Spring Training Written Materials
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May 2–4, 2023
Pre-Conference Sessions
Auto Practicum: Grow Your Auto Practice
Session 1: Mining for More Gold: Finding Additional Claims in Your Existing Caseload
Session 2: Adding Class to Your Caseload: Identifying Class-Worthy Cases in Your Auto Fraud Caseload
Session 3: Take or Pass: Vetting the Potential Client and the Case
Session 4: Math for Auto Fraud Attorneys
Session 5: Defending the Defenders: Representing and Protecting Servicemembers
Session 6: Win Your Case Through Written Discovery: Advanced Discovery Topics
Session 7: How to Prepare Your Case for Arbitration
Session 8: Finding and Getting That Money: Judgment, Awards, and Locating Sources of Payment
Class Action Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities for Class Actions
Session 1: Ramirez and State Courts
Session 2: Emerging Areas in Class Actions
Session 3: Arbitrations: Beat It
Session 4: Class Mediation – Using Settlement Counsel to Achieve the Best Outcome
Session 5: Ethics of Fee Petitions
Session 6: Privacy Claims and Data Breaches
Session 7: Arbitrations: Embracing It
Session 8: Class Action Damages Through Expert Testimony
Session 10: Hottest, and Worst, Plaintiff Class Actions of 2022-2023
Spring Training 2023
Business of Consumer Law: Planning for Profitability
Session 1: Where Am I Headed? Figuring Out Your Big Picture Business Goals (no written materials)
Session 2: Ethics Session: Staffing Your Firm to Achieve Your Big Picture Goals
Session 3: Trade-Offs and Challenges: Virtual vs. In-Person (no written materials)
Session 4: Intake: Picking and Finding the Right Client Avatar for Your Firm (no written materials)
Session 6: Different Types of Marketing
Session 7: Case Study of a Successful Marketing Plan and Budget
FCRA: Building a Winning Case
Session 1: How to Obtain Evidence of the Violations in an FCRA Case
Session 2: How to Get Evidence to Prove Willfulness
Session 3: Establishing Economic and Credit Damages Caused by the FCRA Violations
Session 4: Proving Emotional Distress and Reputational Damages Caused by the FCRA Violations
Session 5: Ethics Session: How to Ethically Market Your Firm (no written materials)
Session 6: Factors to Consider in Case Valuation
Session 7: Case Study of Case Valuation
Session 8: Avoiding Bad Outcomes
FDCPA in the 21st Century
Session 1: Issue Spotting Claims in Light of Regulation F
Session 2: Issue Spotting FDCPA Claims in the Mortgage Context
Session 3: Dealing with Challenges Associated with Medical Debt
Session 4: Hear from the Defense Side: Addressing Cutting Edge Defenses
Session 6: Discovery Strategy for FDCPA Claims
Session 7: eDiscovery and How Debt Collectors Manage Their Data