Program Schedule

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: April 30 | May 1

Thursday, April 30
8:00am – 10:00am	Plenary: Telling Your Story at Trial: Direct and Cross-Examination of Witnesses Part I
10:10am – 11:10am	Deal or No Deal: Leveraging Information to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Effective and Efficient Mediation of Disputes	ADR Track
	Workplace Safety: Keeping Out of Harms’ Way, Out of the Papers and Out of the Courts	Employment Litigation Track
	Climate Change Litigation: Who Has Standing?	Environmental Litigation Track
	Subprime and Financial Crisis: The Response – Legislation, Regulation, Investigations and Litigation	Hot Topics in Financial Litigation Track
	Expert Witnesses from A to Z – How to Choose Them and Use Them	Issues Affecting the Young Lawyer Track
	The Television Decency Cases: Are F-words and Fleeting Expletives Sanctionable	Trends in the Law Track
	Effective Use of Technology during Motions Hearings	Trial Evidence and Technology Track
11:20am – 12:20pm	You Plan to What? Ways That Discovery and Presentation of Evidence in Arbitration Differ from Trials	ADR Track
	Avoid Getting ICE’D: What In-House Counsel and Companies Need to Know	Employment Litigation Track
	Setting the Table: Trial Proofs and Strategy in Condemnation and De Facto Takings Claims	Environmental Litigation Track
	Dodging the Daubert Bullet: Working With Experts to Protect Against Daubert Challenges	Hot Topics in Financial Litigation Track
	Legal Writing for the Young Lawyer	Issues Affecting the Young Lawyer Track
	First Look at the Obama Administration’s Regulatory Policy	Trends in the Law Track
	Effective Use of Mock Trials, Focus Groups and Internet Sampling	Trial Evidence and Technology Track
1:30pm – 2:30pm	But They Got It Wrong--Seeking Judicial Review of Erroneous Arbitration Rulings	ADR Track
	Face Book Firing? Employment Issues Associated with Policing of Employee Blogs and Social Networking Sites	Employment Litigation Track
	CERCLA Preemption of State and Private Party Claims: How Far Does It Go?	Environmental Litigation Track
	Advance Bankruptcy Litigation Issues	Hot Topics in Financial Litigation Track
	Mastering Deposition Techniques – What Any Lawyer Should Know	Issues Affecting the Young Lawyer Track
	On the Cusp of Change? A Supreme Court Update with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky	Trends in the Law Track
	Choosing and Preparing Your Expert for Testimony in This High Tech World	Trial Evidence and Technology Track
2:45pm – 3:45pm	Writing to Win: The Art and Science of the Appellate Brief	Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Track
	Netweaving® Versus Networking – What Works, What Doesn’t	Business Development Track
	How to Surf a Global Securities Class Action	Hot Topics in Complex and Class Action Litigation Track
	Brand Theft – Where Has My Goodwill Gone?	Intellectual Property Litigation in the 21st Century Track
	Getting Hired and Expanding the Relationship	Managing Your Litigation Practice Track
	Causation and Injury in Toxic Torts – An Examination of Modern Causation Principles in Toxic Tort Litigation	Product Liability Litigation Track
	Jurors Today and Beyond: Communicating Effectively with Jurors in Difficult Cases	Winning Trial Techniques : Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track
4:00pm – 5:00pm	May It Please the Court: Oral Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts	Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Track
	Ground Hog Day: Are You Repeating the Same Old Unsuccessful Business Development Scenarios Over & Over Again?	Business Development Track
	The Employment Wave – The Rising Tide of FLSA Collective Actions and State Wage and Hour Class Actions	Hot Topics in Complex and Class Action Litigation Track
	Property Rights in Web 2.0: What Are the Legal Rules Regarding YouTube, MySpace, Social Networking, User-Generated Content and Virtual Worlds	Intellectual Property Litigation in the 21st Century Track
	Managing Your Case, and Your Client	Managing Your Litigation Practice Track
	Enemy of the State-The Challenges of Civil Litigation with States and Municipalities	Product Liability Litigation Track
	How to Present a Persuasive Opening/Closing in a Difficult Commercial Case	Winning Trial Techniques : Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track

Friday, May 1
8:00am – 10:00am	Plenary: Telling Your Story at Trial: Cross Examination of Witnesses Lessons from Top Trial Lawyers
10:10am – 11:10am	Taking it All the Way: Advocacy Before the Supreme Court	Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Track
	“Relationship” Conflicts: How Do I Clear the Hurdle?	Business Development Track
	The Consumer Wave – The Riptide from Attempts to Prevent Class Actions in Arbitration	Hot Topics in Complex and Class Action Litigation Track
	“Taming The Wild West – Dealing with the New and Gnarly Problems in Cyberspace.”	Intellectual Property Litigation in the 21st Century Track
	Preparing for Trial When the Sky Is Not the Limit	Managing Your Litigation Practice Track
	Preemption in Product Liability Litigation	Product Liability Litigation Track
	How to Conduct a Dymanic Direct and Cross-Examination in a Business Trial	Winning Trial Techniques : Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track
11:20am – 12:20pm	The Role of Privilege in Investigation and Prosecution of Corporations – What Do Recent Changes Mean for Practitioners	Attorney-Client Privilege Track
	Litigating in the Limelight: Media Training for Representing the Celebrity Client	Beyond Google Track
	Getting Electronically Stored Data Admitted into Evidence	Electronic Discovery and Evidence Track
	Lies Damn Lies	Humorist at Law Sean Carter Track
	Arbitrating Securities Class Actions	Securities Litigation Track
	When Trouble Walks in the Door: Ethical Dilemmas in Accepting an Engagement and Working Up a Case	“So What Do I Do Now?” Ethical and Professionalism Predicaments In Litigation Track
	How to Deal with the Tough Issues in Your Tough Case	Winning Trial Techniques: Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track
2:00pm – 3:00pm	Inadvertent Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege – Featuring a One Act Vignette and Panel Discussion	Attorney-Client Privilege Track
	Responding to Data Breaches: Avoiding Litigation Through Effective Compliance	Beyond Google Track
	I Want It All v. Lean Six Sigma: Strategies to Effectively Utilize Rule 26 Pretrial Procedures, Document Production Protocols and Technology	Electronic Discovery and Evidence Track
	The Supreme Court 2007-2008 Term: Lethal Injection, Gun Control and Detainees... Oh My!	Humorist at Law Sean Carter Track
	Emerging Issues in Federal Securities Fraud Actions	Securities Litigation Track
	This Is Another Fine Mess You’ve Gotten Us Into: Ethical and Professionalism Problems that Arise During Discovery and Pretrial	“So What Do I Do Now?” Ethical and Professionalism Predicaments In Litigation Track
	Anatomy of a Bellwether Case: Nicaraguan Workers v. Dole	Winning Trial Techniques: Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track
3:15pm – 4:15pm	Privilege in Cross-Border Litigation: Will You Be Safe or Sorry?	Attorney-Client Privilege Track
	Is Your Data Secure? Responding to Next-Generation Computer Crimes	Beyond Google Track
	Hey You Can’t Use That! What Happens When the Parties Don’t Agree on Whether the Producing Party Is Entitled to Get an Inadvertently Produced Privileged Document Back?	Electronic Discovery and Evidence Track
	Can’t We All Just Get Along?	Humorist at Law Sean Carter Track
	Lawyer Liability in a Volatile Economy—Malpractice Prevention and Insurance Protection for In-House and Outside Counsel	Securities Litigation Track
	Trials and Tribulations: Ethical and Professionalism Problems that Arise During Trial	“So What Do I Do Now?” Ethical and Professionalism Predicaments In Litigation Track
	The Tough Case Is Not Over: Preservation and Waiver on Appeal	Winning Trial Techniques: Trying the Difficult Case for an Unpopular Client Track

Program Schedule

Thursday, April 30

Friday, May 1