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Thomas Sjoblom, Dietrich Snell Host Panels in New York City and Live on the Internet
January 15, 2008 (New York, NY) - Thomas Sjoblom and Dietrich Snell, partners at Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, will join a number of other noted lawyers to host seminars at the Practising Law Institute's "Parallel Proceedings in Securities Cases" program on January 16 in New York City. The event can also be accessed live via the Internet.
Mr. Sjoblom, who spent nearly 20 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a trial lawyer who represents financial institutions, mutual funds, professionals, and officers and directors of public companies through all stages of civil and criminal investigations by federal and state regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations. He will begin the program with an "Introduction to Parallel Proceedings," followed by his participation as a panelist on "Initial Responses to Multiple Proceedings."
Mr. Snell is the former New York Deputy Attorney General responsible for the investigation, litigation and regulatory activities performed by the Division of Public Advocacy under former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. He handles criminal and civil enforcement and regulatory matters pertaining to the financial services, corporate, environmental, non-profit, and public sectors and will participate as a panelist on "DOJ and State Criminal Proceedings."
The full program will cover:
- Resolving the challenges involved in litigating parallel civil and criminal law enforcement proceedings
- Successfully managing simultaneous investigations by the SEC, CFTC, DOJ and other regulators
- Learning the strategies necessary to deal with SEC receivers who represent multiple government agencies
- Cross-border investigations by the United States, United Kingdom and Asia
- Learning how to negotiate a global settlement with multiple regulators
The program, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. January 16, will take place at the PLI New York Center at 810 Seventh Avenue (21st Floor) in New York City. It can also be accessed live via webcast at www.pli.edu. To register for the program, log on to the website or call (800) 260-4PLI.
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is an international law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, conducting internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, information technology, insurance, internet, lodging and gaming, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.
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