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Procrastinators' on December 18, 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Enjoy topics ranging from employment law, insurance, sales and leases, intellectual property, and discovery to ethics and professionalism - all day or by the hour!

Earn 7 hours of CLE including 1 hour of Ethics and 1 hour of Professionalism

Conveniently located at the Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Auditorium, 601 Poydras Street, New Orleans

Early Bird Pricing and Reduced Rates for New Orleans Bar Association Members

Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration Opens
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Professionalism Jeopardy: The Game of Inclusion Where We All Can Win Through an interactive jeopardy game, this program will explore the depth of our individual differences, the layers of the many cultures that form us, the definition of inclusion and the impact of these concepts and unconscious biases on professionalism and the administration of justice. Hypotheticals will expose participants to examples demonstrating the impact that individual differences and culture have on the administration of justice and the legal workplace. Kelly McNeil Leger, Louisiana State Bar Association
10:10 am - 11:10 am	E-Ethics: From Blogging to Outsourcing Ethical concerns raised by the use of social media, cloud computing and networking applications in the legal profession will be addressed. Neal J. Favret, Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian
11:20 am - 12:20 pm	Sales and Leases: A 2012 Update The latest developments that affect sales and leases Marie A. Moore, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm	Insurance in an Angry World Insurance coverage issues in situations involving intentional acts and/or unkind behavior John E. McAuliffe, Jr., Frederick A. Miller & Associates
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn": An Overview of Employment Law Developments in 2012 What new federal regulations, Labor Board decisions as well as state and federal court cases in 2012 should all practitioners know? Michael T. Tusa, Jr., Sutton & Alker, LLC
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm	Discovery in Construction Litigation Adrian A. D’Arcy, Shields Mott Lund, LLP
4:50 pm - 5:50 pm	Shoe Wars: The Fight to Copyright Fashion Focusing on recent cases including the trademark of Christian Louboutin’s red-sole shoes, this CLE will consider whether fashion designs can be copyrighted. A local New Orleans fashion designer and manufacter will discuss her experiences protecting her designs. Lesli D. Harris, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC Michael Q. Walshe, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC Jolie Benson, Jolie and Elizabeth

CLE Hours

Procrastinators' Programs (sm) offers 7 Hours of CLE including 1 Hour of Ethics and 1 Hour of Professionalism each day.

To Register

1. Call the Bar Office at (504) 525-7453 or

2. Email CC Kahr or

3. Complete the Registration Form and return to the New Orleans Bar Association by email, fax at (504) 525-6549, or mail to 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505, New Orleans, LA 70130.

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