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SUMMARY:Introductory Course on German and EU Legal and Political Systems\, Art\, History\, Architecture\, and Religion (In Germany)
DESCRIPTION:Introductory Course on German and EU Legal and Political Systems\, Art\, History\, Architecture\, and Religion \nIn Germany\nThe Federal Bar Association welcomes you and your guest to join our journey through the Germany. Our immersive program will engage with local attorneys\, scholars\, and artists offering poignant commentary on the German and EU legal and political systems\, art\, history\, architecture\, and religion; while allowing for ample time to explore the storied history of this country. \nFor More Information:  \n2026 FBA Germany Brochure May\nPricing and Registration: \nFBA Journey to Germany – CLE Abroad\n\nCLE AGENDA\nAgenda subject to change. CLE Credits anticipated. \nBerlin | Thursday – May 7\, 2026 \nLawmaking in Germany and the German Parliament\nVisit the Reichstag Building (Bundestag)\, the seat of the German Parliament. Enjoy a guided tour to learn about the German political system and its history. \nBerlin | Friday – May 8\, 2026 \nGroup visit to the Moabit Criminal Court and/or the Berlin Bar Association. \nMoabit Criminal Court\nThe Moabit Criminal Court (Kriminalgericht Moabit) is renowned for its impressive architecture. The building’s design and symbolism reflect moral and social values\, making it a significant site for those interested in legal history and architecture. \nBerlin Bar Association\nThe Berlin Bar Association serves as the professional body for attorneys in the city. During the visit\, gain insights into the German legal profession and opportunities for engaging with local practitioners. \nBerlin/Potsdam | Saturday- May 9\, 2026 \nPotsdam – the former royal seat of Prussia \nEn route\, travelers pass the Glienecke Bridge\, famously known as the “Bridge of Spies\,” where American and Soviet powers exchanged captured agents during the Cold War.  Before arriving in Postdam\, visit House of Wannsee Conference\, the lakeside villa where senior Nazi officials cooridnated the so-called “Final Solution.” \nContinue on to Potsdam and visit Sanssouci Palace\, a UNESCO World Heritage Site\, once the summer palace of Frederick the Great. \nTime permitting\, on return to Berlin\, visit the Cecilienhof Palace\, where the 1945 Postdam Conference was held. \nNuremberg | Sunday – May 10\, 2026 \nDepart Berlin for the city of Nuremberg\, and historic and cultural center deeply tied to the legacy of international justice.  Following an afternoon lunch\, enjoy an orientation walk within view of Castle’s (Kaiserberg) medieval skyline through the atmospheric Old Town \nNuremberg/Munich | Monday – May 11\, 2026 \nNuremberg Palace of Justice: Legacy of the Nuremberg Trials\nThe first stop today is the Justizgebäude (Palace of Justice)\, where the Nuremberg Trials took place following World War II. Visit Courtroom 600 and its companion museum providing powerful insight into the origins of modern international criminal law and the prosecution of war crimes. \nToday participants pre-select the option of (A) visiting the Dachau Concentration camp\, or (B) early arrival with free time in Munich. \nTrack A: Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site\nOn arrival\, take part in a guided visit of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site\, the location of the first Nazi concentration camp\, established in 1933. Today\, it stands as a solemn site of memory and education\, commemorating the victims and examining the mechanisms of persecution and injustice. The tour typically lasts 2.5 hours.\nTrack B: Free time in Munich\n \nMunich | Tuesday – May 12\, 2026 \nJUSTICE IN BAVARIA: Visit to the Munich Regional Court (Landgericht München)\nVisit the Munich Regional Court\, one of Bavaria’s most prominent judicial institutions. Introduction to the German legal system\, followed by discussion on key differences between German and American legal procedures in civil and criminal law. Court calendars permitting\, we observe part of a public hearing to gain firsthand insight into judicial protocol in a civil law system. \nFrom Stein to Statute: Legal Traditions of German Beer\nThis session explores the legal and cultural history of beer in Germany—from medieval brewing guilds to modern alcohol regulations. Topics include the Bavarian Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)\, licensing\, regional and EU regulations\, taxation\, and how beer laws intersect with public health and liability. \nMunich | Wednesday – May 13\, 2026\nFree time in Munich\nFarewell Dinner \nMunich | Thursday – May 14\, 2026 \nDeparture Day \n\n\nFOR PRICING INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER:\nFBA Journey to Germany – CLE Abroad\nFor inquiries regarding CLE Abroad in Germany please contact the CLE abroad team:\nBy Email: team@cle-abroad.com\nBy Phone: (858) 707-7887 \n  \n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/introductory-course-on-german-and-eu-legal-and-political-systems-art-history-architecture-and-religion-in-germany/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Discovery in FCA litigation – Building Bridges to and Avoiding Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nThis webinar will discuss the most important aspects of Discovery in FCA Litigation – including planning for discovery far in advance of unsealing. Challenging privilege logs\, selecting the key participants or witnesses for depositions\, Touhy requests\, and selecting experts. \nDiscovery in FCA litigation does not begin with unsealing or surviving a motion to dismiss. Planning for discovery begins with the defendant’s responses to the Government’s CIDs (both document production and any interviews conducted)\, continues through depositions\, and must include frontal challenges to privilege logs. Because open discovery after unsealing is often conducted years after the events (at times as much as a decade or more)\, there is a saying that if you don’t have a document\, you won’t have a fact. Thus\, documentary evidence and getting clean deposition transcripts to lay foundations for hey documentary evidence to support or respond to the ever-present motion for summary judgment are key to success. \nPresented by FBA 2026 Qui Tam Conference sponsor Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti\, LLP. \nRegister Now!\n\nPresenters\nPamela Coyle Brecht\, Partner\, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti\, LLP\nPAMELA COYLE BRECHT is a partner at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti\, LLP. Ms. Brecht serves as Chair of the firm’s national Qui Tam/False Claims Act Practice Group. She is also experienced in white-collar criminal litigation\, internal investigations\, and complex health care litigation. Ms. Brecht has litigated many of the most complex False Claims Act cases filed in the United States. Her cases have included alleged fraud by a large multi-state Medicaid managed care contractor\, FCA violations by three of the largest hospital corporations in the country\, and dissecting complex financial relationships among healthcare providers including Stark and Anti-Kickback issues. She has also litigated cases involving hospital fraud\, emergency room fraud\, medical device allegations\, Medicare Part C and Part D fraud\, government contractor fraud\, laboratory fraud\, as well as all types of pharmaceutical fraud. One of the whistleblower matters that Ms. Brecht has worked on was recognized in 2018 by The National Law Journal as one of the “Top 100 Verdicts.” The matter\, Lutz v Health Diagnostics Laboratory\, ranked as #39 on the list of highest verdicts throughout the nation for that year and came in at #2 for the highest verdicts coming out of Pennsylvania. In addition\, Ms. Brecht has served as an expert witness related to alleged conduct involving potential exposure to government enforcement actions. \nMarc Stephen Raspanti\, Partner\, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti\, LLP\nMARC STEPHEN RASPANTI is a seasoned trial lawyer with over 41 years of experience focusing on complex\, high-stakes matters in Government Enforcement\, Compliance\, Internal Investigations\, Federal and State White Collar Litigation; Federal and State Qui Tam Litigation; Criminal and Civil and Administrative Health Care Fraud Litigation; as well as Complex Commercial Litigation. Chambers USA has ranked Mr. Raspanti in Band 1 for his work in the area of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Pennsylvania\, as well as Band 1 for his work under the False Claims Act: Plaintiff in the USA- Nationwide. Mr. Raspanti is a longstanding Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers\, an invitation only fellowship of pre-eminent lawyers in the United States and Canada. He served as a former Assistant District Attorney at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he tried a wide range of criminal cases to verdict. Mr. Raspanti is the founder of the firm’s national Qui Tam & False Claims Act practice group and the firm’s national White Collar Criminal Defense practice group. \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegister Now!\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-discovery-in-fca-litigation-building-bridges-to-and-avoiding-pitfalls/
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SUMMARY:Dayton Chapter: Federal Court Practice Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Federal district court admissions seminar for the Southern District of Ohio (3.0 general hours of CLE credit in Ohio)\n\n\n\nThis multi-session seminar is hosted by the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Dayton Chapter and meets a prerequisite for admission to the bar of the Southern District of Ohio. Speakers include district court\, bankruptcy court\, and magistrate judges from the Dayton seat of court. The program has received approval for 3.0 general hours of CLE credit from The Supreme Court of Ohio. \nCOURSE OUTLINE \n12:30 PM – 1:00 PM — Registration and Opening Remarks \n1:00 PM – 1:45 PM — A View from the Bench \n1:45 PM – 2:30 PM — Practice in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio \n2:30 PM – 2:40 PM — Break \n2:40 PM – 3:10 PM — Overview of Removal to Federal Court \n3:10 PM – 4:10 PM — Practice in the Southern District of Ohio \n4:10 PM – 4:30 PM — PACER and CM/ECF \n4:30 PM – 5:00 PM — Swearing-in Ceremony \n** Admission cost is tiered. The cost is $75 for people who are not members of the FBA\, $50 for members of the FBA\, and FREE for new members of the FBA (i.e.\, those who signed up within the six months prior to the seminar). Proof of membership must be sent to DaytonFBAEvents@gmail.com. To JOIN the Federal Bar Association\, visit the FBA’s website at: https://www.fedbar.org/membership/join/ \n** This seminar is scheduled to be held IN PERSON\, NOT VIRTUALLY. However\, in the unforeseen event that the seminar must be held virtually\, then a GoToMeeting webinar link and password will be sent to registrants\, along with login instructions and Seminar materials\, via email in the days before the event. However\, again\, the seminar is scheduled to take place in-person in Room 150 of the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse\, 200 West Second Street\, Dayton\, Ohio 45402. \n** NOTE: A SEPARATE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT IN ADDITION TO REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT FOR THIS SEMINAR IS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. INFORMATION REGARDING BAR ADMISSION TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO CAN BE FOUND ON THE COURT’S WEBSITE AT: https://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/ \nAny questions or concerns can be directed to: DaytonFBAEvents@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] Pre-Trial Appeals Under the FCA
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**\n\n\n\nAs trial work becomes increasingly complex\, attorneys on both sides of False Claims Act litigation more more frequently facing appellate challenges on interlocutory or case-dispositive issues. Some appellate issues are ripe for trial lawyers to handle themselves\, and other times\, the best practice is to bring in an appellate expert. This webinar will talk about best practices in building and supporting an appellate team\, the differences in preparing appellate briefs and arguments from traditional trial practice\, and tips for most effectively preserving issues for appeal during trial. \nRegister Today!\nPresented by the FBA Qui Tam Section \n  \n\nPresenters\nMODERATOR \n \nJillian Estes\nMorgan Verkamp \nSPEAKERS \n \nTejinder Singh\nSparacino PLLC\nBates White Economic Consulting \n \nLauren S. Kuley\nSquire Patton Boggs \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\nRegister Here! \n\nFBA Members: $0\nNon-Members: $0\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org.
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