Arizona (AZ) Antitrust CLE Course Catalog

The program will cover recent developments in navigating the actual and potential conflicts of interest that often surface in M&A transactions when dealing with significant stockholders, boards of directors, senior executives, and investment bankers.

A change in administration will likely mean a change in legislation and policy that will impact on the PEVC industries. Jeff Farrah, the General Counsel of the National Venture Capital Association and Charlotte Savercool, the Director of Government Affairs for the National Venture Capital Association, will discuss what we might anticipate out of the Biden administration.

This program will help antitrust practitioners identify the challenges presented by the actions recently taken by antitrust regulators around the world in response to the pandemic, and will discuss practical considerations for merger reviews and collaborations among competitors. The program will offer practitioners practical advice to help their clients navigate through the rapidly evolving antitrust enforcement environment during the COVID-19 crisis.

The panel will discuss the implications of the heightened attention to antitrust in the political arena, e.g., politicians' proposals for big tech firms, including Google, Facebook & Amazon; whether increased media scrutiny is impacting agency practice; and the politicization of antitrust in Europe.

Join our expert speakers to learn how federal and state antitrust enforcers and economists sniff out potential bid-riggers using federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws.

Anytime a merger or acquisition takes place there are complex decisions to make around legal, financial, and organizational issues. GCs are often asked to manage key strategic and diligence aspects of an M&A transaction.

This session will discuss how GCs are balancing the needs of the CEO and the Board to advise on strategic business initiatives that CEOs seek, while also managing complicated issues in the Boardroom, like crisis management and orchestrating mergers and buyouts, and protecting the Board’s decision-making processes to serve their fiduciary responsibility.

This program seeks to make everyone connected with the administration of justice, including litigators, in-house counsel, ADR professionals, judges and court administrators, conversant with new guidelines that the ABA is considering for the use of special masters in federal and state civil litigation across the country. The guidelines will be considered for approval as a resolution by the ABA House of Delegates at the 2019 mid-year meeting.

In this session, we’ll discuss the biggest challenges faced by companies with global operations and provide practical advice and strategies for effective cross-border transaction management. Topics highlighted will include protecting intellectual property, foreign governing laws, handling disputes, working with foreign legal consultants, and much more.