Ronald L. Kahn, Chair, Tax Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP to Speak at Understanding Ethics for the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Attorney Live Webcast
New York, NY, October 21, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced that Ronald L. Kahn, Partner, Chair, Tax Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Understanding Ethics for the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Attorney Live Webcast.” This event is scheduled on January 20, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET. (For further details, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2011_Benefits_Attorney.html)
Event Synopsis:
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practitioners regularly are presented with several ethical issues especially those relating to conflicts of interest, attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection. Preserving the privilege in today's highly inter-connected and digital working environment presents growing challenges.
The Knowledge Group is assembling a panel of speaker experts and thought leaders to help walk you through the following issues in a two-hour webcast:
-- Introduction
-- Handling the inherent conflict of interest for employee benefits and executive compensation counsel
-- Independent legal counsel provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act
-- The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege
-- Recent cases relating to work product doctrine, particularly in benefit claims and IRS audits
-- Negligent loss of privilege through disclosure
-- E-discovery issues in preserving the privilege
-- Data security issues
-- Recent developments on attorney client privilege and the work product doctrine
-- Threat to work product protection presented by Textron and other recent decisions
-- Up to the minute regulatory updates
About Ronald L. Kahn
Ronald L. Kahn is chair of Ulmer & Berne’s Tax Practice Group. He has more than 30 years legal experience. In addition to taxation, his practice concentration includes employee benefits (including ESOPs), executive compensation, ERISA litigation, employment law, health care law, estate planning and corporate law. Throughout his career, he has advised businesses of all sizes on the design and maintenance of various employee pension and welfare benefit programs. He is named in The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits Law (1995-2012).
Mr. Kahn advises businesses of all sizes with respect to the design and maintenance of various forms of employee pension and welfare benefit programs, including qualified retirement plans [such as pension, profitsharing, 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)], nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, VEBAs and cafeteria plans. He also advises clients with respect to fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction issues under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and has served as an expert witness in litigation involving claims of breaches of fiduciary duties and violations of prohibited transaction rules.
Additionally, Mr. Kahn counsels retirement plan fiduciaries and IRA owners with respect to investment considerations concerning unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) and unrelated debt-financed income (UDFI).
About Ulmer & Berne LLP
Ulmer & Berne, established in 1908, is a full-service law firm with more than 180 attorneys practicing in its Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Chicago offices. Its lawyers represent publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, pharmaceutical companies, family offices, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. The firm has been ranked by general counsel among the top firms for delivering superior client service in The BTI Client Service A-Team 2011: The Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.
About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. Its mission is to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webcasts that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format.
The organization brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts to study the impact of changes and emerging trends. Hear from leading government officials/regulators, key thought leaders, and industry experts objectively analyze the latest trends and issues and their impact on industries. For further details, please visit the organization’s website: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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Event Synopsis:
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practitioners regularly are presented with several ethical issues especially those relating to conflicts of interest, attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection. Preserving the privilege in today's highly inter-connected and digital working environment presents growing challenges.
The Knowledge Group is assembling a panel of speaker experts and thought leaders to help walk you through the following issues in a two-hour webcast:
-- Introduction
-- Handling the inherent conflict of interest for employee benefits and executive compensation counsel
-- Independent legal counsel provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act
-- The fiduciary exception to attorney-client privilege
-- Recent cases relating to work product doctrine, particularly in benefit claims and IRS audits
-- Negligent loss of privilege through disclosure
-- E-discovery issues in preserving the privilege
-- Data security issues
-- Recent developments on attorney client privilege and the work product doctrine
-- Threat to work product protection presented by Textron and other recent decisions
-- Up to the minute regulatory updates
About Ronald L. Kahn
Ronald L. Kahn is chair of Ulmer & Berne’s Tax Practice Group. He has more than 30 years legal experience. In addition to taxation, his practice concentration includes employee benefits (including ESOPs), executive compensation, ERISA litigation, employment law, health care law, estate planning and corporate law. Throughout his career, he has advised businesses of all sizes on the design and maintenance of various employee pension and welfare benefit programs. He is named in The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits Law (1995-2012).
Mr. Kahn advises businesses of all sizes with respect to the design and maintenance of various forms of employee pension and welfare benefit programs, including qualified retirement plans [such as pension, profitsharing, 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)], nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, VEBAs and cafeteria plans. He also advises clients with respect to fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction issues under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and has served as an expert witness in litigation involving claims of breaches of fiduciary duties and violations of prohibited transaction rules.
Additionally, Mr. Kahn counsels retirement plan fiduciaries and IRA owners with respect to investment considerations concerning unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) and unrelated debt-financed income (UDFI).
About Ulmer & Berne LLP
Ulmer & Berne, established in 1908, is a full-service law firm with more than 180 attorneys practicing in its Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Chicago offices. Its lawyers represent publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, pharmaceutical companies, family offices, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. The firm has been ranked by general counsel among the top firms for delivering superior client service in The BTI Client Service A-Team 2011: The Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.
About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. Its mission is to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webcasts that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format.
The organization brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts to study the impact of changes and emerging trends. Hear from leading government officials/regulators, key thought leaders, and industry experts objectively analyze the latest trends and issues and their impact on industries. For further details, please visit the organization’s website: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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