The Minnesota Chapter of the FBA and its Mass Tort and Class Action Practice Group are offering a seminar on MDL and Complex Litigation on March 18, 2020, at the Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This program is sponsored by the Federal...
For in-house and outside counsel, our success is tied up with the success of our clients’ business. If we demonstrate that we can be a substantial part of business results, we become trusted advisors and, with time, the first call when legal questions arise. In...
The Civil Rights Étouffée is the signature CLE event produced by the FBA’s Civil Rights Law section. Typically we host this event in New Orleans, but this year will gather on the ‘net and do our best to preserve a NOLA “state of mind” as...
The interplay between courts and alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation) has evolved in unprecedented ways during the pandemic. As judiciaries closed their doors, alternative dispute resolution practitioners opened their laptops. The results: efficiency, access to justice, and a strengthened rule of law. This panel...
Pablo Picasso’s artworks and estate have sparked controversies requiring U.S. courts to grapple with issues of foreign law. In de Fontbrune v. Wofsy, 838 F.3d 992 )(9th Cir. 2016) a decision involving a U.S. enforcement proceeding Picasso’s copyrights, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals accused...
This session will teach attendees what forensic meteorology is and the type of cases a forensic meteorologist is retained in. Our course will also discuss the qualifications of a forensic meteorologist expert and the admissibility of a weather expert in court. We will cover data...
This presentation, given by award-winning trial attorneys Keith & Dana Cutler of James W. Tippin & Associates in Kansas City, Missouri, will explore the history and research behind implicit bias – the attitudes and stereotypes which affect our understanding, decision-making and behavior without realizing it...
This webinar will focus on the basics of federal court litigation, including preparing and filing the complaint, petitions for writ of mandamus and the Administrative Procedure Act, basic venue issues and best practices. Presented by the Immigration Law Section Registration is Closed Presenters...
Join us for the FBA’s latest “Day in the Life” Panel. We will be featuring four attorneys practicing in the field of federal litigation. Learn more about different paths into the field, what skills are helpful when practicing federal litigation, and what a day in...
Priming for your first ever argument in the federal appellate courts and wondering how to prepare most effectively? Wondering what those secret keys are to unlock the door to persuasive argument? Wanting to avoid the pitfalls which plague what would otherwise be effective arguments? Brainstorming...