05/15/2013 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
This seminar will discuss various issues in state court sentencing practice and will focus on three distinct issues facing practitioners. Superior Court judges and experienced counsel will offer tips and strategies on how to use the lobby conference to enhance sentencing advocacy. The panelists will also discuss sentencing and dispositional strategy and options in white collar crime cases, including large and small-scale economic crimes, fraud, corruption, environmental and computer offenses....
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04/24/2013 - 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
Join the Criminal Law Section as we welcome our guest speaker, John Rosenthal, Founder of Stop Handgun Violence and President of Meredith Management, who will speak about his efforts to increase public awareness of gun violence and recently filed legislation regarding gun control. After the keynote address, we will host our spring reception, providing attendees an opportunity to meet many of the top criminal law practitioners in the Boston area and learn more about getting involved with the BBA.
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04/19/2013 - 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
Fifty years ago, in the case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court declared the 6th Amendment requires that states, like the federal government, provide trial counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases. To mark the anniversary of that decision, Professor Carol Steiker of Harvard Law School will examine the structural impediments to full implementation of the guarantees of Gideon and address proposed reforms....
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04/11/2013 - 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM
This diverse panel will provide attendees with insight into the basics of what new attorneys should be thinking about with regard to collecting and producing e-discovery, including the costs and benefits of different e-discovery tools; strategies for obtaining e-discovery from an opposing party; what judges consider "reasonable" in the context of e-discovery and when to push an e-discovery dispute into the courtroom; and trends in e-discovery decisions. Attendees will also learn about the importance of implementing an effective litigation hold and the potential consequences of failing to do so....
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04/10/2013 - 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM
Learn to work with federal funding in a manner that avoids running afoul of the FCA; whether before, during, or after an investigation. Join us as we walk you through the risks and teach you how to protect yourself and your institution....
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04/04/2013
This program will include three panels featuring attorneys from the SEC, the U.S. Attorney's office, private practice, as well as a U.S. District Court judge. The panelists will review recent SEC / DOJ trends, explore strategies to take in the courtroom, and will provide helpful approaches for practitioners representing clients under investigation, when indicted, and during appeals....
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03/28/2013 - 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
This program will feature a lively discussion of hot and/or recurring practice issues that occur before the Magistrate Judges in the U.S. District Court. The first hour will focus on criminal practice issues and the second hour will focus on civil practice issues. There will be time in each hour for questions from the audience. The program is designed to benefit both new and experienced attorneys who appear in the United States District Court in Massachusetts....
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03/20/2013 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Join the jurists and the former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Office of the Commissioner of Probation who developed, and continue to spearhead, these programs and learn about the inner workings of the individual programs along with the potential for future growth of these specialized court programs....
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03/14/2013 - 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
This experienced panel includes University representatives as well as the prosecutor's and practitioner's perspectives. The panel will discuss how best to represent and advise students in parallel College disciplinary and criminal proceedings. Discussion will also address recent directives to Colleges and Universities from the Department of Education regarding sexual harassment, sexual violence and Title IX....
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03/07/2013 - 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
Representatives of the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services as well as members of the plaintiffs' and defense bar will look back at the last year since CORI reform took full effect. They will discuss the ways that CORI reform has been used in practice as well as some of the unanticipated consequences of the changes. They will comment on the ways in which Massachusetts employers and employees have adapted to the changes as well as challenges that they still face...
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02/12/2013
Join these leading practitioners in this comprehensive overview of the FCPA and public corruption and government fraud prosecutions....
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01/16/2013 - 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM
So you think you want to develop a criminal defense practice. Four active practitioners will discuss how they developed their practices - what their backgrounds were
and how they grew their practices. They will answer common questions: Is being a prosecutor necessary/advisable? If not a former prosecutor, how do you break in? How do you develop an expertise? How do you develop your practice and build your profile? How do you develop a referral network?...
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01/15/2013 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
This fast-paced annual criminal law program is designed to give the practitioner an overview of the major developments in state and federal criminal law and the impact of these cases as well as other administrative, legislative and procedural changes/issues that have impacted the practice of criminal law in these forums....
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01/09/2013 - 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
This program will discuss the theft of trade secrets and other business information, from the perspectives of prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office and private attorneys who represent victims of these crimes as well as criminal defendants....
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12/19/2012 - 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Massachusetts Search warrant practice goes beyond the commonplace warrants to search cars and houses for physical evidence. Advances in technology have altered practice and opened new investigative techniques for prosecutors; cell phones, computers, GPS devices, and Internet sites all contain or possess potentially useful evidence to build criminal cases. Moreover, creative practitioners can use search warrants to obtain evidence in other ways: for trace evidence, of safe deposit boxes, of businesses, and through other innovative techniques. This presentation will outline various advanced search warrants, give practice pointers, and discuss ways for defense attorneys to challenge the sufficiency of the warrants....
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12/10/2012 - 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
The program will focus on criminal statutes, court rulings and government enforcement practices and policies and related employment issues that in-house lawyers and their counsel need to understand when confronted by issues arising from the increasing use of technology and when creating and enforcing policies to address the use of technology in the workplace. Topics will include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Supreme Court's decision on GPS tracking devices, and access to Facebook passwords. The information presented in this program will help sensitize counsel to emerging issues and assist them in creating forward thinking policies in this area....
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11/27/2012 - 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
The actions of one chemist and failure of supervision have sent ripple effects across every criminal justice and government agency. The implications for all branches of government, both state and federal, are immense. Learn how we got to where we are and what the major players are doing to address the issues and cases currently being litigated. Discuss the options for future handling of forensic testing and systems in Massachusetts and processing of criminal cases involving forensic evidence....
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11/19/2012 - 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
The Panel will address the increasing legal issues faced by life sciences companies, risk management and mitigation strategies, as well investment in biotechnology companies. Issues to be covered will include valuations issues, manufacturing/safety/quality control issues, sales and marketing issues (e.g., off-label), clinical trial issues, payments to healthcare professionals (Sunshine Act) issues, insider trading, and other issues that impact investment, operations, and expansion strategies. These will be approached from a business/transactional perspective...
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10/26/2012 - 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM
The New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement is proud to announce Volume 39's annual Symposium. This year's Symposium, entitled "Juveniles Are Different: Miller's Limits on Punishing Juvenile Offenders," will focus on the Supreme Court's recent jurisprudence regarding the constitutionality of life without parole sentences for juvenile defendants....
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10/24/2012 - 04:30 PM to 06:00 PM
In Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Supreme Court held that persons arrested for even the most minor offenses are subject to strip searches by jails, prisons and detention centers, and that such searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment, even if there is no specific reason to suspect concealment of weapons, drugs or other contraband. What was the rationale for this decision? What are the implications of this ruling and how has it impacted the way that jails and prisons conduct searches? What are the current strip search policies in place and what are the underlying reasons for those policies? Critically, how are citizens’ civil rights affected by this decision, and is the result in Florence consistent with rights afforded state residents under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, and existing common law?...
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09/20/2012 - 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
Join us for a rare opportunity to hear from a distinguished judicial panel on the most topical criminal law issues of the day....
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06/12/2012 - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
This presentation will discuss current initiatives in probate and family probation including a discussion of the probate and family court probation office implementation of Standing order 1-11...
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05/31/2012 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
A panel of several individuals who served as jurors on a variety of types of cases will share their impressions of attorney techniques and styles. This unique opportunity will give attendees a "sneak peek" inside the jury deliberation room...
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