Williams & Connolly LLP Co-Sponsors "The Credit Crisis: Sources of Potential Liability and What to Do About It"
November 2008

Williams & Connolly LLP is co-sponsoring a Directors Roundtable Conference on November 18, 2008 discussing "The Credit Crisis: Sources of Potential Liability and What to Do About  It."

DETAILS:

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
8:30 A.M. – 12:00 Noon (8:00 Registration)
Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Continental breakfast will be served.
Three hours of Virginia CLE accreditation is pending.*
There is no fee to attend.

PANELS:

• Potential Sources of Federal Government Liability and Claims
  Moderators:  Ronald Glancz, Venable LLP; Richard Spillenkothen, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP; and John Villa, Williams & Connolly LLP
  Panelists:  Timothy Dill, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Richard Stearns, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Stephen Meyer, Board of Governors Federal Reserve System; George Curtis, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Adam Safwat, Department of Justice 
• Potential Claims by Private Litigants
  Moderators:  Sally Blinken, Venable LLP; Caroline Cheng, Deloitte LLP; and John Villa, Williams & Connolly LLP
  Panelists:  Carey Dunne, Davis, Polk & Wardwell; Joseph Warin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Richard Werder, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP 
• Preparing for and Defending the Inevitable
  Moderators:  Ralph Sharpe, Venable LLP; David Piper, Deloitte LLP; and David Blatt, Williams & Connolly LLP
  Panelists:  Richard Alexander, Arnold & Porter LLP; Greg Bruch, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; Dennis Kiefer & Andrew Ruckman, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

REGISTRATION:  To register, visit www.directorsroundtable.com and click on "Current Events and Registration." To contact the Directors Roundtable, call Karen Todd at (727) 493-2067 or e-mail karen.f.todd@gmail.com.

* There is CLE reciprocity with many other states.

MATERIALS:  Please click on the links below for relevant speeches and articles.

Speech - Subprime Litigation, Thompson/West Meeting for Counsel for Banks (April 2008)

Article - In-House Counsel and Backdating: What Will They Criminalize Next?, ACC Docket (January/February 2008)

Article - Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits: Can You Ever Have Too Many Lawyers?, ACC Docket (July/August 2007)

Article - Inside Counsel as Targets: Fact or Fiction?, ACC Docket (November/December 2005)