CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler and SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter to Present Keynote Addresses at Practising Law Institute's 42nd Annual Institute on Securities Regulation

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Aug 03, 2010, 05:00 ET

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Practising Law Institute (PLI), the nation's largest not-for-profit producer of continuing legal education, announced today that Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Hon. Elisse B. Walter, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will give Keynote Addresses at PLI's 42nd Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, November 10-12, 2010, in New York City.

PLI's Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, a three-day event held each November, is the leading conference, as well as one of the longest running, in the securities law field, drawing over 1,000 securities law practitioners. Co-Chaired this year by Steven E. Bochner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Stanley Keller, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, and Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, the conference will bring together the top experts from private practice, investment banks, accounting firms, the judiciary, academia, and the government to analyze and discuss the current state of securities, financial regulation, and corporate law and practice, including the far-reaching and significant implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Commissioner Walter will open the first day of the Institute with a Keynote Address on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., and Chairman Gensler will open the second day of the Institute with a Keynote Address on Thursday, November 11, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

For more information on the program topics and faculty, or to register for the live program or simultaneous Webcast, visit PLI's program website, www.pli.edu, or call PLI's Customer Relations Department at (800) 260-4754. To arrange for group viewing of the Webcast in your conference room, please contact the Groupcasts Department via email at [email protected].

About Practising Law Institute:

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is a non-profit continuing legal education organization chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, founded in 1933. PLI is dedicated to providing the legal community and allied professionals with the most up-to-date, relevant information and techniques critical to the development of a professional, competitive edge. We achieve these goals through the highest quality seminars held annually in locations across the United States, regularly supplemented treatises, audio CDs and DVDs, MP3s, live Webcasts, Course Handbooks, CLE Now web programs and private label solutions, all with the guidance of practice specific Advisory Committees. PLI is headquartered in New York City and also maintains offices in California.