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November 3, 2009

Important Conference Items to Note

We are less than a week away from the “4th Annual Proxy Disclosure Conference” (11/9) – which is paired with the “6th Annual Executive Compensation Conference” (11/10). Here are the agendas for both Conferences.

For those attending via video webcast:

Test Your Access Now: To ensure you don’t have any technical snafus for the Conferences, please test your access today (this test is only available this week) by using the ID and password that you received for the Conferences.

When you test your access, you can test our CLE Tracker as well as input your bar numbers, etc. You also will be able to input your bar numbers anytime during the days of the Conferences too (remember that you will need to click on the periodic “prompts” all throughout each Conference to earn credit). If you are experiencing problems, follow these webcast troubleshooting tips.

How to Access the Conference: To access the webcast, use the ID/password that you received in an email from us to get in via a prominent Conference link that will be on the home page of TheCorporateCounsel.net on the day of the Conference; this ID/password is separate and different from any you use for our sites. Note that times posted are in Pacific Time; archives will be available within 24 hours after the live event ends.

How to Earn CLE Online: Read the “FAQs about Earning CLE” carefully to see if it is possible for you to earn CLE for watching online – and if so, how to accomplish that. Both Conferences will be available for CLE credit in most states (but hours for each state vary; see which state and hours in List: CLE Credits).

Don’t Share Your ID/Password: We remind you that sharing your ID and password with anyone is stealing from us and a crime.

For those attending in San Francisco:

Check-In Times: When you come to the San Francisco Hilton – located at 333 O’Farrell Street – you can check in for the Conferences (i.e. pick up your Conference materials, etc.) starting at 7:30 am on Monday, November 9th until the last panel on Tuesday. Continental breakfast is available on Monday from 7:30 to 8:30 am – and on Tuesday from 7:00 to 8:00 am.

Monday Night Reception: We hope you can join us after the Conference on Monday for our Opening Reception – to be held after the last panel ends – from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The opening reception will be held in the Exhibit Hall.

You Can Still Attend Via Video Webcast: Due to unprecedented demand and limited space at our conference hotel for the Conferences, we were forced to end Conference Registrations for those attending live in San Francisco. It’s sold out! But note in the alternative, you can still attend by video webcast. You automatically get to attend both Conferences for the price of one: Register now.

Rep. Barney Frank’s Discussion Draft: “Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009”

As I’ve been covering in this blog over the past week, Congress is moving ahead with its regulatory reform efforts for the markets. Below is a summary of this Sullivan & Cromwell memo:

On October 27, U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank released a discussion draft of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, a legislative proposal for reform of the regulation of the financial services industry. The proposed legislation would, among other things, create a framework for regulation of systemically important financial firms and activities; provide an alternative resolution regime for systemically important financial firms; merge the Office of Thrift Supervision into the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, retaining the federal thrift charter; reform in several significant respects the regulation of insured depository institutions and their holding companies; and impose certain asset retention requirements on originators and securitizers of asset-backed securities.

More on our “Proxy Season Blog”

With the proxy season now looming in many of our minds, we are posting new items regularly again on our “Proxy Season Blog” for TheCorporateCounsel.net members. Members can sign up to get that blog pushed out to them via email whenever there is a new entry by simply inputting their email address on the left side of that blog. Here are some of the latest entries:

– Europe: Shareholders Increasingly Exercise Votes
– Postseason Review: Withhold Votes
– Analysis: Online Annual Reports
– Reminder: “Independence” Ain’t What it Used to Be!
– Will the Sky Fall if Union Representatives Sit on Boards?
– Time Warner Explains Consultant Selection

– Broc Romanek