Protecting Personal Injury Claims in Bankruptcy Cases
Complexities of Property of the Estate, Stay Relief, Judicial Estoppel, Exemptions, and Mo...
February 10, 2021 • CLE • Live Webinar
This CLE webinar will show personal injury attorneys a way forward when bankruptcy intersects their case, including dealing with judicial estoppel, by leveraging recent case law criticizing its application in bankruptcy. The panel will address key decisions to be made depending on: whether the defen...
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Medicare Conditional Payment and Medicare Advantage Plan Reconciliation Processes
Techniques to Minimize Repayment Obligations and Maximize Medicare Refunds After a Liabili...
March 10, 2021 • CLE • Live Webinar
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury attorneys in navigating the complex processes for reconciling Medicare conditional payments and Medicare Advantage plans to increase a plaintiff's recovery following a personal injury settlement.
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Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Injury Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar will discuss best practices for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhib...
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Resolving ERISA Liens and Reimbursement Claims in Personal Injury Cases
Narrowing Claims and Challenging Unreasonable Charges; Effect of Montanile on ERISA Plan R...
September 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will give personal injury attorneys practical tips for negotiating and resolving ERISA liens and claims for reimbursement against personal injury settlements to maximize recovery for their clients.
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Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Injury Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
September 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar will discuss best practices for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhib...
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Long-Term Care Centers, Officers and Directors : COVID-19 Liability and Risk Management
Preparing Long-Term Care Facilities for Claims Arising From Deaths and Injuries Due to COV...
August 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide attorneys for long-term care (LTC) facilities, LTC officers and directors, and LTC insurers with an in-depth and realistic look at the claims from a wide range of plaintiffs seeking damages for deaths, injuries, and damages blamed on COVID-19 and the facilities' respons...
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Physician Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases: Refuting Doctor Testimony, Exposing Bias
Ensuring Plaintiffs Comply With Rule 26(a)(2)(B)
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will show counsel in personal injury cases, especially those involving pharmaceuticals or medical devices, how to depose, examine, or cross-examine who may be the most important witness at trial--the physician, surgeon, or dentist testifying as to causation. The program will provide...
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Federal Tort Claims Act Cases: Recovering for Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Pr...
Limits on the Independent Contractor and Discretionary Function Exceptions
July 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will instruct personal injury attorneys on the prerequisites for filing suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and how to defeat the government's motions to dismiss or for summary judgment based on the "independent contractor" and the "discretionary function" exceptions to th...
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Nursing Home Malpractice: Indispensable Discovery for Establishing Causation, Systemic Neg...
Discovering Nursing Home Patterns and Practices, Key Caregivers, Nursing Policies, Adminis...
June 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will discuss how to plan and carry out successful discovery in a nursing home malpractice case. The webinar will discuss specific evidence to request for different causes of action, how to notice depositions to obtain the best results, how to manage the large volume of documents invo...
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Litigating Trucking Accident Injury Claims: Theories of Liability, Impact of CSA Recordkee...
Plaintiff and Defense Approaches to Discovery, Pre-Trial Motions, and Damages
April 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury counsel with a review of conventional theories of liability in trucking accident injury cases and discuss the complexities involved with litigating and settling claims. The panel will explain the impact of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and...
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Deposing Nursing Home Employees and Owners in Neglect and Abuse Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
April 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys with an in-depth analysis of deposition practice in nursing home injury cases. The webinar will discuss best practices for identifying and questioning deponents, videotaping depositions, using demonstrative exhibits, dea...
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Combating Plaintiffs' Reptilian Tactics in Commercial Vehicle, Premises Liability, Product...
Responding to Reptile Techniques During Discovery, Deposition, Voir Dire, Opening Statemen...
April 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide litigators in recognizing and combating the trial strategy leveraging the so-called "reptile theory" in commercial vehicle accident claims, premises liability, and medical malpractice cases. The panel will discuss the increased use of reptilian tactics by plaintiffs' atto...
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Medicare and Medicaid Liens in Personal Injury Cases
Resolving Healthcare Liens or Claims for Reimbursement, Maximizing Settlement Awards
March 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as adjusters, with practical tips and considerations for resolving Medicare and Medicaid liens to maximize recovery and ensure healthcare compliance in personal injury claims.
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Litigating E-Scooter Injuries and Deaths: Injuries on and by E-Scooters
February 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore one of the fastest and most recently developing areas of personal injury liability: e-scooters. Whether the potential client has been harmed while riding an e-scooter or was harmed by someone riding an e-scooter, the client will only hire an attorney who grasps the poss...
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Jury Selection: Winning Before Opening Statements
Today's Venire; Voir Dire; Attitudes and Biases; Juror Questionnaires; Social Media
January 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trial attorneys with a unique perspective on using the jury strike process to not only ensure the best possible jury but to form relationships with jurors and establish themes for trial. The panel will educate counsel on resources and tools which can be used to build th...
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Physician Liability for Opioid Addiction and Death: Claims and Defenses
December 17, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will concentrate on the link between the national opioid epidemic and the resulting litigation. Manufacturers, prescribing doctors, dispensing pharmacists, and corporations involved have all been the targets of litigation. Counsel must be prepared, in today's environment, to address...
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Food Poisoning and Other Foodborne Harm: Claims and Defenses
Identifying All Potential Defendants and Causes of Action
December 17, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury plaintiff and defense counsel with a detailed examination of the rapidly expanding area of foodborne illness litigation. Regardless of the source, reactions to and injuries caused by contaminated food vary; the CDC estimates 47.8 million foodborne illnes...
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Home Healthcare Litigation: Injuries, Malpractice, and Other Tort Claims
December 4, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will enable medical malpractice and personal injury trial attorneys to take an active role in addressing the disturbing trend of malpractice, injuries, and other damages caused by trusted people in the homes of the sick and the aged. Home healthcare workers have been alleged to negl...
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Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment, Hiring and Retention
Discovery, Apportionment of Fault, Impact of Motor Carrier's Admission of Vicarious Liabil...
December 3, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury counsel in proving or defending claims against motor carriers and insurance companies for negligent entrustment, hiring or retention of a truck driver in the wake of a trucking accident. The panel will discuss the elements of each claim, defense theories,...
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Taking 30(b)(6) Corporate Representative Depositions in Personal Injury Cases
Drafting a Thorough Notice, Tying Down the Witness With Key Questions, Objecting and Filin...
November 19, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury trial lawyers to depose corporate representatives in accordance with Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and its state law equivalents. The webinar will discuss best practices for meeting the 30(b)(6) notice requirements, effectively qu...
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Tort Liability for Drowning: Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Defenses
November 14, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will educate plaintiffs' and defendants' personal injury counsel about litigation arising out of drownings: the cause of thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries each year. These cases represent significant exposure for property owners, boat owners, local governments, a...
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Psychiatrist and Psychologist Liability for Patient's Harm to Self and Others, Unjustified...
Suicide After Examination; Harm Generally and in the Workplace
October 24, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address four complex and interrelated areas of liability for medical practitioners who care for individuals with mental health issues: (1) patient suicide or other self harm; (2) harm to others, generally, for a patient's violent acts; (3) potential harm in the workplace to emp...
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Resolving ERISA Liens and Reimbursement Claims in Personal Injury Cases
Narrowing Claims and Challenging Unreasonable Charges; Effect of Montanile on ERISA Plan R...
September 24, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will give personal injury attorneys practical tips for negotiating and resolving ERISA liens and claims for reimbursement against personal injury settlements to maximize recovery for their clients.
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Property Damage Valuation: Examination of Permitted Methods
Cost to Repair, Cost to Replace, Highest/Best Value, Role of Sentiment, Unique Property
September 3, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will instruct trial attorneys as to how to value damaged, destroyed, or taken tangible property that is subject to litigation. Pursuing the wrong valuation paradigm could mean the difference of an award covering the cost of canvas, paint, and frame vs. an award for an original Picas...
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High Value Verdict Reversals
July 9, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will demonstrate to plaintiffs' and defendants' counsel the steps necessary to fortify a successful result (or avert that horrible defeat) while the case is in trial. Without taking proper measures at trial, victory will be fleeting. By examining recent reversals of multi-million do...
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Preserving Evidence in Trucking Injury Cases: Motor Carrier Certificates, Engine Control M...
Crafting Spoliation Letters, Securing Key Documentation, and Challenging Evidence Destruct...
June 18, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss best practices to preserve critical evidence in trucking injury cases. The panel will explain the components of an effective spoliation letter, significant evidence needed in trucking accident cases, and strategies for challenging the destruction of evidence after issua...
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Personal Injury Settlements: Anticipating Impact of Tax Reform on Settlement Proceeds
Strategies to Manage Tax Impact on Lost Wages, Punitive Damages and Interest
May 7, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury attorneys on how to minimize the tax burden to plaintiffs on personal injury settlements after tax reform. The panel will discuss how to spot potential tax liabilities at the beginning of a claim, as well as strategies to classify damages and structure lar...
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Combating Plaintiffs' Reptilian Tactics in Commercial Vehicle, Premises Liability, Product...
Responding to Reptile Techniques During Discovery, Deposition, Voir Dire, Opening Statemen...
April 2, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide litigators in recognizing and combating the trial strategy leveraging the so-called "reptile theory" in commercial vehicle accident claims, premises liability and medical malpractice cases. The panel will discuss the increased use of reptilian tactics by plaintiffs' attor...
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Asserting and Challenging Plaintiff's Comparative or Contributory Negligence in Personal I...
Discovery Techniques, Apportionment of Fault, Expert Testimony and More
March 26, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury lawyers on how to overcome a plaintiff's comparative negligence and maximize recovery at trial. The webinar will cover how various jurisdictions handle comparative and contributory negligence and how attorneys can develop trial strategies to overcome their...
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Personal Injury Litigation: Proving or Disproving Non-Economic Damages
Calculating Damages, Conducting Voir Dire, Preparing Jury Instructions
February 26, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury practitioners on how to best argue for (or defend against) an award of non-economic damages. The panel will discuss various trial strategies, including calculating damages, conducting voir dire, and preparing jury instructions.
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Psychological Injuries in Personal Injury Claims: Navigating Litigation Complexities
Assessing Value of Claim, Negotiating Settlements and Leveraging Expert Witnesses
February 5, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how to handle superadded psychological injuries when they arise in personal injury claims. The program will cover how to plan case strategy from independent medical examinations to depositions as well as determining case value.
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Leveraging Insurance Reserves in Personal Injury Claims
Presenting a Case, Working With Adjuster, Impact on Settlement
January 29, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the role of an insurance company's "reserves" in a personal injury claim. The panelist will discuss why reserves are crucial to the eventual claim resolution and how plaintiff's attorneys can work with insurance adjusters to value the claim at the outset to avoid settle...
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Radiology Malpractice Lawsuits: Bringing or Defending Claims for Medical Errors, Omissions
Proving or Challenging Causation, Leveraging Experts, Assessing Damages, Negotiating Settl...
January 29, 2019 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine current trends in medical malpractice lawsuits against radiologists and strategies for plaintiff and defense counsel handling these cases. The panel will discuss common bases for claims, proving or challenging causation and damages, working with expert witnesses to dete...
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Medicare/Medicaid Challenges in Personal Injury Claim Settlements
Complying With Reporting Requirements and Satisfying Liens
December 5, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for settling personal injury claims while complying with Medicare/Medicaid reporting requirements and satisfying Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement obligations for conditional payments and future medicals.
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Handling Difficult Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases: Direct and Cross Examinations
Tips for Managing Hostile, Evasive, Untruthful, Forgetful and Other Challenging Witnesses
November 19, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss strategies for handling difficult witnesses during personal injury litigation. While difficult witnesses will typically belong to the adverse party, they can sometimes be your own. Because of this, it is critical that attorneys know how to handle difficult witnesses in...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Claims: Navigating Litigation Complexities
Assessing TBI Claims, Negotiating Settlements, and Leveraging Expert Witnesses to Strength...
November 14, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practical guidance to personal injury attorneys for pursuing or defending traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims. Our panel will explain best practices for assessing a potential TBI injury client, collecting and presenting medical records and materials, developing high-imp...
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Workers' Compensation Claims and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
Meeting Reporting Requirements, Satisfying Liens, and Establishing Set-Asides in Settlemen...
September 27, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide attendees with a comprehensive review of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act and its various reporting and reimbursement obligations (including Section 111 reporting, conditional payments and future medical/Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) issues). The speaker will discuss i...
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Personal Injury Opening Statements and Closing Arguments: Preparing and Delivering, Handli...
Developing and Presenting a Persuasive Roadmap; Delivering a Convincing and Memorable Case...
September 20, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury litigators for preparing and delivering effective opening statements and closing arguments. The panel will discuss strategies for proper timing and sequencing of opening statements and closing arguments, making and responding to objections during opening a...
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Discovery Strategies in Personal Injury Litigation Under Amended Rules 26(b) and 34(b)
Drafting or Responding to Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents or Admissi...
May 2, 2018 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury litigators in drafting discovery requests likely to survive heightened judicial scrutiny under recent amendments to Rule 26(b) of the FRCP. The panel will also discuss tactics for objecting to discovery requests that are overly burdensome and producing doc...
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Sports Concussion Litigation: Bringing or Defending Claims Against Professional, Collegiat...
Viable Causes of Action, Damages Assessment, and Settlement Structures
December 6, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the latest developments in sports concussion litigation and settlements. The panel will address the legal and medical issues attorneys must navigate when bringing or defending concussion lawsuits against professional, collegiate, high school or youth teams.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims in Auto Accident Cases
Assessing Damages, Proving Claims, Leveraging Experts
October 4, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury attorneys for identifying signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in car accident victims and pursuing appropriate compensation. The panel will discuss best practices for proving PTSD claims and assessing damages, including engaging me...
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Expert Witness Discovery in Personal Injury Litigation: Establishing or Challenging Admiss...
Tactics for Expert Designation, Cross-Examination, Deposition and Daubert/Frye Challenges...
August 23, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury counsel on legal and practical tactics for managing expert witness discovery. The panel will discuss key considerations regarding the designation of experts, admissibility of expert opinions, deposition and cross-examination of experts, Daube...
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Distracted Driving Accident Claims Involving Smart Phones: Pursuing or Defending Litigatio...
Conducting Pre-Suit Investigations and Discovery, Leveraging Expert Witnesses, Vicarious L...
August 1, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of increasing litigation over distracted driving accidents involving smart phones. The panel will provide an overview of state approaches to regulation of device use while driving and outline strategies for pursuing or defending distracted driving...
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Trucking Accident Cases and Insurance Coverage Complexities: Guidance for Personal Injury...
Minimum Insurance Requirements, Applicable Coverages, Impact of Written Lease Agreements a...
July 12, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the unique insurance coverage issues in trucking accident cases, including federally mandated minimum insurance requirements and endorsements for trucking companies, how to determine applicable insurance coverage, the impact of a truck driver's classification as an empl...
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Jury Selection in Personal Injury Litigation: Connecting With Today's Jury Pool
Using Effective Juror Profiling and Voir Dire to Pick the Best Jury
June 21, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury litigators with key techniques for selecting jurors. The panel will offer specific tips for using questionnaires, weeding out jurors, dealing with tainted jury panels, and avoiding common mistakes during voir dire.
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Drones and Personal Injury Liability: Navigating the Evolving Regulatory Landscape and Eme...
Guidance for Personal Injury Counsel Pursuing Claims for Bodily Harm, Property Damage, Inv...
June 14, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury attorneys for navigating the emerging area of drone liability. The panel will discuss the current state of drone regulation and explain potential liability issues arising from their use, including claims against drone operators and manufactur...
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Litigating Dog Bite Claims: Pursuing or Defending Personal Injury Cases Against Dog Owners...
Assessing Claims, Investigating the Dog, Leveraging Defenses, Dealing With Minor Victims,...
June 8, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury counsel for pursuing or defending against claims over injuries caused by dog bites and attacks. The panel will discuss effective strategies for assessing claims and potential defendants, investigating the attacking dog, proving strict liabili...
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Social Media Admissions in Personal Injury Cases: Mitigating Risk for Plaintiffs, Securing...
Complying With Duty to Preserve; Obtaining and Admitting Evidence Adverse to Defendants Fr...
May 10, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury litigators for mitigating the risks that social media posts pose for their clients, as well as tips for tracking down admissions by defendants on social media. The panel will discuss best practices for advising personal injury victims on thei...
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Wrongful Death Claims and Survival Actions: Pursuing or Defending Claims
Assessing Claims, Proving or Defending Liability, Navigating Complex Valuation and Settlem...
April 26, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to plaintiff and defense counsel for pursuing or defending against wrongful death claims and survival actions. The panel will discuss effective tactics for assessing claims, proving or defending liability, calculating damages, and negotiating settlements.
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Lay Witness and Expert Witness Depositions in Personal Injury Cases: Advanced Deposition T...
Leveraging Restatement, Summarization, Boxing-In and Exhaustion Strategies; Using Depositi...
April 6, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss advanced techniques for taking and defending depositions of lay witnesses and expert witnesses in personal injury litigation. The panel will review strategies for getting the most out of depositions, including when and how to use and properly sequence the techniques of...
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Daycare Injury Litigation
Assessing Claims, Proving Causation and Foreseeability, Navigating Complex Valuation and S...
March 7, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury counsel for pursuing claims against daycare centers over injuries to children in their care. The panel will discuss effective strategies for assessing a potential claim and sources of recovery, proving causation and foreseeability, valuing cl...
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Personal Injury Claims Against Municipalities: Defending Vehicular Liability and Premises...
Evaluating Common Claims, Defenses and Damages; Navigating Unique Discovery and Evidentiar...
February 22, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will provide guidance to municipal and insurance defense attorneys for defending cases filed against municipalities that involve vehicular liability, premises liability and other common municipal liability claims based on negligence. The panel will review the strict procedural requir...
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Construction Site Injury Litigation: Pursuing or Defending Claims Against Site Owners, Con...
Assessing Potential Claims and Defendants, Proving or Defending Liability and Damages, Ove...
February 21, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury plaintiff and defense counsel for pursuing or defending against claims brought by construction site accident injury victims. The panel will discuss effective tactics for assessing potential claims; identifying all potential defendants, includ...
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Demonstrative Evidence in Personal Injury Litigation: Leveraging Technology During Jury Pr...
Navigating Issues of Relevancy, Authentication and Substantial Similarity
January 17, 2017 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury litigators for effectively using demonstrative evidence to explain complex issues to a jury, including how to leverage cutting edge technology to increase the effectiveness of demonstrative exhibits. The panel will discuss strategies for admi...
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Auto Injury Claim Recovery: Maximizing Pain and Suffering, Loss of Future Earning Capacity...
Leveraging Calculation Methodologies, Medical Documentation and Expert Testimony to Increa...
August 18, 2016 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance for personal injury counsel on techniques to quantify and maximize pain and suffering damages and loss of future earning capacity damages in auto injury cases. The panel will explain how attorneys can leverage calculation methodologies, medical evidence, expert...
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Bicycle and Pedestrian Accidents Involving Motor Vehicles: Navigating Unique Legal Challen...
Assessing Claims and Coverage, Managing Complex Evidentiary Issues, Overcoming Affirmative...
July 6, 2016 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the unique legal and practical challenges personal injury counsel face when representing bicyclists and pedestrians injured in accidents involving motor vehicles. The panel will discuss effective strategies for identifying all potential claims and sources of recovery, c...
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Ophthalmology Malpractice Suits: Pursuing or Defending Claims
Navigating Eye Injury Proof Issues in Med Mal Cases Involving LASIK, Cataracts, ROP and Ot...
May 19, 2016 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine current trends in medical malpractice claims brought against ophthalmologists from both the plaintiff and defense perspectives. The panel will review special proof considerations when vision loss is claimed as an injury.
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Pursuing Insurance Bad Faith Claims Over Personal Injury Claim Delays, Denials and Low Bal...
Considerations and Best Practices for Proving Bad Faith and Maximizing Damages
October 8, 2015 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury attorneys for pursuing and maximizing recovery in insurance bad faith cases related to an auto accident, slip and fall, wrongful death or other personal injury claim. The panel will review the type of wrongful conduct that supports a bad fait...
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Premises Liability Claims: Plaintiff and Defense Strategies in Slip and Fall, Inadequate S...
Assessing Claims, Proving or Defending Liability, Overcoming Evidentiary Challenges, and M...
August 13, 2015 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury plaintiff and defense counsel for pursuing or defending premises liability claims involving slip and falls or negligent security. The panel will discuss effective tactics for assessing a potential claim; collecting, preserving, presenting or...
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Accident Reconstruction in Truck Collision Investigations and Trial
Partnering With Reconstruction Experts to Maximize Case Value
June 25, 2015 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the role of accident reconstruction in investigating and proving the cause of injuries in trucking accident claims. The panel will discuss best practices for effectively using a reconstruction expert during investigation and trial to maximize case value.
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Spoliation of Evidence in Personal Injury Claims: Mitigation and Prevention
Identifying and Responding to Potential Evidence Spoliation and Drafting Spoliation Letter...
November 12, 2014 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss spoliation of evidence, one of the most serious threats to a plaintiff's personal injury claim. Our panel will explain how to keep evidence spoliation from derailing an otherwise airtight case and offer practical approaches to deal with adjusters and defense counsel tac...
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Deposing the Defendant's Medical Examiner in Personal Injury Cases
Preparing for and Conducting the Deposition, Leveraging Deposition Admissions at Settlemen...
October 14, 2014 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to personal injury attorneys for deposing the defendant's medical examiner. The panel will explain how to determine whether to conduct a deposition; effective methods for questioning the medical examiner; tactics for exposing examiner bias and undermining the e...
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Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims: Leveraging Insurance Stacking
Maximizing Settlement Awards in Auto Accident Cases
December 5, 2013 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury counsel in understanding how to boost their clients' recovery in cases involving uninsured or underinsured motorists with auto insurance stacking. The panel will discuss when and how accident victims can leverage multiple coverages in their insurance polic...
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Social Media Evidence in Personal Injury Litigation: Admissibility Challenges
Navigating Authentication, Relevance and Hearsay Issues to Keep Out or Admit Evidence
November 25, 2013 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury litigators with best practices for admitting or barring social media evidence during discovery and trial. The panel will prepare counsel to deal with the challenges in authenticating social media evidence, and addressing relevancy issues and hearsay conc...
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Presenting Evidence Using Narratives
Developing Narratives, Using Experts to Tell the Story, and Minimizing Discoverability Ris...
July 31, 2013 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This webinar will prepare litigators to effectively present evidence in the form of narratives using expert witnesses, while avoiding discoverability risks and overcoming Daubert challenges. The panel will offer concrete case studies on using narratives to demonstrate "why it happened" rather than j...
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Personal Injury Litigation: Proving or Disproving Economic Damages
Navigating Methodologies and Factors Impacting Court Awards and Best Practices for Recruit...
September 20, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with the controlling factors and methodologies used by courts to determine amounts of economic damages awards, including the computations, evidence and arguments that counsel should be ready to employ when working with experts.
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Personal Injury Claims and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
Strategies for Claims Settlement to Mitigate MSP and Section 111 Liability Risks
August 30, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury counsel with a review of liability risks under the Medicare as Secondary Payer Act and Section 111. The panel will discuss recent legal developments and proposed reform measures, and provide best practices for minimizing risks and legal compliance for se...
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Workers’ Comp Claims by Undocumented Workers: Evolving State Laws
Evolving State Laws, the Effect of Immigration Status on Workers' Comp Benefits and Navig...
July 26, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore how different states approach workers' compensation claims by undocumented workers, including rights of workers and responsibilities of employers. The panel will provide an overview of cases currently working their way through courts and outline emerging trends for thes...
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Personal Injury Settlements for Severely Injured Plaintiffs: Special Needs Planning
Evaluating Trusts, Resolving Liens, Arranging Medicare Set-Asides, and More
May 30, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practitioners with an overview of the factors to consider prior to settling a personal injury case involving a special needs plaintiff. The panel will discuss reviewing public assistance benefits, structuring a settlement and resolving liens, and setting up a special ne...
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Multi-Jurisdictional Workers' Compensation Claims
Selecting the Jurisdiction and Navigating Conflicting State Laws Regarding Benefits, Right...
February 14, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel for claimants and employers on handling multi-jurisdictional workers' compensation claims. The panel will discuss how to determine the appropriate jurisdiction and what to do when conflicts of law arise.
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Workers' Compensation Claims and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
Meeting Reporting Requirements, Satisfying Liens, and Structuring Set-Asides in Settlement...
January 19, 2012 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide workers' compensation counsel with a review of the MSP Act, Section 111, and Medicare Set-Aside Agreements. The panel will discuss the differences between workers' comp and other personal injury claims--and how to protect the client's and Medicare's interests during set...
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Personal Injury Claims Settlement: New CMS Guidance
Navigating Clarifications to Medicare Set-Asides, QSFs and Section 111 Reporting Requireme...
December 6, 2011 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury attorneys to handle legal challenges that new CMS guidance raises for Liability Medical Set-Aside Arrangements; meeting reporting requirements for settlements involving Qualified Set-Aside Funds and exposure claims; and complying with Section 111 reporti...
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Hindsight Bias of Juries in Personal Injury Actions
Courtroom Strategies to Minimize Negative Effects of Hindsight Bias
August 25, 2011 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide attorneys with an understanding of hindsight bias in personal injury juries. The panel will offer practical courtroom strategies to reduce the impact of hindsight bias on a jury's decisionmaking.
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