This is a webcast of the live New York session.Why you should attend
Are you up-to-date on the important developments in federal civil practice and the implications of these developments for your cases? At Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2014, a distinguished faculty of trial lawyers and judges will review and offer their insights into significant recent developments in the law. The program will focus on applying these developments for best pretrial and trial practices.
What you will learn
- Recent decisions impacting federal civil practice and interpreting and applying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence
- New developments and best strategies in motion practice
- Evidence update: important recent decisions; electronic evidence; use of expert and lay opinion; hearsay exceptions; privileges
- Trial issues: use of Internet, email, and social media; use of experts, privilege developments
- The View from the Bench – insight from federal judges on what they consider to be effective practices in pretrial proceedings and at trial
- Ethics in federal civil practice
Who should attend
This program will be helpful to the new lawyer who needs to learn the federal rules and the experienced trial attorney who needs an update on the most recent federal issues and decisions.
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Cancellations
All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.
All times are E.S.T.
9:00 Introduction
Jonathan Frank, Lauren E. Aguiar
9:15 Motion Practice Developments and Update
- Personal jurisdiction: Supreme Court developments After McIntyre and Goodyear
- Venue: Supreme Court developments after the federal courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011
- Pleading: Update on the impact of Twombly and Iqbal
- Best strategies in motion practice: The view from the Bench and Bar
Presenter: Jessie K. Liu
Panel: Hon. James L. Cott, Hon. Cheryl L. Pollak
10:15 Discovery and the Federal Rules
- Privilege
- Preservation of documents
- ESI
- Use of Predictive Coding
Presenter: TBA
Panel: Hon. James L. Cott, Hon. Cheryl L. Pollak
11:15 Break
11:30 Evidence Update
- Important recent decisions, including cases dealing with:
- Electronic and internet evidence
- Expert testimony and lay opinion
- Exclusions from and exceptions to hearsay
- Privileges
- Recent and proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence
Presenter: Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr.
Panel: Hon. James L. Cott, Hon. Cheryl L. Pollak
12:30 Lunch
1:45 Case Law Developments
- Discussion and analysis of recent decisions that impact civil procedure
Presenters: Jonathan L. Frank, Lauren E. Aguiar
Panel: Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Hon. George B. Daniels
2:45 Ethics Update
- Conflicts of interest, waivers, and disqualification
- Client identity, joint clients, and joint defense agreements
- Ex parte contacts with represented persons
- Inadvertent disclosure of documents
- Privileges and confidentiality
- Trials and settlements
Presenter: Robert L. Haig
Panel: Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Hon. George B. Daniels
3:45 Break
4:00 Trial Issues
- Internet, email, texts, social media, GPS, Google Earth evidence
- Expert issues - necessity, foundation, bias, damages, lay opinions
- Privilege and waiver developments
- The future of adverse inference instructions in the Second Circuit
Presenter: Gregory P. Joseph
Panel: Hon. Paul A. Crotty, Hon. George B. Daniels
5:00 Adjourn
Co-Chair(s)
Speaker(s)
Hon. James L. Cott ~ United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Hon. Paul A. Crotty ~ United States District Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Hon. George B. Daniels ~ United States District Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Hon. Cheryl L. Pollak ~ United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
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