Litigating Employment Discrimination & Sexual Harassment Claims 2004

Employment discrimination litigation and sexual harassment cases continue to be filed at record levels. More and more plaintiffs law firms are bringing these cases and there is active litigation by the administrative agencies. This web program emphasizes practical methods for settling cases, featuring the mediation process. It will also demonstrate how to defend and bring summary judgment cases, analyze trial pitfalls and discuss problems that attorneys confront daily. Discussions are presented by experienced practitioners and you will receive the advice of federal judges. Also, important evidentiary issues that arise in trials are discussed in detail. Electronic discovery will be reviewed by a leading judge and practitioner.

Lecture Topics [Total time 10:31:24]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

• Overview of Employment Discrimination & Sexual Harassment Law* [00:07:04]
  Paul I. Weiner
• Preparing to Prosecute and Defend Sexual Harassment Cases [01:26:30]
  Michael Delikat, Linda D. Friedman
• How to Bring and Defend Summary Judgment Motions in Cases Involving Disability Discrimination and Sexual Harassment [01:18:44]
  Darrell S. Gay, Hillary Richard
• The Ethical Issues in Employment Discrimination Matters [01:26:52]
  Alan M. Koral, Pearl Zuchlewski
• Trial of an Employment Discrimination Case Through the Eyes of a Federal Judge [00:54:51]
  Hon. Denise Cote, Christopher P. Reynolds, Anne C. Vladeck
• Mock Mediation of an Employment Case [02:31:33]
  Maureen S. Binetti, Joel L. Finger, Michael D. Young, Claudia A. Reis, Jean L. Schmidt, Vivien B. Shelanski
• Evidentiary Issues Including Important Discovery Issues Involving Electronic Discovery & Other Difficult Evidence [01:25:30]
  Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin, Gregg L. Weiner
• Leave of Absence Litigation [01:20:20]
  John C. Petrella, Gary Phelan

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:

• Equal Employment Retaliation Cases-Whistle Blowing
  Paul I. Weiner
• Sexual Harassment Update
  Michael Delikat
• Preparing to Prosecute and Defend Sexual Harassment Cases
  Linda D. Friedman
• Preparing For Depositions in Employment Discrimination Cases
  Darrell S. Gay, Sigele D. Porter
• How to Bring and Defend Summary Judgment Motions in Sexual Harassment and Disability Discrimination Cases: An Overview of Recent Trends
  Hillary Richard, Deborah Shapiro
• The Ethical Issues in Employment Discrimination Matters
  Alan M. Koral, Pearl Zuchlewski
• Leave of Absence Litigation
  John C. Petrella, Myung Kim
• Leave of Absence Litigation Under the ADA and FMLA
  Gary Phelan
• Managing and Controlling Leaves of Absence
  Paul I. Weiner
• Mediation of Employment Disputes
  Maureen S. Binetti, Elizabeth Siso Bair, Crystal Younge
• When the Going Gets Tough: Advanced Mediation Techniques
  Michael D. Young, Vivien B. Shelanski
• Dispute Resolution Alert: An Update on World Developments in Arbitration and Mediation (Volume 1, Number 5, February 2001)
  Submitted By: Michael D. Young
• Flexible Approaches to Resolving Employment Disputes through ADR
  Carol A. Wittenberg
• Critical Discovery and Evidentiary Issues in Employment Litigation Cases
  Gregg L. Weiner
• Openings and Closings: Tips and Suggestions
  Christopher P. Reynolds
• Preparing To Defend Sexual Harassment Cases
  Michael Delikat
• Litigating the Leave of Absence Claim
  John C. Petrella
• PLI Mock Mediation
  Jean Schmidt, Claudia Reis, Vivien Shelanski

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CLE Now (On-Demand Web Programs) and Segments are approved in: Alabama¹, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho*, Illinois , Iowa²*, Kansas³, Kentucky*, Louisiana, Maine*, Mississippi, Missouri⁴, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, New Hampshire⁵, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York⁶, Ohio⁷, Oklahoma⁸, Oregon*, Pennsylvania⁹, Rhode Island¹⁰, South Carolina, Tennessee¹¹, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin¹² and Wyoming*.

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¹Alabama: Approval of all web based programs is limited to a maximum of 6.0 credits.

²Iowa:  The approval is for one year from recorded date.

³Kansas:  An on-demand web program may be viewed individually if a qualified person is in attendance, personally or by telephone, to comment and answer questions. There is a 5.0 credit limit per year for this type of viewing.

⁴Missouri:  On-demand web programs are restricted to six hours of self-study credit per year.  Self-study may not be used to satisfy the ethics requirements.  Self-study can not be used for carryover credit.

⁵New Hamphsire:  The approval is for three years from recorded date.

⁶New York:  Newly admitted attorneys may not take non-transitional course formats such as on-demand Web Programs or live Webcasts for CLE credit. Newly admitted attorneys not practicing law in the United States, however, may earn 12 transitional credits in non-traditional formats. 

⁷Ohio:  To confirm that the web program has been approved, please refer to the list of Ohio’s Approved Self Study Activities at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us.  Online programs are considered self-study.  Ohio attorneys have a 6 credit self-study limit per compliance period.  The Ohio CLE Board states that attorneys must have a 100% success rate in clicking on timestamps to receive ANY CLE credit for an online program.

⁸Oklahoma:  Up to 3 credits may be earned each year through computer-based or technology-based legal education programs.

⁹Pennsylvania:  PA attorneys may only receive a maximum of four (4) hours of distance learning credit per compliance period. All distance learning programs must be a minimum of 1 full hour. 

¹⁰Rhode Island:  Audio Only On-Demand Web Programs are not approved for credit.  On-Demand Web Programs must have an audio and video component.

¹¹Tennessee:  The approval is for the calendar year in which the live program was presented.

¹²Wisconsin: Ethics credit is not allowed.  The ethics portion of the program will be approved for general credit.  There is a 10 credit limit for on-demand web programs during every 2-year reporting period.

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If you have already received credit for attending some or the entire program, please be aware that state administrators do not permit you to accrue additional credit for repeat viewing even if an additional credit certificate is subsequently issued.

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