Description
16.0 MCLE Credits
7.0 Professional Practice; 6.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
Program Description
This program brings together an outstanding panel of distinguished and well-known commercial litigators, current and former in-house counsel and judges who will provide you with valuable insights on federal and state commercial litigation – from choosing the proper venue through the appellate process. There will be a focus on litigating commercial cases efficiently. You will receive training and enhance your skills in all aspects of commercial litigation; from drafting the pleadings and seeking injunctive relief, through disclosure and discovery (including expert discovery and e-Discovery), and finally to the trial and the appeal. The experienced faculty will also discuss key ethical and evidentiary issues confronted by the commercial litigator.
Topics to be Covered Include
> Venue Decisions: State Court vs. Federal Court vs. Arbitration
> Temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and orders to show cause
> Expert discovery in state and federal court
> Civil Appeals and Argument
> Pleadings in state court, federal court and arbitration
> Trials and evidence rules
Program Chair
Kevin J. Smith, Esq. | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Pricing
NYSBA Member: $495
Non-Member: $695
Program Co-Sponsors
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
Committee on Continuing Legal Education
Materials
| MCLE Verification Form (260.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.A.a. Markel - Reducing Litigation Costs Early Settlements and Mediation (98 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.A.b. Markel - The Value of Mediation in Securities Class Actions Settlement Discussions (98.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.A.c. Markel and Martin Seidel - Mediation of Complex Multiparty Commercial Litigation (103.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.B. Ruskin - Venue Hypotheticals (212.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.C.a. AAA_Commercial Arb Rules (341.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.C.b. AAA Commercial_Demand_and_Answer_Forms (104 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.D. FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes (467.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.F. 28 USCS § 1441 (43.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.H. Friedman and James Salem - Has the DTSA Changed Trade Secret Litigation in New York (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2.A. Abrahams Basic Pleadings - February 22 2017 (200.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2.B. Cheng - Commercial Litigation Academy - arbitration pleadings outline (183 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2.C. LaSpina - State Court Pleadings Outline (376.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3.A.a. Canales v Finger (55.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3.A.b. Benjamin Spivak etc Plaintiff-Respondent v Eric Bertrand et al Defendant (62.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3.C. FRCP Rule 65 Injunctions and Restraining Orders (51.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.A.a. GMAC Corp. v. HTFC Corp. (199.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.A.b. Daniels v. Alander (39.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.B. NYSBA Obligations upon receiving a document not intended for the recipient (55.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.C. Robert Owen 2015-10 Paul Grimm's Table of Techniques Used by Judges to Achieve Proportionality2 (26.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 5.A. Zirin - Take the Witness the Experts speak on cross-examination (1015.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 5.B. Corwin - outline (78.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.A. M Berman - deposition notes (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.B. New York Commercial Division Rules (120.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.C.a. FRCP Rule 12 (58.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.C.b. FRCP Rule 56 (57.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.D. Rule 3211-12 (97 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 7.A. Aguiar - An Analysis of the Frye Standard to Determine the Admissibility of Expert Trial Testimony in New York State Courts (43.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 7.B. Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (561.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 8.A. Liman combined materials (150.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2017 Venue Panel Hypothetical (13.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||