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May 18-19, 2006

59th Annual Conference on Labor
Employee Benifits and Executive Compensation

Agenda

Conference Venue
Lipton Hall
D'Agostino Hall
NYU School of Law
108 West Third Street

Thursday, May 18, 2006
8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration; Breakfast Reception
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Prof. Samuel Estreicher (Program Chair, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law & Director of the Center for Labor and Employment Law at NYU School of Law; Of Counsel, Jones Day)
8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Part One. From a Defined Benefit to a Defined Contribution World

Moderator: Ronald H. Shechtman, Esq. (Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn)
Presenters: Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU School of Law)
Robert J. Friedman, Esq. (Holland and Knight); Laurence Gold, Esq. (Bredhoff & Kaiser)
Commentator: Jonathan Ocker, Esq. (Orrick Herrington)
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Part Two. Benefits and Compensation Issues for Multinational Employers

Moderator: Susan P. Serota, Esq, (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)
Presenters: Ali Haffner, Esq. (IBM)
John Solursh, Esq. (Blake Cassels & Graydon)
Commentator: James Klein, Esq. (Deloitte Tax LLP)
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.

Luncheon

Speaker: Hon. Howard M. Radzely, Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Part Three. Multi-Employer Plans

Moderator: TBA

1. The State of Multi-Employer Plans
Presenter: Mark Brossman, Esq. (Schulte Roth & Zabel)
Commentator: Jani K. Rachelson, Esq. (Cohen, Weiss and Simon)

2. Dealing with Withdrawal Liability
Presenter: Neal Schelberg, Esq. (Proskauer)
Commentator: Eugene Friedman, Esq. (Friedman & Wolf)
3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

Part Four: Managing Health Care Costs at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

Moderator: Frances Milberg, Esq. (The Segal Company)
Presenters: David Reilly, Esq. (Medco)
Jay Sumner, Esq. (Ford & Harrison)
Commentator: Dr. Stephen R. Sleigh (International Association of Machinists)
4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Part Five. “Stock Drop” Litigation and Preemption Issues

Moderator: Darnley D. Stewart, Esq. (Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann)
Presenters: James P. Baker, Esq. (Jones Day)
Karen Wahle, Esq. (O’Melveny & Myers)
Commentator: Mary Ellen Signorille, Esq. (AARP)
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception

Location: 14th Floor Terrace, D’Agostino Hall, NYU School of Law, 108 West Third Street
Friday, May 19, 2006
  Overall Moderator: Professor Susan J. Stabile (St. John’s University School of Law)
8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Part Six. Section 409A Regulations and Executive Contracts

Moderator: Elizabeth Millard, Esq. (Credit Suisse)
Presenters: Howard Pianko, Esq. (Epstein Becker)
Commentators: Marc Trevino, Esq. (Sullivan & Cromwell)
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Part Seven. Impact of New Pension Legislation

Moderator: Bruce H. Schwartz, Esq. (Jackson Lewis)
Presenters: Teri Wilford Wood, Esq. (IBM)
Rhona S. Lyons, Esq. (Schuchat, Cook & Werner)
Commentator: Kevin Covert, Esq. (Honeywell)
12:00 p.m-1:15 p.m. Luncheon: Steven Greenhouse, Esq. (New York Times)
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Part Eight. Ethical Issues for In-House Employment and Transactional Lawyers

Presenter: Dennis Duffy, Esq. (Time Warner)
Commentator: John G. Ferreira, Esq. (Morgan Lewis)

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