Adam Hakki (New York-Litigation), Global Co-Managing Partner of Shearman & Sterling and Global Head of the firm’s Litigation Group, was a faculty member at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Compliance and Legal Society Annual Seminar held on March 18-21 in Orlando, Florida. The faculty at the seminar included prominent litigators, government regulators and in-house litigation personnel at major financial institutions.

Adam spoke on a panel titled “Litigation Update: Major Civil Cases,” which was moderated by James Mangan, Managing Director & Counsel at Morgan Stanley. Adam’s co-panelists included Brad Karp, Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Jay Kasner, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and Maeve O’Connor, partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.

The panel included a discussion of:

• The Wait for Cyan – Implications and Practical Considerations
• Item 303 of Reg S-K: Leidos and the Unresolved Split
• CalPERS, Statutes of Limitation, and Statutes of Repose
• The Legacy of Omnicare and Expansion Into Antifraud Statutes
• Morrison and Its Progeny
• The Continuing Impact of Halliburton and Recent Second Circuit Decisions
• Loss Causation: Yelp! and Community Health
• Financial Institution Antitrust Cases: Manipulation and Boycott Theories