Conference Day One: May 28th, 2008

8:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Dr. Vinita Juneja
Senior Vice President and Chair of Global Securities & Finance Practice
NERA Economic Consulting

9:00 Updating Recent Sec Regulatory And Enforcement Developments

• Reviewing recent SEC regulations
• Summary of recent SEC roundtable discussions
• Discussing SEC “hot button” issues such as US investors’ request to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Rule 10b5-1 Plans, and the impact on future litigation practices
• Turning guidelines and best practices into benchmarks

Scott Black Senior Trial Counsel SEC

Joel M. Cohen Partner Clifford Chance

9:45 Reviewing Recent Developments In Securities Litigation

• Discussing the trend of civil securities cases going to trial (JDS Uniphase, Apollo)
• Examining the Stoneridge and Tellabs decisions, the implementation of these decisions in the lower courts, and the implications of these decisions in the financial services industry
• Reviewing arbitration in the financial services industry context
• Updating developments in securities class actions: filings and settlement trends, limitations on damages including Dura, multiple bouncebacks and offsets

Moderator:

David J. Elliott
Chair of Shareholder and Securities Litigation practice
Day Pitney LLP

Hannah Berkowitz Managing Director UBS Financial Services	Eric Kuwana National Deputy Chairman, Litigation Department Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Dr. Vinita Juneja Senior Vice President and Chair of Global Securities & Finance Practice NERA Economic Consulting	Rex Staples General Counsel NASAA

11:15 Reviewing Enforcement Actions Of The Sec, States And Sros Concerning Broker/dealers And Investment Banks

• Dissecting recent SEC, state and SRO enforcement actions
• Detailing the impact of enforcement actions on broker/dealer and investment bank operations
• Reviewing upcoming compliance standards
• Discussing best practices to prevent enforcement scrutiny
• Understanding the effects of enforcement on ongoing and pending litigation

Moderator:

Nader Salehi
Partner, Broker-Dealer Group
Bingham McCutchen LLP

Pierre Gentin Head of Litigation Credit Suisse

Katherine Malfa Chief Counsel, Vice President, Department of Enforcement FINRA

Rex Staples General Counsel NASAA

1:15 Examining Private Civil Suits Related To The Subprime Meltdown

• Chasing the rabbit down the hole: Where does the trail of litigation end?
• Considering a wave of non-traditional litigants
• Discussing possible litigation arising over adjusted asset valuation disclosure
• Discussing litigation trends and regulatory action in ERISArelated issues

Moderator:

Jordan D. Hershman
Practice Group Leader, Securities Litigation
Bingham McCutchen LLP

Daniel Taub Senior Managing Director, Head of Litigation Bear Stearns	Charlie Gambino Director and Senior Counsel Deutsche Bank
David Futterman Associate General Counsel Bank of America	Laura Boothman Stamm Managing Principal Analysis Group Inc.

2:15 Detailing Government Enforcement Actions In Response To The Subprime Meltdown

• Determining exposure: Which entities have exposure?
• Understanding accounting issues involved in subprime litigation
• Exploring the CDO and MBS valuation processes and where the assumptions went wrong
• Examining the liability of investment banks with regard to aiding and abetting
• Discussing potential legislation and the regulatory impact

Moderator:

Barry Rashkover
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Joseph De Simone Partner and Co-leader of the Securities, Litigation and Corporate Action Group Mayer Brown

Susan Light Senior Vice President, Enforcement Department FINRA

3:45 Exploring Native Production Issues In Securities Litigation

• Producing documents in native file format for government investigations and regulatory reviews
• Reviewing the latest statistics on the growth of relevant data in business litigation
• Discussing the risks and benefits of native file review/production
• Reviewing applications in the market today that can mitigate these risks while saving businesses time and money.

Charles Clark Managing Vice President & Chief Counsel of Litigation CapitalOne

Hope Haslam Director, Consulting Epiq Systems Inc.

4:30 Exploring Litigation Issues Stemming From Hedge Fund Relationships

• Examining issues in naked short litigation (Biovail, Overstock.com)
• Reviewing the involvement and fallout from securities lending
• Analyzing the pricing tactics of hedge funds and the practice of cherry picking
• Updating Reg SHO and Rule 105 developments

Moderator:

Barry Rashkover
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Alexander Vasilescu Regional Trial Counsel & Trial Unit Chief, Northeast Regional Office SEC

Jonathan E. Johnson III Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs & Legal Overstock.com

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