Arne Fuchs gave a presentation on the impact of cultural and regional differences on hearing techniques in international arbitration.

Joan Polacheck will be a speaker for the American Bar Association’s Stark Law Master Class. This webinar will summarize new regulatory and legal developments and explores nuances to Stark Law compliance in the current enforcement environment.

Topics will include:

• CMS’s regulatory changes and policy clarifications — helpful, but do they create new risks?
• Evaluating compliance and enforcement risk post-Escobar and in light of Emmanuel
• Strategic and practical considerations when making a self-disclosure to CMS, including whether to disclose when you have a valid legal argument that you compiled with the law

Wilko van Weert and Mai Muto will present „Whistleblowing System in EU from Point of View of Employment Law and Data Protection Law“ hosted by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands and Buren.

Tony Maida will present „Anti-Kickback and Beneficiary Inducement Statutes: Current Trends and New Regulations“ at the ABA and Chicago Medical Society Physicians Legal Issues Conference.

Topics will include:

• An overview of the statutes‘ scope and requirements, particularly Office of Inspector General’s new safe harbors and regulatory changes
• Recent enforcement actions and settlements
• Office of Inspector General guidance and compliance resources
• Best practices and tips to avoid or mitigate risk

Andrew C. Liazos will present „A Primer on Delaware Corporate Law for Compensation Specialists and the Latest Delaware Cases“ at the ALI Executive Compensation 2017: Strategy, Design and Implementation webcast segment. Authoritative faculty of current and former key government, business, legal and technical experts will discuss the most salient issues in executive compensation.

Topics will include:

• Why it will be harder to get your stock plan approved
• The latest word from the IRS and Tresury
• Whether to keep or remove executive proxy provisions
• Delaware corporate law for compensation specialists
• What’s new with executive agreements?
• Current issues on pay-for-performance
• Late-breaking developments in executive compensation
• Future of CEO pay ratio rule
• Dodd-Frank and other regulations under the new administration

Bernadette Broccolo and Lisa Schmitz Mazur will present „The New Frontier of Digital Health – Legal Issues“ at the IAHA 2nd Quarterly Lecture.

Steven S. Scholes, who is co-chairing this event, and John C. Kocoras will moderate panels at the PLI Internal Investigations 2017 Conference.

Discussion will include:

• Nature and scope of the investigation
• Document retention and data privacy issues
• The intersection of labor and employment and internal investigations
• When and how to work with outside experts
• When you should disclose and when you should not
• The government’s use, evaluation and weighing of internal investigations
• When to prepare a report and how, corrective actions and cooperation with government

Keith M. Pattiz will moderate „A Challenging Market: Trends and the Players on the Buying, Lending and Joint Venture Front“ at the 39th Annual New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. A team of leading experts will discuss what deals are getting done, how they are being financed, where the equity is coming from and what trends they are seeing in a market that faces unprecedented challenges.

The 6th Annual DIS Baltic Arbitration Days Conference will bring together experts in arbitration from across the globe to discuss proceedings involving states or state-owned entities.

The conference will focus on the countries of Iran, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine.

Amol Parikh and Brian A. Jones will present „Post-Grant Patent Office Proceedings After the AIA: Lessons from the First Five Years“ as part of the Celesq live webcast series.