Litigation

Pre-Trial

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY A. ADLER: OK, if we can return to our seats, we're going to continue now with our Annual Update of In-house Counsel's Guide to E-Discovery-- Everything You Need to Know. Our panelists for this panel are John Rosenthal and Steve Bennett. John is a litigation partner in Winston & Strawn's Washington, DC, office who represents clients across the globe in complex antitrust and litigation matters. John is chair of the firm's e-discovery and information ...

From the program: Electronic Discovery Guidance 2012: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know

Released on: Oct. 8, 2012

New questions constantly arise about how to effectively and fairly handle the potentially overwhelming demands and costs of e-discovery in litigation. This program will provide an overview of the development of e-discovery law and a look to where that law is heading. An outstanding faculty of experienced lawyers, judges, and e-discovery professionals will provide an inside look at the current state of e-discovery, give tips for avoiding pitfalls litigants ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. If everyone is settled in, or getting settled in, we will launch into our second panel today, which is, OK, we've had the investigation. Or at least we've talked about the issues surrounding investigation, and perhaps a quick, early settlement, if possible, with the SEC. But what about the civil actions? Our fact patterns suggest that we're going to have a lot of civil actions going on, including multiple securities class actions ...

Recorded on: May. 1, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Handling a Securities Case 2013: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between Recorded April, 2013 in New YorkCommencement of a Civil Action: Filing the Complaint, Preparing the Motion to Dismiss, Coordinating Multiple Actions [01:05:55] The plaintiffs’ perspective: investigating the claim and filing the complaint The defendants’ perspective: analyzing the potential motion to dismiss Recent developments in ...

Course Handbook from the program Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2012, held February, 2012.

From the program: Pretrial Practice 2012

Released on: Jun. 4, 2012

Pretrial practice in federal civil litigation has undergone tremendous change. As fewer civil cases are tried, the staples of pretrial practice - pleadings, motions to dismiss, discovery, Daubert motions, summary judgment, and settlement - have replaced trials as the focus of litigation. What does the changing nature of pretrial practice in litigation mean for your practice? Our faculty of experienced plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys ...

Published: March 2009
Last Updated: October 2012

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The demands and costs of e-discovery in litigation continue to grow. Nearly every case now involves some sort of e-discovery, and it is essential to know how to effectively and fairly handle the many issues that can arise. Our outstanding faculty of experienced lawyers, judges, and e-discovery professionals will provide an inside look at the current state of e-discovery, give tips for avoiding pitfalls litigants have encountered in the years since ...

Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a Program Attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "ESI, Technology, and the Lawyer-- The Intersection of Competence, Ethics, and Electronically Stored Information." Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have ...

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY A. ADLER: Our presenter on ethics is David Lender. David is a partner in the New York office of Weil, Gotshal, where he specializes in complex commercial litigation. David is co-chair of the firm's litigation department and also head of the firm's e-discovery task force. David is a frequent author and lecturer on electronic discovery issues and has authored leading treatises on the subject of e-discovery. And I just have to add that I asked ...

From the program: Expert Witness 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Expert Witness 2012 recorded June, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [00:58:37] Taking and Defending Expert Depositions  [00:58:37] Mastering witness preparation Taking expert depositions, including assistance from your expert in deposing the opposing expert Defending expert depositions The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available ...

Published: February 2012

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From the program: Government Investigations 2013: The Role of Electronic Information in Investigation and Response

Recorded on: Apr. 5, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Government Investigations 2013: The Role of Electronic Information in Investigation and Response recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [02:00:25]Responding to Government Requests for ESI: Providing Information, Handling the Investigation, and Ending the Case  [02:00:25] Preservation: When is the duty to preserve triggered? Negotiation: How to approach the government and see if there is room for ...

Course Handbook from the program Handling a Securities Case 2012: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between, held April, 2012.

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY ALDER: Just seconding what Laurie said, the evaluations are extremely helpful to us in trying to figure out what we should do differently or similarly in future years. So thank you for that. And thank you in advance for your patience in staying through the day. I know there will be a little bit of an anxious to get out the door once we finish so let me thank you in advance now. Although I'll do it again when we finish this panel. And I think ...

From the program: International Litigation 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program International Litigation 2012 Recorded June 2012 in New York City Lecture Topics International Litigators Toolbox No. 1: When U.S. Discovery Rules Clash With Foreign Law (Including a Mock Argument Before District Court Judges) [01:13:21] Foreign privacy and confidentiality laws and regulations Foreign blocking statutes Strategies, doctrines and devices The purchase price of this Web ...

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012

GARY ADLER: Good morning. We're going to continue. Thank you all for listening to me and coming back. You should all come to my depositions and say that to the lawyers on the other side and the deponents who wander off into the hall and don't come back. We're going to continue now-- Litigation Continues-- Nuts and Bolts of Preservation and Document Review. Our panelists are Ashish Prasad, Jeff Fowler, and Peggy Stulberg. Ashish is chief executive ...

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This program will acquaint you with the basics of e-discovery law and practice. E-discovery permeates nearly every facet of litigation today, and attorneys tasked with meeting today’s complicated e-discovery requirements must recognize the nuances and technicalities involved. Join our faculty of experienced e-discovery practitioners to gain the tools and strategies to efficiently and competently navigate the e-discovery landscape.

Course Handbook from the program Pretrial Practice 2013, held May, 2013.

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: Panel, yes. So we've talked about the investigation, the government regulatory aspect, which is often how a securities case starts. We've talked about the drafting of the complaint, the filing of the complaint, the likely motion to dismiss the Complaint. And lo and behold, we can all assume that the Medicines R Us case was not thrown out on a motion to dismiss. And so it's going to continue as a civil securities case, likely ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

RICHARD S. TAFFET: Thank you Ken. And good morning everybody. I'm glad you all got up as I did this morning. And please forgive me if I drone on a little bit out of fatigue. I did go to the Red Sox game yesterday and they won unfortunately, so that's the bad news I have to deliver this morning. But what I'm going to try to do this morning is give an overview-- after I give my Bingham advertisement-- give an overview of the federal rules. I will say ...

Recorded on: Apr. 27, 2012

LYLE ROBERTS: Great. We are back. And thanks, everybody, for coming back in. And this panel will now be on seeking resolution, strategies in mediation and settlement. And as you know, through the morning, we kind of took you through the case from investigation, to filing of a civil action, to some of the litigating of the civil action. And an important piece, especially in a securities class action, is the potential for settlement. And so this panel ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

KENNETH SCHACTER: We're going to proceed to the next panel without a break, although obviously you're welcome to take a rest break if you need it. OK. So let me quickly introduce our panel members. To my right is Jessie Beeber who is a partner at the New York firm of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein, & Selz, which is one of the leading media and advertising law firms in New York. Jessie does a lot of media, advertising, litigation, Lanham Act cases, and ...

Released on: Nov. 28, 2012

Taken from the briefing Technology-Assisted Review: Evolving Case Law and Practice recorded November, 2012. Technology-assisted review - also known as “computer-assisted review” or “predictive coding” - uses computer “machine learning” algorithms to dramatically reduce the amount of human effort necessary to sift through massive volumes of electronic information for responsive documents.  ...