July 31: AI Compliance: What Do Enforcers and Legislators Care About?

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in legal practice and business operations, staying ahead of regulatory developments is essential. Participants will explore how the priorities of the current administration are reshaping the Federal Trade Commission’s enforcement strategies, with a focus on consumer protection, transparency, and fairness. We’ll examine recent Executive Orders and legislative proposals that signal a more laisse-faire federal posture on AI oversight.
At the state level, the session will highlight emerging legislative trends, including ethical AI development, responsible innovation frameworks, and efforts to harmonize regulations across jurisdictions. Attendees will gain practical insights into managing compliance in a fragmented regulatory environment.
We will also address one of the most pressing concerns for legal professionals: liability. Learn how to integrate AI into legal workflows while minimizing exposure to regulatory or civil risk. Topics include contractual safeguards, disclosure obligations, and risk assessment strategies tailored for legal practitioners.
Learning objectives include:
1. Changing Priorities Under the New Administration: Examine recent changes in the FTC’s enforcement priorities in prosecuting unfair and deceptive trade practices, as well as Executive Orders and legislative proposals.
2. Legislative Trends: Identify states’ and international priorities in regulating artificial intelligence, interstate cooperation efforts, key legislation, and best practices for managing compliance across state borders.
3. Liability Under AI Law: Learn strategies for safely integrating AI into legal workflows while minimizing exposure to regulatory or civil liability. Gain insights into contractual safeguards (e.g., client retention agreements), disclosure obligations, and risk assessment frameworks for AI adoption.
Who would benefit most from attending this program?
1. Lawyers and Legal Professionals (including In-House Counsel, Law Firm Attorneys, Ethics Counsel, and Compliance Officers) who need to understand AI’s impact on consumer law and privacy, as well as stay ahead of litigation trends involving AI systems.
2. Corporate Executives and General Counsel who are responsible for mitigating legal risks associated with AI adoption in their companies and ensuring AI compliance in areas such as HR, marketing, financial decision-making, and product development.
3. Risk Management and Compliance Officers who need to identify potential liability areas for AI use in business operations, particularly concerning discrimination, intellectual property, and fraud, and assist businesses in implementing AI policies that reduce exposure to legal claims.
4. Academics and Policy Makers who help shape AI governance, ethical guidelines, and regulatory approaches, and gain awareness of legal precedents and industry concerns shaping AI policy discussions.
5. Journalists Covering Law and Technology who report on AI-related litigation and regulatory developments and need expert insights on how courts and lawmakers are addressing AI risks.
Title:
AI Compliance: What Do Enforcers and Legislators Care About?
Webinar Date/Time:
July 31, 2025
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speaker:
Travis Yuille is a Legal Analyst on Bloomberg Law’s Litigation team, focusing on privacy and intellectual property. He holds a CIPP/US certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Previously, he worked as an engineer in the energy sector, a law clerk in employment law matters, and an editor for the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal at George Washington University. He earned his J.D. from George Washington University with a focus on intellectual property law, and a B.S. in Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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June 17: Federal New York State Courts: Fundamentals & Hot Topics

There are many differences between litigating in New York federal and state courts – some obvious, some not so obvious. Our expert panel of current and former New York litigators will explain how practice differs between the two, as well as how practice in the Commercial Division of New York state court differs from other courts. 

Topics we’ll cover include: 

• New York-specific litigation terminology 
• How to find the basic sources of procedural rules in New York 
• Similarities and differences between federal and state court practice 
• Key distinctions of The Commercial Division of New York 
• Troubleshooting some basic litigation tasks in New York state court 

Join us to navigate the nuances in New York litigation with confidence.
Title:
Federal New York State Courts: Fundamentals & Hot Topics
Webinar Date/Time:
June 17, 2025
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Muhammad Faridi is a Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Partner at Linklaters LLP and serves as the 71st President of the New York City Bar Association. Muhammad is a go-to litigator for complex commercial matters. He has represented clients—as both plaintiffs and defendants—in several industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, software, and manufacturing. Muhammad has tried several high stakes matters before judges and juries across the United States. Most recently, he secured a $2 billion jury verdict for a software company, a $1.85 billion settlement for a financial services company midway through trial, and a landmark $42 million jury verdict in a pro bono case for Iraqi nationals who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq war.
• Ellen Holloman is a partner in Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group. She focuses her practice on representing financial institutions, corporations and individuals in civil litigation, arbitrations and at trial, in related regulatory enforcement proceedings and corporate internal investigations and, where consistent with client goals, mediation and alternative dispute resolution procedures. She has extensive experience in securities litigation, including derivative and class action litigation, in contract and post-acquisition disputes, and in employment-related claims, including for enforcement of non-compete, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, and particularly in #MeToo and other C-suite level crisis situations. She also advises in-house counsel and boards of directors on corporate governance matters and in minimizing legal risks in executive disputes concerning disciplinary and termination decisions, and she has extensive experience in conducting highly sensitive internal investigations regarding such matters. Many of her matters have received significant press attention, including her representation of a global liquor manufacturer in connection with multiple disputes with a celebrity spokesperson, a real estate broker in connection with Alexander Brothers sex trafficking case and the guardian of talk show host Wendy Williams. Ellen is active in pro bono engagements and committed to community service and has proudly served on the boards of multiple non-profit organizations and New York City Bar Association committees.
• Erin L. Webb is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
• Moderator: Jessica R. Blaemire is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team, and develops content related to attorney well-being and ethics. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Jessica was a commercial litigation attorney for over fifteen years. Jessica focused her practice on complex commercial litigation and appellate practice and was also seconded as in-house counsel to the national banking association. Jessica is actively licensed in D.C. and Virginia. Jessica earned her BA from the College of William and Mary and her JD from the University of Virginia.

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May 28: The EU AI Act: Legal Impacts on U.S. Companies

The EU AI Act, which came into force in August 2024, represents a significant milestone in the European Union's efforts to regulate AI usage and enhance transparency. Although it is an EU regulation, its extraterritorial application means that U.S. companies deploying AI within the EU or offering AI-related services to EU customers must comply.
This webinar will explore the implications of the EU AI Act for U.S. businesses, focusing on key sectors such as healthcare, employment, financial transactions, litigation, and general corporate compliance.
This webinar will provide practical, real-world guidance on how U.S. businesses are responding to the EU AI Act. It will feature insights from companies actively implementing the law, including those that are part of the EU AI Pact.
Expert panelists will discuss the operational and legal challenges they’re facing, and the concrete steps they’re taking—from policy changes and compliance strategies to contract updates—to meet the Act’s requirements.
Join us to understand the nuances of the EU AI Act and learn how to position your company for compliance and success in this evolving regulatory landscape.
Learning objectives include:

• Learn about key provisions of the EU AI Act, including the definition of an AI System, the risk-based approach to how AI Systems are categorized, and the obligations applicable to various operators engaged with an AI System based on their roles
• Obtain actionable insights on how to advise clients on navigating compliance, based on the Act’s timelines, and position information technology and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) teams to implement best practices when interacting with or building technology subject to the Act
• Understand how complying with the Act can augment a company’s compliance efforts under existing international and U.S. frameworks for deploying responsible AI.
• Learn from companies that are part of the EU AI Pact. Discover how they are integrating the Act into their daily operations, the lessons they have learned, and the strategies they have employed to navigate compliance challenges.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house and law firm attorneys who advise U.S. companies and product teams with a European footprint on AI governance and risk management.
• Executives and counsel to any U.S. company tracking influential global policy relating to AI.
• Corporate counsel and GRC teams that advise on AI risks relating to the use of any technology, including third-party technology.

Title:
The EU AI Act: Legal Impacts on U.S. Companies
Webinar Date/Time:
May 28, 2025

2:00 PM EDT 2:00 PM EDT •1:00 PM CDT •12:00 PM MDT •11:00 AM PDT

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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speaker:
Sennetta Dzamefe is a Legal Analyst on the Commercial Transactions team at Bloomberg Law, where she analyzes developments in commercial and technology law to deliver practical, actionable guidance for BLAW users. She writes on topics at the intersection of artificial intelligence, technology transactions, and commercial law. Sennetta is barred in Ghana and holds an LL.M. in Technology Law & Policy from Georgetown University Law Center. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

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March 19: Generative AI in the Courtroom: The Legal Battles & Ethical Dilemmas Shaping Its Future

Title:
Generative AI in the Courtroom: The Legal Battles & Ethical Dilemmas Shaping Its Future

Description:

Generative AI is revolutionizing industries, including the legal profession, but its rapid adoption presents both ethical dilemmas and significant litigation risks. 

On one hand, lawyers must ensure compliance with professional responsibility rules when using AI in their practice. On the other, courts are increasingly grappling with AI-driven disputes, ranging from copyright infringement to AI-generated bias in hiring and healthcare. This webinar will examine both sides of the AI legal landscape—how to use generative AI responsibly while preparing for the litigation trends shaping its future.
Through this discussion, attendees will gain insights into how generative AI is creating both opportunities and liabilities and how legal professionals can mitigate risks while leveraging AI’s transformative potential.
Learning Objectives include:

• Ethical Use of Generative AI in Legal Practice
• Current and Emerging AI-Related Litigation Risks
• Best Practices for Risk Mitigation and Compliance

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• Lawyers and Legal Professionals (including In-House Counsel, Law Firm Attorneys, Ethics Counsel, and Compliance Officers)
• Judges and Court Administrators
• Corporate Executives and General Counsel
• Risk Management and Compliance Officers
• Academics and Policy Makers
• Journalists Covering Law and Technology.

Webinar Date/Time:
March 19, 2025
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Golriz Chrostowski Senior Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. Since joining Bloomberg Law, Golriz has focused her research on litigation arising from social media and artificial intelligence, writing several analysis pieces on ethical, discovery, and evidentiary issues arising from the technologies. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Golriz was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Elser, where she worked on a wide variety of complex litigation matters for seven years. Before that, Golriz worked as a litigation associate at a boutique litigation firm in New York for five years. Golriz received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
• Jessiah Hulle is an associate attorney at Gentry Locke specializing in white-collar defense, investigations, litigation, and appeals. As a member of the firm’s Innovation Task Force, he publishes articles and presents CLEs on the intersection of generative AI with legal practice and ethics. His original research analyzing judicial orders on AI has been cited in a variety of local, national, and international publications, including Bloomberg Law. Before joining Gentry Locke, Jessiah graduated from Washington & Lee University School of Law and clerked for Judge Mary Grace O’Brien of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
• Prof. Joshau A. T. Fairfield, William D. Bain Family Professor of Law Washington & Lee University School of Law,is an internationally recognized scholar in law and technology, specializing in digital property, electronic contracts, big data privacy, and virtual communities. His research explores the regulation of e-commerce, consumer protection in digital markets, and the legal applications of cryptocurrencies. His work regularly appears in leading law and technology journals, and his policy insights have been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and the Financial Times.
  Before entering academia, Professor Fairfield was a technology entrepreneur and served as Director of Research and Development at Rosetta Stone. He has advised U.S. government agencies, including the White House Office of Technology and the Department of Homeland Security, on national security, privacy, and online safety. From 2009 to 2012, he provided privacy and civil liberties oversight for Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) initiatives. A Fulbright Scholar at the Max Planck Institute, he studied transatlantic privacy law in 2012-13. In 2013, he was elected to the American Law Institute for his contributions to law and technology.
• Moderator: Jason Wilson, Analysis Team Lead, Bloomberg Law.  Jason Wilson heads the litigation analysis team and contributes to Bloomberg Law's AI Project Team. His team specializes in general litigation, with a particular emphasis on antitrust, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and litigation finance. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he amassed over 25 years of experience leading content-producing teams for litigators and covering ethics in legal practice. He served as a vice president at a regional legal publishing company, acted as an editorial director at Thomson Reuters, and offered insights on legal technology, business, and ethics as an opinion and articles writer. 

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February 27: Navigating Supply Chain Challenges in 2025: Key Insights on New Import & Export Rules for U.S. Businesses

Supply chain challenges will persist in 2025, requiring businesses to understand their risks and responsibilities. This webinar will focus on important supply chain issues for businesses, including export controls, import restrictions, and tariffs--areas that have seen an explosion of new regulations, a trend likely to continue under the new Trump Administration. These topics will impact all businesses, even those who do not directly import or export goods. Our expert panelists will discuss the supply chain challenges and how lawyers can address these challenges.
Learning objectives:

• Understand the latest updates to U.S. regulatory regimes that impact imports and exports.
• Determine how changes to U.S. export controls, import restrictions, and tariffs will impact U.S. businesses.
• Implement measures to mitigate the risks these regulations pose to your company’s supply chain.

Who would benefit from attending this program?

• In-house counsel who advise their business on supply chain matters, including compliance and contract drafting.
• Lawyers that deal with cross-border transactions as a supplier, a seller, or both.

Title:
Navigating Supply Chain Challenges in 2025: Key Insights on New Import & Export Rules for U.S. Businesses
Webinar Date/Time:
February 27, 2025
1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST
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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Credit details in each particular jurisdiction.
Speakers:

• Everett Eissenstat, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs:  Everett Eissenstat is a partner in the Public Policy Practice Group. Everett is one of the nation’s foremost global trade experts having served in senior positions in Congress, the Office of the US Trade Representative, the White House and a Fortune 50 company. He helps clients manage and mitigate geopolitical risk, influence international economic policy-making, and develop and execute successful international trade and investment strategies.
• Anthony Rapa Partner Blank Rome. Anthony Rapa is co-chair of Blank Rome’s International Trade practice group. A dual U.S./UK-qualified practitioner, he counsels companies, private equity sponsors, and financial institutions regarding cross-border trade, operations, and investments, drawing from on-the-ground experience spanning four continents. Anthony is a trusted adviser to clients on matters involving economic sanctions, export controls, and investment screening involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). Global Investigations Review and Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal ) have recognized him as a leading practitioner, and he is a former member of the Law360 International Trade Editorial Advisory Board. 
• Sarah Rathke Partner Squire Patton Boggs. Sarah Rathke is a Chambers-ranked trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex and high-value disputes in courts and tribunals throughout the US. Sarah has served as first-chair trial counsel in numerous disputes across industry sectors, and is frequently recognized for her courtroom skills. In 2023, Sarah was profiled in Authority Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” series and included in 2023’s Top 100 Attorneys Magazine. In 2022, she was selected by The American Lawyer as a “Midwest Trailblazer” for her work in supply chain litigation. Since 2015, she has been recognized as a Future Star by Benchmark Litigation. In 2012, she was one of three lawyers nationwide appointed to the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) Next Generation Faculty. She has written and lectured extensively about trial practice, including for NITA, the Northeast Ohio Federal Bar Association Trial Academy and the Cleveland State University College of Law trial advocacy curriculum. Her article, “A BigLaw Ladies’ Guide to Becoming a 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer,” was awarded a 2018 Burton Award for Distinguished Writing.
• Moderator: Louann Troutman Senior Legal Analyst Bloomberg Law. Louann Troutman is a Senior Legal Analyst in Bloomberg Law’s Commercial Transactions team, where she has written about international trade and supply chain issues for over 20 years. She has a B.A. in International Relations from the Ohio State University and a J.D. from George Washington University.

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December 12: State Law Power: What the Maps Portend for 2025

As differences between states’ compliance frameworks grow sharper, it is more important than ever for lawyers to know the ground rules in the states where their clients and corporations are located. When Bloomberg Law asked its legal analysts to assess the key themes and trends that they will be watching in 2025, many of them identified state laws as an important yet overlooked legal arena that affects a wide variety of practice areas and compliance issues.
Using detailed maps and expert analysis, the webinar will benefit lawyers who need to stay up on a variety of compliance matters in multiple locations.

Bloomberg Law legal analysts will provide nationwide-level assessments of where the states are in several legal areas, including Post-Chevron regulatory power, drug pricing, deepfake AI, and cannabis. Nationwide snapshots of state requirements in the areas of data privacy, AI, pay transparency, and legal ethics will also be shared.
Net takeaways:
Attendees will…

• Gain new insights into the interaction between state and federal oversight
• Get the latest state-based information about diverse legal areas, such as AI, privacy, drug pricing, cannabis, and Chevron deference
• Compare compliance profiles in the states in which their clients and companies are located

Learning objectives:

• See the latest national maps that illustrate the patchwork of legal requirements on a variety of matters.
• Learn about emerging developments in state laws that explain nationwide trends.
• Look ahead to how state requirements will dictate the practice of law in 2025

Who can benefit:

• In-house lawyers whose corporations have a presence in multiple states
• Law firm lawyers who advise on compliance matters
• Legal observers looking for overlooked trends heading into 2025.

Title:
State Law Power: What the Maps Portend for 2025
Webinar Date/Time:
December 12, 2024
1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST
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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Alexis Kramer is the Assistant Team Lead of Bloomberg Law’s Health, Employment, and Labor team, where she focuses on health and pharmaceutical law. Prior to joining this team, she spent almost a decade reporting and editing technology and health-care news. She earned her J.D. and M.A. degrees from American University Washington College of Law.
• Meghan Thompson is a Content Specialist on Bloomberg Law's Health, Employment, and Labor team covering the U.S. cannabis industry and its regulation at the state and federal levels. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, she worked as a reporter covering the burgeoning cannabis industries in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and was the Managing Editor of a publication covering blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. Meghan received her B.A. in journalism with a double major in political science from the University of Maryland.
• Travis Yuille is a Legal Analyst on Bloomberg Law’s Litigation team, focusing on privacy and intellectual property. He holds a CIPP/US certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Previously, he worked as an engineer in the energy sector, a law clerk in employment law matters, and an editor for the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal at George Washington University. He earned his J.D. from George Washington University with a focus on intellectual property law, and a B.S. in Engineering from Texas A&M University.
• Erin L. Webb is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
• Moderator: Robert Combs is an Analysis Channel Manager on the Regulatory & Compliance team with a focus on labor and employment issues. In more than 20 years at Bloomberg Law, Robert has extensively analyzed the impact of labor trends and employment law developments on U.S. workplaces. Robert has an MS in Journalism from Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and graduated with a BA in English from Denison University.

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October 23: Class Action Issues Ripe for Review: Some Current Circuit Splits

The Supreme Court hasn’t taken many cases regarding the interpretation of FRCP 23 lately. As a result, there are a number of important issues percolating in federal courts that have resulted in splits among the federal Circuit Courts.
Until SCOTUS rules on these issues, in other words, it matters profoundly where some class actions are filed. Examples of the issues impacted include fundamentals of class definition, such as how to determine if a class is “ascertainable.”
This webinar will look at some of the most important circuit splits and discuss how they impact litigants. Panelists will highlight relevant petitions before the court and trends in class action jurisprudence.
Title:
Class Action Issues Ripe for Review: Some Current Circuit Splits
Webinar Date/Time:
October 23, 2024
12:00 PM EDT •11:00 AM CDT •10:00 AM MDT •9:00 AM PDT
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Credit:
1 Credit approved or applied for in most states.
Speakers:

• Dr. Adam Feldman is the creator and author of the Empirical SCOTUS blog, the principal at Optimized Legal Solutions Consulting, and was the previous statistics editor for SCOTUSBlog. He holds a law degree from U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and practiced law as a trial lawyer for four years before starting a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California where he was one of six university wide recipients of the Ph.D. Achievement Award. He subsequently completed a doctoral fellowship through Columbia Law School and is currently an adjunct professor teaching courses on law and political science. He has fifteen published or forthcoming articles in law and peer-reviewed journals and is currently developing an engine to predict legal outcomes based on trial and appeals oral arguments.
• Josh Yount is a partner in Mayer Brown’s renowned Supreme Court and Appellate practice. With over 20 years of experience, Josh has a long history of successfully defending corporate clients in class action, appellate, and other legal matters. His class action work spans a wide array of subjects, including mass torts, product liability, antitrust, securities, consumer protection, banking, and insurance, in both state and federal courts. In appellate matters, Josh has represented clients in the US Supreme Court, most federal circuit courts, and many state appellate courts. He also provides strategic guidance during pretrial, trial, and post-trial phases to develop and preserve arguments for appeal. Additionally, Josh has authored chapters in treatises on federal appellate practice, securities class actions, and Seventh Circuit appeals, and he contributes to Mayer Brown’s class action blog.
• Moderator: Eleanor Tyler is a Legal Analyst on Bloomberg Law’s Litigation team, with a focus on antitrust. Previously, she spent seven years reporting for Bloomberg Law's antitrust news desk. Before joining Bloomberg Law in 2010, Eleanor was a litigation associate at a large law firm. She clerked for the Hon. Simeon Lake in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Her JD is from Georgetown University, and she holds an MA in international affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

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September 24: Navigating Technology & AI Agreements: Trends, Issues, Guidance, and New Frontiers

Today, every organization uses technology as an integral part of its business. Transactional lawyers – both in-house and law firm counsel – are keen to keep abreast of trends and emerging issues in technology agreement drafting in order to adequately protect their clients’ intellectual property and their clients’ rights when procuring technology-related goods or services from third parties. New approaches are developing to address technology ownership, rights to technology developed during the course of a services engagement, and client concerns for guardrails on AI use, data security, and copyright protections.
The panelists for this 60-minute program will tackle current and emerging issues in drafting and reviewing technology and AI related agreements and developing market standards. We will cover contract drafting principles, privacy concerns and practical advice regarding the preparation and review of technology license, technical services, and AI agreements. Novel AI opportunities and sample agreement clause alternatives will be explored.
Learning Objectives include:

• Providing commercial counsel, particularly those in non-technical organizations or who represent non-technical business clients, with updated information on current practices and standards regarding technology-related documentation.
• Based on developments in the law of business associations, providing transactional lawyers with ideas for how artificial intelligence and other software technologies might enable new types of transactions.

  Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house and law firm commercial counsel who create, supervise the creation of, or review technology licenses, technology service agreements, and AI contracts/provisions
• Commercial counsel who are interested in new frontiers of technology-enabled transactions.

Title:
Navigating Technology & AI Agreements: Trends, Issues, Guidance, and New Frontiers
Webinar Date/Time:
September 24, 2024
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Moderator: Denis Demblowski is a principal legal analyst with Bloomberg Industry Group, focusing on commercial transactions and corporate law. He practiced in-house for 32 years at a global manufacturing and industrial company in such areas as compliance, corporate, executive compensation, finance, corporate governance, general commercial, international, M&A, and securities.
• Beth Ebert is a dynamic transactional attorney with over two decades of expertise in technology transactions. Currently serving as Principal Corporate Counsel on the Customer Pursuits Team at Microsoft Corporation, Beth drives strategic and complex transactions that propel digital transformation and innovation. Beth focuses on high-value, complex cloud services transactions, data privacy matters and generative AI transactions. Beth's approach is shaped by her extensive experience across various disciplines. Her unique perspective, rooted in a diverse background in both business and legal fields, is evident in her multifaceted approach to tech transactions. Beth's passion for technology and its legal intersections has established her as a trusted advisor and a thought leader in the industry.
• Cassandra L. Gaedt-Sheckter is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Palo Alto office, where she co-chairs the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice, and is a key member of the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice, including as the leader of the firm’s State Privacy Law Task Force. With extensive experience advising companies on AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity issues, Cassandra focuses on strategic product counseling, regulatory compliance counseling, global program development, regulatory enforcement matters (including in connection with the California Attorney General’s Office, California Privacy Protection Agency, and Federal Trade Commission), and complex transactional representations (including assisting companies with targeted assessments in M&A, joint development, vendor and outsourcing agreements). Cassandra advises clients in various industries, including technology, retail, luxury fashion, gig economy, financial, energy / oil and gas, and transportation.
• Shawn Bayern is the Larry and Joyce Beltz Professor at the Florida State University College of Law. His teaching and research focus on common-law issues, primarily in contracts, torts, and organizational law. Professor Bayern has visited at Berkeley Law, Duke Law School, and the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He is the author, most recently, of A Research Agenda for Organizational Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024), The Analytical Failures of Law and Economics (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Principles and Possibilities in Common Law (West Academic Publishing, 2023), and Autonomous Organizations (Cambridge University Press, 2021). Before his legal career, Bayern worked in computing research, served on groups responsible for developing programming languages, and wrote several books and articles about computer programming. He also created the Central Authentication Service (CAS), a framework for computer security that has been adopted by many universities and other organizations.

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August 15: Litigation After Loper: Effects on Agency Practice

The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Loper Bright v. Raimondo changed the deference courts give to agencies—and in turn, how solid agency regulations are when they’re passed. Join us to discuss the impact of this case, the overrule of Chevron deference, and the effect Loper will have on legal practice involving federal agencies. Our panelists will discuss the new opinions, their practice past and present, and the legal standards going forward.
Learning objectives include:
- Understand the new legal standard when agency actions are challenged in court, under Loper
- Discuss strategy and practical effects on attorneys who focus on compliance or litigation involving federal agencies
- Discuss potential applications of the new precedent by lower courts looking forward
Who would benefit most from attending this program?
- Litigators who regularly engage in litigation involving federal agencies in court
- Attorneys focused on federal regulatory compliance issues
Title:
Litigation After Loper: Effects on Agency Practice
Webinar Date/Time:
August 15, 2024
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Credit:
1.0 General COA, 1.2 General, or 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice in most states. Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Daniel H. Ahn is one of Reed Smith’s leading West Coast and Asia-Pacific White-Collar Defense and Investigations partners, with a focus on investigations, and former supervisory federal prosecutor. David Lehn Partner Boies Schiller Flexner LLP David has extensive experience in environmental and energy law, antitrust law, and constitutional law, developed over the course of nearly 20 years of public and private practice. David previously served in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he provided legal advice to the White House and the heads of myriad federal agencies on various statutory and constitutional issues. Most recently David worked in the Washington, D.C. office of an international law firm.
• Alexander T. MacDonald, Shareholder Littler Mendelson P.C. Alexander T. MacDonald advises employers on all aspects of the employment and labor landscape, focusing on emerging legislation and regulation. He has extensive experience advising businesses on worker classification, arbitration, the administrative and regulatory process, and the future of work.
• Kevin Poloncarz, Partner Covington & Burling LLP Kevin Poloncarz co-chairs the firm’s Environmental and Energy Practice Group, Energy Industry Group and ESG Practice. He is ranked by Chambers USA among the nation’s leading climate change attorneys and California’s leading environmental lawyers, and by Chambers Global among the top climate change lawyers. Kevin represents electric utilities, financial institutions, investors and companies in policy, litigation and transactional matters concerning power and carbon markets, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), sustainable aviation fuel, and clean hydrogen. He also teaches Climate Law and Policy at Stanford Law School.
• Moderator: Erin Webb, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. Erin L. Webb is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.

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May 14: Leveraging Data for Litigation Success

From dissecting trial verdicts to analyzing appellate decisions, data plays a pivotal role in contextualizing past events and aiding informed decision-making by litigators. Join our webinar to gain valuable insights into how data can be leveraged to shape trial and appellate litigation strategies, particularly when it comes to understanding potential outcomes in disputes. 

Our expert panel will explore the influence of emerging technologies like AI in collecting and interpreting legal data, paving the way for innovative approaches in advocacy. 

 Learning objectives include: 

•  The utility of various types of data in litigation and why it has traditionally been underutilized by lawyers 
• The types and sources of data that are available to litigators to aid in decision making 
• Current applications and best practices for litigators, litigation funders, and insurers on the usage of legal data, including case strategy, when and where to file lawsuits, settlement, and assessments of trial and appellate outcomes 
• Artificial intelligence and its potential future applications in the collection and analysis of empirical legal data.

Title:
Leveraging Data for Litigation Success
Webinar Date/Time:
May 14, 2024

1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Dr. Adam Feldman is the creator and author of the Empirical SCOTUS blog, the principal at Optimized Legal Solutions Consulting, and was the previous statistics editor for SCOTUSBlog. He holds a law degree from U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and practiced law as a trial lawyer for four years before starting a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California where he was one of six university wide recipients of the Ph.D. Achievement Award. He subsequently completed a doctoral fellowship through Columbia Law School and is currently an adjunct professor teaching courses on law and political science. He has fifteen published or forthcoming articles in law and peer-reviewed journals and is currently developing an engine to predict legal outcomes based on trial and appeals oral arguments.
• William C. Marra is a director at Certum Group, where he leads the company's litigation finance strategy. Will is also a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania's Carey Law school, where he co-teaches a course on litigation finance. Prior to joining Certum, Will spent several years at another litigation funder, Validity Finance. Before that, Will practiced law at Cooper & Kirk PLLC in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and Harvard College.
• Kirby Thomas West is an attorney at the Institute for Justice (“IJ”), where she is also the co-director of IJ’s National Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse. Kirby litigates constitutional cases defending property rights, free speech, and educational choice.
• Moderator: Robert Dillard is a legal analyst on the litigation team at Bloomberg Law. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Robert was a litigator and in-house counsel at both small firms and state government agencies. His practice focused on government contracts and employment law while representing clients before state, federal, and administrative courts. Robert earned his B.S. from Morehouse College and his J.D. from Georgetown University.

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June 12: Strikes in the Workplace: Taking Stock of Unions' New Picketing Power

Labor unions in the U.S. initiated more strikes in 2023 than they have in over 20 years, calling for workplace walkouts at a rate of almost one per day and involving over half a million workers.
This webinar gives lawyers on both sides of the labor-management relationship the facts, insights, and context they need to navigate this resurgence in union unrest. Drawing from more than 30 years of Bloomberg Law's labor data, speakers will identify the most crucial patterns, explain the factors currently in play, and provide insights into what lies ahead.
Learning Objectives:
See the statistical trends that have brought union strike activity to this historically high level Understand the legal and regulatory developments shaping the current labor-management relationship Build contextual awareness from discussions between management-side and labor-side attorneys
Who would benefit most from attending this program?
In-house counsel and law firm lawyers looking for objective data and diverse insights about labor relations
Negotiators for management and labor seeking common-sense strategies in collective bargaining
Title:
Strikes in the Workplace: Taking Stock of Unions' New Picketing Power
Webinar Date/Time:
June 12, 2024
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Robert Combs is an Analysis Channel Manager on the Regulatory & Compliance team with a focus on labor and employment issues. In more than 20 years at Bloomberg Law, Robert has extensively analyzed the impact of labor trends and employment law developments on U.S. workplaces. Robert has an MS in Journalism from Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and graduated with a BA in English from Denison University.
• Genaira Tyce is currently a labor and employment law partner in the New York office of Akerman LLP. While her practice is wide and varied, she devotes a substantial part of her practice to representing employers in traditional labor disputes, including routinely representing employers in matters before the National Labor Relations Board, and leading employers through union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, and strikes. Prior to joining Akerman LLP, Genaira worked at law firm Arent Fox LLP in New York, representing management and was a field attorney in Region 29 Brooklyn of the National Labor Relations Board.
• Francis Boustany is a Legal Analyst on the Corporate analysis team, focusing on labor and employment law. In previous roles, he served as a management consultant and a director of advisory services, focusing on labor and employment law compliance, employee relations, process improvement, and technology implementation and adoption. He received his B.A. from Louisiana State University in Mass Communication, his M.A. from Louisiana Tech University in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and his J.D. from Louisiana State University.

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May 9: From Proposal to Practice: Analyzing the FTC’s Final Noncompete Rule

The Federal Trade Commission’s January 5, 2023, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Ban Noncompete Clauses unleashed a torrent of reactions from practitioners, academia, and others, both positive and negative. Considering some of the roughly 26,000 comment letters received from interested parties, the FTC voted to release its final noncompete rule on April 23, 2024, including detailed guidance and explanation of the considerations underlying the Commission’s decision making.

 
This webinar, intended for attorneys and other professionals who regularly advise on noncompetition clauses, will highlight some of the significant differences between the proposed and final rules; analyze arguments plaintiffs are making challenging the new rulemaking; review alternate employer information restrictive covenants; and provide guidance and suggested best practices for corporate practitioners going forward.
Learning Objectives include:

• Understand the substantive provisions of the FTC’s final noncompete rule and significant differences from the proposed rule and rationale therefore
• Steps counsel can take to assist clients to fully comply with the final rule
• Discuss strategies and issues to consider when drafting enforceable alternative trade secret and confidential information agreements.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house and law firm counsel who regularly advise companies on restrictive covenants, executive compensation, or related matters.
• Corporate counsel who manage employment agreements and advise on employment or business development issues. 

Title:
From Proposal to Practice: Analyzing the FTC’s Final Noncompete Rule
Webinar Date/Time:
May 9, 2024
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Credit:
1.0 General COA, 1.2 General, or 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice. Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Moderator: Denis Demblowski is a senior legal analyst with Bloomberg Industry Group, focusing on commercial transactions and corporate law. He practiced in-house for 32 years at a global manufacturing and industrial company in such areas as compliance, corporate, executive compensation, finance, corporate governance, general commercial, international, M&A, and securities.
• Katherine Perrelli, a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw and co-chair of the firm’s national Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes group, is a nationally recognized authority in trade secret and unfair competition law who works with clients on implementing multi-jurisdictional restrictive covenant agreements and trade secret protection programs. She also litigates noncompete and restrictive covenant, unfair competition, and trade secret misappropriation matters nationally. Kate is also currently the co-chair of the ABA Committee on Trade Secrets and Interference with Contracts.
• Andrew G.I. Kilberg is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s litigation department. A member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Administrative and Regulatory, and Appellate and Constitutional Law practice groups, Andrew has significant experience challenging onerous federal regulations, advising on regulatory proposals, and defending agency enforcement actions and investigations. Between 2019 and 2021, Andrew served as Counselor to Secretary Eugene Scalia at the United States Department of Labor. He has represented clients in federal district and appellate courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as before various agencies, authoring dozens of briefs, comment letters, and other submissions. At the beginning of his career, he clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
• Eric Akira Tate chairs the firm’s Global Employment and Labor Group. He represents companies in “bet-the-company” trade secrets and employee mobility cases. Eric provides crisis management advice to public and private company boards of directors and represents boards and companies sensitive internal investigations and disputes with executives, and whistleblower, wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, and other employment litigation. He also advises companies in employment law compliance and transactional matters, including restrictive covenants and other personnel policies and procedures, and employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions throughout the United States and globally. Eric is a thought leader and serves on the Board of Review and Associate Editor for leading Bloomberg Law treatises Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey; Covenants Not to Compete; Employee Duty of Loyalty; and Tortious Interference in the Employment Context. He also serves as co-chair of the Covenants Not to Compete and Trade Secrets Subcommittee for the Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Section. Eric serves on the Council of the Labor and Employment Section. Eric has served on the firm’s Diversity Strategy Committee since its inception and is a past co-chair. He is a former office hiring partner and member of the firmwide Pro Bono and Litigation Evaluations Committees. Eric serves on the firm’s Points Committee. Eric is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has been ranked by Chambers USA for Labor & Employment and has been recognized by Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer in employment law, the Daily Journal as one of California’s Top Labor and Employment and Trade Secrets Lawyers and by Benchmark Litigation as a Labor and Employment Star.

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February 21: Managing New Contract Risks in the Supply Web

Global supply chains in 2024 will become more resilient—but even so, parties need new approaches in order to address ongoing supply complexity, changing vulnerabilities, and new supply partner requirements. As the list of short- and long-term risks grows, how can supply relationships keep up? How are parties providing comfort around consistency of supply, privacy and data management, and the wide range of social requirements asked of them?
The panelists for this 60-minute program will tackle current issues in the supply chain environment as well as best practices to address long-term supply risks. We will discuss supply partner diligence and monitoring, and how this information can lead to targeted changes in contracting and negotiation. In addition, we will discuss technological advances that enable real-time information sharing and problem solving.
Learning Objectives include:

• Understand how to account contractually for financial, compliance, and reputational/ESG risks that are uncovered in due diligence up and down the entire supply chain.
• Understand the emerging approaches to supply chain contracting, including increased visibility into practices and performance of upstream suppliers, express ESG requirements (human rights; environmental compliance), and audit & reporting.
• Review cross-border supply chain challenges, such as sourcing, near-shoring, and increased import compliance and enforcement.
• Who would benefit most from attending this program?

In-house and law firm counsel who create or supervise the creation of supply contracts
Corporate counsel who manage contract drafting in supply-chain compliance, regulation, and technology.
Title:
Managing New Contract Risks in the Supply Web
Webinar Date/Time:
February 21, 2024
1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST
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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:
Moderator Denis Demblowski is a Senior Legal Analyst at Bloomberg Law who develops transactional practical guidance and analysis materials. He practiced in-house for 32 years at Alcoa Inc., a global manufacturing and industrial company, in such areas as compliance, corporate, executive compensation, finance, corporate governance, general commercial, international, M&A and securities. Denis is a graduate of Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

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December 6: Artificial Intelligence and In-House Counsel: Pitfalls and Possibilities in 2024

Recent survey results show that corporate lawyers are more familiar with advances in AI technology than lawyers in law firms. They're also more apprehensive about them.
As a new year approaches, in-house attorneys will need to be even more knowledgeable—and more vigilant—about AI and the wide-ranging impacts it will have on the corporate legal landscape.
In this 60-minute webinar, you'll hear from three Bloomberg Law legal analysts as they call attention to AI-related compliance, litigation, and business trends that you may have missed, and discuss how those issues will shape how corporate legal departments will fare in 2024.
Learning Objectives:

• See the latest survey data on in-house lawyers' capabilities, expectations, and fears regarding generative AI, and how they differ from their law firm counterparts.
• Learn more about under-the-radar trends such as companies’ use of employee data to train AI models and the SEC’s strategy to regulate AI use by investment firms.
• Look ahead to the potential impact AI is making on corporate legal spend and alternative fee arrangements.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house attorneys looking for AI trends with corporate priorities in mind
• Corporate legal departments and compliance teams
• Law firm lawyers whose clients are corporations, unionized and nonunion employers, and SEC-regulated organizations.

Title:
Artificial Intelligence and In-House Counsel: Pitfalls and Possibilities in 2024
Webinar Date/Time:
December 6, 2023

1:00 PM EST 1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST

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Credit:
Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.
Speakers:

• Robert Combs is an Analysis Channel Manager on the Regulatory & Compliance team with a focus on labor and employment issues. In more than 20 years at Bloomberg Law, Robert has extensively analyzed the impact of labor trends and employment law developments on U.S. workplaces. Robert has an MS in Journalism from Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and graduated with a BA in English from Denison University.
• Stephanie Pacheco is a Legal Analyst on the Data, Legal Analytics & Business team focusing primarily on legal technology, law school innovation, and legal ethics. In her previous roles, she spent time working on federal civil and criminal litigation as well as access to justice initiatives. Stephanie earned her dual B.A. from the University of South Carolina in Criminal Justice and Philosophy and her J.D. from Charleston School of Law.
• Colin Caleb is a Principal Legal Analyst on the transactional team, with a focus on structured finance and capital markets. He has over a decade of experience, ranging from project finance deal work at a boutique D.C. law firm to in-house counsel for a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Most recently, Colin served as an attorney with the SEC focusing on securities laws impacting private and smaller public companies. He earned his accounting and law degrees from Oakwood University and St. Mary's University School of Law, respectively.
• Bridget Roddy is a Content Specialist on Bloomberg Law's Labor and Employment team, with a focus on AI and workplace privacy. Previously, she clerked with the Chicago History Museum's In-House Counsel and worked as a Legal Research Assistant for the Antiquities Coalition's Financial Crime Task Force. She earned her J.D. from DePaul University with a certificate in Intellectual Property Law, an LLM in International and European Business Law from Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Cleveland State University.

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November 15: Expert Motions Under FRE 702 and Daubert

Amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 go into effect December 2023 -- now's the time to prepare and review your strategy. Join us to discuss FRE 702 basics, motion strategy, and the effect of the new amendments to the rule.
FRE 702 governs the admissibility of expert witness testimony in litigation. Following FRE 702's enactment, the Supreme Court decided Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., providing a framework on how courts should evaluate expert opinions for their admissibility, which was incorporated into later amendments to the rule.
The recent amendment addresses the standard of proof and the burdens involved in demonstrating the admissibility of expert opinions. We'll look at how things might change when the new rule comes into effect.
Learning objectives include:
- Understand the basics of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and its interplay with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, including Daubert and related cases
- Discuss strategy and timing of motions to exclude, including benefits and drawbacks of different timing options
- Look ahead to the implementation of the new FRE 702 language, coming in December 2023
Who would benefit most from attending this program?
- Litigators who regularly retain, work with, and oppose experts
- Professionals who are regularly retained as expert witnesses in litigation
Title:
Expert Motions Under FRE 702 and Daubert
Webinar Date/Time:
November 15, 2023
2:00 PM EST •1:00 PM CST •12:00 PM MST •11:00 AM PST
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Credit:
1.0 GENERAL COA, 1.2 CLE, 1.0 AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 

Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.

Speakers:

• Moderator Golriz Chrostowski, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Golriz was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Elser, where she worked on a wide variety of complex litigation matters for seven years. Before that, Golriz worked as a litigation associate at a boutique litigation firm in New York for five years. Golriz received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
• Nancy Gutzler, Senior Managing Director, KCIC. Nancy has over 30 years of experience providing financial and litigation support and expert testimony services to clients. She provides testimony on behalf of clients in cases involving allocation of claims to insurance, proof of underlying exhaustion, claim review and sampling, calculation of interest on in-lieu-of payments, and calculation of unpaid allocations and associated interest. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and contributor to KCIC’s Risky Business blog.
• Dustin Rawlin, Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins. A graduate of the Duke University School of Law, Dustin is co-managing partner of the firm’s Cleveland office and has been a practicing attorney for over two decades. He is a trial lawyer who represents businesses in complex litigation matters in courts around the country. Dustin defends companies in cases involving products liability, breach of contract, business tort, breach of warranty, consumer fraud, professional negligence, and commercial disputes. Dustin works with internationally renowned expert witnesses in the fields of biomaterials, pathology, biostatistics, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, regulatory compliance, and medicine to present sophisticated scientific and medical concepts to juries.
• Erin Webb, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School. 

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October 11: The Future of Noncompetes: Balancing Business Interests and Regulatory Shifts

With noncompete agreements falling into disfavor with regulators on many levels, how can in-house counsel best protect their clients’ business assets? What types of restrictive covenants – or other types of restrictions – will survive the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed Non-Compete Clause Rule and the National Labor Relations Board’s opinion that certain noncompete agreements violate federal labor law? And because many states are following the lead of California, North Dakota, and Oklahoma and moving to restricting the circumstances in which employee noncompete agreements can be used, the options available to in-house and corporate counsel are more limited.
This webinar, intended for attorneys and other professionals who regularly advise on noncompetition agreements, will highlight a range of approaches businesses are taking to protect their workforce and competitive assets. 

With so much potential change in this area of law, our panel of experts will give up-to-date guidance on how they are dealing with national and state developments, and they will provide practical examples of how they are using the available tools, whether noncompete agreements or other types of contractual restrictions, going forward.
Learning Objectives include:

• Understand how counsel are working within the proposed regulation, guidance, and decisions from the FTC and NLRB, and at the state level, regarding employment-related noncompete agreements.
• Discuss strategies and issues to consider when drafting enforceable noncompete agreements to comply with agency rulings and state laws.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house and law firm counsel who regularly advise companies on restrictive covenants, noncompetes, and/or other employment issues.
• Corporate counsel who manage employment agreements and advise on employment or business development issues.

Title:
The Future of Noncompetes: Balancing Business Interests and Regulatory Shifts
Webinar Date/Time:
October 11, 2023
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Cost:
Free
Credit:
1.0 GENERAL COA, 1.2 CLE, 1.0 AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Most states and Canadian Provinces.
Speakers:

• Moderator: Denis Demblowski is a Senior Legal Analyst at Bloomberg Law who develops transactional practical guidance and analysis materials. He practiced in-house for 32 years at Alcoa Inc., a global manufacturing and industrial company, in such areas as compliance, corporate, executive compensation, finance, corporate governance, general commercial, international, M&A and securities. Denis is a graduate of Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
• Matthew Behrens is counsel in Shearman & Sterling’s Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice. He focuses on all aspects of compensation and benefits, including corporate, securities, employment and tax laws and ERISA. He advises both U.S. and non-U.S. companies on corporate governance and disclosure matters related to executive compensation, as well as employee issues implicated in mergers and acquisitions. He regularly counsels clients on equity-based incentives, deferred compensation programs and employment, retention and severance arrangements. Working closely with our funds group, Matt advises on the application of ERISA's plan asset, fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules to the structuring, operation, and administration of private investment funds and investment management arrangements. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling LLP, Matt served as counsel to the pension and investment division of the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
• Richard Moore defends clients in federal and state court litigation arising from claims of wrongful termination and allegations of various forms of protected class discrimination, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other statutory and common law claims. Rich also defends employers in workers’ compensation court appeals. He also both prosecutes and defends claims involving enforcement of noncompete agreements and allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets in state and federal court. While litigation is the focus of his practice, in advising clients, Rich leverages his experience in court to provide clients with practical advice and guidance with the aim of keeping them out of it. In addition, Rich’s practice includes conducting workplace investigations, providing entertaining and informative anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training for both companies and industry groups.
• Mary A. Smith is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She serves as a trusted advisor to clients on a broad range of litigation and counseling matters, helping them to understand how developing workplace issues and trends impact their businesses. Mary defends employers against claims of discrimination (gender, race, age, disability and national origin), sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, misappropriation of confidential information and related tort claims. She defends employers in state and federal courts, in arbitral forums such as AAA and administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, and the New York City Commission of Human Rights. As a member of Jackson Lewis’ Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition group, she regularly drafts and reviews employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, and noncompetition agreements, and handles related litigation. Mary is also a member of Jackson Lewis’ Financial Services, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Technology industry groups and is well versed in the workplace issues unique to those industries.

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July 20: ESG Lawsuits: Exploring Emerging Areas of Risk

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are discussed and debated everywhere, from corporate boardrooms to political campaigns. But once ESG reaches the courtroom, it graduates from an intangible group of concepts to a concrete, measurable field of legal practice—one that is forming rapidly with each new plaintiff’s lawsuit and judge’s opinion.
While corporate legal departments wait for regulatory action to identify the most important ESG risks, the courts are already pointing the way. In the past five quarters, federal ESG-related lawsuits have focused on the emerging areas of environmental justice, product advertising, employment, and environmental commitments.
This webinar examines the facts, trends, and key cases in litigation that have brought ESG to this crucial juncture. Bloomberg Law legal experts will discuss what we know about the fast-growing body of case law, covering such topics as climate disclosures, DEI, green product claims, ESG investment, workplace safety, and carbon commitments.
Learning Objectives:

• Understand the current state of ESG litigation and identify the biggest lawsuit hotspots.
• Get the facts about federal court filing trends in key ESG areas to see who’s suing whom, where, and for what.
• Learn from recent cases and opinions to assist in auditing ESG risk areas and develop defense strategies.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• Corporate in-house counsel involved in risk management and litigation matters
• Law firm attorneys advising clients on environmental, social, and governance issues
• Legal industry trend-watchers seeking to keep up with emerging developments in ESG

Title:
ESG Lawsuits: Exploring Emerging Areas of Risk
Webinar Date/Time:
July 20, 2023, 1:00 PM EDT
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT
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Cost:
Free
Credit:
Credit in most jurisdictions. See the "Accreditation" section on the registration page.
Speakers:

• Francis Boustany is a Legal Analyst on the Corporate Analysis team, focusing on labor and employment law. In previous roles, he served as a management consultant and a director of advisory services, focusing on labor and employment law compliance, employee relations, process improvement, and technology implementation and adoption.
• Abigail Gampher is a Legal Analyst with a focus on ESG and investor activism. In her work, Abigail authors industry-specific guidance on company disclosure obligations and provides attorneys with data-driven actionable analysis on sustainability and ESG-related topics.
• Erin L. Webb is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included environmental insurance coverage litigation and employment disputes.
• Moderator: Robert Combs is an Analysis Channel Manager on the Regulatory & Compliance team with a focus on labor and employment issues. In more than 20 years at Bloomberg Law, Robert has extensively analyzed the impact of labor trends and employment law developments on U.S. workplaces.
  

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August 16: SEC's New Cybersecurity Governance Rule: How Companies Can Prepare Their Board for Change

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule to enhance and standardize Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by public companies is in its final stage. Key provisions require mandatory reporting of a material cybersecurity incident within four business days, updated disclosures on previously disclosed incidents, annual descriptions of policies for identifying and managing cybersecurity risks, and disclosures of board member cybersecurity expertise.
This webinar, intended for attorneys and other professionals who manage corporate cybersecurity risk and disclosures, will provide an overview of legal issues associated with the SEC’s upcoming rule. Our panelists will break down the key provisions impacting how companies manage and report on cybersecurity risks and the required timely disclosures to shareholders.
Learning Objections include:

• Understand the key provisions of the SEC’s proposed cybersecurity risk governance rule
• Obtain insight into advising clients on how best to implement new requirements in coordination with their information technology departments
• Identify key considerations for advising boards and company management on risks associated with making required disclosures

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• In-house and law firm counsel who advise companies on cybersecurity risk management
• Compliance, privacy, and information technology professionals who advise on cybersecurity risk
• Corporate counsel who manage SEC filings and advise on general corporate governance matters.

Title:
SEC's New Cybersecurity Governance Rule: How Companies Can Prepare Their Board for Change
Webinar Date/Time:
August 16, 2023
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Cost:
Free
Credit:
1 CLE credit most states.

Speakers:

• Moderator: Kate Azevedo is a Legal Analyst on the Corporate Analysis team, with a focus on corporate governance. Prior to working at Bloomberg Law, Kate served as in-house counsel at a clinical research practice and as a director at a legal nonprofit organization. Kate is a licensed attorney in the District of Columbia who previously represented small business clients and consulted on technical commercial matters.
• Victoria Beckman is an Associate General Counsel for privacy and security at Shopify. Before joining Shopify, she was Leader for the Americas of the Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) at Microsoft. Victoria holds a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Professional US (CIPP-US) certification by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Prior to practicing law, Victoria was an industrial engineer in the technology and automotive sectors and a competitive figure skater for her native country, Colombia. 
• Jordan Rae Kelly is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Cybersecurity for the Americas at FTI Consulting. Jordan has more than 15 years of experience coordinating incident response and managing cyber policy planning. At FTI Consulting, she advises clients on a broad range of cybersecurity and data privacy matters involving breaches, insider threats, intellectual property, crisis communications, vendor management, compliance, regulation, risk management, and forensic investigations. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Jordan served as the Director for Cyber Incident Response on the National Security Council at the White House, and prior to that, as Chief of Staff and Chief of Strategic Initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Division, where she managed daily operations and strategic and policy planning for the FBI’s national cyber program.
• Dan Pepper is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP advising clients on proactive data privacy and security practices, data breach incident response and regulatory compliance. Dan is highly knowledgeable in identifying, evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy and information security practices with more than 25 years of experience in data privacy, cybersecurity and information technology law, including leadership roles at Fortune 50 public companies. He also supports clients on compliance with domestic and international security laws, regulations and standards, including PCI-DSS, the NIST and ISO. He is proficient at structuring technology acquisitions, licensing and distribution arrangements, as well as cloud-based/SaaS transactions. With his substantial industry knowledge, Dan has drafted and negotiated thousands of technology and intellectual property-based transactions.

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June 22: Commercial Contracts 2023: Evolving Provisions Highlight the Value of Compliance

Businesses must deal with increasing legal and reputational risks caused by supply-chain issues, privacy requirements for both customers and data, and evolving regulatory and commercial demands. And the transactional lawyers who work in these organizations must adapt and respond to contracting and compliance challenges in an environment of fast-paced change. Incorporating new and emerging terms into contract negotiations and drafting processes ensures that businesses are prepared to meet these challenges while balancing the company’s needs, values, and risk tolerance.
This 60-minute webinar will introduce participants to new and emerging commercial contract terms and how to incorporate these terms in your negotiations and drafting. Our panel of experts will address several trending contract topics, including:

• The importance of including privacy and data security provisions in contracts to ensure compliance with CCPA, GDPR, and similar laws.
• The impact of export controls, sanctions, and compliance requirements on companies engaged in cross-border trade, and how their impact may be broader than you think.
• How to include audit requirements in contracts to protect your business.
• How to draft effective nondisclosure agreements in light of shifting law.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore recent developments in commercial contract drafting and emerging contractual risk areas.
• Discover alternatives to achieve and secure NDA objectives.
• Learn why legal compliance obligations should be part of the contracting process.

Who would benefit from attending this program?
Commercial practitioners, particularly law firm associates, and in-house counsel, who are on the front line of negotiating, drafting, and documenting modern commercial arrangements. Intermediate learning level.
Title:
Commercial Contracts 2023: Evolving Provisions Highlight the Value of Compliance
Webinar Date/Time:
June 22, 2023
1:00 PM EDT •12:00 PM CDT •11:00 AM MDT •10:00 AM PDT 

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Cost:
Free
Credit:
Credit in most states.
Speakers:

• Denis Demblowski is a Senior Legal Analyst at Bloomberg Law who develops transactional practical guidance and analysis materials. He practiced in-house for 32 years at Alcoa Inc., a global manufacturing and industrial company, in such areas as compliance, corporate, executive compensation, finance, corporate governance, general commercial, international, M&A and securities. Denis is a graduate of Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
• Louann Troutman is a content specialist on the transactional team, with a focus on cross-border commerce. She has more than 20 years of experience in covering international trade for Bloomberg Law. She earned her J.D. from George Washington University and her B.A. in International Relations from Ohio State University.
• William R. Denny, a Partner at Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP in Wilmington, Delaware, has a business and litigation practice, focusing on commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, vendor management, data privacy and security, and information technology. Mr. Denny is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and a Certified Information Privacy Manager through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He has represented public and privately held companies and government entities in a wide range of technology transactions, including negotiating complex cloud services agreements, software and IT infrastructure development, maintenance and support agreements, long-term materials supply agreements, outsourcing agreements, transition and site services agreements, technology licensing agreements, sales of internet domain names, and website terms of use and privacy policies. Clients include major corporations in the industrial, chemical, medical and technology sectors, as well as technology and information systems service providers and developers.
• Laura Elliott, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Bioventus
• Cara Bradley, Deputy General Counsel, Everbridge

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