Doug Young, speaker, "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act"
PLI California Center - San Francisco, CA

Farella Braun + Martel's James Mann present "Let's Talk Trash: Or how to stop your old computers from becoming a plaintiff's lawyer's treasure," to the Corporate Law Department Section and the Environmental Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Topics:
Important exemptions from hazardous waste control laws have recently expired.  Businesses, large and small, with trash as common as old computers, florescent light bulbs, and TV's may be subject to hazardous waste regulation. The seminar will address:

• California's rules for "e-waste" and what your company needs to do to comply with them
• Related computer disposal issues: Data "wiping," spoliation of evidence, and software license compliance

Douglas Young will speak at the Northwestern Corporate Counsel Institute on "Legal Aspects of the Audit Process: The General Counsel's Role."

In-house presentation by associate James Mann to accountants from a "Big 4" accounting firm on "Key Issues Confronted During The Representation of Directors & Officers Facing SEC Enforcement Actions, Criminal Prosecution, And Derivative Lawsuits."

Partner Douglas Young will speak at the Glasser Legal Works two-day national seminar on SEC Disclosure, Accounting & Enforcement.

Farella Braun + Martel White Collar Crime partners Doug Young and Bill Keane and Deloitte & Touche Forensic & Dispute Group partner Kerry Francis will present to the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACCA on "Corporate Counsel & Sarbanes-Oxley: Recent Developments and Practical Tips on Dealing with the Dilemmas of "Reporting-Up" and Internal Investigations," in Palo Alto on March 22 and in San Francisco on March 23.

Partner William Keane served as a panel member on the topic: "The Impact of Booker/Fanfan On The Defense Of Business Crimes/White Collar Prosecutions" at the Association of Federal Defense Attorneys (AFDA) seminar entitled "Federal Sentencing In A New Era After Booker/Fanfan" at the Los Angeles Airport Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.

Partner Douglas Young will be a faculty member at the CLE International Seminar on Internal Investigations on the topic titled, "Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges Faced by General Counsel" being held at the St Francis in San Francisco.

Partner Douglas Young will speak at the Glasser Legal Works two-day national seminar on Litigation and Resolution of Complex Class Actions.

Partner Douglas Young will be a speaker on the topic "Corporate America Under Fire" at the ABTL Annual Meeting.

Bill Keane will be a panel member on the topic, "Investigative Subpoenas and Pre-Trial - How Far Can the Government Go and What Can Defendants Get from the Government", at the Fontainbleau Hilton Resort in Miami Beach, FL.