Zapproved Inc., a developer of cloud‐based software for corporate legal departments, announced it will present the webinar, “Stories of Bringing E-Discovery In-House,” on Dec. 6, 2016.

In a news release, the company said this special event will offer strategic and practical tips to help corporate legal teams bring more of their e-discovery processes in-house. Guests will hear success stories from experts and learn ways to gain control over their processes, improve efficiency, and reduce risk for their organizations.

The company’s release continues:

Event description

Corporate legal teams are under constant pressure to do more with less. These in-house teams must now lead the charge in implementing initiatives aimed at reducing cost while mitigating risk. To be successful, they often turn to new technologies and electronic discovery processes that allow them to bring legal preservation and e-discovery work in-house.

Join this complimentary webcast that will include stories from three leading in-house legal professionals. They will discuss why and how they decided to move much of their electronic discovery functions inside the company, including preservation, collection, and processing. You will also learn:

• How to prepare for bringing e-discovery in-house
• How to define success and set expectations
• The pitfalls you need to avoid when moving forward

As an attendee, you will receive a series of whitepapers called, “In-House Elevated,” filled with inspiring and educational insights about the journey of bringing more e-discovery work in-house.

Speakers

• Jack Thompson, Sr. Manager, eDiscovery & Legal Operations, Sanofi US
• Becki Bottemiller, Specialist, Paralegal, Portland General Electric
• Wendy Riggs, Senior Manager, eDiscovery and Litigation Operations, Twitter, Inc.
• Jennifer Bantelman, Sr. Director of Product Management, Zapproved, Inc.

Who should attend

Corporate counsel, e-discovery managers, legal operations, paralegals, litigation support professionals

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Register for Stories of Bringing E-Discovery In-house
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Time: 1pm ET | 10am PT
Cost: FREE

Practical Law will present a webinar discussion of the key issues and best practices surrounding social media in litigation. The webinar will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, beginning at 1 p.m. EST.

Samantha V. Ettari, E-Discovery Counsel at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, will be the presenter. Lauren M. Sobel, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Litigation will be the moderator.

Topics will include:

• The duty to preserve evidence, including social media.
• Social media in discovery.
• Service of process through social media.
• Authenticating social media.
• Social media at trial.

A short Q&A session will follow.

CLE credit is available in multiple states.

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Practical Law will present a free 75-minute webinar in which Mark A. Bodron, Baker Botts LLP, Gia G. Norris, Practical Law, Elizabeth A. Gilman, K&L Gates and Judy Hensley, Roberts & Holland, will provide a practical roadmap for counsel to employers on best practices for advising clients on pension and welfare plan overpayments.

The event will be Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. See the registration page for CLE status.

Participants of this program will:

• Review common scenarios in which pension and welfare plan overpayments arise.
• Gain an understanding of the legal framework and correction procedures governing pension plan overpayments, including potentially thorny tax issues that impact your employees.
• Learn practical strategies to protect your clients from the most recent wave of litigation in the self-funded group health plan context.

A brief Q&A session will follow.

Presenters:

Mark A. Bodron, Partner, Baker Botts LLP
Mark Bodron is a partner in the Houston office of Baker Botts. His practice concentrates on the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. Bodron advises clients on all aspects of qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, ESOPs and cash balance plans, nonqualified plans, stock-based plans and deferred compensation and other executive compensation arrangements, including issues related to Section 409A deferred compensation rules and Section 162(m) performance-based compensation. Bodron’s practice also includes advising clients on health and welfare plan matters, including compliance and reporting issues related to the Affordable Care Act, COBRA and HIPAA. He frequently advises clients on ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transaction matters and represents clients before the IRS, DOL and PBGC on matters related to employee benefits.

Gia G. Norris, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Norris joined Practical Law from Roberts & Holland LLP, where she was a senior employee benefits and executive compensation associate. Previously she was an employee benefits and executive compensation associate at both White & Case LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP. Norris is the Website & Technology Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the America Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. She is also a member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Norris received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University in Political Science and Women’s Studies.

Elizabeth A. Gilman, Associate, K&L Gates LLP
Elizabeth Gilman is a litigation associate in the firm’s Houston office. She focuses her practice on commercial disputes and is uniquely qualified in disputes involving the energy sector, especially oil and gas. Her technical education and experience enhances the value of her representation and counsel. She earned her undergraduate degree from Purdue University, majoring in industrial management with an emphasis in manufacturing. Gilman excels in her ability to work with clients and experts in complex fields. Gilman has experience in all phases of the dispute process which allows her to provide comprehensive representation for her clients. She has experience in early dispute management, litigation and arbitration through the appellate process and collection. She has tried cases both in front of a jury and an arbitrator. On behalf of her clients, she brings a high level of experience in energy litigation, and both on-shore and off-shore construction disputes. Gilman’s experience in contract negotiation and drafting further contributes to the value of her representation to her clients. Her experience spans many forums, including mediation, state and federal court, and domestic and international arbitration.

Judy Hensley, Associate, Roberts & Holland LLP
Judy M. Hensley concentrates on a wide variety of employee benefits and executive compensation matters in both the transactional and compliance contexts. She advises on tax, ERISA and other legal considerations relating to employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements, including design, administration and compliance of tax-qualified plans. She has advised clients on ERISA fiduciary matters for investment funds and plan fiduciaries. Her experience includes the structuring and design of equity compensation arrangements, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock, performance shares and LLC/partnership interests (including profits interests) and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, as well as executive employment, severance and change-in-control agreements. She also has advised clients on compensation and benefits issues unique to bankruptcy and restructuring transactions.

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Practical Law and Epstein Becker Green attorneys will present a free, 75-minute webinar providing insights into recent developments and expected trends in the evolving legal landscape of trade secrets and non-competition agreements on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at 1 p.m. EST. This webinar will focus on how to navigate this developing area and effectively protect client relationships and proprietary information.

Epstein Becker lawyers Peter A. Steinmeyer, Robert D. Goldstein and Anthony J. Laura will be presenters.m The moderator will be Barbara J. Harris, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Labor & Employment.

Topics will include:

• The Defend Trade Secrets (DTSA), including the new federal remedies available to employers and the steps they need to take to fully benefit from them.
• Newly passed state statutes addressing restrictive covenants, including who can enter into them, industry restrictions, and temporal restrictions.
• Recent decisions regarding what constitutes adequate consideration for a non-compete.
• Interesting developments determining choice of law issues, including a new California statute restricting choice of law provisions.
• Administrative agency developments, including agency enforcement actions cracking down on non-competes.

A short Q&A session will follow.

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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will present a complimentary webinar, “Determining the Value of One Patented Feature: A Behavioral Alternative to a Consumer Survey,” featuring Jacob Jacoby, Ph.D., and Alison Aubry Richards and moderated by Edward W. Gray Jr. The webinar will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at 9 a.m. PST / 10 a.m. MST / 11 a.m. CST / 12:00 noon EST.

In a release, the firm said recent Federal Circuit decisions have made it more difficult to prove damages in litigation. This is especially true when the infringed patent relates to just one feature in a product with multiple features. Before a patent owner can obtain damages based on the entire market value of a product (patented and unpatented components sold together), the patent owner may be required to prove that the patented feature is the basis for consumer demand for the entire product. Other decisions require the patent holder to apportion the value of the whole product down to the patented feature.

Whether a damages expert’s opinion can meet these requirements is a critical question for all patent litigants. Ultimately, the persuasiveness and reliability of the factual data on consumer demand for a patented feature underlying the damages case can determine the financial outcome of the case.

This webinar will cover these topics and more:

• Relevant case law
• Why proving consumer demand is key to receiving monetary damages
• The shortcomings of typical survey approaches to measuring consumer demand
• An alternative behavioral methodology for reliably measuring consumer demand

CLE credit has been approved for California, Illinois, and Nebraska. Other states may also award CLE credit upon attendee request.

Following the live event, a recording of the webinar will be available to view for one year at fitcheven.com.

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Practical Law will present a free 75-minute webinar in which Jeffrey Nass, senior counsel for e-discovery with Boehringer Ingelheim, will discuss how to effectively train employees on how to collect, preserve, and protect relevant information in their possession.

The event will be Thursday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m. EST.

Attendees will learn:

• Best practices for drafting and communicating a legal hold notice within and outside the US.
• Effective techniques for training company management and employees on how to identify relevant information.
• Appropriate methods for document collection to preserve metadata and track the chain of custody.
• The roles of corporate counsel and outside counsel in the legal hold process.

A brief Q&A session will follow.

Presenters:

Jeffrey Nass, Senior Counsel e-discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim
Jeffrey Nass spearheads the e-discovery program for Boehringer Ingelheim USA, a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Germany. Mr. Nass advises on strategy and issue resolution across all phases of the e-discovery records management (EDRM) and oversees the execution of tactical e-discovery tasks on domestic and cross-border matters. Much of Jeffrey’s current work focuses on the EU Data Directive and the establishment of practical, cost effective solutions designed to satisfy US discovery obligations while adhering to the principles of German Data Protection. With over 15 years of experience in the fields of Electronic Discovery and Records Management, Jeff has advised organizations on all aspects of evidence lifecycle management, including the development of record retention policies, legal hold strategies, discovery protocols, and document review techniques.

Ruth Marshall, Managing Editor, Practical Law Litigation
Ruth Marshall joined Practical Law from the New York office of Winston & Strawn LLP, where she was a litigation associate concentrating on securities litigation and complex commercial litigation. She was previously a litigation associate at the New York office of Bryan Cave LLP. Ruth is the Managing Editor of Practical Law’s Litigation team

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Practical Law will present a free 60-minute webinar that will address the recent amendments to the Trademark Rules of Practice and how they affect TTAB practice and procedure.

The event will be Thursday, Nov. 10, 1-2 p.m. EST.

The program will cover:
* critical amendments to TTAB procedure.
* a discussion about the TTAB’s reasoning behind the amended rules.
* the TTAB’s expectations for compliance with the amended rules.
* a Q&A with senior representatives from the TTAB.

Presenters:

Cheryl Butler, Senior Counsel, USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Cheryl Butler is Senior Counsel for TTAB Policy and Procedure and the TBMP Editor. Ms. Butler previously served as an Interlocutory Attorney and, prior to that, as a Trademark Examining Attorney. Ms. Butler received her J.D. from George Mason University School of Law and her B.S. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona.

Michael Webster, Interlocutory Attorney, USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Michael Webster currently serves as an Interlocutory Attorney at the TTAB. Prior to joining the Board, Mr. Webster was a Trademark Examining Attorney at the USPTO for over fifteen years. He is a graduate of Regent University School of Law and earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from Robert Morris University.

Uli Holubec, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology (Moderator)
Uli Holubec joined Practical Law from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, where she was a senior associate and handled a variety of trademark and other intellectual property matters. Uli previously was an intellectual property attorney at White & Case LLP and an intellectual property litigation associate at Lieberman & Nowak, LLP.

Michael Chiappetta, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology (Moderator)
Michael Chiappetta joined Practical Law from Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC, where he was counsel focusing on trademark and copyright litigation. Previously, he was an entertainment litigation associate at Troop Meisinger Steuber & Pasich, LLP in Los Angeles.

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Practical Law will present a webinar highlighting common constraints on carve-out plans in the U.S. tax regime, including Section 409A (regulating deferred compensation arrangements) and Section 280G (regulating golden parachute payments). We will also discuss new proposed regulations and recent Delaware case law on these topics.

The event, featuring presenters from Fenwick & West LLP, will be Wednesday, Nov. 2, beginning at 1 p.m. EDT.

A carve-out plan is a type of instrument to incentivize current executives, employees and other service providers by committing to make a payout at a change in control. This arrangement allows the executives working hard to get a struggling company to a liquidity event to share in the value they create for the shareholders. Carve-out plans are typically tense negotiations of competing interests to encourage retention for senior management and maximize value for shareholders. To further complicate matters, carve-out plans are subject to a unique and complicated set of tax rules.

Register for the webinar.

The discussion will include:
* Should compensatory arrangements be reduced for other payouts?
* Should the carve-out awards settle in stock or cash?
* Must employees be employed at the time of the change in control to receive a payout? Should the carve-out forfeit under certain conditions?
* What should happen to the forfeited amounts?
* How can the plan be amended?

A short Q&A will follow.

Presenters:
Marshall Mort, Associate, Fenwick & West LLP
Marshall Mort focuses his practice on compensation and employee benefits matters. Marshall particularly enjoys developing creative solutions that support attractive compensation plans. Working with both private and public companies, Marshall excels in navigating complex tax, securities, and accounting issues within the equity and executive compensation environment. This includes maximizing tax efficiency, and advice that further supports HR policies to promote retention and mitigate risk. Marshall writes and speaks on equity compensation and benefits issues, and has served as an adjunct lecturer at Santa Clara University-Leavey School of Business.

Taylor Cashwell, Associate, Fenwick & West LLP
Taylor Cashwell focuses his practice on a broad variety of corporate matters to support clients in the high technology and life sciences industries. While attending law school, Taylor was a concurrent member of the Hastings Law Journaland Hastings Women’s Law Journal. He served on the executive board of OutLaw and externed as Law Clerk for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, where he later served as Fenwick & West Public Interest Fellow.

Amy Adams, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation (Moderator)

Practical Law will present a free 75-minute webinar involving a Q&A discussion on tips and techniques for litigators wanting to build their book of business. The event will be Thursday, Oct. 27, at 1 p.m. EDT.

The webinar will include discussions on:

• Winning business from new clients and maximizing existing client relationships.
• Best practices for client pitches.
• Creative approaches to business development, including technological and practice management solutions.
• Key takeaways when developing a personal business plan.

A short Q&A will follow.

PANELISTS:

• James Lee, Managing Partner, LTL Attorneys LLP
• Frederic Mauhs, General Counsel, BBVA S.A., New York Branch
• Katherine Perrelli, Chair of the Litigation Department, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The moderator will be Meagan Crowley-Hsu, Deputy Editor, Practical Law The Journal: Litigation, Practical Law

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Practical Law will present a complimentary webinar on steps investors can take to gain a more comprehensive awareness of the challenges they face and to protect their investments and rights when investing in a foreign country.

The event will be Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m. EDT. CLE credit available is available in multiple states. See the registration page for full details.

On its website, Practical Law says expropriation and resource nationalism, political and civil unrest, war, acts of terrorism, currency restrictions, endemic corruption and weaknesses in governance and the rule of law. These are only a few of the risks that investors must consider when investing abroad.

The failure to properly assess and account for these risks can result in:
A total loss of the investment.
Non-repayment of outstanding loans.
Reputational harm.
Civil and criminal penalties.

Practical Law, Baker & McKenzie LLP and Global Torchlight Ltd. will present the webinar, during which political risk and investment protection experts David J. Chmiel and Ed Poulton will examine the ways in which investors can mitigate these risks including:
Provisions in their loan and investment agreements.
Political and credit insurance.
Reliance on international agreements.
Comprehensive political risk due diligence.

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A short Q&A will follow.
Presenters:
David J. Chmiel, Managing Director, Global Torchlight Ltd.
David J. Chmiel advises companies on the effects of geopolitical risk on their business strategies and operations. He has a particular expertise in East and South Asia, Russia, and the CIS as well as the politicization of international commerce and the regulation of foreign direct investment for national security purposes. Before co-founding Global Torchlight, David practiced law for ten years as a cross-border M&A lawyer in the London and Chicago offices of a major global law firm.

Ed Poulton, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP
Ed Poulton is a partner in Baker & McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team, based in London. A key name in the arbitration community, Ed sits as an arbitrator in ICC and LCIA arbitrations, and is the consulting editor of a seminal text on the arbitration of M&A disputes. He advises clients on managing risk and resolving disputes relating to investment treaties, financial services and M&A.

Erlyne J. Nazaire, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Finance

Erlyne is a Senior Legal Editor with Practical Law’s Finance Service and is primarily responsible for writing, editing and curating Practical Law’s project finance and cross-border resources. These resources include practice notes on construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, loan documents and project risk assessment. In her capacity as Senior Legal Editor, Erlyne has moderated webinars on cross-border investment issues, financial covenants and public-private partnerships. Before joining Practical Law, Erlyne was an associate in Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s international practice group where she represented clients in a wide range of cross-border transactions including project finance, private M&A and joint ventures.

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Software attorney Robert J. Scott will give real world examples of what happens when software audits wind up in court when he presents a 60-minute  complimentary webinar Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, beginning at 11 a.m. CST.

“Software audits have become routine as publishers have proven that compliance claims get customers’ attention more than sales proposals,” Scott & Scott LLP says on its website. “Most software license disputes are settled out of court, but what happens when you cannot negotiate a settlement with the publisher or one of its trade associations (BSA | The Software Alliance, The Software & Information Industry Association) because the settlement demands are too high? Software attorney Robert J. Scott will give real world examples of what happens when software audits wind up in court.”

In this session attendees will learn the following issues:

• Use of declaratory judgment actions
• Venue rules for copyright cases
• Choice of law issues
• Calculation of damages under copyright laws
• Individual liability for copyright infringement
• Burden shifting in copyright cases
• Electronic discovery issues
• Mediation strategy

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SecureDocs will present a complimentary webinar designed for professionals who are interested in understanding, identifying, and mitigating potential data breach disasters before they occur.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. PST.

Featured speaker John P. Lucich, president at High Tech Crime Network, will present an analysis of the current cyberattack landscape and give detailed instructions on what businesses can do to prevent both internal data leaks, and external attacks.

During this 60-minute webinar, Lucich will introduce and examine critical topics regarding corporate data security, including:

-The common reasons why network intrusions occur
-The direct and indirect impact of a security incident on a business
-The challenges and misconceptions regarding network defense that lead to a false sense of security amongst organizations
-Likely sources of security breaches and what businesses can do to protect against them

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From a SecureDocs release:

About SecureDocs Virtual Data Room:
SecureDocs Virtual Data Room is the flagship product of SecureDocs, Inc. The data room is designed for businesses raising funds, going through M&A, licensing Intellectual Property, and those who recognize the importance of safeguarding their most critical business documentation. All SecureDocs, Inc. suite products are easy-to-use solutions that keep businesses organized and ready for opportunity, without breaking the bank. Created by the engineers and team who helped develop GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, AppFolio, and Rightscale, the team is dedicated to building software solutions that are highly secure, easily adopted, and affordable for any type or size of business. For more information about the company visit http://www.securedocs.com or http://www.contractworks.com.

About John P. Lucich:
John P. Lucich is a seventeen year veteran of law enforcement and spent more than eight years with the New Jersey General’s Office Organized Crime Racketeering and Corruption Bureau, seizing and analyzing computers in support of a variety of criminal offenses. Mr. Lucich is a nationally recognized expert, lecturer and author on a variety of high tech crime investigations and computer forensics. He has been a regular guest on the Nancy Grace Show, Fox News, Headline News and many other shows, sharing his expertise. Mr. Lucich testified as an expert witness before the United States Congress in 1993 and delivered a keynote speech along with Bill Gates and General Colin Powell at CAWorld96.

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will host a complimentary webinar, “Recent Updates in Design Patent Law,” presented by Fitch Even partners Calista J. Mitchell and Joseph H. Herron. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at 9 am PDT / 10 am MDT / 11 am CDT / 12 noon EDT.

Understanding the latest developments in case law and USPTO examination standards is important to drafting effective design patent applications. This webinar will address numerous current issues in U.S. design patent law. It may be of interest to those who seek to broadly protect products with design patents, as well as those who draft design patent applications, litigate design patents, or prepare freedom-to-operate or patentability analyses for design patent applications.

Our speakers will cover these topics and more:
• Recent court decisions involving design patents
• The role of obviousness in patentability and invalidity determinations
• Current trends in examination by the USPTO

CLE credit has been approved for California and Illinois and is pending in Nebraska. Other states may also award CLE credit upon attendee request.

Following the live event, a recording of the webinar will be available to view for one year at fitcheven.com.

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Practical Law will present a webinar titled “Ethics Issues in International Arbitration” on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1-2:30 p.m. EDT.

In a release, the company said the seemingly straightforward process of appointing a neutral tribunal of three arbitrators and conducting the hearings may, in fact, give rise to a multitude of issues counsel and their clients must be aware of. How extensively may the parties communicate with their prospective arbitrator? How must the prospective arbitrator comport himself while being interviewed for the appointment? What are the rules regarding counsel’s interactions with witnesses? Are the rules different depending upon the jurisdiction?

Practical Law, the International Institute on Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), and Jenner & Block will present international arbitration experts Richard Ziegler and Noah Hanft discussing ethics in international arbitration.

During this webinar, attendees will be walked through a hypothetical international arbitration, in which the presenters will consider:

• The parameters of party communications with a party-appointed arbitrator.
• The prospective arbitrator’s duties to maintain neutrality.
• Counsel’s duties in dealing with witnesses, including:
  • preparing witnesses for the hearing; and
  • communicating with witnesses after the hearings have started.
• The power of the tribunal to determine and redress ethical violations.
• The same ethical issues if the events occurred in the US.

A short Q&A will follow.

Ethics credit are available in multiple states.

Presenters:

Richard F. Ziegler, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Richard F. Ziegler is Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s International Arbitration practice and a former Managing Partner of the firm’s New York Office. He is a former Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, and served as Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, and General Counsel of the 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota from 2003-07. Mr. Ziegler is also a member of CPR’s Board of Directors.

Noah J. Hanft, President and CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Noah J. Hanft is the President and CEO of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. Prior to joining CPR, Mr. Hanft was General Counsel and Chief Franchise Officer for MasterCard, where he was responsible for overseeing legal and regulatory affairs, public policy, compliance and many business functions. Mr. Hanft currently serves on the boards of the Legal Aid Society and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Victoria Kummer, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law Arbitration (Moderator)

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Practical Law and competitive intelligence platform Peer Monitor will present a free webinar titled “Dollars and Sense: A Real-Time Look at the Financial Performance of the Legal Industry in 2016.”

The 60-minute webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. A brief question-and answer session will follow.

Peer Monitor will discuss key performance indicators including:

• Demand
• Practice performance
• Rates
• Realization
• Staffing
• Expenses

Presenters will be Cory Branden, Account Executive, Peer Monitor, Thomson Reuters.

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SpringCM has posted a free on-demand webinar discussing contract lifecycle management, including the capabilities as well as the benefits of implementation.

“To ensure your business is well-positioned for success in the 21st century, transforming critical business processes like contract management is pivotal,” the company says on its website. “As a result, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Contract Discovery and Analytics solutions are quickly being added to a company’s technology portfolio because they work together to help firms gain better visibility and control over their contracts.”

The title of the webinar is “Get Control of Your Contracts! How to Use Contract Management and Analytics to Accelerate Digital Transformation.”

Karry Kleeman, CRO at SpringCM, and Lloyd Alexander, VP of Contract Strategy at Seal Software, join guest speaker Andrew Bartels, vice president and analyst at Forrester Research Inc., to discuss contract lifecycle management in the 60-minute webinar.

Watch the on-demand webinar.

Wednesday, Sept. 21
2-3 p.m. EDT

eSignLive by Vasco is sponsoring an online presentation providing an overview of the basic terminology, concepts, and laws related to electronic signatures and answer the most frequently asked questions on the topic.

The free webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 21, beginning at 2 p.m. EDT.

The speaker will be Richard Medina, co-founder and principal consultant of Doculabs.

Topics will include:

• What is the difference between an electronic signature and a digital signature?
• How can you prove who e-signed?
• What legal and compliance requirements do we need to consider?
• What ROI metrics have others reported?
• What do signers need in order to e-sign?
• How do we get started? What’s the cost? What’s the effort?

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Law Seminars International will hold the Fifth Seattle Comprehensive Two-Day Conference on Game Technology Law on Oct. 13-14, 2016. The conference will be at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle and also will be broadcast via webcast.

The event is designed to benefit attorneys, business executives, and anyone else involved in the interactive entertainment industry. Information on the agenda, faculty bios, tuition, and CLE is available on the registration page.

On its website, Law Seminars International says participants will learn about:

~FTC regulatory update
~The current state of the industry for business models and financing sources
~New developments in the IP underpinnings for video games
~Tips for building a game as a brand
~Analysis of rights of publicity cases and clearance process tips
~Virtual/augmented reality opportunities and issues for the game industry
~Special privacy and data security issues for the game industry
~eSports and fantasy sports: the line between games of skill and gambling
~Virtual currency systems and related tax issues
~Tips for assembling a package that will be attractive to investors

Register or get more information.

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A complimentary webinar hosted by Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner will discuss intellectual property issues for Internet of Things (IoT) technology and how to navigate through the IoT patent obstacle course.

The hour-long event will be Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. EDT.

Topics will include:

• What are the challenges in protecting IoT inventions?
• What makes an IoT patent valuable?
• How should a company deal with the more than 22,000 IoT-related patents and pending patent applications world-wide?

“Most industries have focused on cooperating with each other to solve the technical challenges in making a workable IoT ecosystem,” the firm says on its website. “But many businesses are getting ready for the intense competition that will undoubtedly follow after IoT becomes ubiquitous. Intellectual property rights and patents, including design patents, will play a major role in that competitive landscape.”

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Oil & Gas Journal will present a webinar sponsored by Schneider Electric on computational pipeline monitoring (CPM) techniques and their use in detecting commodity releases on pipelines.

The free webinar will be Oct. 6, 2016, beginning at 1 p.m. Central time.

“This webcast will look at what is so special with natural gas pipelines compared to liquid pipelines and how these specifics impact the base assumptions associated with Computational Pipeline Monitoring (CPM) techniques. An evaluation will then be done as to whether the five well-known CPM techniques outlined in RP API 1130 are suitable for detecting commodity releases on natural gas pipelines,” the Journal says on its website.

The speaker will be Lars Larsson, a Senior Product Manager at Schneider Electric.

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