Join WITI and the law firm of Fish & Richardson, PC as it presents a 5 Business Workshop!


Topic: "Strategic Planning to Avoid Litigation"
From in-house counsel to small business owner, learn about litigation issues that
may affect your business. Take away practical tips and techniques for avoiding
(or managing) litigation.

We'll discuss:

How to protect your trade secrets

How to work with independent contractors

How to avoid false advertising and unfair competition claims

When to seek outside legal counsel

How to work efficiently with her (to save you time and money).

About Our Speaker(s)

Bio of Nancy Stagg
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Nancy L. Stagg is a Principal in the San Diego office of Fish & Richardson P.C. Her practice emphasizes the defense of consumer class actions and section 17200 litigation, business and commercial litigation, first amendment and media law, labor & employment litigation, and product liability litigation. Ms. Stagg has represented numerous publicly-held and private companies in nationwide and California class actions alleging false advertising, unfair competition and section 17200 violations, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act ("CLRA") claims, including Attorney General and District Attorney Investigations. Her clients have included consumer electronics manufacturers, product merchandisers, magazine marketers, automobile warranty companies, banks, credit card companies, and telecommunications providers. Ms. Stagg has also represented employers in wage and hour class actions, and other employment litigation. In addition, Ms. Stagg has represented local and national media entities in courtroom access petitions, public record requests, and invasion of privacy and defamation actions.

Event Date and Venue

This event will be held from 11:45am-1:30pm on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at:

Fish & Richardson campus
12390 El Camino Real
San Diego (Carmel Valley), California 92130
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11:45 AM - 12:30AM Registration/Lunch/Networking
12:30 AM - 1:30 PM Program/Q&A

Pre-registration for this event is closed and on-site registrations will not be accepted.

About Our Sponsor(s)

Fish & Richardson, PC (www.fr.com):

Fish & Richardson P.C. is a national law firm with over 350 lawyers in ten offices: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Delaware, New York, San Diego, Silicon Valley, Twin Cities, and Washington, DC. The firm is one of the largest firms practicing intellectual property, litigation, and corporate law and the only firm with a truly national intellectual property practice. Founded in 1878, the firm represented Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers. For 125 years we have served great innovators, helping to protect countless ideas, nurture discoveries, and bring new concepts to market. The firm prosecuted and litigated many of the fundamental patents of an industrialized America, serving corporations creating the cutting-edge technologies of the day: the telephone, the air-brake, the steam turbine, the automobile, and the radio. Frederick Fish, the firm's founder, was for many years the acknowledged leader of the patent bar of the entire country at a time when patents were more important than they had ever been. Today, the firm continues to represent great innovators working in cutting-edge technologies.

Contact Us

For more info regarding registration or event details, please contact Jennifer Beckey (858-344-3825) ([email protected]).

For more details about pre-registration, contact Tech Support.