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Alert - November 6, 2002
 
In this Issue...
Upcoming Seminar-The New Era of Corporate Responsibility: Changed Relationships
 
 November 6, 2002
 

b>The New Era of Corporate Responsibility: Changed Relationships

Friday, November 15, 2002

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Yale Club

50 Vanderbilt Avenue

(between 44th and 45th Streets, near Grand Central Station

New York City

This discussion is brought to you by Holland & Knight LLP, in conjunction with: Corporate Board Member Magazine, AIG, KPMG and MARSH.

The discussion is targeted to directors, officers, board members and general counsel of public companies.

Today's corporate environment is rapidly changing. In response to recent corporate failures, corporate governance issues have taken the front seat in Congress and the Securities Exchange Commission. Public company officers and directors have come under much scrutiny from the public, Congress and the White House.

The recently passed Sarbanes-Oxley Act is broad in scope and imposes possible severe financial and criminal penalties for non-compliance.

This program will address corporate governance issues and their effect on the following areas:

  • Auditor Independence and Regulation
  • Audit Committees
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Enhanced Financial Disclosures
  • Directors' and Officers' Liability and Insurance
  • Analyst Conflicts of Interest
  • Criminal Penalties for Corporate Fraud
  • Corporate Compliance Programs
  • SEC Enforcement

T.K. Kerstetter, President of Corporate Board Member magazine, will give a presentation on "What Directors Think . . . What Directors Should Think." Randolph DelFranco of Holland & Knight will speak on "Corporate Governance Reform: Changed Relationships" and Charles Elson, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Professor of Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware and Of Counsel to Holland & Knight on "Corporate Governance Implications of the Enron Controversy."

The other members of the faculty are Neal Beaton, Lance Myers, Sandra Mayerson, Jerry Bernstein, Mitchell Herr, Jeff Livingston and Stephen Weiss, all from Holland & Knight; and Scott Reed from KPMG, Jack Flug from Marsh, and William Cotter from AIG. They will participate in two panels on Relationships with Internal, and External, Constituencies.

To RSVP for this event, please call 1-888-293-1921 or email hkevents@hklaw.com or register online at www.corp-governance.com before November 12. Attendance is by registration only. Space is limited. The seminar is free of charge and is a Continuing Legal Education program.