

ANTI-CORRUPTION DOUBLE JEOPARDY – Shooting Fish In A Bucket:  The Global Enforcement Reach of the US FCPA and the UK Bribery Act – what international commercial lawyers and their clients should know.

• Richard Grime – Attorney (DC) of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, former SEC Assistant Director Division of Enforcement 

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Use It or Lose It: Current Issues with EU/US/UK and ASEAN systems and international co-ordination – what you need to know.

• Christopher Sharp, Solicitor Advocate (E&W), Senior Associate intellectual property group, Herbert Smith Freehills
• Christina Taylor, Solicitor Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, Senior Associate intellectual property group, Herbert Smith Freehills

INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS CONFLICTS IN FOREIGN TRADE – Why even M&A Lawyers have to be concerned about Iran and other sanctioned countries: Where do the US, EU and UN sanctions requirements meet, match or even actively oppose one another? Some of the answers can have direct and serious unintended consequences for clients who export or import – and their lawyers…

• Anita Esslinger, Attorney (DC, MO), Solicitor (E&W), Partner. Bryan Cave LLP, London Office

THE STATE OF EUROPEAN BANKING LAW FOLLOWING THE EURO CRISIS: An update at the end of 2013 as to the current position of the Eurozone and non-Eurozone jurisdictions.

• Caroline Shackleford – Attorney (NY) Assistant General Counsel EMEA Legal Department, Bank of America N.A., London Office 
• Edmund Parker, Solicitor, Partner, Head of Derivatives & Structured Products practice, London Office, Mayer Brown International LLP

SUBSTANCE ABUSE – Review of contemporary substance abuse problems for legal professionals

• Dr. Michael Wilks, Medical Practitioner, Trustee of the Sick Doctors Trust
• Jonathan Goodliffe, Solicitor, Researcher, Writer and Activist in the field of Substance Abuse and its effects on lawyers and the profession.

ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN THE PROFESSION – Out Of The Closet And Into The Conference Room/Courtroom – LGBT Issues

• Joseph Smallhoover – Attorney (PA, CA, Paris) of Bryan Cave LLP, Paris Office
• Daniel Winterfeldt, Solicitor, Partner and Head of Capital Markets, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW

“Clever Devils – Values and Intellect in Lawyers” 

• John T Berry – Attorney (FLA), Director Legal Division Florida Bar, supervising lawyer regulation and professionalism efforts – former Chair of ABA’s professionalism Committee (2003-2006); award- winning expert in judicial education, ethics and professionalism;

“Really Interesting Lawyer Stuff”, 

• Diane L Karpman, – Attorney (CA) of Karpman & Associates, Beverley Hills, experts in Ethics laws and professional responsibility  in California; Award-winning lecturer and author, she will be presenting a version of her wildly successful program that she has presented for more than 2 decades at the State Bar of California’s Annual Meeting. It often features in her column, “Ethics Bytes” from the California Bar Journal