January 20: Top Patent Law Stories of 2020

Once again this year, the Patent Docs weblog will present an annual, end-of-the-year review of the top stories in patent law. In this MBHB webinar presentation, Patent Docs co-authors Dr. Donald Zuhn, Dr. Kevin Noonan, and Dr. Michael Borella will take a look back at the top patent stories of 2020, many of which will likely impact patent applicants and practitioners in the coming year.
Title:
Top Patent Law Stories of 2020
Live MBHB Webinar
Webinar Date+Time:
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 

10:00-11:15 a.m. CT 

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Speakers:
MBHB attorneys Michael Borella, Ph.D., Kevin Noonan, Ph.D. and Donald Zuhn, Jr.

Cost:
While there is no fee to participate, all attendees must register in advance and, in order to receive MCLE credit, must participate online and individually.
Credit:
MCLE credit is pending for the states of California, Illinois, New Jersey,* New York,* North Carolina and Virginia (*via reciprocity).
By:
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP is committed to educating clients and friends of the firm with respect to significant developments and trends in the areas of intellectual property law.

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November 19: International Expansion - Leveling the Playing Field for Midsize Companies and Startups

Companies from across the world, including small and midsize, have decided to enter the U.S. market – a decision predicated on a variety of strategic considerations. A U.S. presence gives companies credentials, access to capital and strategic partners, and helps build the reputation necessary for global expansion. Expansion to the U.S. or moving an existing business from a foreign jurisdiction to the U.S. can, indeed, be an exciting time for an entrepreneur. 

However, to achieve success, non-U.S. companies must consider a series of interrelated legal and cultural factors – from good corporate hygiene to leadership to attractive positioning for investments or the exit. In this session, we will discuss the various considerations foreign companies must evaluate when expanding to the U.S., as well as the savvy, ‘plugged-in’ team of professionals who must collaborate to benefit these inbound businesses. 

 This will be an interactive Zoom meeting, so please be prepared for introductions and to talk about your big wins in our breakout rooms at the start of the meeting. For MCLE verification of attendance, we encourage everyone to use computers rather than phones to call in.
Title:
International Expansion - Leveling the Playing Field for Midsize Companies and Startups
Webinar Date+Time:
Thursday, November 19, 2020 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm 

Zoom Meeting - please register using this link before the meeting begins!
Speakers:
Svetlana Kamyshanskaya, founder of Primum Law Group, is more than an international business lawyer, she is a global citizen with the legal, operational and project management experience to chart a successful course for expanding international tech companies and start-ups. A business owner and lawyer who has practiced in the U.S. and overseas, Svetlana’s corporate work is informed by her rich cross-cultural perspective, a deep understanding of the fast-paced, venture-fueled U.S. tech business lifecycle, extensive legal, regulatory and operational experience, and the project management skills needed to bring these pieces together efficiently, whether navigating corporate entity formation and governance, raising capital, cross-border business transactions, or global mobility/immigration considerations. Svetlana closely partners with her clients – often serving as outside general counsel – to design the most advantageous route forward and deliver concierge-style connections to complementary professionals that help ensure her clients’ goals are achieved. Prior to founding Primum Law Group, Kamyshanskaya was Founding Attorney/Principal of her Russian Federation law firm, Sovetnik Law Offices, for ten years before accepting an opportunity with the U.S. business consulting firm USBC US Business Consulting and Investments LLC, where she held roles as Legal Project Manager, Managing Director, and Corporate Counsel. 

Mark Harter has over 30 years’ experience in international project finance, business development and growth consulting. As the head of a boutique investment bank he established in Moscow, he has structured and developed financing for a number of international direct foreign investment projects, including real estate, manufacturing and technology projects. He has procured and structured project financing from a number of foreign investment funds and multilateral government backed financing sources, supporting the growth and development of newly expanding international companies. He has worked with a number of offshore companies in multiple industries to establish and develop a US based corporate presence, putting in place infrastructure and personnel for successful US company growth.
By:
The Attorney Action Club is a network of San Francisco Bay Area lawyers who host monthly topical discussions on attorney work life balance and law practice management.
Cost:
Free; registration is limited
Credit:
California: 1 MCLE credit; You may be able to self-apply for other jurisdictions.
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December 10: Privacy Litigation Updates for the Heathcare Sector

As cyber threats evolve and grow in the time of the COVID-19 crisis, the opportunity to exploit data breaches involving healthcare entities has become ever more prevalent. Our team of experts will discuss the recent increase of ransomware attacks on hospitals and how the COVID-19 environment has contributed to this rise. The panel will then focus on current class action litigation trends and conclude with cyber insurance coverage and response. 

Topics Covered: 

• How Healthcare Industry cyber-attacks have evolved during COVID-19 
• Expansion of Tele-health 
• Privacy and potential litigation concerns 
• Insurance coverage Issues.

Title:

Privacy Litigation Updates for the Heathcare Sector
Date+Time of Webinar:
December 10, 2020 

12:00-1:00 pm EST
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By:
NetDiligence
Speakers:

• Anthony Dolce, Chubb
• Anahi Santiago, ChristianaCare
• Jacqueline Weyand, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan.

CLE Credit:

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November 18: Introduction to Status, Realities, Legal Framework and Future of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada

You don’t have to be a lawyer to join the first-ever signature event on behalf of the American Bar Association (ABA), co-sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), to celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November. Join us as our esteemed panelists discuss the current status and resiliency of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada. The panelists will address the critical question of how past discriminatory – and even brutal governmental policies – led us to the current status of indigenous peoples today. More importantly, the panelists will discuss what steps, laws, and policies can be taken to improve the lives of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada. The panelists will compare and contrast the history, status and future of the First Nations People in Canada vs. American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. After the panel discussion, the audience will gain a high-level overview of the issues around indigenous populations, which we hope will lead to desire to learn more. Please join us for this engaging, informative, and entertaining panel.
Title:
Introduction to Status, Realities, Legal Framework and Future of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada
Webinar Date+Time:
November 18, 2020
1:00 PM Eastern
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Speakers:

• President Patricia Lee Refo (Welcome Remarks), American Bar Association; Partner, Snell & Wilmer LLP
• Bradley D. Regehr – President, Canadian Bar Association; Partner, Maurice Law, Barristers & Solicitors (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation)
• Tracy Bear, PhD – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Native Studies & Director, Indigenous Women’s Resilience Project, University of Alberta (Montreal Lake First Nation)
• Kevin Gover – Acting Under Secretary for Museums and Culture; Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma)
• Patty Ferguson-Bohnee (Moderator) – Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Co-Chair, Native American Concerns Committee, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice.

By:
American Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion Center
Cost:
Free
Credit:
The even announcement does not mention CLE credit; from the content and speakers, it may appear that you might self-apply for credit in some jurisdictions.
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November 13: Fifth Trade Law Fall Update

Three years of Trump Administration efforts at vigorous trade enforcement and restructuring on top of major international disruptive developments including Brexit, growing Sino-American tensions, 2020's global pandemic and the resulting effort to adjust to a modified trade environment, have taxed the skills of even the most adaptable in this field. While partisan views on trade policy have evolved and, in some areas, divergence has increased in the last four years, it is unlikely the winner of the next presidential election will abandon the use of trade laws as a policy tool.
Professor Colares and the organizing committee of The Fifth Trade Law Fall Update welcome you to a zoom conference Friday, November 13, 2020. This post-election, fall update will examine the status of trade litigation under Sections 232(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (targeting steel and aluminum imports, among other goods, deemed to threaten national security) and Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (targeting Chinese imports for harms caused to the U.S. economy by China's "unreasonable or discriminatory" measures on technology transfer, intellectual property and cyber intrusions), as well as their near-future implications for supply-chain diversification and resiliency.
Title:
Fifth Trade Law Fall Update
Webinar Date+Time:
Friday, November 13, 2020
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Speaker:
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
Ohio: 3 hour of online CLE credit, pending approval
Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to self-apply to your credit-granting authority
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
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November 12: Introduction to Juvenile Court and the Role of the Juvenile Defender

This session provides participants with an overview of the juvenile court and its purpose, highlighting key points in the evolution of delinquency philosophy and procedure from its origin until today. 

The session will also explore the specialized role of juvenile defense counsel and the duties and core ethical obligations in the representation of juveniles. 

Presenters will walk through the flow of a typical delinquency case as it enters and moves through the juvenile court, providing a detailed overview of key hearings and other critical stages. 

Commonly used terminology will be defined and recent case law and legislation will be highlighted.

Presenters will lead an interactive exploration of the concepts of zealous advocacy and client-directed representation and hypotheticals will be used to illustrate the unique role of juvenile defense counsel. 

Title:
Introduction to Juvenile Court and the Role of the Juvenile Defender
Date And Time:
Thursday, November 12, 2020
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST
Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar - Register Now!
By:

• University of San Diego School of Law’s Children’s Advocacy Institute
• Judicial Council of California

Speakers:

• The Honorable Roger Chan was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown in 2016. He has been assigned to the Unified Family Court since August 2017, where he presides over family, dependency, and juvenile justice trials, as well as the juvenile justice collaborative courts. He is a member of the court’s Executive Committee and previously served as the Supervising Judge of the Traffic and Infractions Division. Judge Chan is a member of the California Judges Association, CJA’s Juvenile Court Judges of California Executive Committee (Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee), the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Judicial Council Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee. Prior to his appointment, Judge Chan represented children and youth in San Francisco and Alameda counties for 18 years, including co-founding and serving as Executive Director of East Bay Children’s Law Offices in Oakland. Judge Chan has co-sponsored several bills into laws that improve how the juvenile court serves youth. He is a proud alumnus of UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law. Judge Chan is honored to be the first openly LGBT Asian-American appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court.
• Jo Pastore is an attorney practicing more than 30-years, primarily in the area of criminal law. She spent over 27-years with the San Diego County Department of the Public Defender and engaged in all aspects of indigent defense. She spent a significant amount of time in the Juvenile Delinquency Division. She also managed the Writs & Appeal Division and filed numerous challenges that defined California Delinquency and Dependency Law. She supervised the Delinquency Division and was responsible for new policy planning and implementation, including creating the Juvenile Behavioral Health Court. After leaving the Public Defender, she worked as In-House Counsel for a local business and recently became self-employed. She currently handles criminal and special education cases and acts as a consultant. She is an Adjunct Professor at California Western School of Law, her alma mater, where she has taught for over 15-years and is a board member for several non-profits.

Credit:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider and this event has been approved for 1 hour of general MCLE credit and 1 hour of legal ethics MCLE credit.

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December 9: COVID-19 Issues and Challenges for California Employers

We end 2020 in the midst of a COVID-19 surge and begin the new year facing not only the continuing challenges caused by the pandemic but also additional obligations arising from laws that go into effect at the start of the year. As we close out the year, we will review 2020 and discuss what to expect in 2021.

In this webinar, we will look at issues related to the winter surge, including new tier requirements (and a possible return to shelter-in-place); CAL/OSHA’s temporary emergency standard; vaccines; employer testing; supplemental paid leave; and employer notice and reporting requirements. 
Title:
COVID-19 Issues and Challenges
Part 1 of The Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2021 for California Employers

Webinar Date+Time:

December 9, 2020

12:00 p.m. PST 

Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar - Register Now!

Credit:

CLE is approved in CA, IL, NV, NY, PA, and TX. Other jurisdictions will be applied for upon request.

By:

Cozen O'Connor, established in 1970 and ranked among the top 100 law firms in America, has 750 attorneys who help clients manage risk and make better business decisions.

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Part 2: New Laws and Regulations in 2021

will be December 16, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. PST

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November 11: Evaluating Top Concerns About Litigation Finance

Law firms and their clients are increasingly turning to litigation finance to fund commercial lawsuits. While the benefits of funding are evident, and the demand for funding is increasing, the industry remains unregulated and opaque. Perhaps because of this, many lawyers are hesitant about using third-party financing for their litigation matters. Join us for this webinar in which a panel of leading industry experts, practitioners, and litigation funders will discuss why lawyers are concerned about litigation funding—and whether they are right to be.
Educational Objectives:

• Learn about how attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, and disclosure concerns are understood and addressed in the litigation finance context
• Hear about a number of other concerns that lawyers voice about the industry, including running afoul of fee-sharing rules and the risk of facing actions for collateral damages from funders
• Learn from our panel of experts how to safely navigate the waters of litigation finance, and what is on the horizon for the industry.

Title:
Evaluating Top Concerns About Litigation Finance
Date + Time:
November 11 2020
1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST
Register Now for this Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar!
Credit:
Please see the "Accreditation" link at the bottom of the sponsor's listing. Approved or approval applied for 1 credit in several states; self-application required for some others. 
Speakers:

• Alanna Clair is a partner at Dentons in Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on professional liability and law firm defense, as well as insurance coverage and bad faith defense. She is currently the co-chair of the Attorneys’ Liability Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Professional Liability Litigation Section, which focuses on issues unique to litigators who prosecute or defend claims against attorneys and other professionals. Alanna writes and speaks frequently on issues of attorney liability and insurer exposure, including in a bi-monthly column in the Daily Report. She is also the co-author of “The Lawyer’s Handbook: Ethics Compliance and Claim Avoidance” as well as several editions of “Georgia Legal Malpractice Law.”
• William C. Marra is Portfolio Counsel at Validity where he works with clients and the investment team to evaluate cases during our diligence phase and to implement client-focused solutions that meet litigants’ funding needs. Prior to joining Validity, Will was a litigation attorney at Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, where his practice focused on high-stakes commercial and constitutional cases at all levels of the federal and state courts. Will has also served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
• Professor Anthony Sebok, Co-Director, Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law, Cardozo School of Law is an expert on legal ethics, litigation finance, tort law, and insurance law. Before coming to Cardozo in 2007, he was the Centennial Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Research at Brooklyn Law School where he taught for 15 years. He was a Fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University from 2005-06, and in 1999, he was a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Following law school, he clerked for Chief Judge Edward N. Cahn of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Professor Sebok’s casebook, Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress, which he coauthored with John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky, is used at several leading law schools. He is the author of Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence, articles and essays on jurisprudence, and is the coeditor of The Philosophy of Law: A Collection of Essays. Professor Sebok has served as an expert witness concerning issues of litigation finance and is the Ethics Consultant to Burford Capital. 
• Moderator Annie Pavia is a Legal Analyst at Bloomberg Law. She focuses on the development of practical guidance and analysis for litigators. She has been with Bloomberg Law since 2016, and prior to that practiced as a litigation associate with Latham & Watkins LLP for five years. Annie is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and the University of Virginia School of Law.

By:
Bloomberg Law

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November 10: More Than Just COVID-19: The Year in Review – Part I

While 2020 may have been dominated by COVID-19 (and the changes both in the law and how we work that resulted), the Supreme Court, the lower courts and the EEOC have remained active issuing opinions and guidance that directly impact the workplace. These key developments should not be ignored. Employers need to be fully informed about these developments to ensure they meet company objectives and fulfill their legal obligations. Please join us for our annual fall seminar in a new webinar format. This informative program will: Report on recent developments in labor and employment law Explain the impact of these developments on workplace policies and procedures Provide practical, real-world insights into pressing HR problems Highlight appropriate actions to take and best practices when faced with difficult workplace situations The Year in Review Labor and Employment webinar will take place over two sessions. The first session on November 10, 2020 will focus on developments in the Supreme Court and the lower courts as well as the EEOC. Be on the lookout for our upcoming invitation to the second session on December 2, 2020. In the second session, we will review developments in the ADA, the FMLA, NLRA and other areas.
Title:
More Than Just COVID-19: The Year in Review – Part I
The Supreme Court and a Round of Key Cases from Lower Courts
Webinar Date+Time:
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST. 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. PST
Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar
By:
Dechert’s Labor and Employment Practice.
Credit:
Applications for CLE credit in New Jersey and New York are currently pending.

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UPCOMING:
More Than Just COVID-19: The Year in Review – Part II
The Latest on the ADA, FMLA, the NLRA and More
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST
Invitation to follow

November 9: Free Speech, Section 230 of the CDA, the First Amendment, and More

Extra Mile Law, PLLC, is pleased to present another CLE class in its Monday CLE webinar series. Join Jonathan Grad of Extra Mile Law, PLLC for this fast-moving, basic class about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Section 230 provides immunity from liability for qualifying internet service providers with respect to third-party content posted on their sites. We will compare the protections provided by Section 230 with the protections available under the First Amendment. We will also review several seminal cases which have helped determined the scope of the protection afforded by section 230.
Title:
Free Speech, Section 230 of the CDA, the First Amendment, and More
Monday, November 9, 2020 

12 p.m. - 1 p.m., CST 

Date+Time:
Register Now for this free Continuing Legal Education program!
Enrollment limited to the first 35 registrants.
Credit:

• 1 unit of credit has been approved in WY.
•  1 unit of credit has been applied for in MN and WI.
• Many states allow attorneys to self-apply for credit: see State Rules.

Speaker:
Jonathan Grad, JD, PhD, Member, Extra Mile Law, PLLC, has practiced law since 1995 and is licensed to practice in MN, WI and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Presented By:
Extra Mile Law, PLLC, a MN-based boutique intellectual property law firm.
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