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SUMMARY:Class Action 101 eCourse
DESCRIPTION:Nonmembers need to be verified. Email Rebecca Smolar to start the process.\n\n\nClass action litigation is one of the most powerful legal remedies available and a powerful tool for you as an attorney. Class actions allow individuals who might otherwise be overlooked and underserved to be compensated for the fraud that hurt them. It allows you\, as a consumer attorney\, to level the playing field. \nLitigating a class action claim requires new skills and provides opportunities to expand your practice. The Class Action 101 eCourse is an Ecourse that will connect you with the knowledge and resources needed to become a class action attorney. Attendees are eligible to receive sixteen CLE credits. \n\nAbout the eCourse\nThe eCourse includes:\n• Recordings of Live Sessions with instruction with top class action attorneys from across the country \n\nIssue Spotting: Finding Individual Cases that would Make Excellent Classes\nWorking with Class Action Clients and Reps\nEthics and Class Actions\nOvercoming Arbitration Hurdles\nVenue and Threshold Challenges\nStanding and Class Cases\nUnique Defenses for a Client and Class Definition\nClass Damages and Discovery\nSettlement Negotiations and Agreements\nWorking with Class Administrators\nGetting Settlement Approved\n\n• written materials\n• webinars and video content \nYou will receive sixteen CLE credits once you have finished the course. NACA is an approved multi-provider of CLE credits for the State of California and the State of Pennsylvania. All course registrants from California and Pennsylvania will automatically be approved to receive sixteen CLE credits.  \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to vet a clients and case for class action potential:\nHow to strategize around potential challenges\, such as standing and unique defenses for a client\, and develop a plan to address them\nHow to settle a class case\nHow to address ethical challenges that arise during class litigation\nHow discovery in class cases differs from individual cases\n\n\nCourse Developers\nNACA would like to thank the following members of the Class Action eCourse development team: Alexander Burke\, Heather Kolbus\, Craig Marchiando\, Casey Nash\, Bryan Thompson\, Amy Wells and eCourse Chairs John Albanese and Anna Haac. \nCourse Instructors\nNACA would like to thank the following course instructors: John Albanese\, Alexander Burke\, Blythe Chandler\, Anna C. Haac\, Heather Kolbus\, Eric Lechtzin\, Seth R. Lesser\, Craig Marchiando\, David J. McGlothlin\, Casey S. Nash\, Leah M. Nicholls\, Sophia Rios\, John Soumilas\, Amy E. Tabor\, Bryan Thompson and Amy Wells. \nClick here to learn more them \n\n\n\nNonmembers need to be verified. Email Rebecca Smolar to start the process.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/ecourses/class-action-ecourse/
CATEGORIES:eCourses,Online Training Courses
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SUMMARY:How to Choose Consumer Law Specialties
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering or have you just started your own firm? Are you new to consumer protection law? Are you thinking about transitioning to a new sub-specialty within consumer protection law? In this webinar\, the presenters will discuss the practicalities of choosing specific practice areas in which to grow or expand\, or\, in some cases\, which to leave. \n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n• Techniques to assist you in choosing specific areas of consumer protection law for growing or expanding your practice.\n• Moral\, personal\, financial\, and other practical information on the many different areas of consumer law\, with advice and guidance so you can find the best fit for yourself\, your budget\, and your lifestyle.\n• How to market yourself\, your skills\, and your practice areas to clients and lawyers in your area. \n\nSpeakers\nKristin Kemnitzer is a managing partner at Kemnitzer Barron & Krieg\, LLP. The firm’s practice focuses on protecting consumers from economic injustice through both individual cases and class actions. Kristin brings cases involving solar panel fraud\, lemon law\, auto fraud\, unfair debt collection\, illegal repossessions\, motorcycle finance\, elder abuse\, door-to-door sales scams\, and California’s mortgage anti-deficiency statutes. KBK has represented thousands of consumers in individual cases\, and hundreds of thousands of consumers in class actions. KBK attorneys have been appointed lead counsel over 250 class actions. They have represented over half a million class members\, have obtained recovery of over $500 million for California consumers\, and have extinguished over $3 billion in alleged deficiency balances following the sale of repossessed vehicles. Kristin graduated with honors from Stanford University in 2006 and obtained her law degree from the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Law in 2011. \nAndy Milz is a trial lawyer at Flitter Milz\, PC with offices in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey\, and New York (www.consumerslaw.com). Andy represents victims of consumer finance fraud\, inaccurate credit reporting\, wrongful repossessions\, and civil rights abuses in individual and class action matters. Andy is a contributing author to Carter\, et al.\, PENNSYLVANIA CONSUMER LAW (Bisel Pub. Co.\, Supp. 2023) and treatises published by National Consumer Law Center (“NCLC”) including REPOSSESSIONS (NCLC 2021)\, the foremost treatise on the subject. He has lectured nationally on consumer law\, and is an active member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (“NACA”). In 2022\, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia awarded Andy and his firm an Equal Justice Award recognizing their excellence in consumer protection law and history of assistance given to low-income consumers. Andy is a graduate of King’s College (BA)\, the University of Scranton (MA)\, Temple University School of Law (JD)\, and the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. He teaches Consumer Law and Litigation at Temple Law School.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/how-to-choose-consumer-law-specialties/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T140000
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SUMMARY:Suing the Government under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
DESCRIPTION:Like private companies\, federal agencies furnish information about consumers to credit reporting agencies and use consumer reports prepared by credit bureaus. But although consumers can sue private companies for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)\, courts have been divided for years on whether sovereign immunity precluded FCRA actions against federal agencies. \nEarlier this year\, in Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz\, the Supreme Court resolved that split by holding that the FCRA waived federal immunity by authorizing consumer actions against federal agencies. This webinar is for consumer attorneys of all experience levels who want an overview of the Supreme Court’s decision in Kirtz\, and of the significance of that decision for bringing FCRA actions against government agencies. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n• What the Supreme Court decided about suing federal agencies under FCRA.\n• What types of FCRA claims can be brought against federal agencies.\n• What the decision means for suing states and other non-federal agencies. \n\nSpeaker\nNandan Joshi is an appellate attorney in the Litigation Group at Public Citizen\, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization located in Washington\, D.C. Before joining Public Citizen\, he spent seven years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau\, where he defended the agency in various judicial proceedings and served as the director of its amicus program. He previously worked as an appellate attorney at the Federal Communications Commission and at a D.C.-based law firm. He was lead counsel for the consumer in Kirtz in the court of appeals and at the Supreme Court. \n\nPlease note that live webinars are free to all NACA members. After the webinar has aired\, registrants will need to purchase the webinar if they want to view it. Non-members who purchased the webinar and higher level/firm members with full access to the Training Library will have access to the webinar after it has aired. \n 
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/suing-the-government-under-the-fair-credit-reporting-act/
CATEGORIES:Online Training Courses
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