Product Description

Discovery is often the longest period of a lawsuit and typically comes with challenges and roadblocks—some foreseen and some unexpected. Given the various communication platforms available, it is rare for a case to solely involve paper copies of documents. Instead, parties routinely seek information stored in emails, electronic messaging systems, cell phones, and other electronic devices. In some cases, the parties need to develop an electronically stored information (“ESI”) protocol to govern the format of the documents produced and to confer over the scope of electronic discovery. The failure to preserve electronic evidence can have drastic consequences.

Join our experts to discuss best practices for preserving, searching for, and retrieving electronic discovery.

Agenda & Materials

• Day 1: Thursday, February 10, 2022
• 2:00 pm - 2:04 pm

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Lucia A. Passanisi, Esq., Todd & Weld LLP , Boston
  Alycia Kennedy, Esq., Community Legal Aid , Worcester
  
• 12:12 pm - 12:20 pm

  Collecting Electronically Stored Information

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• 2:05 pm - 3:00 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit - Alimony: After a Decade of Reform...

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  What has changed since the Alimony Reform Act was enacted, and what can be improved? Has the Act provided the clarity and predictability that it was intended to promote, or are there other areas that should have been or can be addressed?

  Alycia Kennedy, Esq., Community Legal Aid , Worcester
  Alycia Kennedy, Esq., Community Legal Aid , Worcester
  
• 12:20 pm - 12:43 pm

  Formulating Electronically Storied Information Protocols

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• 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit - Income Determination and Income Attribution: Everything You Need to Know

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  The treatment of varying types of income for purposes of ascertaining both child support and alimony has become a front-and-center issue, especially now in this era of pandemic economic displacement and disruption. Determining whether a litigant is “fully employed” or even “employable” is a trending topic. When should you bring in an expert, and what kinds of discovery tools are available to help you to craft your arguments to maximize the amount of information you need to effectively promote your case?

  Alycia Kennedy, Esq., Community Legal Aid , Worcester
  
• 12:43 pm - 1:01 pm

  E-Discovery Challenges & Opportunities: Consequences for Failing to Preserve Evidence

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  Panel
  
• 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm

  Break
• 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm

  Break
• 4:05 pm - 4:53 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit - The New Child Support Guidelines

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  are here! But are they clear? If you want a comprehensive, easy-to-access and easy-to-use roadmap for the new Guidelines, we provide you with all the support you require. Our panel introduces you to the new features and considerations throughout the current Guidelines and assist you in understanding how to use them.
• Day 2: Friday, February 11, 2022
• 2:00 pm - 2:44 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit 2022 - Asset Valuation: What is it Really Worth?

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  Real estate, potential and received inherited assets, recreational vehicles, jewelry, collectables, and art… everything “of value” in the marital estate has to be assigned a number. Hear from experts in the fields of real estate and personal property valuation and learn how to recognize over-inflated or under-valued appraisals.
• 2:44 pm - 3:24 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit 2022 - The Family Business

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  in all its many forms, is a marital asset, and is subject to valuation and division. How is this done, and how should you assemble the information into an effective presentation to the Court? This panel reviews the types of businesses that you are likely to come across in your practice, including web-based and “virtual” businesses, and how income is derived from them and how to obtain – and use -- a realistic valuation.
• 3:24 pm - 3:35 pm

  Break
• 3:35 pm - 4:26 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit 2022 - Taxes All Around

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  Tax considerations lurk around every aspect of divorce practice, and this section flags the dangerous pitfalls you must avoid. Get an understanding of the tax considerations that permeate domestic relations cases, in alimony, in considering the financial aspects of child custody, in property division, and in debt assignment.
• 4:26 pm - 4:53 pm

  Domestic Relations Financial Summit 2022 - View from the Bench

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Please Note

MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

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