Tom M. Jones will present „Captive Insurance Tax Update“ at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association Annual Conference.

Steve P. Kranz will speak at the National Conference of State Legislatures SALT Task Force Meeting.

Topics will include:

• Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
• The MoneyGram case

Jacques Buhart will be speaking on „Global Developments in the Latest Competition Law and Policy“ at the University of Tokyo. For more information, please visit the event page (in Japanese).

Diann Smith will present „Through the Looking Glass: The Significance of the MTC — Past, Present and Future — from the Outside“ at the Multistate Tax Commission 50th Annual Meeting.

Stefan M. Meisner and William Díaz will present „Antitrust Concerns with Standard-Setting Organizations: Promoting Competition While Protecting IP Rights“ at the Strafford live webinar. The panel will discuss the application of antitrust laws to SSOs, the competitive advantages associated with SEPs and how FRAND standards can balance the interests of SEP owners with other SSO participants.

Key questions will include:

• What are the antitrust risks involved with SSOs and SEPs?
• What actions constitute a „hold-up“ and how do SSOs respond?
• Is a SEP holder required to license its IP on a FRAND basis and if it does how are its enforcement rights limited?
• What lessons can be learned from recent actions and guidance from DOJ and FTC?

A. Marisa Chun, Stephen W. Bernstein, Jennifer S. Geetter and Vernessa T. Pollard will present „Navigating the Digital Health Divide: An Interactive Discussion of Emerging Legal and Regulatory Issues“ at the Silicon Valley lunchtime roundtable discussion.

Topics will include:

• FDA regulation, pre-market strategy and emerging requirements
• Privacy and data security
• Enforcement, litigation and risk management

Carol Harrington spoke on the structuring of family offices, including the purposes, roles and responsibilities of a family office as well as the governance of a family office.

For more information, please click here.

Caroline Ngo will participate in Practising Law Institute’s „Basics of International Taxation 2017“ seminar.

Topic will include:

• The impact of Subpart F on global businesses
• Background, purpose and history of foreign tax credits
• Mechanics and significance of tax treaties
• New Treasury guidance on transfer of intangible assets and on foreign currency
• An overview of the reporting and withholding requirements in international transactions
• Passive Foreign Investment Companies (PFICs)
• Issues raised by a global workforce

Dale C. Van Demark and Sarah T. Hogan will speak at Mergermarket’s Annual Life Sciences and Healthcare M&A Forum.

Topics will include:

• Exit opportunities for older fund vintages over the next 6-18 months
• Forecast 2017/18 dry powder deployment, sector economics and exit conditions
• When does private placement financing make sense? Prior to IPO or strategic sale?
• Challenges ahead in prepping portfolio companies for publicly traded life
• Considering recent product development failures and a thin product pipeline among biotech companies, how are portfolio managers positioning these investments?

Caroline H. Ngo spoke at the Tax Executives Institute’s (TEI) US International Tax Course.

The week-long course educated tax professionals on the fundamentals, challenges, and opportunities present in US international taxation—relevant to professionals working for both US and non-US headquartered companies.

Designed for in-house tax professionals with five or fewer years’ experience in US international tax matters, the course covered the central concepts of the US taxation of multi-national businesses.

Topics included:

• Introduction to the United States’ international tax rules and concepts
• Foreign holding, financing, intellectual property and operating structures
• Foreign losses, repatriation of foreign earnings and sale of foreign subsidiaries.

View further information on TEI’s 2017 US International Tax Course here.