8:30am  Opening Remarks by the Chair.

8:35am  Reports of Subcommittees.  Panelists: Bradley L. Williams, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN; Charles P. Rettig, Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez, Beverly Hills, CA; Caroline D. Ciraolo, Rosenberg Martin Funk Greenberg, Baltimore, MD; Scott L. Fenstermaker, New York, NY; James N. Mastracchio, Morgan Lewis, Washington, DC; John Colvin, Chicoine & Hallett, Seattle, WA; Bruce Zagaris, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC; Josh Ungerman, Meadows Owens Collier Reed Cousins & Blau, Dallas, TX.

9:00am   ABA Taxation Section and Committee Website Demo.  Panelist: Scott Shimick, Thomson West, Rochester, NY.

9:10am   A Report from the Tax Division.  Moderator: Bryan Skarlatos, Kostelanetz & Fink, New York, NY. Panelist: Dana Boente, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC. 

9:30am  Promoter Penalties and Procedures –A Primer.  A review of civil and criminal penalties available for sanctioning promoters and practitioners, along with a discussion of applicable procedures for assessing and contesting such penalties.  Moderator: Josh Ungerman, Meadows Owens Collier Reed Cousins & Blau, Dallas, TX;  Panelists: John Colvin, Chicoine & Hallett, Seattle, WA; Brian McManus, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC.

10:00am    Handling the Promoter Penalty Investigation.  Panelists will discuss issues arising in the current wave of promoter investigations (some 250-plus in process) including information gathering, use of summonses, avoiding “obstruction” allegations, calculating penalty exposure, use of injunctions, assessing business risks, negotiating settlements, public statements, litigating liability and more. Moderator: Paula Junghans, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Carey US, Washington, DC. Panelists: Darrell Hallett, Chicoine & Hallett, Seattle, WA; TBA.

10:45am   The Sword of Damocles –Trends in Corporate Criminal Tax Cases.  As a follow-up to a 2004 program in Boston, panelists will discuss new developments in corporate criminal tax investigations, including issues arising from deferred prosecution dispositions, institutional factual admissions, corporate press releases, collateral civil disputes (tax and non-tax), civil penalties, and the respective roles of the IRS, Tax Division and U.S. Attorneys in such cases. Moderator:  Scott Michel, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC. Panelists: Dana Boente, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division , Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Steven R. Toscher, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez PC, Beverly Hills, CA. .