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Learning objectives include: how organizations need to address unique issues presented by remote and hybrid working arrangements including the impact on their employees. Pre-Covid 19 sexual harassment might occur with examples such as physical touche...

Program Number
32269
Program Date
2022-11-29
Category
Administrative Law & RegulationsCommunications and Media LawComputer, Internet & E-Commerce LawDispute ResolutionDiversity, Inclusion and Elimination of BiasEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsInformation TechnologyPersonal InjurySexual Harassment
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Lawyers have a duty to be zealous advocates for their clients. But when it comes to standing up to judges and their rulings, where is the line? Using lively examples and real cases as illustrations, this program will explore the ethical rules that go...

Program Number
32174
Program Date
2022-11-22
Category
Communication SkillsCommunications and Media LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsLaw Practice ManagementLegal ManagementLegal Research and WritingNegotiation SkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Elderly and retirees are particularly vulnerable to financial fraud involving precious metals. Their cognitive abilities are generally in decline, and precious metals are perceived as a safe alternative investment in times of financial turmoil. ...

Program Number
32251
Program Date
2022-11-22
Category
Banking & Finance LawEstate PlanningFederal CourtsSecurities & Investing
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This program will discuss attorney obligations when holding funds belonging to others, commonly referred to as escrow or special account funds. The program will address the obligations of attorneys whose state laws track ABA Model Rule 1.15 as well a...

Program Number
32257
Program Date
2022-11-18
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsContractsFederal CourtsFinancial RegulatoryFinancial ServicesPersonal Injury
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

There is a certain rhythm to the audit process, and it’s a very scary beat. In this presentation, I'll discuss the steps that most examinations begin and end with. We'll discuss eggshell audits, those audits where unbeknownst to the IRS at the ...

Program Number
32264
Program Date
2022-11-18
Category
Criminal Law & ProcedureFederal CourtsTaxation Law
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

An attorney need not practice in the cyber or technology fields to be affected by changes in those areas. As those changes come more rapidly, some lawyers and firms are experiencing a form of “Future Shock,” a syndrome first described in ...

Program Number
32222
Program Date
2022-11-17
Category
Administrative Law & RegulationsCommunications and Media LawComputer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCybersecurityData Security and OutsourcingEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsInformation TechnologyLaw Practice Management
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The program defines the contract not as an agreement but as a set of instructions for which the Prime Directive is accuracy stated as simply as possible. The program then focuses on those skills, disciplines and techniques required to achieve the Pri...

Program Number
32249
Program Date
2022-11-17
Category
Administrative Law & RegulationsBusiness Organizations & ContractsContractsFederal CourtsLegal Research and Writing
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

From expanding wage data reporting requirements (Pay Transparency), proposing new fast food restaurant standards, extending COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, and providing protections for cannabis users, the state of California recently passed a...

Program Number
32209
Program Date
2022-11-16
Category
Employee Benefits & CompensationEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsLabor & Workforce Management LawLabor LawState Specific - CA
State
California
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Most legal ethics programs focus on how applicable rules, laws, and related opinions govern a lawyer´s behavior when he or she is practicing law. But what rules apply to a lawyer´s behavior off the clock?  The answer is: ethically, a...

Program Number
32173
Program Date
2022-11-15
Category
Communications and Media LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsPersonal InjuryPrivacy and Data SecurityRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This program will offer time and cost savings strategies for attorneys representing owners and developers in the negotiation of construction management agreements. The use of term sheets and issues lists will be shown to reduce the need to engage in ...

Program Number
32261
Program Date
2022-11-15
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsConstruction Law SeriesContractsFederal CourtsLegal Management
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Memorandum supplementing prior DOJ guidance on corporate criminal enforcement policies, titled Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement P...

Program Number
32271
Program Date
2022-11-14
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsCorporate and Securities LawCriminal Law & ProcedureCriminal Law & White CollarCriminal Practice & ProcedureFederal Courts
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This program will highlight recent decisions of interest affecting the practice of trusts and estates, covering such topics as the elective share, breach of fiduciary duty, in terrorem or no contest clauses, removal of a fiduciary, and pre-trial disc...

Program Number
32231
Program Date
2022-11-11
Category
Complex LitigationEstate PlanningEstate Planning & ProbateFederal CourtsLegal Research and WritingLitigation and Appeals
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.25 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.25

This program will open your mind to the many aspects of a negotiation you may not know existed. It will illustrate and explain the many parallel aspects that must be considered in any negotiation in which there is a lot at stake. It will cover issues...

Program Number
32254
Program Date
2022-11-10
Category
(ADR) Alternative Dispute ResolutionCommunication SkillsComplex LitigationComplex Resolution StrategyFederal CourtsLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsNegotiation SkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

At the onset and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many commercial tenants that were unable to pay rent raised legal defenses (including arguments based on the doctrines of frustration of purpose and impossibility as well as the force majeu...

Program Number
32229
Program Date
2022-11-09
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsContractsCorporate and Commercial LawCovid-19Federal CourtsHealth Care LawReal Estate
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

The last gasp of opportunity for the appellant's counsel during oral argument is the Rebuttal after the respondent's counsel has rested. At this point there is usually a sliver of time to clear- up any confusion that may exist on the part of the pane...

Program Number
32221
Program Date
2022-11-09
Category
Complex LitigationFederal CourtsLaw Practice ManagementLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1