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				<img width="235" height="157" alt="sclaesOfJusticeDark235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/sclaesOfJusticeDark235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">Widener Law’s <a href="/Academics/Institutes/InstituteofDelawareCorporateandBusinessLaw.aspx">Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law</a> and the Ruby R. Vale Foundation will sponsor a special Masters Class Series on Whistleblowing beginning on Tuesday, January 8th.<br><br>There will be a total of seven classes running on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday afternoons from 4:20 until 6:10 p.m between January and April</span>. Taught by instructors with extensive professional experience, the classes will look at a variety of issues including attorney professional responsibility, <span style="font-style: italic;">qui tam</span> actions, whistleblowing and corporate criminal liability, and regulatory whistleblowing programs.<br><br>CLE credits are available, with Delaware attorneys eligible to receive 1.8 CLE credits and Pennsylvania attorneys eligible for 1.5. The February 5th session will yield 1.8 enhanced ethics CLE credits in Delaware and 1.5 ethics CLE credits in Pennsylvania.<br><br>The registration fee is $100 per class or $600 for the entire series of seven classes. Find out more about the program or register by downloading the brochure and registration form, <a href="%7E/media/Files/cle/2013spring/2013WhistleblowingMastersSeries.ashx">available as a pdf</a>.<br><br>The schedule of classes is as follows:<br></span>
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				<span style="font-weight: bold;">January 8, 2013</span>
				<br>Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Jordan A. Thomas, Esquire<br>Labaton &amp; Sucharow, Partner (New York, NY),<br>formerly SEC Di vision of Enforcement<br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">January 22, 2013</span><br>Whistleblowers from Government and Defense<br>Counsel Perspectives<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Virginia A. Gibson, Esquire<br>Hogan Lovells, Partner (Philadelphia, PA)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">February 5, 2013</span><br>Whistleblowing and Lawyer Professional<br>Responsibility<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> The Honorable E. Norman Veasey<br>Former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court<br>(retired), Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges, Partner<br>(Wilmington, DE)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">February 19, 2013</span><br>Qui Tam Actions, Especially in the Pharma Industry<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Shauna B. Itri, Esquire<br>Berger &amp; Montague, Associate (Philadelphia, PA)<br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 19, 2013</span><br>U.S. Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base<br>Investigation<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Shirine Moazed, Esquire<br>Field Office Chief, U.S. Office of Special Counsel,<br>Investigation and Prosecution Division<br>(Washington, DC)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">April 9, 2013</span><br>Interaction of Whistleblowing and Internal<br>Corporate Reporting and Compliance Systems<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Thomas L. Sager, Esquire<br>General Counsel, E. I. du Pont de Nemours<br>(Wilmington, DE)<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">April 23, 2013</span><br>Wrap-Up/Overview<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Speaker:</span> Kathleen Clark, Esquire<br>Washington University Law School, Professor<br>(St. Louis, MO)<br></span>
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