Margaret (Peg) Duncan will present “Patent and Technology Licensing” at PLI’s Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2017 program.

Topics will include:

• Standard clauses and variations
• Important differences between patent and other technology licenses
• Defining the license scope
• Negotiating compensation
• Representations, warranties and indemnities

Robert Cordy will present “Ensuring Fair and Transparent Accountability Mechanisms as a Prerequisite for Independence in Judicial Decision Making” and “Disciplinary, Criminal and Civil Accountability of Judges” at the International Judicial Conference sponsored by US Embassy in Macedonia.

Marisa Chun will be a panelist on the program, “By Tweet or by Law: Predicting the Government’s Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Trump” at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 2017 Convention in Washington DC.

H. Guy Collier moderated, “All in the Family: How Children’s Hospitals and Adult Hospitals Are Coming Together.”

Todd Solomon will present “AI, Ethics, Law and Policy” at the AI and the Future of Work Conference.

Topics will include:

• The AI Revolution
• Augmentation vs. Automation
• What Major Technological Challenges Still Need to be Addressed to Realize Full Potential?
• The AI Skill Set
• Retain and Retrain

Nicholas Holland will be participating in a panel discussion of distinguished guest speakers at the Asset Tracing & Recovery Forum 2017. Nicholas will be discussing “Recent Development and Challenges in International Enforcement and Recognition.”

The panel will give an overview of the current global landscape and parse issues which have arisen, and continue to arise, cross-border in the realm of recognition and enforcement of court orders and judgments.

In a presentation at the Investment Management Institute Hospital & Healthcare Services Forum, Martha Groves Pugh and Gale E. Chan discussed various new markets tax credit opportunities and financing. They also provided an update on the Framework, which acts as a guide to the legislative effort on comprehensive tax reform.

Tony Maida will present “Options and Strategies for Self-Disclosure: Why, When, Where and How?” at the 3rd Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute.

Topics will include:

• Anatomy of False Claims Act Case
• Health Information Privacy & Security: Recent Developments & Enforcement Actions
• Litigating a False Claims Act Case
• Kickback and Stark Law Developments
• Enforcement, Compliance and Long Term Care: Home Health, Hospice and Nursing Homes

Nicole K. Mann, Jane Zhao and Jared R. Cloud will present “Silent Trusts: Balancing Competing Interests and Implementing the Settlor’s Intentions” at the 43rd Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute.

Topics will include:

• Succession Planning for the Family Business with Active and Passive Children as Co-Owners
• Momma Always Liked You Best: Mediation as an Alternative for Estate and Trust Disputes
• Pre-Sale Due Diligence: Getting Your Business Ready to Sell
• How Courts Unravel Asset Protection Trust Strategies and Protecting Your Trust
• Win, Win Strategies for Donor-Centric Charitable Giving
• Aggressive Tax Planning and the Ethical Advisor: Beyond Zealous Advocacy and What to do When the Referral Proposes Questionable Structures

Diane Morgenthaler will present “Section 401(k) Plans” at the ERISA Basics National Institute on Friday, October 27th at 10:50 a.m. Diane’s session will cover operation, design and planning alternatives for retirement plans governed by Section 401(k) of the tax code.