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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. \nTimed CLE Agenda Germany May 2026 (1)\nThese educational sessions provide a structured introduction to the German legal and constitutional system\, examined through a comparative and practice-oriented lens and offered through the perspective of local experts. The program emphasizes the operation of the civil law tradition\, its integration with European Union law\, and the practical implications for cross-border legal practice\, particularly in the context of German–U.S. legal and commercial relationships. \nBERLIN \nWednesday\, May 6 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm\n \nThe German Bar Association (DAV): The Practice of Law and Regulation of Lawyers in Germany\n This program offers a comprehensive and comparative examination of the structure\, regulation\, and professional culture of legal practice in Germany. Set within the civil law tradition\, the session explores how the German legal profession is organized\, regulated\, and sustained through a combination of statutory frameworks\, bar governance\, and professional ethics. Participants will gain insight into the role of the German Bar Associations (Deutscher Anwaltverein and regional chambers) in safeguarding the independence of the legal profession\, upholding ethical standards\, and ensuring access to justice. The program will examine the rights and obligations of German attorneys (Rechtsanwälte)\, including admission requirements\, professional conduct rules\, and continuing\nresponsibilities within a highly regulated system. In addition\, the session will address Germany’s approach to legal aid and access to justice\, including state-supported mechanisms that ensure representation across socioeconomic lines. Comparisons to\nU.S. models of pro bono service and bar regulation will provide valuable context for understanding key distinctions between civil and common law systems. By situating these topics within both legal doctrine and practical application\, this program offers a\nnuanced understanding of how Germany maintains professional accountability\, public trust\, and the effective delivery of legal services. \n\nChristine Martin\, Head of International Affairs\, German Bar Association (DAV)\nStefan von Raumer\, President\, German Bar Association |Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV)\n\nThursday\, May 7 | 9:30am – 11:00 am \n Inside Germany’s Criminal Justice System: A Study of Berlin’s Moabit Criminal Court\nThis program offers a focused examination of Germany’s criminal justice system through the operations of the Moabit Criminal Court (Kriminalgericht Moabit) in Berlin\, the largest criminal court in Europe. Using this venue as a practical framework\, participants will explore how criminal matters are investigated\, prosecuted\, and adjudicated within a civil law system. The session will highlight key features of German criminal procedure under the Strafprozessordnung (StPO)\, including the roles of judges\, prosecutors (Staatsanwaltschaft)\, and defense counsel in a judge-led process that differs from the U.S. adversarial model. Particular attention will be given to evidentiary standards\, pre-trial investigation\, and the court’s duty to establish the facts (Amtsermittlungsgrundsatz\, StPO § 244(2)). Participants will also examine defendants’ rights and procedural safeguards grounded in the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz)\, including due process protections and human dignity principles (Arts. 1 and 20 GG). The program will address victims’ participation rights\, including the Nebenklage mechanism (StPO This session provides a concise\, practice-oriented\, and comparative perspective on how Germany administers criminal justice while ensuring fairness\, accountability\, and public trust. \n\nHon. George Plüür\, Presiding Judge\, Amtsgericht Tiergarten (Berlin)\n\nFriday\, May 8 | 8:00pm – 9:30 pm\n \nGerman & EU Lawmaking and Parliamentary Governance: A Study from Inside the Bundestag\n This program provides a focused examination of Germany’s legislative process and the central role of the Bundestag within both the German constitutional framework and the broader European Union system. Participants will explore how legislation is developed\, debated\, and enacted under the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz)\, and how national law interacts with binding European Union directives and regulations. The session will examine the structure and function of the Bundestag\, including committee work\, coalition governance\, and the legislative process as set forth in Articles 76–78 of the Grundgesetz. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between the Bundestag and the Bundesrat\, and the mechanisms through which federal states participate in lawmaking. Participants will also gain insight into how EU law is incorporated into German domestic law\, including the principles of supremacy and direct effect as recognized by the Court of Justice of the European Union\, and Germany’s constitutional approach to EU integration (Arts. 23 and 24 GG). The program will further address transparency\, democratic accountability\, and ethical considerations in parliamentary governance. By situating these issues within the working environment of the Bundestag\, this session offers a practical and comparative perspective on legislative governance in a modern civil law democracy. \n\nRepresentatives of the German Bundestag\n\nSaturday\, May 9 | 10:00am – Noon \n From Statute to Atrocity: The Role of Lawyers at Wannsee Conference\nThis program provides a rigorous examination of the Wannsee Conference of January 20\, 1942\, as a defining moment in the bureaucratic and legal coordination of the Holocaust. Rather than marking the decision to commit genocide\, the conference functioned as a high-level administrative meeting to formalize and operationalize policies already underway\, translating ideology into coordinated state action. Through a legal and historical lens\, participants will analyze how lawyers\, jurists\, and government\nofficials facilitated the transition from discriminatory legislation to systematic mass atrocity. The session will explore the role of legal frameworks\, including the Nuremberg Laws (1935)\, in establishing the foundation for exclusion\, dispossession\, and deportation\, and how administrative law mechanisms were used to legitimize and implement these measures. The program will also examine the evidentiary record of the Wannsee Protocol as a critical legal document\, later relied upon in post-war prosecutions\, including the Nuremberg Trials\, and its relevance to the development of modern international criminal law. Discussion will connect these events to contemporary legal principles\, including crimes against humanity as articulated in the Nuremberg Charter (1945) and subsequent codifications under international law. By situating these issues within the historic site of the House of the Wannsee Conference\, this session offers a profound and practice-oriented reflection on the ethical responsibilities of lawyers\, the misuse of\nlegal systems\, and the enduring importance of the rule of law. \n\nRepresentatives of the House of the Wannsee Conference\n\nNUREMBURG \nMonday\, May 11 | 10:00am – Noon \n Nuremberg Palace of Justice: From Courtroom 600 to the Foundations of Modern International Criminal Law\nThis interactive\, site-based session at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice places participants inside Courtroom 600\, where the Nuremberg Trials fundamentally reshaped the trajectory of international law. Through guided analysis and facilitated discussion\, participants will engage directly with the legal\, historical\, and institutional significance of the International Military Tribunal and the twelve subsequent proceedings. The session moves beyond a traditional lecture format to incorporate on-site interpretation\, primary source context\, and comparative dialogue. Participants will examine how the trials marked a decisive shift from doctrines of sovereign immunity and victor’s justice toward the establishment of individual criminal responsibility under international law.\nParticular emphasis will be placed on the trials’ groundbreaking contributions to the development of international criminal law\, including the articulation of crimes against humanity\, war crimes\, and crimes against peace\, as well as their enduring influence on contemporary tribunals and institutions. The discussion will also consider procedural innovations\, evidentiary challenges\, and critiques of legitimacy that continue to inform modern international legal practice. By situating legal analysis within the physical and historical setting of Courtroom 600\, this session provides a dynamic and immersive exploration of how Nuremberg continues to shape the interpretation\, enforcement\, and evolution of international law today. \n\nHon. Stephan Husemann\, Judge\, Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) Nuremberg\nNina Lutz\, M.A.\, Director of the Memorium Nuremberg Trials\nAxel Fischer\, Research Specialist\, Memorium Nuremberg Trials\nDr. Pablo Gavira Diaz\, Project Officer\, International Nuremberg Principles Academy\n\nMUNICH \nWednesday\, May 13 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am \n Judicial Governance in Bavaria: Structure\, Administration\, and Comparative Insights\n This lecture offers a rare “behind-the-scenes” look at the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice\, the supreme authority for one of Germany’s most robust judicial landscapes. This session examines the administrative and political heart of the justice system in the Free State of Bavaria. Hosted by representatives of the Ministry\, the lecture explores how the state manages a portfolio that includes over 100 courts\, the public prosecution service\, and the entire Bavarian correctional system. \n\nDr. Isabella Schayan (Rpfl)\, Ministerial Councillor\, Bavarian State Ministry of Justice\n\nWednesday\, May 13 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm\n \nFrom Stein to Statute: Legal Regulations of Beer & the German Beer Purity Act\n This lecture explores the unique legal history of one of Germany’s most protected cultural assets: beer. Far from being a mere beverage\, beer in Germany is governed by a complex web of historical decrees and modern statutes that have shaped the nation’s consumer protection laws and industrial standards for centuries. The session traces the evolution of brewing regulations from medieval guild rules to the world-renowned Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) and its integration into contemporary European law. \n\nDr. Michael Zepf\, Beer Sommelier\, World Brewing Academy\, Doemens Academy\n\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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