The Chicago Bar Association’s Women’s History Month programming will include a discussion with a panel of speakers who will explore the impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization since it was decided, including legislative updates and what is expected to come in the near-term.

Speakers:
Khadine Bennett, Director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois 
Additional Speakers TBA

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

The Chicago Bar Association's Racial Justice Coalition invites you to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act being signed into law by learning more about the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act's history in Illinois will be discussed, along with practical applications that attendees can use to counsel their clients. 

Presenters: 
Shiva Kooragayala, Massey & Gail
Additional Presenters TBA 

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This seminar will highlight developments from 2022 in the ever-evolving world of labor and employment law. Our distinguished panelists will share their wealth of experience and highlight noteworthy cases, decisions, and regulations, including those related to the CROWN Act, the Family Bereavement Law Act, the One Day Rest in Seven Act, private sector labor law trends, and more. This review of recent developments in the law has been a popular favorite, and it provides information that will be useful in your everyday practice. Q&A will follow the presentations. 

SPEAKERS: 
Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois 
Catherine R. Locallo, Partner, Robbins Schwartz 
Jason Patterson, U.S. Employment Senior Counsel, Accenture 

MODERATORS: 
Aaron J. Kacel, Robbins Schwartz
Caroline K. Kane, Franczek P.C.
John “Jack” Klinker, Locke Lord LLP 
Alexander L. Reich, Saul Ewing LLP
Chairs, YLS Labor & Employment Law Committee
Bret K. Pufahl, Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O’Neil, LLC
Vice Chair, YLS Labor & Employment Law Committee

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You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

This seminar will review key case law from the past year in trademark, copyright, and patent law.

Speaker:
John R. Posthumus, Shareholder, Polsinelli

Moderator:
Natalie Guio, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Chair, YLS Intellectual Property Law Committee

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You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

A recent security breach at LastPass has illustrated the dangers of utilizing a cloud-based password manager to store and organize your passwords. However, all options for managing your passwords entail certain security strengths and weaknesses. Your job is to understand these risk sets and make the best decision for you and your firm. In this seminar, we’ll discuss the implications of the LastPass security breach and explore other options and alternative password management platforms. This is an important moment for digital security, and lawyers need to be paying attention and thinking about their practices related to passwords.

Anne Haag is a Practice Management Advisor at the Chicago Bar Association. Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. She is also a certified crisis counselor and volunteers as a patient advocate in the ER.

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You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

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Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

TOPIC: Gaming and Cannabis: How - if at all - do these highly regulated industries operate and intersect and what of the pitfalls? What are the similarities and differences? Is gaming due for a social equity evolution as with cannabis licenses?

SPEAKERS:  

Bill Bogot, Fox Rothschild, LLP
Erin Alexander, Counsel at the Illinois Gaming Board
Wade Thomson, Jenner & Block, LLP

Registration for the February Gaming Law Committee meeting is being accepted by Jenner & Block directly in order to collect a list for security purposes. Illinois MCLE Credit is available for this meeting and will be processed by the CBA. Click the below link to register.

REGISTER HERE. 

MEETING TIME:  4:00pm - 5:00pm with a reception to follow from 5:00pm - 6:00pm

LOCATION:  Jenner & Block
353 N. Clark Street
Chicago IL 60654

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Do you need to start bringing business into your firm? Do you need to re-calibrate or boost your client base to get to the next level in your career? Are you thinking about hanging out a shingle and don’t know where to get started with client development? Whether just starting out or mid-career, all lawyers need a steady stream of clients to be successful. Join our panel of CBA Lawyer Referral Service attorneys from a variety of practice areas for tips and tricks on how to get and retain clients. 

Speakers:
Regina Etherton, Regina P. Etherton & Associates LLC; Chair, CBA Lawyer Referral Service Committee
Joanne Bruzgul, Bruzgul & Associates, Ltd.
Kenneth Lorenz, Law Offices of Kenneth C. Lorenz, P.C. 

Sponsored by the CBA Lawyer Referral Service. Learn more about the service at https://lrs.chicagobar.org

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Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

The first half of the program will be an ethics presentation, using Broadway examples for better ethical coverage counsel.  The second half of the program will focus on the developments in coverage for the Biometric Information Privacy Act in the last year.

SPEAKERS:
Seth D. Lamden, Blank Rome LLP
Larry D. Mason, Goldberg Segella

MODERATORS:
Thomas K. Hanekamp, Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa
Daniel A. Cotter, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
Chairs, CBA Insurance Law Committee

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

ATOPIC: The Anatomy of a Recent Business Divorce Trial- How to Successfully Defeat Minority Oppressions Claims at Trial in the Case of Leprino v. Leprino Foods, Co. 

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION:  John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn

(IL MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on demand webcast.)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live. 

Microsoft is always transforming, and lawyers need to stay informed and up-to-date to better take advantage of the products for which they’re likely already paying. This seminar will offer lawyers an update about Microsoft’s suite of products for 2023. We’ll discuss relevant updates or changes to the company’s apps and services, and how lawyers can better utilize them to save time and money.

Anne Haag is a Practice Management Advisor at the Chicago Bar Association. Anne worked as a patent paralegal at a Chicago IP firm before arriving at the CBA in 2017 as the Law Practice Management and Technology department’s trainer/coordinator. She is also a certified crisis counselor and volunteers as a patient advocate in the ER.

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.