Schedule and Faculty: Trending Topics in Business Litigation

Schedule

8:00 a.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions in Business Litigation

9:20 a.m. What Constitutes a “Pollutant” in Insurance Policies?

10:10 a.m. Break

10:25 a.m. Runzheimer and Star Direct as a Predictor of Restrictive Covenant Law in Wisconsin, presented by Michael D. Huitink

• An overview of Runzheimer – consideration necessary to bind existing employees to new agreements
• Practical differences between new employment and an existing employment relationships
• Continued employment as lawful consideration
• Where does the court stand now on consideration, severing covenants, and related issues?
• Where are we headed next?

11:15 a.m. Proposed Legislation to Repeal and Recreate Section 103.465 (Restrictive Covenants)

12:05 p.m. Break

1:05 p.m. Indemnification Provisions and Related Insurance Issues

1:55 p.m. Proof of Lost Profit Damages in Business Litigation, presented by Ronald A. Bero, Jr. and Donald A. Daugherty, Jr.

• FRE 702 – The basis
• Damages texts used by experts
• Attaining reasonable certainty in economic damages calculations
• 2015 AICPA Practice Aid – reasonable certainty, client supplied information, and causation considerations
• New Businesses and Reasonable Certainty in Damages

2:45 p.m. Question and Answer

3:00 p.m. Program Concludes