Program Details
2026-09-29 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-09-29 12:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTThis session examines how the Reptile Theory — now rebranded as the Edge strategy — is deployed by plaintiff’s counsel during the discovery and deposition phases of employment litigation, and what defense counsel must do to counter it. Attorneys will learn how Edge-trained plaintiff’s counsel constructs safetyrule frameworks through document requests, interrogatories, and 30(b)(6) depositions, and how to prepare corporate witnesses using neurocognitive techniques that go beyond traditional factual preparation. Attendees will leave with a concrete discovery-phase defense playbook covering objection strategy, handbook review, interrogatory drafting, targeted motions in limine, and witness preparation protocols tailored to employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases.
Marjorie L. Obod 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session equips defense-side employment counsel with trial-stage strategies to identify, counter, and neutralize reptile tactics from jury selection through verdict. Attorneys will learn how to conduct targeted voir dire to expose and seat jurors resistant to community-safety framing, deploy bifurcation and trifurcation motions under current law including Georgia SB 68, enforce motions in limine at trial, and control noneconomic and punitive damages through statutory caps, anchoring prohibitions, and remittitur practice. Attendees will leave with a concrete trial file framework for 2026 employment cases.
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law 360 Employment Law MVP, nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s distinguished Client Service All-Star Award, and a 2021 Legal 500 Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry is a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Team. He defends employers nationwide in class and collective actions involving employment discrimination, wage and hour claims, EEOC systemic enforcement, and ERISA, and he practices from the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.
Marjorie L. Obod is Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She counsels employers on a broad range of labor and employment matters, helping organizations navigate complex workplace issues, manage risk, and comply with evolving legal requirements. Marjorie works closely with business leaders and human resources professionals on employment counseling, workplace investigations, employee relations, policy development, workforce management, and dispute resolution.
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. is a Chambers-recognized class action defense litigator, an eight-time Law 360 Employment Law MVP, nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s distinguished Client Service All-Star Award, and a 2021 Legal 500 Hall of Fame inductee. Jerry is a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he chairs the firm’s Class Action Defense Team. He defends employers nationwide in class and collective actions involving employment discrimination, wage and hour claims, EEOC systemic enforcement, and ERISA, and he practices from the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.
Marjorie L. Obod is Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She counsels employers on a broad range of labor and employment matters, helping organizations navigate complex workplace issues, manage risk, and comply with evolving legal requirements. Marjorie works closely with business leaders and human resources professionals on employment counseling, workplace investigations, employee relations, policy development, workforce management, and dispute resolution.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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