2010 Events

 NELF Staff Attorney Participates in Media Coverage of Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act Decision

Much public discussion has been occasioned by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's August 9, 2010, decision, Global NAPS, Inc. v. Awiszus, in which the SJC majority agreed entirely with NELF'S interpretation of the limited scope of the Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act.  NELF Senior Staff Attorney Ben Robbins, the principal author of our amicus brief in the case, participated in the media coverage and helped clarify the meaning of the Court's holding.  The links below will take you to New England Cable News's evening news report on Monday, August 9, 2010, for which Ben was interviewed, and to the Emily Rooney WGBH-FM daytime radio show, during which Ben was able to offer extended commentary on the Court's ruling and the MMLA.

                  http://www.necn.com/pages/landing?blockID=286796

   http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854 

Spring Breakfast Program , Thursday, June 17, 2010

Boston Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts

WHAT TO DO WITH ELECTRONIC DATA:
LATEST UPDATES ON BEST PRACTICES IN DATA MANAGEMENT AND E-DISCOVERY

About the topic:
Compliance with electronic discovery requests in litigation continues to be a source of
considerable legal risk for businesses, as the laws governing electronic data
management and discovery continue to evolve. NELF’s latest seminar on this topic
brings together a panel of experts to discuss recent state and federal court decisions
in New England that hopefully clarify the obligations of litigants and potential litigants
to preserve and produce electronic documents. Our panel will also address
how newer forms of electronic media (e.g., instant messaging and social network
sites) are impacted by the plethora of cases and rules governing electronic discovery
and speak about the availability of new technology to assist companies in complying
with electronic discovery obligations. The program is aimed at helping senior
business managers and their counsel better understand electronic discovery,
electronic data preservation, and strategies and technologies available to manage
electronic discovery compliance.

Moderator James L. Messenger, Esquire, Partner, LeClairRyan

Panelists:
Dennis R. Kiker, Esquire, Partner, LeClairRyan
Jay Brudz, Esquire, Senior Counsel, Legal Technology, General Electric Company
Jeffrey W. Greene, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Sean B. McSweeney, Esquire, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel,
Liberty Mutual Group.

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7:30-8:00 a.m. Buffet Breakfast
8:00-9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion

*Cost: $70 (includes Breakfast Buffet) - Table Sponsor designation for eight seats.

Please RSVP by return email (martinnewhouse@nelfonline.org) or by calling NELF
at (617) 695-3660.

*Good faith estimate of ticket value, $30.
 

2009 Events

CEO FORUM 2009-Monday, December 7, 2009, Langham Hotel, Boston

"The Economy in Crisis: What Happened and What Lies Ahead?"

Co-Chaired by Bingham McCutchen's Andrew Phelan, and Day Pitney's Stanley Twardy.

Panelists: Christopher Cox, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP (formerly Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission); William Longbrake, Executive in Residence at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (formerly CFO, Washington Mutual); Jonathan R. Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law at Yale Law School; and Robert C. Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management®. Moderator: Lena G. Goldberg, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (formerly Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fidelity Investments).

For pictures from the 2009 CEO Forum, please click here.

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NELF Fall Breakfast Program, Thursday, October 29, 2009, Boston College Club, Boston

"National Health Reform: Implications for the New England Business Community"

Moderator: Brent L. Henry, Vice President and General Counsel, Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Panelists: Richard C. Lord, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Massachusetts;  Laura S. Peabody, Sr. Vice President, General Counsel, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.; Laurel Sweeney, Senior Director, Global Reimbursement Policy, Philips Healthcare; Stephen M. Weiner, Chair, National Health Law Practice, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC

NELF Spring Breakfast Program, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Boston College Club, Boston

"The Massachusetts Superior Court Business Litigation Session: Where it Stands Today and Planning for the Future."

Moderator: Martin J. Newhouse, President, New England Legal Foundation. Panelists: Hon. Margaret R. Hinkle, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court and Administrative Justice of the BLS; Hon. Judith Fabricant, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court; Paul T. Dacier, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, EMC Corporation.

2008 Events                                                                  

CEO FORUM 2008-Monday, December 8, 2008, Hotel Langham, Boston

"The Sustainability Challenge for New England Business"

Co-Chaired by Water's Corporation's Mark Beaudouin, and Mintz Levin's Joseph Blute.

Panelists: Laurie Burt, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; Ann R. Klee,  Vice President of Corporate Environmental Programs, General Electric Company;  Mary G. Powell,  President and Chief Executive Officer, Green Mountain Power Corporation; and Timothy Smith,  Director of Socially Responsive Investment at Walden Asset Management. Moderator: Henry Lee, Harvard Kennedy School.

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NELF Fall Breakfast Program, October 29, 2008, Boston College Club

"Benefits and Burdens of Conducting Corporate Internal Investigations in a Changing Legal Environment"

The seminar, which was organized with the help of Terry Segal from Duane Morris, who served as moderator addressed current trends in white-collar crime prosecution.  Panelists included David Bergers, who heads Boston’s SEC office, Michael Loucks, the acting U.S. Attorney in Boston, Bob Popeo of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC, Tom Dougherty of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Diana K. Lloyd, at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP.

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NELF Spring Breakfast Program, April 8, 2008, Boston College Club

 "Class Actions and Reactions: Trends and Directions in Class Action Litigation"

NELF's breakfast panel discussion on this subject was moderated by Donald R. Frederico, Esquire, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP. The panelists were: Beth I.Z. Boland, Esquire, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP; Scott Z. Hochfelder, Esquire, General Counsel, KB Toys, Inc.; John A. Shope, Esquire, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP, and Thomas M. Sobol, Esquire, Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

2007 Events

CEO Forum 2007, Monday, December 10, 2007, Hotel Langham, Boston

"Is Shareholder Democracy Good for Shareholders?"

Co-Chaired by Ernst & Young’s Lynda Harbold Schwartz and Putnam’s Jason A. Tucker

Panelists:  Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger; Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law, UCLA School of Law, Lynn A. Stout; and John A. Hill, Vice Chairman of First Reserve Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Putnam Mutual Funds.  Moderator:  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP partner Louis A. Goodman, member of NELF’s Board of Directors.

For pictures from the 2007 CEO Forum, please visit here.

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NELF Fall Panel Discussion, October 25, 2007, Boston College Club

"Dealing with Electronic Data: Today's Best Practices in Data Management and E-Discovery"

The panel discussion was moderated by Paul R. Gupta, Esq., Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP of New York. The panelists were: Ian Craig, Esq., Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP of the United Kingdom; Mark Bentley, Esq., Vice President, Strategic Services, Iron Mountain, Inc.; Martha Mazzone, Esq., Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Fidelity Investments; Andrea Aptowitz, Esq., Associate General Counsel, PerkinElmer, Inc. and David W. Wetmore, Executive Director, Fraud Investigative & Dispute Services/Legal Services, Ernst & Young LLP. 

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NELF Spring Breakfast Program, May 3, 2007, Boston College Club

"Committing Your Company to Arbitration: Benefits and Pitfalls"

The panel discussion was moderated by Richard M. Gelb, Esq., of Gelb & Gelb LLP of Boston.  The panelists were: Patrick D. Lane, Esq., Associate General Counsel-Litigation, Procter & Gamble; Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq., Managing Partner, The Feinberg Group, LLP, of Washington, D.C.; William W. (“Rusty”) Park, Professor of Law, Boston University; and The Honorable John C. Cratsley, Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court.