Presentations from the SEC Hot Topics Seminar Spring 2006 -June 13, 2006 conference in Washington, DC.

• XBRL presentation
• Securities Offering Reform from a WKSI Perspective
  By Cathy Dixon
• SEC Interprets Perquisite and Related-Party Disclosure Requirements
  By Cathy Dixon
• Preparing the MD&A in 2006
  By Cathy Dixon
• Internal Control in Year 2
  By Cathy Dixon
• Director Selection Reform: Majority Voting and Related Developments
  By Cathy Dixon
• SEC Proposes Sweeping Changes to Executive Compensation and Other Disclosures – Just in Time to Influence 2006 Proxy Season Disclosures and Compensation Committee Practices
  By Cathy Dixon
• 2006 Spotlight on Executive Compensation
  By Cathy Dixon
• Overview of the SEC's Proposed Amendments to the Tender Offer Best-Price Rule
  By Alexander B. Johnson, James E. Showen, Christopher J. Walsh and Yitzhak Zelmanovitch

Presentations from the SEC Hot Topics Seminar Spring 2006 - June 8, 2006 conference in San Diego, CA.

• Summary Of SEC Proposals For Proxy Disclosure Of Executive And Director Compensation
  By Michael P. Reznick

Presentations from the Second Annual Forum Best Practices for Developing and Retaining Women Leaders In The Legal Profession - June 9, 2006 conference in New York City

• Transforming a Science Company through Diversity
  Submitted by Thomas L. Sager
• "From Science to Solutions" WomenCentric™ Enterprises
  Submitted by Karen Kahn Wilson
• Best Practices for Developing and Retaining Women Leaders in the Legal Profession
  Submitted by Wendy Schmidt

Presentations from the 22^nd Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Institute: Strategy, Negotiation & Regulation in Today's Market - May 17, 2006 conference in New York City

• Mergers & Acquisitions Overview
  Submitted by Stephen Munger
• Hostile Deals, Shareholder Activism and Takeover Defense
  Submitted by Takeovers and Corporate Governance Panel
• Negotiated Acquisitions - - Key Developments and Strategies
  Submitted by Negotiated Acquisitions – key Developments and Strategies Panel
• Brief Overview on Private Equity Funds
  Submitted by Leveraged Buyouts Panel

Presentations from the SEC Hot Topics Seminar Spring 2006 - May 17, 2006 conference in Houston, TX

• Executive Compensation Disclosure
  By Elizabeth Cook
• Mergers & Acquisition Trends and Developments
  By Jeff Dodd
• Accounting Issues
  By John B. Sullivan
• Introduction to XBRL
  By Karl Best
• The Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
  By Arthur S. Berner
• Securities Offering Reform: What Is A WKSI And More
  By Gary W. Orloff

Presentations from the The 2006 Forum on Practice Group Management: Strategic Positioning Through Market Intelligence - May 11-12, 2006 conference in New York City

• Enhancing Practice Growth and Position
  by Nicholas Bagiatis
• Evolution of Practice Group Management
  by Kathy Mitchell

Presentations from the The 11th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum: Leading The Way To 2010 - March 9-10, 2006 conference in San Francisco

• Law Firm Leaders Forum
  by Bradford Hildebrandt
• The Art & Science of Leadership Effectiveness in a Law Firm
  by Dr. Larry R. Richard

Presentations from the 24th Annual Institute on Federal Securities - February 15- 17, 2006 conference in Coconut Grove, Florida

• Secondary Actor Liability (17MB)
  by Tracy Nichols
• Venture Capital: Market Cycles, Dynamics & Trends
  by Daniel H. Aronson
• Hot Securities Issues In M&A Transactions:Hedge Fund Activism: Too Many Sharks, Not Enough Repellant
  by Charles M. Nathan and David C. Lee
• Private Equity & Leveraged Buyouts
  by Mitchell S. Presser
• Developments in Venture Capital Terms (2006)
  by Daniel H. Aronson, Greenberg Traurig,David S. Felman
• Executive Compensation 2006 Update
  submitted by Keith Higgins Ropes & Gray LLP
• Executive Sessions of Boards of Directors
  by Justin P. Klein
• Going Private and Going Dark
  by Laurie Green
• M&A Perspectives
  submitted by Morgan Stanley
• Hostile Deals, Shareholder Activism and Takeover Defense
  by Andy Brownstein
• M&A Perspectives
  by Mike Costa and Paul Taubman
• The Role of the Investment Banker
  by Steve Rosenblum

Presentations from the SEC 'Hot Topics' Institute - January 25, 2006 conference in Atlanta

• Securities Offering Reform
  by Stephanie Tsacoumis, Paul J. Nozick, Nils H. Okeson, and Lance R. Lange
• SEC Proposal to Amend the Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules
  by Jeffrey M. Stein
• Proxy Season Preview – Regulatory Update
  by Alana L. Griffin
• ISS Hot Button Issues for 2006
  by David W. Ghegan
• SEC Hot Topics Institute January 2006
  by Christian R. Bartholomew

Presentations from the IPO Update 2006 Conferences - New York & San Francisco

• Accounting Issues in an IPO (Powerpoint)
  By Scott Angel
• IPO Conference: Discussion Materials (Powerpoint)
• Getting Ready to Go! (Powerpoint)
  By Karen A. Dempsey, Michael J. Halloran, Denis Rice, Andrew D. Thorpe and Babak Yaghmaie
• The SEC Filing and Review Process (Powerpoint)
  By Karen A. Dempsey, Michael J. Halloran, Denis Rice, Andrew D. Thorpe and Babak Yaghmaie
• Recent Trends and Changes in Underwriting Agreements and NASD Issues (Powerpoint)
  By Nora L. Gibson, Babak Yaghmaie, Jack Helfand
• Corporate Governance and Pre-IPO Issues and Decisions (Powerpoint)
  By Karen Dempsey
• Anti-Takeover Provisions in IPO Charters– Institutional Investors Perspective (Powerpoint)
  By Patricia Burgess
• Investment Bank Selection Criteria (Powerpoint)
  By Don Witmer
• Underwriting Agreements and Due Diligence in the Post-Enron Era (Powerpoint)
  By Nora L. Gibson, Babak Yaghmaie, Jack Helfand

Presentations from the December 6, 2005 Conference - New York

• Preparing the Proxy in the New Environment
  By Howard B. Dicker, Andrea L. Dulberg and Ronald O. Mueller

Presentations from the November 16-17, 2005 Conference - San Francisco

• Insurance Panel (Powerpoint)
  By Jonathan C. Dickey, Norman J. Blears, and Susan Miner

Presentations from the October 25, 2005 Conference - San Francisco

• Section 404 In Year Two… Additional Guidance From The Sec And PCAOB (Powerpoint)
  By Nathaniel M. Cartmell III
• Section 404 Two years on … Lessons learned
  By Thomas Archer
• Inspection of Registered Accounting Firms
  By Sharon Virag

Presentations from the Dallas Conference September 21, 2005

• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FEDERAL SECURITIES REGULATION OF CORPORATE FINANCE: AS OF AUGUST 25, 2005
  Submitted by Irwin F. Sentilles III
• ISSUES CONCERNING SECURITIES OFFERING REFORM
  By Mark S. Solomon and Alexander M. Szeto
• FORM 8-K – REAL TIME DISCLOSURE
  By James E. O'Bannon Esq.
• ACCOUNTING ISSUES
  by Kevin Green

Presentations from the Chicago Conference September 27, 2005 and the Cleveland Conference September 29, 2005

• FLASH: The Latest Update on the SEC's Advisory Committee for Smaller Public Companies
  by Herbert S. Wander
• Securities Law Disclosure After Sarbanes-Oxley
  by Herbert S. Wander
• New Form 8-K Rules – One Year Later (PowerPoint)
  by Paul N. Edwards and Ronald A. Robins Jr.
• MEMORANDUM: SEC Expands Form 8-K Disclosure Events and Accelerates Filing Deadline
  FROM: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
• Current Report on Form 8-K: Frequently Asked Questions
  submitted by Paul N. Edwards and Ronald A. Robins Jr.
• The New Form 8-K
  submitted by Paul N. Edwards and Ronald A. Robins Jr.
• Recent Developments in SEC Enforcement
  by John J. Jenkins and Mitchell G. Blair
• Texas Lawyer: SEC in Transition, Key Enforcement Issues Affecting Public Companies
  by Spencer C. Barasch
• Dallas Bar Journal: Being Prepared for an SEC Investigation
  by Spencer C. Barasch
• SEC Statement on the Relationship of Cooperation to Agency Enforcement Decisions
  submitted by Spencer C. Barasch
• U.S. Department of Justice Memo: “Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations”
  submitted by Spencer C. Barasch
• Regulatory Update on Internal Control Reporting
  by Chuck Berg
• Current Issues Driving the Accounting and Auditing Profession
  by Chuck Berg

Presentations from the Detroit Conference November 7, 2005

• M&A Discussion
  Submitted by Tom Lacy
• Corporate Governance after Enron and Worldcom (PowerPoint)
  By Janet Kelly
• D&O Liability And Insurance (PowerPoint)
  By J. Bryan Williams
• How To Do An IPO Under The New Rules (PowerPoint)
  By Patrick Daugherty
• Good Corporate Governance Practices (PowerPoint)
  By John Collins
• M&A Trends 2005 (PowerPoint)
  By Tracy Larsen
• Conducting a WKSI Offering (PowerPoint)
  By Donald J. Kunz
• Accounting and Auditing Issues (PowerPoint)
  By Rick DiBartolomeo
• Automotive M&A Trends 2005 (PowerPoint)
  By Jeremy MacFadyen

Presentations from the Houston conference on May 17, 2005:

• The Challenges of the New Form 8-K Requirements (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Elizabeth A. Cook, ConocoPhillips; John Kaisersatt, Cooper Industries; Christine B. LaFollette, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• Securities Enforcement Trends: “The New Enforcement Environment” (PDF)
  Submitted by Spencer C. Barasch, Andrews Kurth LLP

Presentations from the Washington conference on May 19, 2005:

• SEC “Hot Topics” Institute Spring 2005 M & A Focus (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Nancy H. Wojtas, Cooley Godward LLP
• Current Report on Form 8-K Frequently Asked Questions November 23, 2004 (PDF)
  Submitted by Ward R. Cooper, Marriott International, Inc.
• Due Diligence After Worldcom (PDF)
  Submitted by Andrew Varney, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
• MD&A 2005: Linchpin of SEC Post-Enron Disclosure Reform (PDF)
  Submitted by Abigail Arms, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Survey Of Fortune 100 Critical Accounting Policies Disclosure: APPENDIX A (PDF)
  Submitted by Abigail Arms, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Survey Of Fortune 100 Critical Accounting Policies Disclosure: APPENDIX B (PDF)
  Submitted by Abigail Arms, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Survey Of Fortune 100 Critical Accounting Policies Disclosure: APPENDIX C (PDF)
  Submitted by Abigail Arms, Shearman & Sterling LLP
• Developments Under Section 16 (MS Word)
  Submitted by Peter J. Romeo, Hogan & Hartson, LLP
• Counseling Compensation Committees in a Post Sarbanes-Oxley World (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Cynthia M. Krus, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
• Legal Alert: SEC Enforcement Action Demonstrates Continued Focus on Regulation FD (PDF)
  submitted by Cynthia M. Krus, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
• Legal Alert: Recent Developments in Delaware Case Law (PDF)
  Submitted by Cynthia M. Krus, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Presentations from the Seattle Conferences on June 7, 2005:

• Strategies For Dealing With New SEC Policy To Publicly Release Responses To Staff Comments (PDF)
  Submitted By C. Kent Carlson
• Executive Compensation And Disclosure Controls Under The New Form 8-K Rules (PDF)
  Submitted By Ronald Mueller
• Executive Compensation Considerations Regarding Form 8-K Filings: Implications For Form 10-K And Form 10-Q Exhibits And Proxy Statement Disclosures (PDF)
  Submitted By Ronald Mueller
• Accounting And Disclosure Update (PowerPoint)
  Submitted By Stephen Sommerville
• Valuation Of Privately-Held-Company Securities Issued As Compensation: AICPA Practice Aid Issued April 2004 (PowerPoint)
  Submitted By Stephen Sommerville
• Dataline 2005-03: Fasb Issues Fas 123(R), Share-Based Payment (PDF)
  Submitted By Stephen Sommerville
• Let The Buyer Beware: Investigating Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Is Key To Due Diligence (PDF)
  Submitted By Ronald Mueller
• SEC And PCAOB Issue Policy Statements And Staff Guidance On Application Of Internal Control Standards (PDF)
  Submitted By Ronald Mueller
• PCAOB Issues Guidance On Audits Of Internal Control (PDF)
  Submitted By Mary Brodd
• One Size Fits All Is Good for Socks, Bad for SOX - New Guidance on Section 404 Internal Control Reports (PDF)
  Submitted By Stewart Landefeld
• Staff Questions And Answers: Auditing Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (PDF)
  Submitted By Stephen Sommerville
• Commission Statement On Implementation Of Internal Control Reporting Requirements (PDF)
  Submitted By Mary Brodd
• Staff Statement On Management's Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (PDF)
  Submitted By Stephen Sommerville
• Advising The Board Of Directors In Acquiring A Business (PDF)
  Submitted By Stewart Landefeld
• The Director Settlements At Enron And Worldcom; Lessons For Directors (PDF)
  Submitted By Ronald Mueller
• Important Lessons From The SEC Enforcement Action Against Tyson Foods Regarding Disclosure Of Perquisites (PDF)
  Submitted By C. Kent Carlson
• Seventh Circuit Holds No Private Right Of Action Under Section 13(D) Absent An Accumulation Of Stock—Rejects SEC's Position (PDF)
  Submitted By C. Kent Carlson
• Class Action Fairness Act Of 2005 (PDF)
  Submitted By Lois Rosenbaum
• Regulation D In 2005: Flowserve And Disclosure Practices (PowerPoint)
  Submitted By Stewart Landefeld
• Private Reaffirmation Of Earnings Violated Regulation FD (PDF)
  Submitted By Stewart Landefeld
• Don't "Go With The Flow" - In Flowserve, Sec Brings First Regulation Fd Enforcement Action For Reaffirmation Of Earnings Guidance (PDF)
  Submitted By Stewart Landefeld

• Developing Women Leaders in the Legal Profession (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Susan Raridon Lambreth
• Making the Case: The Business Case for Retaining and Advancing Women in the Law (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Bill Edison

• Compensation Committee: Practice and Disclosure (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Janet L Fisher
• Regulation FD Update (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Justin P. Klein
• The Importance of Internal Auditors (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Gary Kabureck
• Internal Controls – The 500 Pound Gorilla (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Gary Kabureck
• Current And On-Going Considerations For Audit Committees – More Hands On Involvement With The Process (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Vassilios Karapanos

• The Latest Trends in Practice Management – What's New, What's Not and Who's Doing It (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Susan Raridon Lambreth
• Keys to Practice Group Plans That Get Implemented (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Susan Raridon Lambreth
• MEMORANDUM To: Attendees at The 2005 Forum on Practice Group Management (PDF)
  Submitted by Susan Raridon Lambreth

• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (POWERPOINT)
  
• Severance Benefits (POWERPOINT)
  
• Attorney's Fees Under ERISA (POWERPOINT)
  

• Hot Topics – Report From The FSA (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Megan Butler - Chief Counsel - Wholesale Firms And Markets

• New Issues and Trends in SEC Enforcement (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Christian R. Bartholomew - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

• Offshore/Onshore/Offsite/Onsite: De-mystifying the Growing Number of Outsourcing Models (PDF)
  Submitted by Michael Bryant - Bowne Business Solutions

• Federal Securities Institute (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Grace Lamont

• Broadening the Vision for KM (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Tom Bartley, Sally Gonzalez, Peter Krakaur
• Building the KM Organization (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Catherine Donovan, Julia Randell-Khan
• The Business Case for Knowledge Management (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Simon Levene
• Knowledge Applications (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Jason Parkman
• Measuring KM (PDF)
  Submitted by Chris Boyd
• Practical Examples of KCF Themes (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Adam S. Bendell
• The Problem of Scale (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Bijoy Goswami
• Pulling It All Together Stella - Knowledge Matters - A KM Case Study (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Jean Anne McLeod

• Associate Pay: Is There a Better Way? (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Gregg H. Passin
• An Essential Ingredient - Professional Support (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Keith Wood
• Attributes of a Successful Law Firm (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Hildebrandt Institute
• Building Competitive Advantages (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Nigel Knowles
• Global Competitive Trends - An Overview (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By David Syed
• Global Competitive Trends - Germany (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Dr. Juergen Burkhardt
• Interim Report: Winning Clients (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Yolanda Dolling
• Law Firm Global Management & Marketing Forum (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Allard Metzelaar
• Leadership: The Crucial Difference (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Paul Lee
• Mergers, Dalliances & Other Alliances (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Richard Price
• People People People (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Robert Halton
• The Role of Professional Directors (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Mark Dembovsky
• Strategies for Profit Growth (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted By Keith Wood

• Building a Culture of Integrity (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Christine Lagarde
• How Counsel Select Law Firms (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Mark T. Greene Ph.D.
• Legal Department Strategy Core and Context (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Mark Chandler
• Outsourcing: The New Leverage (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Randolph Altschuler

• Marketing Partner Forum Organizational Assessment Questionnaire (PDF)
  Submitted by Stuart Levine & Associates LLP
• Adding Value to Client Relationships: Whose Job Is It, Anyway? (PDF)
  Submitted by Connie Cook Laug
• Open Letter to the Law Firms Contemplating Announcement of their Annual Billable Hour Rate Increases (PDF)
  Submitted by Jeffrey Carr
• Asking Clients to Define Quality — An Important First Step to Developing A Quality Improvement Program (PDF)
  Submitted by Connie Cook Laug
• Blazing Trails with Sales Campaigns (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Gary Booth, Andrew Laidlaw and Nancy Mangan
• Client Interview Programs: A Critical Initiative For Law Firms (PDF)
  Submitted by Gary Booth, Andrew Laidlaw and Nancy Mangan
• Differential Marketing (PDF)
  Submitted by Michael Simmons
• Laterals, Leadership & Culture How to grow . . . and keep your lawyers (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Fred Leonhardt
• Marketing Good : Selling Bad (PDF)
  Submitted by Michael Simmons
• Mid-Year Report from Hildebrandt International (PDF)
  Submitted by Hildebrandt International
• Preparing an Annual Report: how much information to disclose?…What to spotlight?…Examples of best and most effective reports. (PDF)
  Submitted by Stephanie S. Goldstein
• Regional Firms…Challenges Facing Regional Firms in Business Development and Adapting to the New Climate. (PDF)
  Submitted by Michael Simmons
• Risk Management and Marketing: Law Firm Liability and Lawyer Responsibility (PDF)
  Submitted by Thomas W. White
• Seminars, Sponsorships and Ads. Vs. Golf and Box Seats: Where to put your dollars (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Beth Marie Cuzzone
• Ten ways to increase profitability while being client-focused (PDF)
  Submitted by Jeffrey Carr
• The Six Fundamentals of Success (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Stuart Levine
• Winning Clients With Litigation Management, Evaluation, and Methodology (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Craig B. Glidden

• Measuring Success of Practice Groups and Practice Management Activities (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Practice Area and Practice Group Structure and Planning (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Michael Plishner
• Practice Group Plan Tracking (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Heller, Ehmen, White & McAuliffe LLP
• Small and Medium Firm Panel Discussion (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• So What Does A Practice Group Leader Do? (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• The Role of Practice Groups in Building a Successful Global Firm (POWERPOINT)
  Keynote by Barry Levin

Chicago (May 4, 2004)

• Where were the Lawyers (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Herbert S. Wander
• Fraud and section 404 (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Scott Shaffer
• Section 16 Caselaw update (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by John W. Lawrence, Jr.
• SRO Listing Standards and Other Guidelines on Director Independence (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Maryann A. Waryjas

Washington (May 6, 2004)

• Accounting Issues(POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Chris Holmes

Houston (May 12, 2004)

• Auditing Updates and SEC Focus (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Randol Justice
• Implementation of Internal Controls (POWERPOINT)
  Submitted by Randol Justice