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Recorded on: Aug. 3, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome to today's briefing, Calling All DREAMers. 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 the course handbook tab in the program window. Our speaker for ...

Recorded on: Oct. 18, 2011

DAVID KISTENBROKER: All right. Welcome back to the 1:30 session, the afternoon kickoff session. This is going to be, I think, as Seth pointed out this morning, a first time ever in San Francisco, mediation simulation, if you will, to show you how the sausage is really made. We've got a great panel assembled for you today. You know Seth Aronson. Seth will be playing the defense counsel for the corporation in this case. Next to him is Allan Kleidon. ...

From the program: Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [00:58:48]Real Estate Litigation, Property Law and Landlord-Tenant Law  [00:58:48]IntroductionI. Property and Landlord-Tenant Law relating to Casualties Differences in the law in the commercial and residential contexts Landlord’s duty to repair and ...

Recorded on: May. 24, 2012

Taken from the briefing Civil Enforcement Cases: Emerging Trends and Issues in the Wake of the Financial Crisis recorded May 2012. In recent years, many practitioners have anticipated criminal prosecutions related to the Financial Crisis.  Often overlooked, however, are the significant civil enforcement actions that have been brought in this area.   Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:06:42] Discovery tools available ...

From the program: Judges' Pet Peeves 2012: Tips From the Bench on Trial Practice

Released on: Oct. 19, 2012

Do you wonder what the judges really think about your case? In this candid program, you will hear - directly from the judges - how they view trial practice and how lawyers can help (or sabotage) their cases. Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:04:05] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction* [00:02:03] Mark C. Zauderer Judicial Pet Peeves in ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: Lest anyone say that this program is going to the dogs, that won't happen until next year. Now we turn to the civil rights cases. Marty. MARTIN A. SCHWARTZ: Well, this segment is entitled civil rights litigation and Bivens claims. And I take responsibility for the title, and I also take responsibility for retitling the segment because I think there's a more appropriate and more enticing title, remedies for constitutional violations. ...

Recorded on: Jul. 6, 2011

THOMAS L. CREEL: Welcome back, everyone. So we're going to switch emphasis again. We're going to move in from the litigators to a different perspective. So our next speaker is going to give you a business perspective, in-house counsel perspective. Kathlyn Card Beckles is the Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property and Technology at JPMorgan Chase. She's a registered patent attorney, responsible for patents, copyrights, ...

From the program: Class Action Litigation 2012

Released on: Jul. 25, 2012

Class action lawsuits remain one of the focal points of high stakes litigation in many areas of the law, yet the standards applicable to class actions are evolving.  How has the class action landscape changed?  How have courts addressed the issue of class certification?  How can you structure settlements that are beneficial to your clients?  This year’s program will answer these questions and many more. Our outstanding ...

Recorded on: Jan. 24, 2013

IAN BALLON: OK. Why don't we get started. Our next panel is on Class Certification Issues. And we have as our speaker, my colleague Rob Harrington, who's a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in the Los Angeles office. He also was the Chair of our firm's Product Liability and Mass Tort practice. He's successfully defended more than 75 class action cases in his career. He's also author of the bestselling book, Verdict for the Defense, which provides ...

Recorded on: Sep. 21, 2012

ROBERT E. BORTON: Thank you, Christina. Bring that little screen up if you can too. KATIE DANIELSON: OK. ROBERT E. BORTON: There it is. I got it. KATIE DANIELSON: [INAUDIBLE] microphone [INAUDIBLE]? ROBERT E. BORTON: Yes. So obviously we want to offer the exhibit in evidence. That's the whole point of going through that litany and struggling our way through it. And then once it's there, publish it, and then use the document with the witness. In ...

From the program: Courtroom Skills for Pro Bono Attorneys (Free)

Released on: Oct. 5, 2012

Use this training for an overview of trial skills helpful to attorneys handling Pro Bono litigation matters particularly in an Unlawful Detainer context. Unlawful Detainers as summary proceedings provide unique challenges in trial preparation and representation. This three hour training is designed for practitioners at all experience levels. The panelists are experienced litigators in Pro Bono cases and eviction defense. This training provides ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2011

LEONARD T. NUARA: OK, we're starting, folks. Thanks for the cue. All right, welcome back everyone. Our next topic is "Cloud e-Discovery: It Just Isn't So Clear." Which, I love our titles. We take great pride in creating these titles. And for this topic we have, again, Steve Young, who is a senior attorney and Microsoft. I'm going to introduce Steve again, because these segments are sliced and diced for sale on the web. So Steve is a senior ...

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 ...

From the program: Handling a Securities Case 2013: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between

Released on: May. 9, 2013

The landscape of securities litigation is constantly evolving and changing. This program takes you through all the issues that arise in even the most complex securities matters - from the initial government investigation to the filing of the civil cases to either settlement or trial. If you practice in this dynamic field, you know that the need to stay current and develop new strategies and tactics has never been more important. Our faculty of leading ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

STEVEN R. PEIKEN: Thanks, Rich. Sounds like my mom wrote that introduction. We have a great group of panelists, and let me introduce them to you briefly before we jump into this. So seated immediately to my right is David Anders, who's a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where his practice focuses on the representation of Fortune 500 and other companies in white collar criminal and related investigations. Before joining Wachtell, Lipton, ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual)

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Commercial Real Estate Institute 2012 (14th Annual) recorded November, 2012 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:15:00] Real Estate Litigation: A Toolkit for Transactional Lawyers  [01:15:00] Pre-litigation strategy Litigating landlord/tenant, mortgage loan, and other real estate disputes - Finding the right forum; forum selection clauses - Similarities/differences from other litigation; ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MIKE MEYER: So thank you for being here, stay here. I need to bring up our two new panelists. And we're in for a great treat. What are you [INAUDIBLE]? OK. They're on their way up? They're making a grand entrance? It's like, let's make a deal. Come on down, it's 10 o'clock, 10:02, it's coming out of their time. But the two people who are walking in and making this grand entrance, we're really lucky to have. One is Alan Robin who, there's no better ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Negotiating Commercial Leases: How Owners & Corporate Occupants Can Avoid Costly Errors 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in San Francisco Complex Real Estate Issues: Arbitration vs. Litigation [01:30:18] Costs of litigation and discovery as well as absence of cases or judgments Establishing minimum qualifications for arbitrators in arbitration provisions and selection process Hot topics - current increase ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

HELEN: Welcome back everybody. It's my pleasure to introduce the moderator of our next panel, Mei Lin Kwan-Gett. And I'll let her introduce her other panelists. Mei Lin is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher here in New York and is the co-head of that firms White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Mei Lin specializes in white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation. Before ...

From the program: Trial by Jury 2012

Released on: Dec. 12, 2012

In this unique and popular program, the masters of the bar and the bench come together to give you their valuable insights on jury trials. There is no better way to learn about jury trials than from the attorneys who try the nation’s most important cases and the judges who preside over them. We have assembled the most experienced and respected state and federal judges, as well as many distinguished litigators, to give you their perspectives ...

Recorded on: Jun. 28, 2012

RICHARD J. MORVILLO: This next panel is going to be talking about actually conducting the investigation. It took us a better part of an hour and 45 minutes to talk about all the background. And we are very fortunate to have another esteemed panel of experts in the area. And I'll introduce them. Nancy needs no introduction. To Nancy's right is David Brodsky, who is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb here in New York, who-- and this is going to be a refrain ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: This segment of the program is devoted to, undoubtedly, the most high profile case of the term-- cited by the National Federation of Independent Business for Civilis. It involves the constitutionality of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. What I'd like to do, again, as best I can, as neutral as I can, is describe what the Supreme Court said and offer some thoughts about what it's likely to mean for you as lawyers for future ...

From the program: Consumer Financial Services Institute (17th Annual)

Released on: May. 22, 2012

DVD's from the program Consumer Financial Services Institute (17th Annual), held April, 2012.

From the program: Consumer Financial Services Institute (18th Annual)

Released on: Apr. 23, 2013

On January 4, 2012, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Since that time, the CFPB has been involved in a whirlwind of regulatory, supervisory and enforcement activities. In addition to the CFPB, state and other federal regulators are pursuing initiatives focused on consumer financial services. This year’s Institute will explore in detail the Bureau’s activities as well ...

Recorded on: Aug. 8, 2012

AMY: Now it's my pleasure to turn this briefing over to Jessie Liu. JESSIE LIU: Thank you so much Amy. It is always a pleasure to do a briefing for PLI. And welcome everyone who's on the phone. And Amy said, the title of this briefing is Corporate Crime, Southern Union versus United States, and other key Supreme Court decisions of the 2011 to 2012 term. And I want to just take a little time at the beginning to set the stage for what I'm going to ...