Partner Joseph Fortner is a panelist for the ALFA International Business Litigation Practice Group’s complimentary webinar, Supreme Court 2020-2021 Preview, on Wednesday, September 23rd at 1 p.m. EST. Clients are welcome to attend, and CLE credit is available for this webinar.
The panelists will discuss the most significant cases to be decided by the Supreme Court during the term that begins October 1, 2020. The potential impact of these cases on daily business operations will be a focus of the discussion.
Joe is co-chair of Halloran Sage’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He is the chair emeritus of ALFA International’s Business Litigation Practice Group and chaired its 2017 seminar. Joe is an experienced business litigator and trial lawyer in a wide range of business, intellectual property, and related commercial matters in state and federal courts, ranging from trade secret claims, contract disputes, business fraud and other commercial torts, technology-related matters, trade regulation, unfair trade practices, employee termination, and product-related commercial disputes. Joe represents clients in trademark and trade dress, copyright, patent, cyber defamation, domain name, licensing, and other intellectual property matters. Among the market segments in which he works are financial services, chemical processing, construction, information technology, marketing, firearms, music, and other manufacturing and services industries. Joe uses his experience to counsel clients regarding intellectual property issues and other business relationships, prosecute trademark matters at the Patent & Trademark Office, and negotiate licenses, assignments and other intellectual property agreements. He has written and lectured on trademarks and trade dress, trade secrets, trademark dilution, antitrust issues, and e-commerce, including authoring the Connecticut portions of several ALFA compendiums regarding trade secrets.