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hosted by a third party and made availableover the Internet. While this new approachto cloud computing offers many benefits,lawyers in particular need to be aware ofsecurity- and privacy-related "bestpractices" prior to entrusting confidentialclient data to "the cloud."This presentation addresses the followingquestions: What is cloud computing /Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)? What does cloud computing mean forlawyers? What are some of the benefits (andsome of the disadvantages) of "thecloud?" What are the ethical implications ofusing SaaS? Is it OK with my Bar? What questions about security andprivacy should you be asking aprospective SaaS provider? How should you evaluate the costs ofSaaS versus traditional desktopsoftware? How can you protect yourself againstworst-case scenarios?Item no. : NA11200591Format : CD-ROM (Win)Duration : 90 minutesCopyright : 2011Price : USD 150.00SPORTS MEDIA RIGHTSAGREEMENTSBy Richard Brand, Karen Brodkin, VeredYakoveeThis audio CD-ROM will provide lawyersand other professionals with backgroundinformation necessary to familiarize themwith the key practice points in advising andrepresenting clients in the preparation ofmedia rights transactions and other typesof media arrangements.Our faculty provides the practitioner withan overview of the documentation andprocess involved in reviewing, negotiating,and implementing a media rightsarrangement on behalf of a team, aproperty, or other party. This recording willprovide a balanced approach reflectingissues and positions and will provideperspective from both sides of thetransaction (media companies andproperties).The program panel offers aknowledgeable perspective on the issuesinvolved as well as a discussion of somepractical real life experiences.Item no. : VH11200337Format : CD-ROM (Win)Duration : 90 minutesCopyright : 2012Price : USD 150.00WINNING BY SPINNING?THE ETHICS OFLITIGATING ING CIVIL CASESIN THE MEDIABy Bruce E. H. Johnson, M. A. (Mike)Kautsch, Karen Shatzkin, John J. Walsh,Michael WolffThe New York Times has reported that"alliances between filmmakers andlawyers are becoming increasinglycommon, with recent films tied to casesinvolving Dole Food, Coca Cola andUnocal." Defendants are fighting back withTheodore J. Boutrous Jr., a lawyer forDole, noting that, after recent successes ingetting access to what documentarydirectors "leave on the cutting room floor"to reveal possible manipulations,"defendants would increasingly fightplaintiff's use of documentaries to promotetheir causes and force settlement."Join our panel of expert attorneys andjudges for an in-depth discussion on theethical obligations placed on attorneyswhen speaking publicly about their clientsin civil cases as well as ethical concernsabout the use of documentary films in thecourt of public opinion. Specific questionsto be addressed include the following: The American Bar Association'sModel Rules of Professional Conductraise a concern about the effect ofpublicity on "a civil matter triable to ajury." What is the nature ofextrajudicial advocacy that issubstantially likely to result in materialprejudice in a civil case?When attorneys are involved in publiccommunication about civil litigation,under what conditions may they riskbreaching their duties to be truthful, tomaintain client confidentiality, or toavoid conflicts of interest, dishonesty,fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, andconduct prejudicial to theadministration of justice?In the civil justice system, are ethicalconstraints on extrajudicial commentby attorneys considered lessimportant than their responsibility tobe zealous advocates?To what extent does First Amendmentprotection for freedom of attorneyspeech conflict with ethicalconstraints on extrajudicial advocacyin civil cases?Item no. : LY11200353Format : CD-ROM (Win)Duration : 90 minutesCopyright : 2012Price : USD 150.00COMMUNICATIONS ANDTRANSPORTATIONLAWWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT THE CORPORATEWHISTLEBLOWERREQUIREMENTS UNDERDODD-FRANKBy William R. Baker III, Thomas G.Berkemeyer, Michael A. McGrail, SeanMcKessy, Jeffrey W. RubinThe Dodd-Frank Act contained numerousimportant corporate governanceprovisions in a variety of areas. Thehottest of these issues is the corporatewhistleblower provisions in the Act and theSEC's implementing regulations adoptedon May 25, 2011. The Dodd-Frankwhistleblower provisions and the SECrules have triggered substantial,widespread debate due to the veryimportant policy and process implicationsfor companies, regulators, shareholders,and other interested parties.The program: Described the far-reachingwhistleblower requirements, includingthe very substantial mandatoryrewards available to those reportingviolations of the securities laws andthe significantly enhanced protectionsfor corporate whistleblowers;Discussed the major concerns raisedby the rules as reflected in many ofthe comments to the SEC, forexample: the potential negativeimpact on maintaining effectivecorporate compliance programs; and Explained the importantconsiderations for companies inaddressing these rules.Item no. : NA11200628Format : CD-ROM (Win)Duration : 90 minutesCopyright : 2011Price : USD 150.00________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learning Rendezvous LimitedEmail: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk36