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While social media has matured over the past decade as a marketing platform, it is still very much a legal work in progress. Join Reed Smith partner and ANA General Counsel, Douglas J. Wood, on Tuesday, July 29 at 1:00 p.m. EDT for a complimentary webinar entitled Social Media’s Murky Legal Waters to hear what legal risks lie ahead for marketers operating in the social media space, and how they can work to build powerful creative while keeping those risks within reason.
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Join us on Wednesday, June 25, for the Joint Policy Committee’s New York Town Hall Meeting, hosted by The TEAM Companies. Find out what’s new in 2014, including the following hot topics:

– Resolution of the SAG-AFTRA CBA Issues
– Overview of the Audit Process
– Recent SAG-AFTRA Arbitration
– Ad-ID
– Discussion of the Experimental Waiver for Made Fors
– AFM Update

Register Now! RSVP to Leon Vaught at lvaught@teamservices.net (space is limited)

Date:
Wednesday, June 25th
8:30am – 10:00am: Breakfast & Networking
10:00am – 12:00pm: Stacy Marcus, JPC – NY Town Hall Meeting

Location:
Helen Mills Event Space
135 West 26th Street, Suite 7A
New York, NY 10001…
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Next Tuesday, May 13, the ANA will be providing a complimentary webinar titled Bot Fraud: How to Protect Your Company and Your Brand. Bots — computer-generated, phony visitors to a website that are designed to mimic real traffic and trick advertisers into paying for non-human traffic — are a serious problem for digital marketers, causing damage in terms of CPM, revenue, and reputation. As this problem grows more prolific, it’s imperative to learn how to protect your company and your brand.

To register and learn more, visit the ANA’s Webinars Page at:
http://www.ana.net/webinars/index?st3=140409whiteops

Date and Time:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
1:00 p.m. EDT…
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Join Reed Smith and Marsh for a lively roundtable in Beverly Hills on Thursday, May 29, covering key risks in media and entertainment, including advertising, film and television, and music publishing and performance.

This event is designed as a forum for candid and thought-provoking conversation between peers regarding current issues facing the industry, and is recommended for financial executives, risk managers and in-house counsel.

Date and time:
Thursday, May 29, 2014
3:30 – 4:00 pm Registration & Networking
4:00 – 6:00 pm Program
6:00 – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception

Location:
Beverly Wilshire Hotel (A Four Seasons Hotel)
in the Champagne & Burgundy Rooms
9500 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212…
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This Friday, April 25, Reed Smith will be part of a World IP Day event in New York City titled, Movies a Global Passion, hosted by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Keri S. Bruce will be speaking on a panel to discuss intellectual property in films, alongside David Morrison (Indie Film Clinic) and Neil J. Rosini (Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.). Among the event’s keynote speakers are Michelle Lee, Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Congressman Hakeem Jeffries; and Congresswoman Grace Meng (invited).

The event is FREE and open to the public, and will feature an exhibition by film studios, directors and IP service providers.

RSVP now for this event at tinyurl.com/m8wabct.
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Please join us for a teleseminar this Wednesday, April 23 at 12 Noon ET on what you need to know about the Heartbleed security bug, presented by Khurram Nasir Gore and Timothy J. Nagle of Reed Smith’s Data Privacy, Security, and Management group, and leading internet security company, IID.

Date and Time:
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
12:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. CT / 9:00 a.m. PT

Presenters:
Rod Rasmussen, President and Chief Technology Officer, IID
Khurram Nasir Gore, Reed Smith LLP, New York
Timothy J. Nagle, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, D.C.

About Heartbleed:
On April 7, 2014, the Heartbleed bug came to light as a massive blow to the security of the Internet, and all things connected. The Heartbleed bug is not a virus, but a security vulnerability caused by an error in the software writing of OpenSSL, an open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. Preliminary analyses indicate that up to two-thirds of all web servers were exposed to this security vulnerability. While the first response clearly should be to update all affected corporate systems, corporate counsel and information security officers will also have an opportunity to step back and consider the sufficiency of their incident-response procedures and configuration-management processes.
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Joint Policy Committee’s LA Town Hall Meeting, Hosted by Talent Partners

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th to find out what’s new in 2014, including the following hot topics:

– Resolution of SAG-AFTRA CBA Issues
– Overview of the Audit Process
– Recent SAG-AFTRA Arbitration
– Ad-ID
– Discussion of the Experimental Waiver for Made Fors
– AFM Update

Register by RSVP’ing directly to Michelle Elliott at melliott@talentpartners.com. (Space is limited)

Date:
Tuesday, April 29th
10:00am – 10:30am: Breakfast & Networking
10:30am – 12:00pm: Stacy Marcus, JPC – LA Town Hall Meeting

Location:
JW Marriott Santa Monica Le Merigot
1740 Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401…
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For those of you who were unable to participate or are interested in joining the make up session of the ANA’s complimentary webinar, SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract: Common Myths and Mistakes, presented by Stacy Marcus, here is the information:

Monday, March 31 at 3:00 pm EDT

Access the webinar using this login link:
https://ana.adobeconnect.com/_a986900632/ana-lre-mar14-2/

To access the audio:
Phone number: 866.302.7047
Access code: 5434704902

The information to access the audio will also be displayed once you click the link above. You will be able to access the seminar room up to one-half hour before the session.

Webinar Overview: Covering public service announcements, the P&H cap, and the ever-sticky issue of B-roll, this webinar will illuminate the common legal and regulatory missteps advertisers and agencies make when producing under the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract.

Also, just a reminder that Stacy Marcus will be speaking on the SAG-AFTRA commercials contract at the upcoming ANA Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference, April 23-24 in Washington, D.C.
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Join presenter Stacy Marcus on March 18 at 1:00 p.m. EST for a complimentary webinar hosted by the ANA, titled SAG-AFTRA: Common Industry Mistakes. Covering public service announcements, the P&H cap, and the ever-sticky issue of B-roll, this webinar will illuminate the common legal and regulatory missteps advertisers and agencies make when producing under the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract.
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As part of the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee monthly webinar series, Reed Smith attorneys Stacy K. Marcus and Travis P. Nelson will be leading a discussion tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12, 2014, examining the effect of social media on the consumer finance industry, including how social media can and should be used by the industry and how to apply existing laws to this dynamic and evolving medium.
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