AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
SECTION OF LITIGATION

Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar
Co-Sponsored by
Business Torts Litigation Committee
Minority Trial Lawyer Committee
The Woman Advocate Committee

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Plenary 2: Taking Away Plaintiffs Exhibit A: How to Avoid Creation of Harmful Internal
Documents

The Next Step in Creating a Culture of Risk Avoidance: Avoid the Creation of Harmful Internal
Documents
How to Avoid the Creation of Harmful Internal Documents

Breakout Session 1:
Hot Topics in Securities Liability for Corporate Officers and Directors
Securities Liability Issues Under SEC Rule 10b-5
Insider Trading Securities Violations

Breakout Session 2:
Community Service Opportunities for Corporate Counsel
Ethical Pitfalls - And How to Overcome Them - When In-House Counsel Represent Pro
Bono Clients
Multijurisdictional Practice: MJP in the News
Multijurisdictional Practice: In House Counsel Pro Bono

Breakout Session 3:
Keys to Success as an Associate: How to Make Yourself Indispensable and Provide
Value to Corporate Clients
Keys to Success as an Associate: How to Make Yourself Indispensable and Provide Value
to Corporate Clients

Plenary 3: Valuing Litigation and Valuing Diversity: Can these Principles Coexist?

"Why" Diversity is Critical to the Success of Your Law Department

Breakout Session 4:
Winning By Losing: How to Try the Losing Case for Appeal
Winning by Losing: How to Try the Losing Case for Appeal
How, When, & Why to Object, Raise and Preserve Issues
Appellate Counsel in the Trial Courts and Trial Counsel in the Appellate Courts
Appellate Advocacy from the Judge's Point of View-The Art of Appellate Advocacy

Breakout Session 5:
Forging Ahead: Charting the Course of Your In-House Legal Career
Navigating the Complexities of Career Advancement in the Corporate Environment

Plenary 4: Changing Landscape: Class Action Litigation after Wal-Mart and AT&T
Mobility

Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts
Expert Witnesses in EEO Class Actions: What Does Wal-Mart v Dukes Mean for Future Cases?
Litigating Class Actions Post-Concepcion

Breakout Session 6:
State Attorneys General Investigations, Task Forces and Litigation:
What a General Counsel Needs to Know
State Attorneys General: More Than Meets the Eye

Breakout Session 7:
The Future of the Law is Up in the Clouds: The New Ethical
Reality of Cloud Computing and Social Media
The Legal Implications of Social Media

Breakout Session 8:
When Can a Breach of Contract Be a Tort and What Difference Does it Make?
When Can a Breach of Contract Be a Tort and What Difference Does it Make?

Plenary 5: A View from the Bench: Corporation as Defendant

Miller v City of Los Angeles
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC v. Bacardi USA, INC
General Order Re Use of Voluntary Efficient Litigation Stipulations