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Researching Privacy Issues on Westlaw
  • Use Westlaw to track changes in state and federal law regarding privacy issues
  • Locate current guidelines and standards regarding customer data privacy
  • Access authoritative treatises such as Data Security and Privacy Law: Combating Cyberthreats, Employee Privacy Law, Rights of Publicity and Privacy, and the Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Privacy
  • Use Westlaw to verify that your organization is complying with privacy regulations
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – 2 PM CT
 
Researching Privacy Issues on WestlawNext
  • Use WestlawNext to track changes in state and federal law regarding privacy issues
  • Locate current guidelines and standards regarding customer data privacy
  • Access authoritative treatises such as Data Security and Privacy Law: Combating Cyberthreats, Employee Privacy Law, Rights of Publicity and Privacy, and the Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Privacy
  • Use WestlawNext to verify that your organization is complying with privacy regulations
Webinar Time:
Friday, May 18, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
Basic Westlaw - Searching, Browsing and Navigation
  • Use book-like access to statutes, regulations and treatises
  • Print with official citations - Copy with Reference
  • Search with Natural Language
  • Cost effective tips to access content outside your Westlaw subscription
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Thursday, May 24, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
Basic WestlawNext Skills - Searching, Book Browsing and Navigation
  • Use book-like access to statutes, regulations and treatises
  • Print with official pinpoint citations - Copy with Reference
  • Search with WestSearch
  • Cost effective tips to access content outside your Westlaw subscription
Webinar Time:
Thursday, May 24, 2012 – 1 PM CT
Friday, May 25, 2012 – 11 AM CT
 
Accessing Employment and HR Resources on Westlaw
  • Where to locate the newest and most authoritative employment and HR resources
  • Quick ways to access practical employment law guidelines
  • Easily find sample forms, agreements and employee manuals
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Thursday, May 31, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
Accessing Employment and HR Resources on WestlawNext
  • Where to locate the newest and most authoritative employment and HR resources
  • Quick ways to access practical employment law guidelines
  • Easily find sample forms, agreements and employee manuals
Webinar Time:
Thursday, May 31, 2012 – 1 PM CT
Friday, June 01, 2012 – 11 AM CT
 
Staying Current Statutes, Regs and Case Law
  • Track changes in statutes, regulations and cases easily
  • Track changes in bills throughout the legislative process
  • Learn how to use Westlaw tools to have updates sent to you automatically
  • Learn how to add other alerts that matter to your company for changes in cases and statutes in the most cost effective manner
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Thursday, June 07, 2012 – 11 AM CT
Friday, June 08, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
New WestlawNext Tools to Help Choose and Evaluate Outside Counsel
  • Use Matter Benchmark Reports powered by Serengeti® Law to gain insight into the rates charged by law firms and timekeepers, expense allocation, and invoice approval
  • Generate reports of current market rates for outside counsel based on firm size, industry, geographic region, or company size
  • Save money by understanding prevailing rates when negotiating with law firms and auditing invoices
  • Assign work based on accurate cost/benefit analyses
  • Locate the billing and expense information needed to create accurate budgets, forecast revenues and review year-end results based on actual costs
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Friday, June 15, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
Tools on Westlaw to Assess and Manage Litigation
  • Locate the information you need to identify and evaluate your risks
  • Identify litigation trends before they affect your company
  • Find, manage and evaluate outside counsel
  • Locate expert witness information
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Thursday, June 21, 2012 – 11 AM CT
Friday, June 22, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
New Tools on Westlaw to Research and Evaluate Experts
  • Search the most comprehensive collection of expert resources with Westlaw’s new Expert Center
  • Evaluate and compare experts with Expert Evaluator and Comparison Reports
  • Find examples of expert reports, affidavits, and testimony filed in litigation across the U.S.
Webinar Time:
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 – 2 PM CT
Thursday, June 28, 2012 – 12 PM CT
 
New Tools on WestlawNext to Research and Evaluate Experts
  • Search the most comprehensive collection of expert resources with WestlawNext’s new Expert Center
  • Evaluate and compare experts with Expert Evaluator and Comparison Reports
  • Find examples of expert reports, affidavits, and testimony filed in litigation across the U.S.
Webinar Time:
Thursday, June 28, 2012 – 1 PM CT
Friday, June 29, 2012 – 11 AM CT
 
Comprehensive Due Diligence Tools on Westlaw
 
  • Use news, dockets and public records to complete your due diligence.
  • Search the World Watch List Profiles to save time and reduce risk
  • Set up automated searches to have Westlaw notify you when there is new information relating to the people, industries or events
(No times currently offered)
 
The Latest Resources for Trademark Attorneys on Westlaw-Including IP Monitor
 
  • Determine if your desired trademark is already registered
  • Learn how to find information on registering marks, appeals, remedies, and effective defenses in litigation
  • Find journals, periodicals and resources to keep you updated, provide guidance, and discuss guidelines and strategies
  • Use West's IP Monitor to manage your company's IP portfolio, protect IP assets and track issues
(No times currently offered)
 
Focus Your Research Efforts Using Secondary Sources
 
  • Use the most comprehensive treatises to begin your research including: Business Transaction Solutions, Corporate Counsel Guides to … and Employment Coordinator, plus many more.
  • Access ALR’s topical index, table of cases and topical areas to find information on your topic.
  • Benefit from the ResultsPlus tool in searches
  • Stay current on the issues that matter most to your organization by using Westlaw’s clipping service in news sources
(No times currently offered)
 
Environmental Regulation Research Made Easy on Westlaw: Enflex
 
  • Access environmental health and safety regulations to ensure compliance
  • Search only the jurisdictions necessary with our template search functionality
  • Access ready-to-file Adobe forms, more than 5,000. that you use for permit applications, inventory reports, notifications and much more
  • Use Westlaw’s alert options to monitor changes in specific areas of environmental compliance
(No times currently offered)
 
Finding the Right Form Quickly on Westlaw
 
  • Use Westlaw’s Form Finder tool to easily run searches across all forms on Westlaw
  • Search for and locate model litigation and transactional forms
  • Customize forms from trusted resources—including Business Transactions Solutions—using the Easy Edit tool
  • Build, save, and share forms using Westlaw’s Doc & Form Builder
(No times currently offered)
 
Advanced Westlaw Tools — Making Westlaw Work for You
 
  • Using Westlaw tools to make your research quicker and easier
  • Running searches without formulating queries using West's Key Number Digest
  • Formulating more precise queries using word search tools
  • Staying on top of changes on topics, regulations, or statutes using Alert Center
(No times currently offered)
 
Trusted Westlaw Resources for Securities Attorneys
 
  • Learn how to quickly access Securities Statutes and Regulations from all 50 States
  • Guidance on the due diligence required in securities transactions
  • Access authoritative treatises from experts that provide practical suggestions, forms, checklists, and guidelines on the securities topics
  • Find SEC No-Action Letters and Releases that let you understand how each decision impacts your company
(No times currently offered)
 
Westlaw's Most Relied-Upon Employment Resources for Companies Facing Financial Pressure
 
  • Where to locate the most authoritative employment law resources including Corporate Counsel's Guide to Reductions in Force & Employment Discrimination Coordinator
  • Quick ways to access practical employment law guidelines
  • Easily find sample forms, agreements and employee manuals
(No times currently offered)
 
Westlaw Tools to Evaluate Potential Liability
 
  • Quickly analyze jurisdictional verdict trends to develop negotiation and settlement strategies
  • Identify experts for specific types of cases
  • Create a report that can be customized by company and industry to provide a deeper look at the competition and industry trends
(No times currently offered)
 
Using the Watch List - Automate Your Due Diligence
 
  • From news to dockets to public records—comprehensive due diligence resources on Westlaw
  • Using World Watch List Profiles to save time and reduce risk
  • Have Westlaw run your searches automatically and send updates to your email
  • How to find information on private, smaller companies that you need to deal with everyday
(No times currently offered)
 
Comprehensive Mortgage Lending Compliance Tools from West
 
  • Quickly find the most up to date versions of Statutes and Regulations
  • Track your most important issues and have Westlaw automatically notify you when changes occur
  • Access comprehensive state specific, plain english summaries of Mortgage Lending Statutes and Regulations
(No times currently offered)
 
Advanced Public Records: Finding Comprehensive Results Fast
 
  • Use Westlaw tools to get comprehensive results on Individuals and Companies
  • Generate customized reports on individuals with our new PeopleMap
  • The 5 top search tips to get the result you need
(No times currently offered)
 
Advanced Westlaw - 50 State Surveys and More
 
  • Quickly access statutes and regulations from all 50 states on topics that are important to corporate professionals, including employment law, healthcare, insurance, and intellectual property
  • Use Westlaw's Survey Builder tool to create customized statutory and regulatory surveys on specific topics and limited to specific jurisdictions
  • Take advantage of Westlaw's Survey Authority which provides a comprehensive package of research on an exclusive set of current, critical legal issues
  • Use Westlaw’s Reg & Leg Center to retrieve legislative and regulatory materials on a specific topic from across the U.S.
(No times currently offered)
 
Tracking Competitor Activity on Westlaw
 
  • Use Westlaw’s public records resources to generate comprehensive due diligence reports on your competitors and other companies
  • Set up email alerts to notify you when your company or competitors are mentioned in news sources from around the world
  • Track litigation that affects your business
(No times currently offered)
 
West's Most Trusted Tools for Patent Attorneys
 
  • Westlaw’s innovative patent-searching capability
  • Using Thomson Innovation to gather comprehensive patent information
  • Cutting edge analysis of intellectual property portfolio strategy, prosecution and litigation activity combined in one location with West's Monitor Suite
  • Guidance from the newest and most trusted secondary sources
(No times currently offered)
 
Basic Westlaw Tools – Finding Information Quickly
 
  • Find documents by citation or party name
  • Verify that you have the most up to date information on a regulation, statute or case
  • Craft your Natural Language search to get the best results possible
  • Locate information from prior research sessions for Due Diligence purposes
  • Access content outside your subscription in the most cost effective manner
(No times currently offered)
 
Better Public Records Results: Where to Start
 
  • Access Templates and use Boolean searching to get to the most accurate results in Public Records
  • Adjust your search to find the information across numerous states
  • Use our new PeopleMap to generate a comprehensive one stop report
(No times currently offered)
 
The Latest Health Care Compliance Tools from West
 
  • Find and track regulations and statutes from all 50 states
  • Set up automatic notices on the issues most important to health care professionals
  • Access plain English summaries of specific health care issues
(No times currently offered)
 
Accessing Court Documents on Westlaw
 
  • Access Dockets and all underlying documents and filings
  • Find examples of Pleadings & Motions on specific topics
  • Use Westlaw to find Trial Court Orders
  • Search for substantive arguments in Briefs
(No times currently offered)
 
West Tools for Copyright and Trademark Attorneys
 
  • Determine if your desired trademark is already registered
  • Find registration details for active copyright and mask-work registrations on file at the U.S. Copyright Office
  • Access information on registering marks, appeals, remedies, and effective defenses in litigation
  • Browse the tables of contents and search the most comprehensive treatises on copyright and trademark law
  • Track intellectual property issues using West’s Monitor Suite
(No times currently offered)
 
The Latest Insurance Compliance Tools from West
 
  • Find and track insurance regulations and statutes from all 50 states
  • Set up automatic notices on the issues most important to insurance professionals
  • Build on-demand, customized charts for insurance topics and jurisdictions that matter most.
  • Access plain English summaries from Oden on specific insurance topics in the areas of Property & Casualty, Accident & Health and Life & Annuities
  • Access Market Conduct Examinations/Reports to see what state insurance departments have reported and ordered regarding the conduct of individual insurance companies
  • Take advantage West’s Compliance Advisor platform designed for insurance professionals
(No times currently offered)
 
The Most Trusted Banking Compliance Tools from West
 
  • Find and track banking regulations and statutes from all 50 states
  • Set up automatic notices on the issues most important to banking professionals
  • Access authoritative summaries from iComply on specific banking topics including licensing, servicing, fees, document compliance and record retention
  • Take advantage of West’s Compliance Advisor platform designed for banking professionals
(No times currently offered)
 
Comprehensive Consumer Lending Compliance Tools from West
 
  • Find and track banking regulations and statutes from all 50 states and the Federal Government
  • Review treatises on topics including RESPA, Financial Privacy, The Federal Fair Lending and Credit Manual and the extensive Pratt materials.
  • Access West’s Residential Mortgage Lending Library which offers overviews and summaries of statutes and regulations that govern mortgages and home equity loans.
  • Take advantage of West’s Compliance Advisor platform designed for banking professionals.
(No times currently offered)
 
The Best Tracking Tools for Lobbyists and Associations
 
  • Use Westlaw to find pending legislation and regulations critical to your organizations and associations
  • Set up automated searches using key search terms to track key issues
  • Access Access our Expert Search materials to track specific topics
  • Use West’s new Capitol Watch powered by NetScan to be notified as bills move through the legislature
(No times currently offered)
 
New Tools to Customize your Westlaw Research
 
  • Access our new Customizable Westlaw GC tab designed for Corporate Professionals to be able to quickly complete research projects
  • Easily add and move content that you use most frequently.
  • Quickly get to the Tables of Contents and Indices that you need.
  • Search across numerous types of content in one search
(No times currently offered)
 
Westlaw Tools for Government Contract Professionals
 
  • Narrow your searches to cases, statutes and regulations directly on point using the Westlaw Government Contracts research page
  • Quickly find administrative decisions from numerous agencies including the Comptroller General and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
  • Stay current with the latest issues facing Government Contract professionals with the Government Contractor and Nash & Cibinic Newsletters
  • Access comprehensive and authoritative analytical resources that will help you navigate the government contracting process in the most cost effective manner
(No times currently offered)
 
Capitol Watch - Track and Monitor Pending Legislation and Regulatory Information
 
  • Receive automatic email alerts whenever changes are made to a tracked bill or regulation
  • See and link to current, prior and future versions of any bill
  • Create on-demand customizable reports for the information you need most, in the format you prefer.
  • (No times currently offered)
     
    Getting the Most Out of Your NetScan Subscription
     
    • With the legislative sessions in full swing, now is the perfect time to refresh your skills on NetScan.
    • If you have new users, this will provide a review of the features and functionality to get the most out of NetScan
    (No times currently offered)
     
    West Tools to Stay Current on Pending Legislative & Regulatory Activity - Including News Sources
     
    • Keep tabs on pending laws and regulations for all 50 states, federal government, and District of Columbia
    • Receive automatic email alerts whenever changes are made to a tracked bill or regulation
    • Create on-demand customizable reports for the information you need most, in the format you prefer
    • Access the Government Affairs tab on Westlaw where users can access important government resources such as the Federal Register and news publications such as Congress Daily, the National Journal, and the Westlaw Bulletin
    • Set up WestClips to receive the most recent results within Westlaw’s Government Affairs resources
    (No times currently offered)
     
    New Health Care Reform Collection on Westlaw
     
    • Instantly access all relevant documents to keep your company’s health care and insurance policies compliant
    • Conveniently link to full-text primary and secondary law materials, grouped into intuitive categories
    • Single-click (no search required) access to featured documents including the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, ERISA, HIPAA and other essential documents
    • Access preformatted search queries of recent developments, Health Care news, Federal Regulations, State Bills and Regulations and Congressional Bills
    • Navigate through a table of contents helping you locate the information you need quickly
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Enhanced Tools to Track and Monitor all Pending Legislation & Regulatory Information - Capitol Watch
     
    • Keep tabs on pending laws and regulations for all 50 states, federal government, and District of Columbia
    • Receive automatic email alerts whenever changes are made to a tracked bill or regulation
    • See and link to current, prior and future versions of any bill
    • Create on-demand customizable reports for the information you need most, in the format you prefer
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Staying Current With New Litigation on Westlaw
     
    • Find out about new case filings of interest the same day they are filed
    • Create daily newsletters of litigation filings that can be sent to anyone
    • Follow ongoing court docket activity
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Researching and Preparing Court Filings
     
    • Find your prior internal work product dealing with similar issues of law
    • Verify that the legal authority within your court filings is good law
    • Efficiently check proper citation formatting and create tables of authorities
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Accessing Court Documents on Westlaw
     
    • Access Dockets and all underlying documents and filings
    • Find examples of Pleadings & Motions on specific topics as well as relevant exhibits
    • Use Westlaw to find Trial Court Orders
    • Search for substantive arguments in Briefs
    (No times currently offered)
     
    New Enhancements to Compliance Advisor
     
    • Navigate through the new and updated Compliance Advisor platform
    • Generate comprehensive searches defined by topical categorization
    • Create customized content collections for the information that matters most
    • Build on demand reports with multiple alert functionality
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Advanced WestlawNext - Making WestlawNext Work for You
     
    • Using WestlawNext tools to make your research quicker and easier
    • Running searches without formulating queries using West's Key Number Digest and Related Issues
    • Refining searches with filtering
    • Organizing your research with WestlawNext folders
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Trusted WestlawNext Resources for Securities Attorneys
     
    • Quickly access Securities Statutes and Regulations from all 50 States
    • Find guidance on the due diligence required in securities transactions
    • Access authoritative treatises from experts that provide practical suggestions, forms, checklists, and guidelines on the securities topics
    • Find SEC No-Action Letters and Releases that let you understand how each decision impacts your company
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Finding the Right Form Quickly on WestlawNext
     
    • Run one search across all forms on WestlawNext
    • View model forms for litigators and transactional attorneys
    • Use filters to locate trusted treatises
    • Access forms outside your subscription in the most cost effective manner
    • Download, save and import important forms
    (No times currently offered)
     
    The New Regulatory and Legislative Center on Westlaw
     
    • Navigate through the new Regulatory and Legislative Center on Westlaw
    • Generate comprehensive searches defined by topical categorization
    • Create customized content collections for the information that matters most
    • Build on demand reports with multiple alert functionality
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Basic WestlawNext Skills - Finding the Information You Need Quickly
     
    • Find documents by citation or party name
    • Verify that you have the most up to date information on a regulation, statute or case
    • Craft your plain language search to get the best results possible
    • Locate information from prior research sessions for due diligence purposes
    • Access content outside your subscription in the most cost effective manner
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Tools to Answer Your Multi-State Research Issues Quickly and Efficiently
     
    • Access statutes and regulations from all 50 states on topics that Corporate Professionals need from Employment, Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance and more
    • Easily find state specific forms
    • Take advantage of comprehensive treatises and manuals which give provide overviews to critical legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Advanced WestlawNext - Tools to Answer Your Multi-State Research Issues
     
    • Access statutes and regulations from all 50 states on topics that Corporate Professionals need from Employment, Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance and more
    • Easily find state specific forms
    • Take advantage of comprehensive treatises and manuals which give provide overviews to critical legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
    (No times currently offered)
     
    WestlawNext Tools for Government Contract Professionals
     
    • Narrow your searches to cases, statutes and regulations directly on point using the Government Contracts research page
    • Quickly find administrative decisions from numerous agencies including the Comptroller General and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
    • Stay current with the latest issues facing Government Contract professionals with the Government Contractor and Nash & Cibinic Newsletters
    • Access comprehensive and authoritative analytical resources that will help you navigate the government contracting process in the most cost effective manner
    (No times currently offered)
     
    WestlawNext Tools to Evaluate Potential Liability
     
    • Quickly analyze jurisdictional verdict trends to develop negotiation and settlement strategies
    • Identify experts for specific types of cases
    • Create a report that can be customized by company and industry to provide a deeper look at the competition and industry trends
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Westlaw Tools to Manage Outside Counsel
     
    • Use Westlaw's dockets and news resources to stay up to speed on current litigation
    • Set up email clips to be alerted when new cases are filed and to track ongoing litigation
    • Find and evaluate outside counsel
    • Locate authoritative treatises focused on partnering successfully with outside counsel
    (No times currently offered)
     
    WestlawNext Tools to Manage Outside Counsel
     
    • Use WestlawNext's dockets and news resources to stay up to speed on current litigation
    • Set up email clips to be alerted when new cases are filed and to track ongoing litigation
    • Find and evaluate outside counsel
    • Locate authoritative treatises focused on partnering successfully with outside counsel
    (No times currently offered)
     
    WestlawNext's Most Trusted Tools for Patent Attorneys
     
    • WestlawNext's innovative patent-searching capability
    • Using Thomson Innovation to gather comprehensive patent information
    • Cutting edge analysis of intellectual property portfolio strategy, prosecution and litigation activity combined in one location with West's Monitor Suite
    • Guidance from the newest and most trusted secondary sources
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Tracking Competitor Activity on WestlawNext
     
    • Use WestlawNext’s public records resources to generate comprehensive due diligence reports on your competitors and other companies
    • Set up email alerts to notify you when your company or competitors are mentioned in news sources from around the world
    • Track litigation that affects your business
    (No times currently offered)
     
    Advanced WestlawNext – 50 State Surveys and More
     
    • Quickly access statutes and regulations from all 50 states on topics that are important to corporate professionals, including employment law, healthcare, insurance, and intellectual property
    • Use WestlawNext's Survey Builder tool to create customized statutory and regulatory surveys on specific topics and limited to specific jurisdictions
    • Leverage WestSearch to craft your own statutory and regulatory surveys
    • Use WestlawNext’s Reg & Leg Center to retrieve legislative and regulatory materials on a specific topic from across the U.S.
    (No times currently offered)

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