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Recorded on: May. 1, 2013

JONATHAN K. YOUNGWOOD: --panel of the day is not on a specific part of the case, as the prior panels have all been. It's a panel that's going to focus on an ethical issues that really surround each of the topics that we've talked about today. And you actually may see that some of the things we discuss have in some way or another been discussed by earlier panels. But we're going to try and take a different angle on them. We're going to really focus ...

Recorded on: Feb. 24, 2011

JOHN M. WHITE: This is our last speaker of the day. And it's really the hour you've all been waiting for. These past few days, you sat patiently. Here it is. Ethics. That's right. It's the reason you go to any of these programs. It's the critical ethics hour. And it's because, truthfully, you all need it. No, actually, patent attorneys are the most ethical of any group of attorneys. In fact, thery're somewhat boringly ethical. But the reason I asked ...

Recorded on: Mar. 14, 2012

AMY: Now it's my pleasure to turn this briefing over to Carole Basri. CAROLE L. BASRI: Thank you so much Amy. I really appreciate you're having this webcast. I think it's very important issue and I'm thrilled that we have John S. Jenkins, Jr., Vice President and Corporate Secretary and International General Counsel of Tyco International with us today. I think that ethics has become an important part, not only of the practice of law, but also of ...

Recorded on: Aug. 27, 2013

JANET SIEGEL: And now it's my pleasure to introduce to you the chair of this afternoon's program, David Lewis. David Lewis is a partner in the firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, and he's also the chair of the New York City Bar Association's professional responsibility committee. Mr. Lewis advises individual lawyers and law firms on all aspects of professional ethics and risk management. He serves as go-to outside ethics counsel for a diverse range ...

From the program: Ethics and Technology: New Challenges for the 21st Century Practitioner

Released on: Aug. 27, 2013

Using the latest technology to communicate with clients, the court, and the public is often a necessary part of a lawyer’s job. Using these tools properly is critical particularly when it involves the risk of an inadvertent disclosure of client confidential information. The stakes are raised even higher when relying on an Internet that does not fit within our traditional notions of jurisdictional limitations. The next generation of Internet communications ...

Recorded on: Jun. 27, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2013 Recorded June, 2013 in New YorkEthics for Commercial Litigators [01:58:02] New developments in confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney work-product doctrine Recent developments impacting the "no-contact" rules and lawyer "dissemblance" Dangers to lawyers in the heightened regulatory environment Whistle-blower remedies for lawyers The purchase price of ...

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: 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. ...

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: Jun. 28, 2013

KENNETH I. SCHACTER: OK. So we're going to move on to the second panel. As always, there's a lot to say. So we always find ourselves a little pressed for time because this is such a robust subject. And it's stuff we've all lived through, good and not so good experiences, in some cases. Let me introduce our second panel. Jessie Beeber, who is directly to my right, is a partner at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, an extremely experienced and terrific ...

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: Aug. 8, 2013

ARTURO J GONZALEZ: Good question-- the question that we got is, if plaintiff's counsel calls a defense witness first, can the defense counsel call the same witness in the defendant's case? It's a very good question. And the answer is probably yes, usually yes. But I want to explain to you why it's not just that simple. There's a tactical issue, and there's a practical one. The practical issue is, if the plaintiff is calling a witness that you as ...

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: Jun. 28, 2013

KENNETH SCHACTER: My mike is on. All right. So this is our third panel, and as I said, I think it's going to be especially interesting and entertaining, at least by the standards of lawyers. We have a distinguished group of three litigators, and a very experienced medical expert, a doctor, neurologist, who are going to do a demonstration of effective direct and cross examination of an expert in a courtroom setting. We will see how it's done, and then ...

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 ...