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Clients may not know it, but lawyers can be some of the hippest, on point, in-the-know people around. We’re not talking about the latest shoe or the newest haircut. Successful practitioners are always looking at what’s coming next in the legal world so they can leverage that information for their clients’ benefit.

Trending Topics in Business Litigation 2017 covers many of today’s hottest issues impacting your practice, including:

• Why mediation is resulting in fewer trials
• How The Manitowoc Company, Inc. v. Lanning could change the fate of non-solicitation clauses
• What effect recent court decisions are having on personal jurisdiction

Use your imagination

Creativity is the key to coming out on top in complex cases involving damages. Learn how to develop smart strategies for achieving restitution for your clients in cases of trade secret theft. In addition, discover ingenious ways of combining multiple damage theories to find true “make whole” remedies.

Doing digital

As communication, record keeping, and other aspects of doing business become increasingly digital, discovery looks different now than it did in the pre-internet years. Hear perspective from a computer forensic consultant and dig in to topics such as:

• Preserving digital evidence
• Finding deleted information
• Updated Zubulake holdings on e-discovery

Stay ahead of hacks and other cyber risks with guidance about:

• Advising clients on avoidance strategies
• Cyber-specific insurance policies
• How to react to a client’s data breach

The digital age also changes and challenges an attorney’s ethical obligations. Explore how to meet your duties in areas such as:

• Social media discovery
• Reasonable inquiry
• Competence in e-discovery
• Confidentiality in the cloud
• Web advertising

An infusion of insight

Stay a step ahead of key concerns and evolving issues by attending Trending Topics in Business Litigation 2017