New York State Bar Association One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207 • 518/463-3200 • http://www.nysba.org

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9:00 - 11:30 NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE
Developments on summary judgment 
- Further issues on when late motion allowable
- Using privileged matter, presumably barred at a trial, to avoid summary judgment?
Impact of Henry reversal on infancy toll, and no guarantee time extension for notice of claim will be granted Developments, statutory and decisional, on motions to reargue and renew Reviewing proof needed to show "serious injury" under no-fault law Cases on what constitutes "grave injury" for impleader of employer The controversial regulation reducing no-fault application time from 90 to 30 days Continuing "filing" issues 
- Getting time extension without good cause? 
- Inconsistent decisions as leading plaintiffs to assume too much 
- Last-minute service problems when clerk's office closed Consequence of using CPLR 3213 to seek New York enforcement of questionable judgment Emerging tactics and opportunities in use of settlement statute in multi-tortfeasor cases Developments on Article 16 ('joint" liability statute) 
- Availability of amendment to inject exemptions 
- Conflicting constructions of "non-delegable" duty exception in CPLR Article 16 cases 
- Relevance of fault of unknown assailant Developments on long-arm jurisdiction 
- Effect of just sending fax and phoning to state 
- Use of New York bank as basis for jurisdiction against foreign corporate defendant 
- Reach of Internet in defamation cases Continuing court attention to spoliation of evidence Developments concerning arbitration 
- Issues about form of application needed to review arbitration award 
- Confusing proceedings for reviewing arbitration versus administrative determinations - Procedure when arbitrator dies before determination made 
- Availability of preliminary injunction in connection with arbitration; easier to get than in litigation? Surveillance tapes: continuing issues about requiring deposition of P first

Agenda
8:30-9:00 am. Registration (outside meeting room) 
• Refreshment Break (there will be a 15-minute break mid-morning) 
-11:30 NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE
Developments on summary judgment 
- Further issues on when late motion allowable 
- Using privileged matter, presumably barred at a trial, to avoid summary judgment? Impact of Henry reversal on infancy toll, and no guarantee time extension for notice of claim will be granted Developments, statutory and decisional, on motions to reargue and renew Reviewing proof needed to show "serious injury" under no-fault law Cases on what constitutes "grave injury" for impleader of employer. 
The controversial regulation reducing no-fault application time from 90 to 30 days Continuing "filing" issues 
- Getting time extension without good cause? 
- Inconsistent decisions as leading plaintiffs to assume too much 

11:30-12:20 p.m 
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
Speaker: Professor Patrick M. Connors (appearing at each live session and on all video replays) Use of contingent fees and various related requirements Fee splitting with lawyers outside the lawyer's firm Client communications with represented parties The Court of Appeals' recent pronouncement on champerty. 

New York State Bar Association One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207 • 518/463-3200 • http://www.nysba.org

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REGISTRATION 
(outside meeting room)

9:00-9:10
INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:10-9:45 
I. OVERVIEW OF DISCOVERY ELEMENTS Speakers: John B. Berringer, Esq. (New York City) James E. Reid, Esq. (Syracuse) Joseph V. McCarthy, Esq. (Buffalo) Roy W. Vale, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)

9:45-10:45
II DEVELOPING A DISCOVERY PLAN
 A. Plaintiff
 B. Defendant
Speakers:
Adrienne Rosenberg Klein, Esq. (New York City)
  (Plaintiff)
Kathleen Gill Miller, Esq. (New York City) (Defendant)
John C. Cherundolo, Esq. (Syracuse) (Plaintiff)
James D. Lantier, Esq. (Syracuse) (Defendant)
Barbara L. Schifeling, Esq. (Buffalo)
Debra S. Reiser, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)
  (Plaintiff)
John F. Toto, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)
  (Defendant)

10:45-11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:05 P.m.
III. SPECIFIC DISCOVERY METHODS 
A. Initial Investigation B. CPLR Devices - (Article 31; Depositions; Interrogatories; Notice to Admit; and Document Requests) Speakers: Harold Kenneth King, Jr., Esq. (New York City) Edward C. Schepp, Esq. (Syracuse) Steven M. Zweig, Esq. (Buffalo) Gregory P. Lewis, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)

12:05-1:15
LUNCH (on your own)
1:15-1:55
IV. COORDINATING DISCOVERY
 A. With Complaint
 B. With Theory of Case
 C. With Opening and Closing
 

V. FINAL REVIEW: BEFORE NOTE OF ISSUE
 A. Plaintiff
 B. Defendants
Speakers:
Adrienne Rosenberg Klein, Esq. (New York City)
  (Plaintiff)
Kathleen Gill Miller, Esq. (New York City) (Defendant)
Timothy J. Fennell, Esq. (Syracuse) (Plaintiff)
Janet D. Callahan, Esq. (Syracuse) (Defendant)
John W. Cegielski, Esq. (Buffalo)
Debra S. Reiser, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)
  (Plaintiff)
John F. Toto, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)
  (Defendant)

2:30 -2:45
COFFEE/SOFT DRINK BREAK

2:45-3:10 VI. ETHICS Speakers: Stephen M. Lazare, Esq. (New York City) Robert E. Lahm, Esq. (Syracuse) Panel of all speakers (Buffalo) Hon. R. Bruce Cozzens (Huntington Station, L.I.)

3:10-4:00
VII. MOTIONS
- Corrective Actions Speakers: Judith F. Goodman, Esq. (New York City) James G. Stevens, Jr., Esq. (Syracuse) David M. Goodman, Esq. (Buffalo) Randy Sue Marber, Esq. (Huntington Station, L.I.)

4:00-4:15
VIII. QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD

4:15
ADJOURNMENT