Product Description

MCLE is pleased to offer this program to an in-person audience in our Boston conference center in addition to the live and recorded webcasts. Masks are encouraged.

This year's annual Conference is a can't-miss event! Get the latest update on new business litigation developments and important case law delivered in a dynamic, streamlined format by a stellar faculty of U.S. District Judges, U.S. Magistrate Judges, Massachusetts Superior Court Judges, and preeminent practitioners. Hear their insightful, practical tips from the trenches—and from the bench. The Judges discuss recent trends and field your questions in the ever-popular Business Litigation Session Judicial Panel and Federal Judicial Panel. And hear valuable strategic insights on preliminary injunctions as well as preserving, searching for, and discovering key evidence. Get highly practical, sage perspective that only experience—and the Conference—can provide.

Agenda & Materials

• 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Year-in-Review: A Dialogue on the Top 10 Cases

  Sara J. Shanahan, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP , Boston
  Christopher R. Blazejewski, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP , Boston
  
• 1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Business Litigation Session Judicial Panel

  Hon. Helene Kazanjian, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Peter B. Krupp, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Michael D. Ricciuti, Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Kenneth W. Salinger, Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Sara J. Shanahan, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP , Boston
  
• 2:00 - 2:15 pm

  Break
• 2:15 - 3:15 pm

  Preliminary Injunctions in Business Litigation

  • Preparing to file suit and move for a preliminary injunction
  • Preparing to defend a motion for preliminary injunction
  • Building the record
  • Affidavits v. live witnesses
  • Showing irreparable harm
  • Preserving the status quo
  • Moving for a preliminary injunction mid-case
  • Revisiting a preliminary injunction mid-case
  • Interlocutory appeals
  • Expedited trials
  • How to handle the preliminary injunction at trial

  Andrea C. Kramer, Esq., Kramer Law LLC , Newton
  Michael D. Brier, Esq., Gesmer Updegrove LLP , Boston
  
• 3:15 - 4:00 pm

  Preserving, Searching for, and Discovering Key Evidence

  • Litigation hold requests
  • ESI-email, texts, phone logs—identifying key custodians and accounts
  • Considering client’s document retention policies and practices
  • Agreeing to joint search terms for ESI
  • Protective orders
  • Confidentiality designations
  • Motions to impound confidential material
  • Confidentiality terms in settlement agreements

  Matthew S. Furman, Esq., Todd & Weld LLP , Boston
  Sarah M. Nyren, Esq., Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP , Boston
  Stephen D. Riden, Esq., Beck Reed Riden LLP , Boston
  
• 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Federal Judicial Panel

  Hon. Judith G. Dein, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Katherine A. Robertson, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Springfield
  Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Boston
  Joshua M.D. Segal, Esq., Lawson & Weitzen LLP , Boston
  

Please Note

MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

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Fees

• $265.50 - MCLE Sponsor Member
• $147.50 - New Lawyer
• $147.50 - Pending Admittee
• $147.50 - Law Student
• $147.50 - Paralegal
• $295.00 - All Others