Supreme Court October Term 2009: What Is In Store? 10-1-09 – Part 9

October 5th marks the first day of the 2009 Supreme Court term. Thus far the Court’s docket includes major cases concerning the First Amendment, the separation of powers, civil procedure, criminal law, intellectual property, mutual fund advisers’ fees, takings, and more. Notable cases include Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which concerns whether a major provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is consistent with the principle of separation of powers; Graham v. Florida, which concerns the constitutionality of life without parole for juvenile criminals; United States v. Stevens, which concerns the constitutionality of a federal law criminalizing certain videos and other depictions of animal cruelty; and Jones v. Harris, which asks whether a shareholder may challenge a mutual fund investment adviser’s fee as excessive under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Court is also sure to add other significant cases when it meets for its opening conference on September 29. In addition to discussing these cases and others, the panelists will discuss Citizens United v. FEC, the case from last term involving the constitutionality of mccain-Feingold that was re-argued on September 9. Finally, the panelists will discuss the general direction of the Court, including the effect of the departure of Justice Souter and the addition of Justice Sotomayor. Featuring: Hon. Walter E. Dellinger III, of omelveny & Myers; Prof. Orin S. Kerr of The George Washington …

Part 2: Advanced AES

In part 2 of 3, Patrick Townsend, CEO of Patrick Townsend Security Solutions, discusses AES developer advanced topics.

Part 2: Intro to AES Encryption

In part 2 of 5, Patrick Townsend, CEO of Patrick Townsend Security Solutions, discusses AES Encryption, why it is important, and where to get it.

Regulation part of NVCA plan to restore liquidity

Regulatory review is one of four key recommendations made Wednesday by the National Venture Capital Association at its annual meeting in Boston. In Part 2 of The Deal’s Behind the Money video conversation with NVCA president Mark Heesen, we talk about the regulatory climate for VC. “The last decade has been characterized by a series of broad sweeping regulations aimed at curbing serious abuses within the financial system but fraught with unintended consequences for small pre-public and public companies,” says Heesen, pointing to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Global Settlement to Regulation Fair Disclosure of 2000 as the chief culprits. “The NVCA strongly supports regulation and protecting investors where necessary but does not support a ‘one-size-fits-all’ regulatory approach,” Heesen says. After months of soliciting input from leaders in all aspects of technology dealmaking, the NVCA outlined remedies for addressing the capital markets crisis for US venture-backed companies. The proposals ask venture capitalists, investment banks, accounting firms, law firms, stock exchanges and the federal government to consider a variety of steps, including new ways to link buyers and sellers of private company stock, using a wider variety of service providers including investment banks and accounting firms, and pushing for tax policies that could boost VC investment. (Pipeline subscribers can learn more about the nvca’s recommendations here.) Watch the video below or download it from itunes. Click here for Part 1 of our video conversation with NVCA president Mark Heesen, when he talks about the lack of exits for venture-backed companies

Supreme Court October Term 2009: What Is In Store? 10-1-09 – Part 6

October 5th marks the first day of the 2009 Supreme Court term. Thus far the Court’s docket includes major cases concerning the First Amendment, the separation of powers, civil procedure, criminal law, intellectual property, mutual fund advisers’ fees, takings, and more. Notable cases include Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which concerns whether a major provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is consistent with the principle of separation of powers; Graham v. Florida, which concerns the constitutionality of life without parole for juvenile criminals; United States v. Stevens, which concerns the constitutionality of a federal law criminalizing certain videos and other depictions of animal cruelty; and Jones v. Harris, which asks whether a shareholder may challenge a mutual fund investment adviser’s fee as excessive under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Court is also sure to add other significant cases when it meets for its opening conference on September 29. In addition to discussing these cases and others, the panelists will discuss Citizens United v. FEC, the case from last term involving the constitutionality of mccain-Feingold that was re-argued on September 9. Finally, the panelists will discuss the general direction of the Court, including the effect of the departure of Justice Souter and the addition of Justice Sotomayor. Featuring: Hon. Walter E. Dellinger III, of omelveny & Myers; Prof. Orin S. Kerr of The George Washington University Law School; Ms. Cleta Mitchell of Foley & Lardner; Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz of the Georgetown University Law Center; Mr. Gene C. Schaerr of Winston & Strawn; and Mr. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post as the moderator. Part 6 of 11

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