June 26: Judge Peck and the Adventure of the Missing 502(d) Order

It may be the greatest unsolved mystery in the legal practice: the case of the missing 502(d) order. These orders can act as a strong shield against the waiver of privilege or protection when information is inadvertently produced during litigation—providing much more protection than a clawback agreement alone.
Yet observe the typical courtroom today and such orders will almost never be found. Why?
Join Judge Andrew J. Peck as he discusses the potential benefits of 502(d) orders, why and how to use them, and why so many lawyers are failing to fully protect client information during litigation.
Title:
Judge Peck and the Adventure of the Missing 502(d) Order
When/Where:
June 26, 2018
12:00 pm
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Speaker:
Judge Andrew J. Peck has been a leading name in eDiscovery since 1995, when he was first appointed Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York. Just a few months after taking the bench, shortly after O.J. Simpson’s trial concluded and Windows 95 was released, Judge Peck issued a key eDiscovery opinion, ruling that companies must make electronic versions of their computerized data available during discovery.
In the years that followed, Judge Peck penned several widely influential opinions, from the first opinion approving the use of predictive coding in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe to a recent warning to the bar over boilerplate discovery objections in Fischer v. Forrest. Judge Peck retired from the bench in March and now serves as senior counsel at DLA Piper.
By:
Logickull.com
Credit:
The announcement does not describe CLE Credit. From the description of the content and speaker, you might be able to claim credit in some jurisdictions.
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June 18, 28: Drinking from a Fire Hydrant: Basic Legal Research in the Age of Technology

Technological advancement has enabled humanity to retain and process seemingly endless amounts of information. Nowhere is that more true than in the American legal system. Making sense of the water pouring from that particular fire hydrant is the focus of this course on the fundamentals of basic legal research in the age of electronic legal research.
Title:
Drinking from a Fire Hydrant: Basic Legal Research in the Age of Technology
When/Where:
Webcast - Register Now!

• 9:00am - 10:00am EDT - 06/18/2018 
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 06/28/2018 
• Next Month:
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 07/06/2018 
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT - 07/09/2018

Speaker:
Steve Dubusky
By:
Lexis/Nexis
Credit:
1 credit in most jurisdictions that allow online credit.

June 15: Blowing Smoke: Managing New Risks in the Workplace

The National Institute of Drug Abuse puts the cost of substance abuse to our nation at $600 billion in terms of crime, lost work productivity and health care. With workplace drug and alcohol testing laws and regulations changing constantly, discover the history and background of drugs and the workplace, medical marijuana and a drug free workplace, establishing impairment levels and workplace challenges.


Title:
Blowing Smoke: Managing New Risks in the Workplace
When/Where:
Webcast
12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 06/15/2018
Next Month:
12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 07/13/2018
Speaker:
Jared Millisor
Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits.
By:
LexisNexis

July 17: What’s In (Protection of) a Name?

Description:

• Protecting rights with respect to personal names (surnames, names of living individuals, and portraits and signatures),
• Risks related to the use of names as trademarks
• Considerations related to protection of celebrity names:
• Protection and registration and strategies
• Pre-emptive trademark protection and filings, and requisite bona fide intent to use
• Post-death or post-celebrity considerations.

Title:
What’s In (Protection of) a Name?
When/Where:
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
8:00 am Pacific Daylight Time

10:00 am Central Daylight Time

11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time
Webcast - Register Now!
Speakers:
MBHB partners Eric R. Moran and Nicole E. Reifman
Duration:
1 hour 15 minutes
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.
CLE credit:
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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July 9: Webcast - Best Practices in Prior Art Search

Our CLE provides strategies that improves your Prior Art Search and making sure you get the relevant results the first time.

Topics Covered

• Highlight key components of an effective search strategy
• Understand database strengths and weaknesses
• Processes to save you and your clients' time and money
• Best practices in dealing with vendors and clients
• Cover various searches and benefits
• Review basic building blocks.

Who Should Attend
Patent attorneys, patent agents and paralegals find these webinars very useful. This course has helped the attendees manage their patent prosecution matters and searches more effectively and efficiently.
Title:
Best Practices in Prior Art Search
When/Where:
July 9, 2018, 2017
12:00 PM Eastern
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Speakers:
Feroze Ali & Jeffrey Sobek. Coming from varied technical and management backgrounds, they also bring a wealth of knowledge from more than 40 years of combined experience working with IP professionals from top IP and AmLaw firms to individual inventors.
Legal Advantage has conducted over 3,000 combined searches, with a cross section of experience of searching for patent and non-patent literature in databases mirrored with extensive on-site search experience at the USPTO.
By:
Legal Advantage.
Credit:
1 Hour in DE, IA, WA
By:
Legal Advantage.
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June 4, 6 + 11: Answering the Call: Overcoming Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession

In this course, you will examine the characteristics of the legal profession that make attorneys so much more susceptible to substance abuse as well as review the wildly disproportionate disciplinary records.


Title:
Answering the Call: Overcoming Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
When/Where:

• 06/04/2018 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT 
• 06/06/2018 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT 
• 06/11/2018 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits. Often these are ethics credits
By:
LexisNexis

June 8: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics

Volunteer lawyers are needed to help the many low income clients facing a wide assortment of consumer law matters who are unrepresented. Attend this program to learn the basics of consumer law so that you can competently represent a client in need and learn new advocacy skills.

What You Will Learn:

• Introduction to Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Overview of State and Federal Restraints on Debt Collection
• A Primer on Automobile Fraud
• Representing the Unsecured Debtor
• Mortgage Servicer Litigation
• Assisting Student Loan Borrowers
• Developing a Working Relationship with Legal Services Organizations 

Attorneys who want to volunteer to help low income clients with consumer related issues and legal services advocates who want to enhance their skills in consumer litigation matters would benefit from attending this program.

Title:
Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics
When/Where:

June 8, 2018

9:00 AM Pacific

Webcast - Register Now!

Also in San Francisco, CA

By:
Practising Law Institute (PLI)
Credit:
Up to 6 credits in most jurisdictions
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
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June 1+8: Following, Friending and Pinning: The Intersection of Social Media and Evidentiary Principles

According to the Pew Research Center, 73% of online adults use at least one social media platform. That number grows daily. Learn how to apply evidentiary principles to this medium, discover and build sound strategies to uncover sources and results on an electronic legal research platform and stay up to date on the trends in social media as well as the social media activities of key players in cases as well as gain an understanding of how social media has taken such an important role in society as a whole.


Title:
Following, Friending and Pinning: The Intersection of Social Media and Evidentiary Principles
When/Where:
Webcast

• 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 06/01/2018
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 06/08/2018
• Next Month: 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT - 07/05/2018
  

Speaker:
Cassie Quinn
Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits.
By:
LexisNexis

May 31: Advanced Obviousness Analysis: Understanding the Reasonable Expectation of Success Doctrine

Please join Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP for a free webinar, “Advanced Obviousness Analysis: Understanding the Reasonable Expectation of Success Doctrine,” on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12 noon EDT.
When an invention combines previously known features, non-obviousness turns on whether the person having ordinary skill in the art would have a reason to make the combination. This analysis requires considering whether the ordinarily skilled person would have a reasonable expectation of success in combining the known features.
Recent Federal Circuit cases provide guidance in successfully arguing for patentability under this doctrine and establish that it applies even when obviousness is asserted based on a single reference. Successfully arguing obviousness in patent prosecution, post-issuance proceedings, and district court litigation depends on this analysis with increasing frequency.
In addition to discussing applicable cases, we will explore these issues:

• When do circumstances favor arguing reasonable expectation of success at the PTAB and during patent examination?
• What types of evidence are helpful or needed to support the arguments?
• How can patents be drafted to establish that skilled persons would not have expected success by modifying the known art?

Title:
Advanced Obviousness Analysis: Understanding the Reasonable Expectation of Success Doctrine
When:
Thursday, May 31, 2018
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Webcast - Register Now!
Speakers:
Our speakers will be Fitch Even attorneys David A. Gosse and Margaret “Peggy” Wojkowski. Dave has a diverse IP law practice with substantial experience in district court litigation and PTAB practice in a variety of post-issuance proceedings, as well as with patent preparation and prosecution. Peggy is a registered patent attorney whose practice currently encompasses patent preparation and prosecution, patent post-issuance proceedings, and product clearance and legal opinions.
Presented by:
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Credit:
CLE credit has been approved for California, Illinois, and Nebraska. Other states may also award CLE credit upon attendee request.
Cost:
Free. Registration required.
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May 2018: When It Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: A Lawyer’s Guide to Workplace Social Media Policies

These days when employees want to complain about their boss or employer, they post it in social media outlets such as Facebook® or Twitter®. So what’s an employer to do? Employers must recognize that social media has changed the labor and employment landscape forever, and they must draft policies that will pass muster with the National Labor Relations Board. In this CLE, we’ll explore social media and discuss connectivity between employees, the role of the NLRB and social media policy language.

Title:
When It Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: A Lawyer’s Guide to Workplace Social Media Policies
When/Where:
Webcast

• 9:00am - 10:00am EDT - 05/01/2018
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT - 05/17/2018
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT - 05/23/2018
• 9:00am - 10:00am EDT - 05/29/2018
• Next Month:
• 9:00am - 10:00am EDT - 06/05/2018

Speaker:
David Friedman
Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits.
By:
LexisNexis