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Program Schedule

Thursday, April 22nd

8:30 am – 9:45 am
Appeal of Discovery Orders - Mock Arguments
– Appellate Practice Track

Class-Silent Arbitration Clauses: A View from the Supreme Court
- Arbitrations Track

Clawback and Preference Litigation
- Workouts & Financial Litigation Track

Communications with Clients Through Technology
- Technology Track

Enforcement Priorities in the Obama Administration
 - Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Obama Track

Learning from Others' Misfortunes: Top Ten Blunders to Avoid in Front of a Jury
 - Trial Practice Track

Navigating Through a Sea of Documents: How Model Rule of Professional Conduct 4.4(b), FRE 502 and Rule 26(b)(5)(B) Will Impact the Way We Litigate and Try Cases
- Attorney-Client Privilege Track

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Plenary: Media and the Law

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Bankruptcy Judges Speak
- Workouts & Financial Litigation Track

Conducting Internal Investigations and Making Voluntary Disclosures:  Is it Worth the Risk?
- Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Obama Track

Deposition Do's and Don'ts
- Pretrial Practice Track

Developments in the Law of Arbitrating Claims Outside the U.S.
- International Litigation Track

TRO's and Preliminary Injunction
- Trial Practice Track

Winning Your Appeal: Strategies for Appellate Advocacy
- Appellate Practice Track

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Dialogue with the New SEC
- Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Obama Track

Foreign Corrupt Practice Act:  Strategies and Responses
- International Litigation Track

How to Try a Case - Themes for Trial
- Trial Practice Track

Real Estate Workouts
- Workouts & Financial Litigation Track

Supreme Court Advocacy
- Appellate Practice Track

Trying the Arbitration Case: Winnable Strategies
- Arbitrations Track

Twombly v. Conley - The Fight of the Century
- Pretrial Practice Track

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Credit Crisis Litigation
- Workouts & Financial Litigation Track

Enforcing Judgments
- International Litigation Track

Ethical Pitfalls - What Every Civil Practitioner Needs to Know About Criminal Issues in Civil Litigation
- Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Obama Track

Ethics of E-Discovery
- Pretrial Practice Track

Globalization of International Arbitration Procedural Law
- Arbitrations Track

New Tools: What Attorneys Need to Know About FRCP 26(a)(2)(B) Amendments
- Experts Track

Sports Arbitration - A View from the Fields

Friday, April 23rd

9:30 am – 11:00 am
Plenary: Famous Openings and Closings (from those who gave them)

11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Asserting and Defeating Claims of Waiver
- Attorney-Client Privilege Track

Magistrates Panel on Discovery Issues
- Pretrial Practice Track

Steering Clear of Daubert/Frye Minefields
- Experts Track

The Value Challenge: Competing in a Cost Conscious World
- Maximizing Values Track

Winning Your IP Case
- Intellectual Property Track

Working with Jury Consultants and Mock Juries
- Trial Practice Track

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Beyond the Bullet Point
- Technology Track

Environmental Criminal Enforcement Update
- Enforcement Priorities in the Age of Obama Track

Hot Topics in Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Track

How Much is Enough Evidence for Class Certification?
- Pretrial Practice Track

Leveraging the In-House Outside Counsel Relationships
- Maximizing Values Track

More Power: Maintaining Attorney Work Product and Attorney-Client Privilege
- Experts Track

Simplifying Complex Financial Cases
- Trial Practice Track

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Becoming a Superstar Senior Associate

Chief Litigation Counsel - What Keeps Them Up at Night?
- Maximizing Values Track

Crime Fraud and Other Exceptions to Privilege
- Attorney-Client Privilege Track

Interviewing Witnesses and Developing Facts Ethically
- Pretrial Practice Track

Keep It Simple: Presenting IP Cases to a Jury
- Intellectual Property Track

The Ethics of Web 2.0
- Technology Track

Tried and True Tools: Deposing Experts and Managing Expert Issues at Trial
- Experts Track