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A “how to” guide on drafting prenuptial agreements in New York. The Course will include initial interview questions to ask. A review of the financial statement and what documents to request from your client. A discussion of the major portions of the prenuptial agreement. What to negotiate with opposing counsel. How the clients should execute the agreement. A quick review of prenuptial law.

No visa attracts more interest, frustration, and questions than the H-1B, which is subject to a strict numerical cap and much scrutiny. Immigration attorneys must be able to present clients with alternative options, while addressing a range of questions. Which nonimmigrant (temporary) visas most closely resemble the H-1B in terms of eligibility requirements, as well as benefits and restrictions? What other options might facilitate obtaining an immigrant visa (green card)? This course will provide a survey of nonimmigrant visa categories that typically apply to these circumstances, while considering issues such as timeframes, eligibility requirements, and how different categories might fit or conflict with each other––with the goal of providing the view with as much information as they need to help a client feel informed about and comfortable with the options presented.

Representing both the husband and wife in estate planning? Assisting with the divorce of your favorite friends? Asked to represent co-defendants or multiple family members in a criminal, personal injury, or immigration case? New clients want to pay you with stock in their enterprise? From family law, trust and estates, and business law to criminal, personal injury, and immigration law, conflicts of interest exist as a fundamental concern in the practice of law. If ignored or misunderstood, fundamental concerns can create significant problems for the unwary lawyer. What’s a lawyer to do? Step one: assess whether there is a conflict of interest. Step two: analyze whether it is consent-able or impermissible. Step three: proceed accordingly. This course will explore these steps in the context of the conflict of interest rules and their applications in the everyday practice of law.

The Supreme Court decided three cases about religion in October Term 2021. One, Ramirez v. Collier, was statutory, interpreting the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act. The other two – Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District – involved the First Amendment. This course will examine the key caselaw leading up to these most recent decisions and how significantly they have changed the way the Court interprets the freedom of religion.

In this program, attorney Jeanann Khalife, will provide a detailed overview of the mediation process. This course will examine the key features of mediation, the three primary mediation styles, and multiple tools and techniques useful in a mediation. We will also analyze the duties of a mediator and walk through the stages of mediation. In closing, we will address mediation agreements and their key elements.

This course will help you learn to effectively manage difficult defense attorneys. Seasoned trial attorney Mike Brusca uses lessons learned from years of practice, basic child psychology, and solid communication principles to help you create natural consequences and strategies to navigate difficult interactions at all stages of litigation and depositions.

The federal antitrust laws are a longstanding and overriding national policy in favor of competition that has been affirmed and reaffirmed by Congress time and again, and federal law is the supreme law of the land. But then sometimes it isn’t: states have the power to regulate economic activity, and they sometimes do so in ways that are anticompetitive (and sometimes allow private parties to do anticompetitive things). This course covers the most commonly-implicated doctrines when there is state involvement in anticompetitive conduct.

Now you know about ransomware. You know the types, you know how the attacks work, and you know what to do and not do in response to an attack. But so far, we’ve focused on how to stop the attack and resume operations as soon as possible. But in most cases, a ransomware attack also impacts individuals outside of an organization – customers and clients.

The powerful public interest in preventing the spread of contagious diseases has led to a longstanding history of vaccination mandates being imposed as a prerequisite to access to various rights, such as education and employment. At some points in history, nonvaccination has even been punished with fines. Balancing out this imposition, systems have been established to compensate the small proportion of individuals who claim to have been harmed by an adverse reaction to a vaccination. This course will examine the legal basis and structure of vaccination mandates, including public mandates imposed by state and federal government entities and private mandates imposed by employers. The course will cover the common exemptions from vaccination and accommodations required by employers under federal law. The course will then turn to the function and operations of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and to other routes of injury compensation available for vaccines not covered under that program.

Very few, if any, areas of law possess the high levels of complexity and consequences as the analysis of, and response to, the collateral immigration consequences of criminal activity. When counseling non-citizens who have interacted with law enforcement, attorneys must consider a wide range of potential effects. What pleadings or sentences put their client on the radar of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)? What will be the likelihood of ICE detention? Will the client become inadmissible to or deportable from the U.S? How will the potential immigration claims be affected—both affirmative and/or defensive? What about the ability to safely travel? Similarly, attorneys must know how to apply the appropriate analysis to outline all of the potential scenarios before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the Immigration Courts, and the risks and benefits attendant to each. This course will provide an overview of the main immigration consequences of criminal activity, including what you should look for and how to proceed from the initial consultation.

Trade secrets can be the lifeblood of a company, often accounting for most of the value of the company. But they are at risk of loss through employee inattention, inadvertence, and misconduct. In this course, Russell Beck will discuss what trade secrets are, how they are at risk, and how companies can – and should – protect themselves from those risks.

“The metaverse is the new virtual and visual frontier, a user-interactive digital environment based in computer-generated spaces of augmented and virtual realities in which visual imagery predominates, cryptocurrency is lucre and NFTs are fashion and decor." 1 The technology is new but the legal rights regulating imagery and art are not new-- copyright, trademark, publicity rights. We will discuss art, sports, entertainment and rap examples of how rights owners, including Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction, Andy Warhol and Prince, rapper Lil Yachty, heirloom and iconic brands like Hermes, Patek Philippe, Cartier and Bulgari, are asserting their claims and defenses in the metaverse world of appropriation. This presentation connects the Andy Warhol fair use case [Section 107 of Title 17 of the US Code] before the U.S. Supreme Court with appropriation concepts in metaverses and NFTs and other appropriation types of litigation in copyright and trademark infringement, publicity rights, unfair competition. Participants will gain a general understanding of what they need to know in this evolving technology space to ethically and responsibly advise clients in a climate of rapid change and inconclusive precedent.

Easements play an important role in modern property law, granting certain non-possessory rights to individuals and entities over land they do not own. This course provides an overview of easements, exploring their nature, creation, enforcement, and termination. In particular, this course will focus on the impact of easements on land use applications, such as for site plan review or zoning variance. Participants will gain an understanding of the legal principles governing easements, along with insights into emerging trends in easements in regard to property law, with emphasis remaining on their effect on land use applications filed with local and county planning and zoning boards. This course is designed for attorneys and legal professionals seeking to improve their understanding of easement law.

Unfortunately, threats by students to commit self-harm or violence towards others are common in schools today. It is imperative that schools have procedures in place to immediately respond to those threats and that school employees understand how federal law may dictate additional action once the immediate threat is addressed. This one-hour presentation gives a brief overview of the legal considerations for responding to threats, trauma, violence, and suicidal behaviors.

Until very recently, the NCAA prohibited student-athletes receiving compensation due to their “amateur” status. In this course, we examine landmark cases review the NCAA actions for potential antitrust law violations. We also look ahead to the future of college athletics in the new name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) era.

This course is designed to review basic contract provisions uniquely encountered with construction projects, such as provisions regarding “pre-bid inspections and liabilities imposed,“ “no-damage-for-delay,” “pay-to-be-paid,” and scheduling issues. The course will also address common contract provisions, but in the context of a construction project, such as indemnification and insurance, scope of work, issues with privity of contract and pass-through provisions, issues with fixed-fee and cost-plus projects, termination and abandonment, and damage limitations. In addition to expressed provisions, the course will cover implied terms, such as workmanship and code compliance. The course is designed to alert an attendee of the various contractual issues experienced with construction projects and how to generally address the issues when reviewing or preparing a construction contract or litigating the contract. The course will be beneficial for both the attorney who only periodically works with construction projects, as well as more experienced attorneys. Case law is cited in the materials to assist in identifying issues and their resolution.

In this program, you will learn about the sources of a private business owner’s rights and responsibilities, fiduciary duties and how they play out in real business ownership disputes. We will review the importance (or not) of written agreements, remedies to be aware of, and how to reduce and eliminate liability risk.

New client and wondering how to handle the fee arrangement? Retainer? Contingency arrangement? What’s a lawyer to do to ensure reasonable, collectable fees? Driving business is a necessary part of the practice of law and the legal ethics rules of the road are an essential part of the roadmap. This course, presented by Jan Jacobowitz, will explore the fundamental categories of fees, reasonableness standards, methods of fee collection, trust account issues, and more.

No longer merely a sci-fi concept, the Metaverse has become the latest iteration of the Internet for businesses, employers, and social gatherings. With a variety of tech companies creating Metaverse platforms, companies hosting virtual reality workspaces, factories setting up shop with digital twins, and groups socializing at simulated concerts, lawyers must take the reins in guiding how this new world is regulated. The body of Internet Law is constantly evolving, especially due to the fast-moving nature of technology. The Metaverse is gaining in popularity, and before universal adoption, we must consider the legal concepts necessary for this immersive, virtual world - and the ethical dilemmas it already faces.

Every student is entitled to basic due process rights when being disciplined at school. Students with disabilities are entitled to additional rights under federal law. This session will focus on the basic due process rights owed to all students, and those additional considerations that exist under Section 504 and the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.