Class action spending has increased for eight consecutive years and is expected to be one of the fastest-growing areas of legal spending in 2023. Join us in this episode as we dive into best practices for reducing cost and managing risk in class action litigation based on comprehensive analysis of historical trends and emerging issues in class action litigation. Guest Jack Clabby, Shareholder at Carlton Fields, LLP, unpacks the strategies and tactics that companies are using to reduce costs and manage risk in class action litigation. 

Whether you're a young lawyer just starting out or a seasoned veteran looking to take your career to the next level, mentorship is crucial for lawyers at all stages of their careers; but finding and fostering a strong mentor-mentee relationship can be challenging. In this episode, we explore the importance of mentorship in the legal profession and discuss the obstacles that can make it difficult to establish and maintain these vital connections. We also discuss the benefits of mentoring for both personal and professional growth, as well as strategies for how to establish and maintain these relationships.

For this engaging and informative discussion, we welcome the Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Financial, Lisa Wolmart. 

From Orangeburg to Ahmaud, host Dave Scriven-Young welcomes Bakari Sellers to discuss civil rights in the United States, then and now. Later, Henry R. Chalmers joins to talk about what you can expect at the ABA Litigation Section’s Annual Conference. This year’s conference offers a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with other top litigators and judges, earn CLE credit, incredible networking to elevate your professional profile, and so much more.

For more information or to register for the 2023 Litigation Section Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA, visit: https://web.cvent.com/event/8685e27b-ea2a-47fc-b24e-14d68677aa78/summary.

More and more legal professionals are becoming familiar with blockchain technology, whether in advising clients on the legal implications of potential blockchain initiatives, dealing with an evolving regulatory landscape, or handling disputes involving blockchain-based technologies and assets. There are many powerful and exciting use cases for blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, but there are also legal and other challenges.

In this episode, we’ll examine what blockchain technology is, what legal professionals need to know about it, and we’ll take a look at some of the legal hurdles blockchain and crypto projects have to overcome. Usman Sheikh, Chair of the Blockchain & Fintech Practice and Transactional Partner in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office, joins us to cover some of these issues and provide some insight.

In this Episode:

• A description of blockchain technology
• How blockchain works
• The legal challenges facing blockchain
• Privacy and regulatory issues
• What legal professionals need to know about blockchain technology

Where does Corporate America stand today in terms of public perception, and how does this impact individual corporate clients? All persons, including corporations, are supposed to be equal before the law; however, individual jurors may have had experiences that lead them to harbor negative feelings towards companies - especially large corporations. Oftentimes, this bias can follow corporations into the courtroom. So what can companies do to combat anti-corporate bias in the jury pool? 

To explore this issue, two experienced commercial litigators, Mitch Edwards and Katherine Savage join the show to discuss what litigators and companies can do to combat anti-corporate bias in the courtroom. 

The rising costs of litigation and increased pressure to control legal budgets has made alternative dispute resolution a desirable way to resolve legal disputes. Mediation and arbitration are two well-known ADR methods, but they're not necessarily the most cost-effective. Can parties possibly resolve their disputes without tearing each other down, and work to preserve good working relationships? The method of collaborative law attempts to help parties resolve disputes in exactly that fashion. To discuss this concept, Dave welcomes Glenn Meier to the show.

Glenn is a business lawyer in Greenberg Traurig's Las Vegas office with experience in the emerging fields of relational contracting and collaborative law. Glenn leverages decades of experience negotiating and litigating commercial disputes to help clients build sustainable collaborative relationships with their stakeholders.

How do litigators maintain relationships with in-house counsel and help their law firms keep clients for the long term? Effective client retention can be the difference between flourishing and failure, and for litigators the problem is exacerbated because cases can be one-off matters that don't naturally keep you in front of clients. To address this issue and more, guests Naomi Berry (Trial Attorney and Shareholder, Carlton Fields) and Nicole Galli (Founder and Managing Member, ND Galli Law). 

The legal industry is constantly changing—client expectations have evolved, law firms are running remotely, and the use of legal technology has increased. So how can litigators keep up and continue to grow and improve their practice? In this episode of Litigation Radio, top legal experts discuss ideas and technology to help build a more scalable and sustainable law practice. Joining this episode are Don Bivens (Chair, ABA Center for Innovation); Kimberly Bennett (Lawyer, Strategist, and Tech Co-Founder for Social Impact Entrepreneurs); Joseph Raczynski (Global Leader in Leveraging Emerging Technologies); and Joseph Gartner (Director, ABA Center for Innovation).

Discussed in this episode:

• New AI-powered legal writing tools
• Scheduling software for lawyers
• Legal chatbots
• Law firm sales customer relationship management (CRM) 
• Lawyer payment methods your clients want
• Client portals and experience platforms for law firms
• And much more...

With one of the largest prison populations in the world, our American prison system has shocking problems; including abuse, violence and consistent violations of prisoners' rights.

According to studies, the US criminal justice system currently holds almost 2 million people—a 500% increase over the last 40 years; with most of those people in jail awaiting trial. Unfortunately, American prisons and jails can be dangerous. Several of our nation's prisons and jails can be understaffed and over populated. And because of inadequate supervision, people in our prisons and jails are exposed to violence, including sexual violence. To discuss what can be done about prison reform and about prisoners' rights, generally, host Dave Scriven-Young welcomes Hernandez Stroud.

Hernandez Stroud is a counsel in the Justice Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. An authority on prisons and jails, correctional oversight, and constitutional law, he researches the scope of the federal government’s power to fashion structural and systemic reforms that prevent and remedy the failure of state and local criminal justice institutions in observing the rights of the incarcerated under the U.S. Constitution.

For lawyers looking to expand and grow their law practice, their first thought may be to broaden their marketing efforts and client base. Offer more services to more people and your practice is bound to grow, right? Wrong.

You can’t be all things to all people. Intead, lawyers should dig deeper, narrow their focus, work to develop their relationships, grow their expertise, and establish their niche. In this episode of Litigation Radio, host Dave Scriven-Young chats with litigation attorney Matthew Zorn to discuss how building a niche practice is one of the best ways to develop a profitable law practice and better serve your clients.

Matthew Zorn is a partner at the firm Yetter Coleman LLP, where he represents plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on IP, patent, and regulatory litigation.

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Quick Tip from the ABA Litigation Section: Indemnification and its Interplay with Insurance Provisions and Third-Party Contracts

Insurance provisions are some of the most important provisions in third-party contracts. In this “Quick Tips” segment from the ABA Litigation Section, Latosha Ellis shares one of the easiest ways to avoid litigation and effectively manage contractual risk. Hint: it involves continually reviewing and improving your third-party contract language, including the alignment of insurance policy terms with contractual obligations.