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In-Person CLE
Workers' Compensation on the Brain

When
Friday, October 30
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Where
CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain

Contact
Member Services
msc@ctbar.org
(844)469-2221

About the Program
This program will discuss ways to prepare an attorney or paralegal for handling often complex brain injury claims. The panel of experts will help gain a better understanding of these issues and much more.

You Will Learn
  • About what constitutes brain injuries
  • How to diagnose, treat, and handle these cases in front of the Workers' Compensation Commission
  • When you need to get the probate court involved

Speakers
Commissioner Randy L. Cohen, Workers' Compensation Commission, Hartford
Hon. Charles K. Norris, Norwich Probate Court, Norwich
Commissioner Nancy E. Salerno, Workers' Compensation Commission, Hartford
Steven R. Conway MD, Hartford Neurology LLC, Hartford
Amy B. Palmer PsyD, Shoreline Neuropsychology & Behavioral Health LLC, Branford
James W. PIer PhD, Northeast Neuropsychology LLC, Cheshire
Kenneth Selig MD, Glastonbury

CLE Credit
CT: 6.0 CLE Credits
NY: 7.0 CLE Credits (AOP)

Cost
Includes a light breakfast, lunch, and parking at the public garage at 35 Bank St
Member $199
Non-Member $398
Student Member $100
Matal v. Tam : The First Amendment and Football

When
Tuesday, September 26
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m .

Where
CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain

Contact
Member Services
msc@ctbar.org
(844)469-2221

About the Program
The recent United States Supreme Court decision in Matal v. Tam held the prohibition in Section 2(a) of the Lanham (Trademark) Act on registration of trademarks that are disparaging of ethnic, racial, or social groups to be unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. Implications of the decision from both trademark registration and First Amendment perspectives will be discussed. Learn what trademarks may now be registered, what avenues there are to encourage sports teams into altering their nicknames and logos to the extent they offend particular groups, and what the First Amendment implications are for government actions dealing with private speech.

You Will Learn
  • About Section 2(a) as it was previously applied and what types of trademarks are now able to be registered on the official register
  • What types of government approval constitute government speech and what do not
  • About movements outside of the trademark registration context (via contract with a conference or sports governing organization or through public pressure) that seek to encourage professional clubs, universities, and high schools to change their sports nicknames (e.g., NCAA rules on the subject)

Speakers
Alison Caless, Cantor Colburn LLP, Hartford
Daniel R. Cooper, Cooper & Kurz, Stamford
Frank J. Duffin, Wiggin and Dana, New Haven

CLE Credit
CT: 2.0 CLE Credits
NY: 2.0 CLE Credits (AOP)

Cost
Includes a light breakfast and parking at the public garage at 35 Bank St.
Member $75
Non-Member $150
Student Member $25
On-Demand CLE
The Essentials of Appellate Practice: When to File Motions & Petitions for Certification

About the Program
Most lawyers, including trial lawyers, know the basics of an appeal. But what many attorneys don't think about is that crucial time, whether it's in the early stages of an appeal or after a decision has been rendered, when you have to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of filing a motion of a petition for certification.

At those particular times, many appellate attorneys find themselves asking the following questions: Are there any grounds to move to dismiss the appeal? Should I move for articulation? Is it a better strategy to move for reconsideration en banc or jump right to a petition for certification? How can I draft a successful petition for certification? How you analyze these questions can have a significant impact on your appeal and can change the outcome of a case. In this program, three experienced appellate attorneys will give you their unique insights into appellate motions practice.

You Will Learn
  • How to draft an effective petition for certification
  • The various motions available to appellate practitioners and how best to make use of them
  • How to draft a successful motion or petition for certification from the practitioner's perspective
  • How the various motions and petitions are handled and decided within the court

Organizers
Logan Forsey, Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford
Christopher Klepps, Updike Kelly & Spellacy PC, Hartford

Speakers
Daniel J. Krish, Halloran & Sagel LLP, Hartford
Samuel V. Schoonmaker, Schoonmaker Legal Group LLC, Stamford
Jonathan Weiner, Connecticut Supreme Court , Hartford

CLE Credit
2.0 CLE Credits

Cost
Member $75
Non-Member $125
Student Member $25
Ethics 301: Advanced Ethics Problems Vexing Practicing Lawyers

About the Program
A panel with extensive experience advising attorneys on their ethical obligations present on some of the tough questions facing attorneys today in a variety of practice circumstances. Using a series of real-life problems that cut across several areas of ethics and the intersection of ethics and other law, the panelists attempt to give attendees some guidance beyond that found in most ethics seminars. 

You Will Learn
  • About your obligations to your clients and to yourself regarding contraband, witnesses, destruction of evidence, and information that a client may intend to commit a crime
  • A lawyer's duties upon receiving a subpoena concerning a former client seeking the client's file
  • About representing clients with impaired capacity, especially if the client evinces an intention to make an ill-considered decision that may have serious consequences
  • About when a client stops being a present client for conflict of interest considerations, duties to former clients, what conflicts are not waivable, and the efficacy of advance waivers
  • How to deal with conflicts when representing a corporate officer and the corporation in a shareholder derivative action. Duties to members of closely-held LLC's. What you can and cannot do with regard to representing one member of an LLC and the entity against another member
  •  About developing law on attorney whistleblower obligations and protections and the ability of attorney to be a qui tam relator or a reporting witness under similar regimes. The ability and challenges of lawyers to prosecute or defend employment disputes involving their work as a lawyer. Is the rule of confidentiality a tool an employer can use to defeat such cases?

Speaker
David P. Atkins, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport
Stephen J. Conover, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford
Mark A. Dubois, Geraghty & Bonnano, New London
Patricia King, Geraghty & Bonnano, New London
Brendon P. Levesque, Horton Dowd Barschi & Levesque PC, Hartford
Marcy T. Stovall, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport
James F. Sullivan, Howard Kohn Sprague & FitzGerald LLP, Hartford

CLE Credit
3.5 CLE Ethics Credits

Cost
Member - $145
Non-Member - $225
Student Member $75
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