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Federal Securities Law Forum: What You Need to Know Now!

Philadelphia Bar Association

Online Webinar

Blank Rome partner Joseph G. Poluka will serve as a panelist at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Federal Securities Law Forum: What You Need to Know Now!, being held Thursday, December 7, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. EST, as a live webcast.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Panelists will examine the newest trends and developments in the world of securities litigation, including the latest decisions affecting class action and derivative litigation and strategies for prosecuting, defending, and mediating such cases. Additionally, the Regional Administrator for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will provide an overview of the SEC’s current enforcement policies and trends. Topics include:

  • What’s hot in the field of private securities litigation?
  • Strategies for mediating securities and derivative suits
  • What are the major initiatives being pursued by the SEC
  • How to defend parallel civil and criminal proceedings
  • What’s new in the world of accountants’ liability?

Finally, the program provides guidance through course hypotheticals expressing the themes and content addressed in the panelists' presentations.

Panelists:

  • Co-chair and moderator: Richard A. Levan, Levan Legal LLC
  • Co-chair and moderator: Jay A. Dubow, Troutman Pepper LLP
  • Jeffery A. Dailey, Dailey LLP
  • Joshua E. D'Ancona, Partner, Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check LLP
  • Nicholas P. Grippo, Regional Director, Philadelphia Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Jed D. Melnick, Mediator/ Arbitrator, Complex Business Litigation, JAMS
  • Joseph G. Poluka, Partner, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Blank Rome LLP

CLE credit is available.

For more information, please visit the event webpage