Damages CLE Course Catalog

In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, the successful implementation of digital transformation projects is contingent upon establishing robust relationships within and beyond your organization. This session will delve into the significance of fostering collaborative and communicative bonds to drive digital transformation initiatives forward. Whether you work on an in-house legal team or at a firm, you will gain valuable insights into relationships' pivotal role in leveraging technology to enhance legal services, streamline processes, and remain competitive in the digital era.

Law firm success hinges on the ability to drive consistent revenue and new revenue opportunities. the most successful firms are justifying tech investment, evaluating new business intelligence, marketing, and RFP tools to make revenue generation as efficient and effective as possible.

Domestically and internationally, the corpus of legal information required by lawyers is always growing. While navigation, search, and e-discovery have advanced massively, allowing for masses of data to be searched in minutes, are these steps now becoming obsolete — with contextually aware artificial intelligence systems parsing legal information? This talk explores the use of intelligent technologies to transform the tasks from research to answers.

This session also covers how to assess the potential risks and benefits, prioritize the best use cases to optimize value for your firm and how to develop an AI-driven innovation plan that aligns with your firm's strategic plan and data strategy. We will also hear from 2 vendors on best practices for partnering with them and others.

Listen as IP specialist Kathleen Akers (Epsilon Economics) and experienced testifying expert Joanne Johnson, CPA, CLP (Ocean Tomo LLC) provide an in-depth discussion of the latest trends and notable court rulings impacting patent damages calculation. Speakers, among other things, will also offer useful tools and the best calculation techniques to avoid pitfalls.

Listen as experienced insurance coverage litigators Michelle L. Burton (Burton Kelley, LLP) and Steven L. Miracle (Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.) provide the audience with an in-depth discussion of the recent regulatory trends surrounding bad faith insurance practices. Speakers, among other things, will offer practical tips and litigation strategies in this rapidly evolving legal climate.

This presentation will discuss what steps to take when a claim for property damage has progressed into litigation. The presenters will discuss what to expect from start to finish in a litigated claim, focusing specifically on property damages claims and variations state to state. Presenters will share their observations and experiences from practice and jurisdiction, including FL, CA, and the Northeast, as well as the most common types of property claims arising in each area.

Experienced First Amendment litigator Peter Afrasiabi uses the facts of the notorious Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial to provide an expert overview of the tort of defamation, including the elements, defenses and damages. This program includes several critical pieces of advice for practitioners who may be considering filing a defamation claim on behalf of a client to avoid the many traps for the unwary that lie in wait in cases where allegedly defamatory statements are placed in issue.

Law firms have ridden the uncertainty of the past two years to unprecedented success. The experiences weren’t universal, however, and market dynamics are starting to shift. In this seminar, we will explore how different segments of the market performed and which firms are best positioned to weather any upcoming changes to market dynamics.