Vermont (VT) Litigation CLE Course Catalog

This program focuses on practical issues, like what the jury trial will look like, how to reach remote communities to ensure fair participation, and examines the lawyers' and judges' roles.

3D animations are some of the most powerful pieces of evidence available to attorneys today. They have the power to turn the complex into the simple, leaving jurors who spend their daily lives devouring visual content with a lasting memory of key arguments and evidence.

Join our expert panelist as they discuss a framework for evaluating whether motor vehicle accidents involving vehicles with ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) technologies were caused by the ADAS technologies unavoidably inducing driver inattentiveness and addressing allegations of driver overreliance on the ADAS, product defect or failure, or driver error.

This panel will examine creditors vs. creditors in liability-management transactions (Boardriders, Serta, Travelport, Trimark), collective actions and credit bidding (Speedcast, Alta Masa, Empire Generating, Allied), strict foreclosure in light of TIA 316(b) (CNH Diversified Opportunities v. Cleveland Unlimited), de facto claim-subordination (La Paloma), rights preserved for junior creditors under an intercreditor agreement (do the exceptions swallow the rule (Claires, Momentive)?), and practical considerations such as coordination agreements, unitranche facilities and CLOs in restructurings.

This panel also will cover topics ranging from access to courts, to the increased use of inherent judicial power, to virtual trials, to valuation and compromise in uncertain (unprecedented) times, to recent developments in avoidance actions.

Understanding the quirks of the human decision-making processes and tailoring a case to those will not magically win an otherwise frivolous case, but it may help nudge the jury in a close one. Learn how you can apply behavioral psychology research on decision-making to tailor your cases and guide juries to the right result.

This program will delve into creating, maintaining, and providing for successful Healing to Wellness Courts in Native communities. After an informational session on these courts, the presenters will facilitate a problem-solving session based on participant questions.

A frequent element of bankruptcy cases is the assertion of claims against the directors and officers of the debtor, particularly when the debtor has a significant D&O insurance policy. This panel will explore the use of fiduciary-duty litigation in bankruptcy by dissecting the anatomy of a D&O lawsuit, including the types of claims asserted and their possible defenses. The panelists will also discuss how to analyze D&O insurance policies, and such key issues as whether the proceeds of D&O policies are considered property of the estate. Finally, the panelists will highlight best practices for debtors’ counsel faced with such claims, and show how to navigate potential ethical issues.

Seasoned panelists will discuss legal hurdles and how best to handle them when obtaining evidence and enforcing judgments in cross border IP litigation.