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Litigation

Recorded on: Jun. 30, 2011

PETER M. BEATTIE: Good morning. My name is Peter Beattie and I'm a program attorney at the Practising Law Institute. It's my pleasure to welcome you to today's program. We have a quick announcement. You can visit the bookstore any time today and receive a 35% discount on today's featured book, The Corporate Compliance Answer Book. And now it's my pleasure to introduce to the chair of today's program, Evan Stewart. Evan handles litigation matters ...

Recorded on: Jul. 14, 2011

PETER M. BEATTIE: Good morning. My name is Peter Beattie and I'm a program attorney at the Practising Law Institute. It's my pleasure to welcome you to today's program. We have a quick announcement. You can visit the bookstore any time today and receive a 35% discount on today's featured book, The Corporate Compliance Answer Book. And now it's my pleasure to introduce to the chair of today's program, Evan Stewart. Evan handles litigation matters ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

PETER BEATTIE: Now it's my pleasure to introduce to you the chair of today's program and the faculty members. Evan Stewart handles litigation matters on behalf of domestic and international clients before the US Supreme Court, the Judicial Panel on Multi-district Litigation, as well as federal and state appellate and trial courts. He has substantial experience in the financial services industry, serving for 12 years as the executive vice president, ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 19, 2013

SPEAKER 1: Our next panel is evidence for social media. So this is a little bit of a different angle than we were talking about with the first panelists. And one of the panelists will be my partner, Francesca Morris. Francesca is a partner at Holland & Knight. Her practices include litigation and dispute resolution, international litigation and arbitration, bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors rights. She advises and represents foreign and ...

From the program: Expanding Your Practice Using Limited Scope Representation 2012

Released on: May. 2, 2012

This program will provide an introduction to the rapidly changing practice of limited scope representation (often called “unbundling”) in a family law context, including all of the fee agreements, forms and other materials you will need to practice limited scope representation competently, safely and profitably.Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:05:29] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Program ...

Recorded on: Jan. 11, 2011

SCOTT MCKEOWN: I'd like to introduce the first speaker who will speak on ex parte patent reexamination and patent reissue. The first speaker is Todd Baker, my partner at Oblon, Spivak. I should know Todd's background pretty well, but I'm going to read it anyway. Todd is also an attorney in our patent reexamine reissue group. Todd handles, much like myself, post grant proceedings handled at the PTO, unlike me he is also a specialist in interference ...

Recorded on: May. 14, 2012

RANDI SINGER: OK, we're going to get started again. A couple of quick announcements. For those in the room, the slides for all three panelists this afternoon should be outside. If you want the slides from any of the panels this morning if you're interested, just go ahead and shoot me an email. My email is easy. It's randi.singer@weil.com. It's in the book. If you shoot me an email, I can get you slides for any of the presentations this morning. This ...

Recorded on: Mar. 13, 2013

SPEAKER 1: Well, thank you everyone for coming back. We hope you enjoyed the morning session. And we're going to shift gears a little bit in the afternoon session. And whereas in the morning, we talked about preparing and defending fact witnesses, this afternoon we're starting off with a panel on expert depositions. And we have three terrific panelists for that. Carla Mulhern actually is an expert witness. And she's an economist at Analysis Group. ...

From the program: Expert Witness 2013

Released on: Jul. 11, 2013

For many attorneys, searching for, retaining, and using expert witnesses can be a daunting experience. Don’t miss out on the critical benefits conferred by the effective use of expert witnesses in complex litigation. Our faculty of experienced litigators and expert witnesses will demystify the challenges of selecting, preparing, and using experts. You will come away with practical tools to handle the myriad of issues involved with expert witness preparation ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

KENNETH SCHACTER: Welcome back, everyone. We are now going to move to what will be definitely the most entertaining part of our program, and probably the most informative. We're going to see a little bit of a mock examination, both direct and cross-examination of an expert witness. And we've got a really outstanding panel to present this to you, starting with the least enviable position, which is the expert who is going to be examined. This is David ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

Taken from the briefing Fashion Law - The Global Challenge recorded December, 2012. The fashion and retail industries face significant and distinctive challenges.  These companies operate in a global marketplace characterized by shifting consumer preferences, rapid technological advances and omnichannel purchasing options.  This program will discuss the dominant trends in the fashion and retail industries and how those ...

From the program: Whistleblowers and the False Claims Act 2012: What You Need to Know

Released on: Nov. 28, 2012

Companies doing business with all levels of government face increasing exposure under federal and state False Claims Acts (FCAs).  Company whistleblowers are filing record numbers of new FCA cases, and the U.S. Department of Justice and state Attorney Generals are ramping-up fraud investigations and prosecutions nationwide.  Taught by a panel of experienced FCA practitioners including prosecutors, whistleblowers' counsel, defense counsel ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: Want to shift now to our second panel. And this focuses on the First Amendment. As I understand it, Mike, you're going to do the speech cases, and Marci's going to do the religion case. MICHAEL C. DORF: OK, so there are three speech cases that I'm going to talk about at some length, and then I'll say a couple of words each about two other cases. So the three major cases I'm going to focus on are United States against Alvarez, a ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2012

PHILIP BERKOWITZ: Our panel is going to be, as I mentioned earlier, on foreign companies doing business in the United States, special challenges facing them. And we do have, I think, a great panel. And to my right, I'm just going to introduce everyone, is a good friend and a terrific lawyer, Wendi Lazar. Wendi is a partner and co-chair of the executives in professional practice group at Outten and Golden. Here in New York, she is very well known ...

Recorded on: Jun. 11, 2013

PHILIP M. BERKOWITZ: OK. We're going to move right into our next panel. And let me make the introductions, please. There are fewer panelists on this one, but I think you'll agree that there's much more brainpower, frankly, on this panel than the last one. I think they've all left. Let me make the quick introductions, please. I'd like to start. To my immediate right is Don Dowling. Don Dowling is really a legend in this field. I've known him for ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

KATHERINE L. HENDERSON: Welcome back everyone. I hope you had a good lunch. I have the privilege of introducing our next panelist. And I'm sure most of you in the room and at home already know who he is. But I will give you some of the highlights of his impressive background. Professor Grundfest is the William A. Franke professor of law and business at Stanford Law School. And he's Senior Faculty at the Rock Center on Corporate Governance also at ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Trends in Merger Litigation 2013: Corporate, Litigation, and Judicial Perspectives Recorded March, 2013 in San Francisco Forum Selection Provisions and their Impact on Merger Litigation [01:01:10] More than 300 publicly traded entities, including many well-known firms such as Berkshire Hathaway, Chevron, and Fedex, have adopted intra-corporate forum selection provisions. The validity of these provisions is currently ...

Released on: Aug. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Fracking: Drilling Down on the Latest Regulatory, Research and Litigation Developments 2013 recorded July, 2013.Viewed by many as the key to our nation’s energy independence, expanded hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the United States has raised concerns from some about potentially adverse environmental, health, and safety impacts. These concerns have generated a considerable amount of publicity and media coverage ...

Recorded on: May. 21, 2012

KAREN KINCAID BALMER: OK. Our first session today I have the privilege of presenting. I was supposed to co-speak with Lisa Smith from BST. It's probably on your schedule. Lisa's unable to be here today, so I will be doing the entire presentation. Jorge is going to interject from time to time. Let's get started. We're going to start with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, International Financial Reporting Standards, and Generally Accepted Auditing ...

Recorded on: Aug. 10, 2012

AMY TAUB: Thank you. Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Gender in the Workplace, Dealing With Complex and Cutting-Edge Issues. 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 access to materials for this briefing via ...

Recorded on: Sep. 21, 2012

KATIE DANIELSON: So to be clear, today's training is a courtroom skills training. So we're going to get to that. And that's kind of a practical matter, that extends throughout all different kinds of Pro Bono Litigation. In order to provide some context and background that was familiar to me and to a lot of us, we're going to do that in an Unlawful Detainer context, to a certain extent. Because that's a litigation opportunity that is kind of exciting, ...

From the program: Writing for Litigators 2013

Released on: Jul. 23, 2013

Do you feel compelled to include phrases like “wherefore,” “heretofore,” and “albeit” in your writing? What actually is good legal writing? This program will teach you the secrets of successful legal writing, whether you are writing for judges, partners, or clients.Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:56:27]Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction* [00:01:07]Hon. Gerald Lebovits Getting ...

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

Released on: Apr. 18, 2013

Organizations create and store a growing volume of information on a daily basis. That information is used in all facets of an organization’s business. When government regulators seek access to that information, many questions can arise. Exactly what information might the government seek? What limits, if any, are there on the government’s request for electronically stored information? How might electronic information be reviewed prior to production ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2013

Taken from the briefing Hotel Management Agreements: The Owner - Operator Relationship recorded June, 2013.Balancing the economic and legal interests of hotel owners and hotel operators in the best of economic times is challenging. Striking the right balance has become even more challenging in the choppy global economic environment of recent years. Consequently, negotiations of long-term hotel management agreements have become more complex ...