LBA February 2023 Clinics

What’s Cooking? An Overview of the Proposed Changes to the Nebraska Discovery Rules.
Presented by: John Lenich

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Two Sessions:

Noon – Live Only (12:00pm to 1:00pm)
Evening – Live & Zoom (5:30 to 6:30pm)
One Hour of CLE Credit

DETAILS

This Clinic, presented by Professor John Lenich, is an overview and review of the Discovery Rules Subcommittee of the Committee on Practice and Procedure’s report and recommendations to the full Committee.

Both sessions will be presented in the Cornhusker Marriott’s Renaissance Room.

RSVP & ZOOM

If you plan to attend, whether in person or via Zoom, please complete the RSVP form below by the end of the day on Friday, February 2, 2023:

If you have a problem completing the RSVP form, you can send an email to president@lincolnbarassociation.com. Please do not complete the website Contact Us form with your RSVP.

ZOOM INFORMATION

Here is the Zoom registration link for the Clinic:

NOT AVAILABLE YET

After clicking on this link, you will be taken to a Webinar Registration page. Provide the information requested. After completing the registration, you should receive a confirmation email from Zoom that will contain the actual Zoom link and other information (Meeting ID and Passcode). You might want to check your Junk/Spam folders for this confirmation email.

CLE & CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

Note: You cannot attend both sessions and and receive two CLE credits. This Clinic, regular and distance learning, has been approved for one (1) hour of CLE Credit. The MCLE Numbers are different for how you attended or viewed the Clinic:

Regular/Traditional (In Person) Noon – MCLE #242514

Regular/Traditional (In Person) Evening – MCLE #TBD

Distance Learning (Zoom) Evening – MCLE #242519

On Demand (Zoom) Evening Session – MCLE #TBD

There is a single Certificate of Attendance, which includes the MCLE # for how you may have attended or viewed the Clinic.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Discovery Rules Subcommittee of the Committee on Practice and Procedure was charged with reviewing the Nebraska Court Rules of Discovery in Civil Cases in light of the changes that have been made to the federal rules over time. The Subcommittee submitted its report and recommendations to the full Committee in December 2022.

The program will explore the substance of and reasons for the key changes the Subcommittee has proposed. Those changes include, among others, adding provisions on expert witness disclosures, claiming privileges and protections, waiving them by inadvertent production, taking depositions by videoconferencing technology, making objections with specificity, waiving untimely objections, eliminating the ability to use a subpoena duces tecum to circumvent the response times for document production requests and the notice requirements for issuance of a document subpoena, and imposing sanctions for failing to preserve electronically stored information.

The purpose of the program is not only to inform the participants of the proposed changes but also to elicit feedback on those changes.

SCHEDULE

Noon Clinic:

Registration: 11:30am
Clinic: 12:00pm to1:00pm

Evening Clinic:

Cash Bar Opens: 5:00pm
Clinic: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Social Hour/ Dinner: 6:30pm (or immediately following Clinic)

MENU

Here is the menu for the Clinic’s Sessions:

Lunch:  Assorted sandwiches/wraps and sides

Evening:  Pasta buffet

You have the option of vegetarian or gluten free option. If you need a gluten-free meal, please contact the LBA President at president@lincolnbarassociation.com.

SPEAKER INFORMATION

Professor Lenich taught Civil Procedure at the College of Law for over 35 years before he retired for the third time in 2022. He is the author of Nebraska Civil Procedure, a treatise published by Thomson Reuters. He currently serves as the Civil Reporter of the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee on Practice and Procedure and as the Chair of the Committee’s Discovery Rules Subcommittee. He also serves as a member of the LBA Board of Trustees.

OTHER INFORMATION

All CLE clinics, including dinner, are included as part of your LBA membership.

The Lincoln Bar Association (LBA) will not be reporting your attendance to the Nebraska MCLE Commission / Nebraska Supreme Court Attorney Services Division unless you are current LBA member or pay your membership dues within fifteen (15) days after the Clinic.

You are still required to report your attendance with the Commission, which you can do so by clicking on this link: https://mcle.wcc.ne.gov/ext/.

The Lincoln (NE) Bar Association [LBA] is an accredited CLE sponsor in the State of Nebraska.