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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: 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: 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 ...

Released on: Aug. 8, 2012

Taken from the briefing Corporate Crime: Southern Union v. United States and Other Key Supreme Court Decisions of the 2011-2012 Term recorded June, 2012. On June 21, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Southern Union v. United States, holding that the Apprendi rule extends to facts that increase the maximum fines in criminal cases. Apprendi ruled that “any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum,” ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Aug. 13, 2012

ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: Good afternoon. The first session this afternoon focuses on the criminal procedure decisions. Frankly, I think all the cases this term, the ones that are likely to have the largest practical effect what judges and lawyers do on a daily basis are those dealing with criminal law and criminal procedure. I begin by introducing you to a new panelist. And this is Sherry Colb, certainly not new to this program, just new with us on the ...

Recorded on: Feb. 1, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings, my name is Amy Taub, and I am a Program Attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Defending Corporations in Congressional Investigations 2012. 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 ...

From the program: Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2012

Recorded on: Aug. 15, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Defending Immigration Removal Proceedings 2012 recorded August, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:36:06] Representing Children in Removal Proceedings and VAWA Claims  [01:36:06]  Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) cancellation of removal Options available to children The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online: Representing ...

From the program: Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know

Recorded on: Jun. 18, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Delaware Law Developments 2012: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know Recorded June 2012 in New York City Lecture Topics He Did What?! He Said What?! Ethical Issues in Representing Representative Clients [01:00:08] This panel will discuss the challenges counsel face when representing or opposing representative clients - What are the ethical obligations of counsel when they learn facts that may undermine ...

Recorded on: Jun. 25, 2012

THEODORE ROGERS: OK. Well, are we ready? Great. Thanks. So thanks for coming back into the room so promptly. This program on class actions is one where if you want to go back and be an adjunct at a law school, you can sell yourself in this business. Because the law is really interesting and moving. Frankly, I used to think class actions were very dull, which cost me a lot of money, because they're very lucrative actions. But they just were dull. ...

Recorded on: Nov. 29, 2012

Taken from the briefing Doing Business in the Middle East 2012 recorded November, 2012. The Middle East has been a cross roads between the East and West for thousands of years. Despite its turbulent politics, it continues to be a place of opportunity, which is predicted to outperform Europe and the US in the near term. This Briefing will provide a general introduction to doing business in the Middle East, review its legal system, ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Hello, and welcome back to the afternoon session of the second day. Joining us for the session on Drafting Tips for Litigation is Ira Levy, who's a partner at Goodwin Proctor, out of their New York office. Ira specializes in IP Litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, false advertising, and unfair competition. He's tried multiple cases to verdict, including having argued a number of cases to the Court of Appeals for the ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012 Recorded December, 2012 in San Francisco Drafting for Litigation [00:58:05] Hear from a litigator what happens when the agreement has to be enforced How to draft boilerplate for the litigators A litigator's perspective on negotiating several common license provisions The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course ...

From the program: Employment Law Institute 2012

Released on: Nov. 6, 2012

PLI’s annual Employment Law Institute combines a comprehensive review of case law and regulatory developments, an in-depth analysis of emerging issues, and best practices to maximize employment law compliance, mitigate legal risk and achieve business objectives. The faculty is comprised of nationally recognized management and plaintiffs’ attorneys, in-house counsel and government enforcement agency officials who share their perspectives, ...

From the program: Securities Regulation Institute (44th Annual)

Released on: Nov. 21, 2012

PLI's Annual Institute on Securities Regulation has become the most highly anticipated annual review of the current state of securities, financial regulation, and corporate law and practice. As always, we strive to bring you the most up-to-date information in response to the many developments of the past year. We continue to see significant changes in the securities laws field - as a result of the enactment of the JOBS Act, changes to the ...

Recorded on: Jul. 18, 2012

Taken from the briefing Engagement Letters: Addressing Conflicts and Other Thorny Issues Before They Ariserecorded July, 2012. During difficult economic times, when lawyers and their firms feel a particularly strong urge to develop new business, great care must be taken to identify and manage present and potential future conflicts.  Careful preparation of the opening engagement letter is the first and typically the best way to manage ...

Recorded on: Aug. 1, 2012

SPEAKER 1: It's my pleasure to turn this briefing over to Nick Christakos. NICHOLAS CHRISTAKOS: Good afternoon everyone, and thanks for tuning in. As the general counsel of our firm, I do deal on a regular basis with most of the issues that we'll be discussing today, so I hope to be able to pass on some creative solutions or suggestions for dealing with what I think are pretty recurring and sometimes challenging issues in the client intake process. Let's ...