Current Developments in Commercial Division Practice (OnDemand)

Originally held on Monday, May 22, 2023 | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• Commercial Division justices and practitioners will review and update practice and procedure in the Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. The program will cover best practices, recent rule changes and proposals, and noteworthy decisions rendered by the Commercial and Appellate Divisions, including on discovery, motions to dismiss, and summary judgment. There will also be an update on the awarding of sanctions and attorneys’ fees by Commercial Division justices.

  Areas of Discussion:

  • Getting Your Case into the Commercial Division; Pre-Answer Motions
  • Initial Scheduling Conference; Discovery Rules and Disputes; Confidentiality Orders and Sealing; Sanctions
  • ESI from Non-Parties; Expert Discovery; Privilege Logs
  • Accelerated Adjudication; Best practices for Summary Judgment and Trial Preparation

  Program Fee:
  $229 Member | $329 Nonmember

• Lara A. Flath
  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  Partner, Complex Litigation and Trials

  Lynn K. Neuner
  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  Patrick G. Rideout   
  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

  Hon. Jennifer G. Schecter
  Justice, NY Supreme Court, NY County
  Commercial Division

  Sean C. Sheely
  Holland & Knight
  Partner, Practice Group Leader for New York and Philadelphia Litigation Groups     

• 5:00 pm – 5:05 pm
  Opening Remarks, Introductions and Program Overview
  Robert A. O’Hare Jr.

  5:05 pm – 5:35 pm
  Getting Your Case into the Commercial Division and Pre-Answer Motions

  • E-filing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Transfer In or Out
  • Pre-answer Motions
  • Related Recent Decisions

  Lara A. Flath

   5:35 pm – 6:25 pm
  Initial Scheduling Conference; Discovery Rules and Disputes; Confidentiality Orders and Sealing; Sanctions

  • Counsels’ Meet & Confer
  • Discovery Rules and Disputes
  • Confidentiality Orders & Sealing of Records
  • Sanctions Update

  Sean C. Sheely

  6:25 pm – 6:35 pm
  Break

   

  6:35 pm – 7:20 pm
  ESI from Non-Parties; Expert Discovery; Privilege Logs

  • Discovery of Electronically Stored Information from Nonparties
  • Expert Disclosure/Depositions
  • Privilege Logs and Categorical Approach

  Lynn K. Neuner

   

  7:20 pm – 8:00 pm
  Accelerated Adjudication; Summary Judgment; Trial Preparation

  • Accelerated Adjudication Procedure
  • Best Practices for SJ Motions
  • Trial Logistics

  Patrick G. Rideout

• New York: 3.0 Skills
  New Jersey:  3.0 General
  California: 2.5 General
  Pennsylvania: 2.5 General

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Litigation, Seth D. Allen, Chair
  State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction,  Amy D. Carlin, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org