Distinguished Lawyers at Leading Law Firms to Discuss Securities Litigation on November 29-December 1 at Affinia Manhattan in New York, NY

25 October 2006

On November 29-December 1 at the Affinia Manhattan, prominent lawyers from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, Paul Weiss Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison LLP, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Lowenstein Sandler PC and DLA Piper LLP will come together to discuss a variety of pressing legal issues in regards to securities litigation at the IQPC Securities Litigation conference at the Affinia Manhattan.

The in-depth sessions and interactive workshops will cover critical and timely topics such as Backdating Litigation and Investigations, NASD Enforcement and Investigations, Parallel Proceedings, Settlement Strategies and Mediation Techniques, and NYSE Regulation and Enforcement Updates. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from three members of the SEC as well as from US Attorneys from the Northern District of California and Southern District of New York who will provide their perspectives on a series of criminal enforcement issues, while a session led by US Attorney Kevin Ryan will discuss the Options Backdating Taskforce.

In addition, the IQPC conference will bring together regulatory, enforcement, corporate and outside counsel leaders; among the groups represented will be global economic consultants, senior officials from leading regulatory agencies, heads of compliance and litigation from the world's leading financial institutions and leading litigators from prominent law firms including: the NASD, NYSE, SEC, Credit Suisse Securities, UBS Financial Services, Deutsche Bank, Wachovia Securities, Morgan Stanley, Marsh McLennan Companies, CitiGroup Global Markets, and NERA Economic Consulting.

Some of the discussions will include:

* Cutting edge developments in damage calculations Post DURA

* SEC and NASD enforcement initiatives

* Trends in settlements, mediation techniques, negotiating and valuing

* NYSE Enforcement matters issued on stock loans, fee-based accounts,

proxy, mutual fund market timing, Reg SHO, email retention and sales

practice misconduct.

In addition, the two interactive pre-conference workshops will provide additional comprehensive discussions. The first workshop will cover how to manage NYSE examinations led by senior managers at the NYSE and the second will cover how to defend your client in SEC investigations.

For more information, please contact Jill Fridley at Jill.Fridley@iqpc.com or 646-502-3234 and for marketing opportunities and partnerships, please contact LaToya D. Williams; Marketing Manager at LaToya.Williams@iqpc.com or 212-885-2708.

This conference is organized by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC). To obtain the latest information, contact IQPC at 1-800-882-8684 or visit http://www.iqpc.com/na-10715-001.

Source: prnewswire

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