Product Description

Get the latest update on new business litigation developments and important case law delivered in a dynamic, streamlined format by a stellar faculty of U.S. District Court judges, U.S. Magistrate judges, Massachusetts Superior Court judges, and preeminent practitioners. The judges discuss trends and field your questions in the ever-popular Business Litigation Session Judicial Panel and Federal Judicial Panel. Get highly practical, sage perspective that only experience—and the Conference—can provide. 

Agenda & Materials

• 12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Year-in-Review: A Dialogue on the Top 10 Cases

  Michael D. Brier, Esq., Gesmer Updegrove LLP , Boston
  Sara J. Shanahan, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP , Boston
  
• 1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Business Litigation Session Judicial Panel

  Hon. Peter B. Krupp, Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Kenneth W. Salinger, Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Debra A. Squires-Lee, Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Helene Kazanjian, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 2:00 - 2:10 pm

  Break
• 2:10 - 3:00 pm

  Bristol Asphalt and the Supreme Judicial Court’s New Anti-SLAPP Framework

  Emily C. Shanahan, Esq., Husch Blackwell, LLP , Boston
  Robert S. Mantell, Esq., Law Office of Robert S. Mantell , Somerville
  Ana Munoz, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  
• 3:00 - 4:00 pm

  The Role of the Expert in Business Litigation

  Rhian M.J. Cull, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Michael J. McMahon, Esq., Cooley LLP , Boston
  Benjamin M. Stern, Esq., Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP , Boston
  
• 4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Federal Judicial Panel

  Hon. Donald L. Cabell, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Paul G. Levenson, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Boston
  Hon. Katherine A. Robertson, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts , Springfield
  Hon. Christopher K. Barry-Smith, Middlesex County Superior Court , Boston
  

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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