Arkansas bundle (2024)

Have you ever been depressed? How do you know when it’s more than just a temporary mood? Research shows that lawyers face unique challenges that can lead to depression. It can be hard to tell when it’s time to get help, and many lawyers are afraid of professional stigmatization if they seek help. Discover the symptoms of depression and learn how to effectively navigate professional pitfalls that can interfere with your ability to practice law optimally. This course offers practical strategies that can empower and equip you to identify and ease symptoms of depression.

Interacting with federal, state, and local officials is an important part of the job for many successful businesses. Not everyone that interacts with the government —or lobbies —is required to disclose their interactions, but many are. Interacting with federal government officials, if you are not discussing legislation, can require registration and reporting under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Representing foreign clients can be even more daunting because of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). And that is before even thinking about interacting with state and local officials. Each state has its own lobbying disclosure system and what counts as lobbying can be eye opening: not just asking legislators to support a bill, but seeking regulatory changes, and even selling to the government can be lobbying in some places.

In this program, Quimbee faculty member Alyssa Johnson and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) consultant Dr. Erika Powell will explore the dimensions of DEI work and race literacy work. You will learn how race trauma is held in the body and how generational trauma affects current behaviors. Workplace race dynamics are examined including how confirmation bias and racism affect the legal profession. Allyship is also discussed with a focus on how White women have been loyal to White supremacy. We will also explore methods for dismantling White supremacy in the legal profession and beyond.

As data breaches continue to proliferate, state legislatures across the country have strengthened their existing data privacy and protection statutes, or have created new ones, with an increased focus on consumer protection. This program will provide an overview of trends in this legislation, with an emphasis on how the states are shifting their focus towards compressive data privacy laws that put more control over how personal data is used into the hands of consumers. The program will also provide an overview of cyber best practices, and how those practices translate into statutory best practices.

Recently, there have been questions regarding income inequality that have fueled trends in questioning the wisdom and fairness of today’s executive compensation practice. In this course, we will dive into the latest ESG updates and review significant litigation highlights and case law, as well as examine recent compliance obligations and best practices.

Design law utilizes the copyright, trade dress, and design patent regimes to help manufacturers protect the design of useful products in multiple market segments. It requires navigating the often ambiguous boundaries between form and function under each legal doctrine. After an introduction to the commercial value of design, the course reviews the law that provides the foundation for a comprehensive design law strategy. The law is then applied to two commercial products – heavy industry and consumer - to help participants synthesize the disparate doctrines. The course presumes familiarity with copyright, trademark, and patent law.

Where do you begin when picking a jury in “drunk driving” cases? What are group dynamics and how are they important in picking your jury? How can the science of emergent leaders help you? In this program, both new and experienced DUI attorneys will learn about strategies in picking a jury that will help you win the case. Presenter Robert S. “Bobby” Reiff will provide an overview of the theories of jury selection and how they apply to a DUI case. He also provides you with common sense concepts to make the case for your clients. Mr. Reiff is a noted DUI expert and defense attorney, and the author of "Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses (Lexis Law Publishing Company) and LexisNexis' "Florida DUI Practice Guide" series.

Relationships take work and business partnerships are no different. Failing to plan for key life events such as death, disability, divorce, and departure of a partner can have serious negative impacts on your client's business and even put the survival of their business at risk. A properly drafted buy-sell agreement addresses all of these events and provides the company with a clear path forward in times of uncertainty and crisis.

Many (if not most) people, including lawyers and law students, find reading and working with Federal statutes intimidating. In this course, you will learn from a person responsible for drafting many of the bills that became Federal law, what legislative drafting is, how Federal laws tend to be structured, how to parse through often confusing amendatory language, and how to craft a simple bill. This course will include a guided exercise using a hypothetical request for a bill involving none other than Little Red Riding Hood.

Lawyers and staff are drowning in email, and many feel helpless when trying to get it under control. While communicating with clients via email may be quick and easy, there are ethical pitfalls that can cause problems for unwary lawyers. This program will cover how to efficiently store and organize email and attachments, successfully deal with high email volume, and communicate ethically and effectively with clients.

Navigating a divorce case from complaint to judgment is almost as difficult as navigating New Jersey’s “pothole” filled highways. There are hazards at every stage of the proceedings which can derail your case at any time. This Divorce Law Guide will help you safely avoid those potholes so that you can get your client what they want - a DIVORCE JUDGEMENT. This course is a basic guide of the various stages of a divorce case in New Jersey. The statutory and procedural hurdles are discussed in plain English so that even the new practitioner and the client can understand the lengthy and costly divorce practice.

Students and faculty alike are protected from discrimination in education under Federal Law. If an educational program receives federal funds, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination based on disability. Nonetheless, the remedies available under these laws were drastically limited by the US Supreme Court, on April 28, 2022, when its decision in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller cutoff victims' right to recover emotional distress damages. Learn what remedies remain under these federal laws and how the Court's narrow reasoning left emotional distress damages available under other anti-discrimination statutes. This course will break-down the Cummings Case and prepare you to litigate education discrimination under its new rubric. 

The promise of autonomous vehicles has been discussed for decades, but technological advancements have turned this vision into reality. Like with many new technologies, the law and societal acceptance are still working to catch up to reality. This presentation will provide an overview of the current state of the law, consider the regulatory divide between federal jurisdiction and state jurisdiction, and provide insight on where the law may be going. The presentation will also provide an opportunity to consider the open questions of liability and insurance for situations in which there is no human driver.

This CLE will provide an in-depth look at the final beneficial ownership reporting rule under the Corporate Transparency Act. It will cover issues such as who needs to report beneficial ownership information, who is a beneficial owner, what information needs to be reported, and in what form the information should be provided. Michael Rosensaft will also discuss FinCEN’s response to commenters' concerns. It will cover the possible changes to the rule, that FinCEN accepted or rejected, and the possibility of future rulemaking.

The purpose of this class is to educate legal professionals on how cell phone forensic evidence is extracted from cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Explanations will be given on what is in accordance with forensic best practices, and how this evidence is properly preserved. In addition, attendees will learn about the fragile nature of digital evidence, and the extent to which this information can be changed if not handled correctly. Attendees will learn the types of evidence that can be recovered from cell phones, including location-based information, messaging application data, voicemails, multimedia such as photos and videos, meta-data, and more. The different forensic artifacts will be explained in detail. Given the rising instances of fake text messages and call spoofing, a section of this class will explain how this is commonly done, even by people with little technical knowledge, and how an investigation is performed todetermine the authenticity of such evidence. Upon completion of this class, attendees will have a working knowledge of how cell phone forensic data collections are performed, the types of forensic artifacts that are recoverable, how data is authenticated, and how such evidence can be used for their purposes when working a case.

In 2006, social activist and author Tarana Burke introduced the world to the hashtag and phrase “metoo,” which provided a platform for thousands of employees to speak more candidly about sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior in the workplace. Many forms of sexual misconduct that were once tolerated by employees and employers, is no longer acceptable. Sexual harassment involving anyone from C-suite executives to hourly wage earners can expose an organization to great financial and reputational harm. In this program, counsel tasked with investigating sexual harassment allegations will learn how to implement preventative training and conduct comprehensive investigations. The program will review key steps needed to conduct a balanced investigation and help lawyers and investigators avoid the appearance of bias when dealing with an inherently sensitive subject. This course will also provide an overview of the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act,” the federal legislature passed by the U.S. Senate in February 2022.

Given the rise in more employees working remotely, constant changes in technology, increases in data breaches, and the rise in more frequent employee turnover, knowing how to safeguard your law practice - both internally and externally - has become increasingly important. Lawyers also tend to me immersed in the practice of law and not in the practice of protecting valuable data - not just client data - but the lawyer's own work product and intellectual property. It is more critical now then ever to know how to safeguard such valuable assets.

Representing clients in immigration court requires skill, innovation, and perseverance. In this program, immigration attorney Ruby L. Powers will lay the groundwork for understanding the elements of the removal hearing process, considerations during each stage, and best practices for success as an effective litigator in immigration court. Powers will share from her 14 years in practice, having represented clients in more than eight states in this Federal area of practice, in the detained and non-detained setting.

Truck accidents are different than car accidents. There are added regulations, additional evidentiary issues, and the regular need for experts. Because of this, it is difficult to tackle a truck accident case without significant experience. This course will provide an overview of the basic steps in how to litigate a truck accident case. We will start at the time the call is first received, the initial investigation, pleading, discovery, and commonly litigated issues. We will cover this from both the Plaintiff (injured party) and Defendant (truck driver) perspective. There is, obviously, much more to litigating a truck accident than we can cover in 1 hour. If you have any questions on your truck case, please feel free to email me ([email protected]) or call me 404-793-0026.

It is now more important than ever for businesses to understand what is permitted—and, perhaps more important—what is not permitted in the realm of political activity. Businesses and individuals are motivated to participate in the political process, but must understand the rules of the road to ensure compliance with campaign-finance laws, pay-to-play laws, and government-ethics laws. This presentation will provide an overview of the current state of the law, trends in enforcement and disclosure obligations, and strategies for compliance.