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ERISA Negotiation & Litigation Strategies: Video Seminar with Jeffrey Cohen of Ivins, Phillip & Barker
ExecSense, Jan 2008, Minutes: 40
The goal of this Video Seminar is to provide lawyers with essential information about ERISA negotiation and litigation strategies. The DVD is viewable on any computer or iPod (that supports video) and features 40 minutes of live video with Jeffrey Cohen of Ivins, Phillip & Barker, sharing his knowledge with and experience of the legal strategies associated with ERISA negotiation and litigation. The video seminar provides specific insights on client strategies, analysis of resources and documents and specific strategies for dealing with different types of ERISA situations.
Topics covered in the Video Seminar include:
- Basic issues brought by ERISA litigation
- The steps for ERISA litigation and negotiation strategies
- Negotiation strategies for mergers and acquisitions
- The legal issues in ERISA litigation
- ERISA & The Internal Revenue Code
- Enron case study
Samples of the types of questions answered in the video seminar include:
- What are the most common issues being litigated regarding ERISA?
- What are the enforcement issues for today’s ERISA claims?
- How do you identify client goals and objectives before negotiating the ERISA issues?
- How do you evaluate the different negotiating points? Which become priorities for your client?
- What financial and non-financial analysis is completed before negotiations begin?
- What are the laws regarding ERISA? How have the laws changed? Why?
- What situational features have the greatest impact on the success of your litigation strategy?
- What are the challenges of ERISA litigation? How does your strategy meet these challenges?
About Jeffrey Cohen:
A partner in the Washington office of Ivins, Phillips, & Barker and head of the firms employee benefits litigation practice group, Mr. Cohen has over 25 years of ERISA litigation experience. He has extensive experience litigating ERISA issues at all levels in the federal court system, and is a nationally recognized expert on employee benefits issues in bankruptcy. Immediately before joining the firm, Mr. Cohen was Chief Counsel of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that insures traditional, private pensions plans. In that capacity, he directed the work of 50 attorneys and served as lead counsel for the agency in major bankruptcy proceedings and ERISA litigation. In March 2006, The American Lawyer named him as a Dealmaker of the Year for 2005 for his work on behalf of PBGC in the United Airlines bankruptcy and other major bankruptcy cases. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on ERISA, bankruptcy, and ERISA litigation. Mr. Cohen is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and is co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institutes Pensions and Benefits Committee. Before joining PBGC, Mr. Cohen was a partner in a Washington, DC law firm specializing in ERISA litigation and counseling. Mr. Cohen is a member of the District of Columbia, New York, and Virginia bars, as well as numerous federal district courts and courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
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