December 10: Webcast - E-Discovery 2014: The Year in Review

Description:
As 2014 comes to a close, join e-discovery pundits Judge Andrew Peck, Chris Dale, and Chad McManamy as they take a look back at the top litigation and legal technology events that marked this year.
Tune in on 12/10: In our webinar, “E-Discovery 2014: The Year in Review,” you’ll learn more about:

• Pending changes to the FRCP and their possible effects
• International events and the growing importance of Asia Pacific
• The overlooked importance of Rule 502(d)
• Cloud e-discovery going mainstream
• Law-firm security vulnerabilities
• New strategies for technology assisted review (TAR)
• What’s on the docket for legal technology and trends in 2015

Title:
E-Discovery 2014: The Year in Review
When/Where:
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
11:00 am Pacific Standard Time
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Speakers:

• Hon. Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York
• Chris Dale, Founder, The e-Disclosure Information Project
• Chad McManamy, Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software

By:
Guidance Software.
Credit:
The sponsor does not indicate applying for CLE credit. However the content and speakers appear to qualify for credit in some jurisdictions.
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December 2: NYC - eDiscovery & Technology: the Ethics of Search and Use of Effective Keyword Strategies

The escalation in the use of technology to create and share information is affecting the practice of law. To address this reality, in August 2012 the ABA Model Rule of Professional Responsibility 1.1 (competence) was amended in to focus attorneys on the need to stay aware of the risks and benefits of its use.
In litigation, especially, the use of technology for document review continues to be a topic of interest, both to law firms and the courts. How much does a lawyer need to know about the new and evolving eDiscovery search tools and how they work? How do you know if they’re doing a good enough job, and how do you know what’s good enough? Are these tools defensible?
In this CLE, Julia Brickell, general counsel and executive managing director at H5 and Dan Brassil, H5’s principal consultant and linguist, join forces to both explore the evolution of courts’ expectations on the use of technology in discovery—including the ethical issues related to the use of various tools—and to discuss how basic principles of linguistics and information retrieval science can be applied to the litigation discovery effort.
Julia sets the stage with a discussion of the basics of various search methodologies used in discovery, and Dan takes a deeper dive with a practical primer on one commonly applied approach to search: how to use keywords effectively to cull data populations and conduct searches for relevant documents, whether for case preparation or production to the opposing side.
Title:
eDiscovery & Technology: the Ethics of Search and Use of Effective Keyword Strategies
When/Where:
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Bank of America
114 West 47th Street, 12th Floor (US Trust Bldg)
New York, NY 10036
Speakers:

• Julia Brickell, general counsel and executive managing director at H5 
• Dan Brassil, H5’s principal consultant and linguist

By:
National Law Institute
Credit:
NJ, NY
Cost:
Free.

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December 17: Webcast - The Lure of Functional Claiming: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Recent Court Decisions

Patent attorneys have historically used functional claim language in an effort to cover what an invention does rather than what it is. The use of functional language in a claim presents potential advantages over strictly reciting structure, but also presents potential risks during prosecution and litigation. Understanding how the USPTO and courts are currently evaluating functional claim language is essential to writing and prosecuting patent applications that issue with valuable and enforceable claims.
During the webinar, we will cover these topics and more:

• Functional claim language: history, examples, and advantages
• Functional claim-drafting techniques for maximum impact at the USPTO
• Cases including Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. and their impact on the interpretation of functional claim terms during litigation
• Writing and prosecuting applications to survive the storm of litigation and post-grant proceedings.

Title: 
The Lure of Functional Claiming: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Recent Court Decisions
When/Where: 
December 17, 2014
9:00 am PST / 10:00 am MST / 11:00 am CST / 12:00 noon EST.
Live webcast; registration required.
Speakers: 
Fitch Even attorneys Stephen S. Favakeh and Jonathan H. Urbanek
Presented by: 
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Credit: 
1 hr CLE CA/IL/NE; Other states may also reward credit upon attendee request.
Cost: 
Free. Registration required.

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December 5: Seattle - Innocence Project NW – Freedom Fridays

Title:
Innocence Project NW – Freedom Fridays
When/Where:
Friday, December 5, 2014
12 pm to 4 pm
Dorsey Whitney
701 5th Avenue, Suite 6100
Seattle, WA
Speakers:

• Jacqueline McMurtrie is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and the founder and Director of the Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW). The only resource of its kind in Washington State, IPNW’s mission is to exonerate the innocent, remedy causes of wrongful conviction and offer law students an outstanding education. Since 1997, IPNW has obtained exonerations of thirteen men and women who collectively served over 90 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. 
• Fernanda Torres is a Staff Attorney and Volunteer Coordinator at the Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW). She helps oversee the screening and review of applications for assistance and leads the litigation of non-DNA cases. She recruits and supervises IPNW volunteers. Prior to joining IPNW, Ms. Torres practiced criminal defense as a public defender and in private practice.

By:
Innocence Project Northwest
CLE Credits: 
1.5
Cost: 
Free.
Please RSVP as room is limited.
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December 1: Webcast - Hard Hats Not Required – eFiling and eService in San Diego County Superior Court Construction Defect Cases

This one hour training session walks you through all the steps necessary in order to eFile and eServe your documents for Construciton defect Cases in the San Diego (CA) Superior Court.
You will learn:

• How to register a new user to your account.
• How to place a San Diego Construction Defect electronic court filing order for a new or an existing case.
• How court filing fees are paid.
• How to set up and effect eService (time permitting).

Title:
Hard Hats Not Required – eFiling and eService in San Diego County Superior Court Construction Defect Cases

When/Where:
December 1, 2014
10AM-11AM PST
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By:
One Legal

Credit:
TheCalifornia State Bar approved MCLE Multiple Activity Provider so MCLE credit is available.

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December 16: Webcast - eService: The End to Stuffing Envelopes

This training focuses on the utilization of One Legal's eService product. You'll learn:

• How to submit eService orders online.
• California statutes and rules of court regarding eService.
• How to eServe in Orange County eFiling cases as well as physical filing cases in other California courts.
• How to see when opposing counsel has viewed the documents you sent.
• All the knowledge you need so you can eServe multiple recipients quickly and efficiently without leaving your desk!

Title:

eService: The End to Stuffing Envelope
When/Where:
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
10AM - 11AM
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By:
One Legal
Credit:
The sponsor is a California State Bar approved MCLE Multiple Activity Provider so MCLE credit is available (free of charge).
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December 4: Minneapolis - #Immigration Segregation #MCLE

Title:
Immigration Segregation 
When/Where:
December 4, 2014
9:30 a.m.-noon. Room 65 (subplaza level)
University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, MN
Description:
Students from the Detainee Rights Clinic will be making several presentations with topics that include:
1) ICE standards on Segregation, what they require, etc.
2) How human rights considerations ended up with a December 2013 ICE directive of Segregation and what that directive requires.
3) the state of domestic law (national and MN) in challenging the use of segregation across all contexts
4) Local Practices in the Minnesota ICE facilities, including #s, procedures and practices. Data and information was received via local FOIA requests and interviews with clients.
Two special guests, Dr. Jerome Kroll and Dr. Madhuri Shors from the CUHCC (Community University Health Care Clinic) will be speaking about the psychiatric effects of solitary confinement and whether some populations such as trauma survivors or the mentally ill may be disproportionately affected by segregation.
Speakers:Dr. Jerome Kroll and Dr. Madhuri Shors from the CUHCC (Community University Health Care Clinic)
Credit:
CLE Credit Comments: 3.5 standard CLE credits have been applied for.
By: 
Center for New Americans

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December 1: Webcast - Best Practices in Prior Art Search

Title:

Best Practices in Prior Art Search

Date/Time/Place:

December 1, 2014

12:00 PM EST

Webinar

Prior Registration Highly Recommended To Ensure Seating!
Description:
This CLE provides strategies that improves your Prior Art Search
making sure you get the relevant results the first time. This course has helped attendees manage their patent prosecution matters and searches more effectively and efficiently.
Topics:

• Key components of an effective search strategy
• Database strengths and weaknesses
• Processes to save you and your clients' time and money
• Best practices in dealing with vendors and clients
• Various searches and benefits
• Review of basic building blocks.

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:
LegalAdvantage.
Credit:

• DE, OH, OK, SC, TX, UT: Approved for 1 credit
• WA - Approved for 1 credit MCLE #358100
• NY: Approved Jurisdiction Policy may apply.

More:
http://legaladvantage.net/CLE/PriorArtSearch.aspx

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December 2: Teleconference - The President’s Executive Action on Immigration Conference Call

Join ACS for a conference call on the President’s executive action on immigration. We will discuss the details of the President’s announcement and whether or not he has the constitutional authority to take action. Additional speaker to be announced.
Title:
The President’s Executive Action on Immigration Conference Call
When/Where:
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Speakers:

• Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the School of Law 
• Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, University of California - Irvine

By:
American Constitution Society
Credit:
Approved for 0.5 hours of California MCLE credit.
Some other states may grant credit based upon their rules.
Cost:
Free
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December 4: Webcast - Equities and Derivatives: Essential Forensic Tools for Litigators

On Thursday, December 4, 2014, at 2 PM ET, The TASA Group, Inc., in conjunction with senior options trader expert and consultant Larry Pines, will present a free, one-hour, interactive webinar, Equities and Derivatives: Essential Forensic Tools for Litigators, for all legal professionals.

Title:
Equities and Derivatives: Essential Forensic Tools for Litigators
When/Where:
Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:00 am
Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)
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Speaker:
By:
The TASA Group, Inc.
Credit:
Typically, TASA does not apply for credit, but the presenters and content appear to satisfy CLE requirements in a number of jurisdictions in which participants may self-apply for credit.
Cost:
Free.

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