***UPDATE*** Materials from the presentation are now available here.

2012 Tax, Accounting & Legal Update Planned
MMM Attorneys to Cover Critical Tech Business Issues

Atlanta (January 2012)- Technology attorneys from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP will shed light on critical issues in the rapidly-changing business landscape at an upcoming Technology Executives Roundtable program. The annual “Accounting, Tax and Legal Update: What Every Technology Company Needs to Know” breakfast event is set for on Jan. 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. at the City Club of Buckhead on the 18th floor of the Atlanta Financial Center.

This event is one of the most important gatherings of the year for technology leaders, as it looks ahead to changes in dozens of issues, including:
• Software revenue recognition
• Healthcare and employment legislation
• The Venture Capital, Private Equity and IPO markets
• Patent issues, including the new Patent Reform Act
• Employment non-compete clauses and the GA Restrictive Covenants Act
• Litigation hot spots
• New regulations impacting confidential data and trade secrets
• Nontaxable sales of stock
• Responding to a customer bankruptcy

David Calhoun, a partner in the Corporate Technology Group of Morris, Manning & Martin, will serve as the moderator. Scott Allen and Chris Maxwell, also of Morris, Manning, will serve on the panel, along with Wayne Reid and Seth McDaniel of accounting firm Frazier & Deeter, LLC.

Reservations are required and subject to membership/visitor requirements. To reserve a space, contact Cindra Vaden at (770) 984-9070 or cindra@bellsouth.net.

About the Technology Executives Roundtable
TER provides CEOs, CFOs and general managers a forum to share, challenge and test their ideas through candid discussions about complex issues. Executive membership is limited to the senior executive officer and senior financial officer of technology companies that either have a minimum of ten full-time employees or have secured at least $1 million in institutional VC funding. For more information, visit www.ter-atlanta.com.

About Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Morris, Manning & Martin (www.mmmlaw.com) is a full-service law firm with national and international reach. We dedicate ourselves to the constant pursuit of our clients’ success. To provide our clients with optimal value, we combine market-leading legal services with a total understanding of their needs to maximize effectiveness, efficiency and opportunity. MMM enjoys national prominence for its real estate, litigation, technology, healthcare, intellectual property, capital markets, environmental, green industry, insurance, mergers & acquisitions and timberland & forest products practices. MMM has offices in Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Savannah, Taipei, Beijing and Washington, D.C. and now an alliance with FGCN in São Paulo, Brazil.
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