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This course will present an overview of basic maritime law concepts. At the outset, viewers/listeners will learn about the origins of exclusive admiralty jurisdiction and what elements are required to bring a case into the purview of the maritime courts. By the course's conclusion, viewers/listeners will have an introductory level familiarity with relevant terminology, including maritime worker classifications and the statutes governing their employment, rights and remedies. Other topics unique to admiralty will also be introduced and certain key cases identified.

The cannabis game is the real estate game. It all starts with a property that can be permitted for use as a commercial cannabis business. Property buyers, sellers, and investors alike face unique challenges in real estate transactions involving cannabis-use properties. You will learn how to adapt a lease for use in a cannabis business, what to consider when buying or selling real estate, and see contract clauses to include in your own work. The course gives a brief primer on cannabis law to set the framework for the discussion.

This webinar lays out the elements of arbitration and compares the major provisions between court proceedings and the arbitration process. The regular people on the street often believe that court proceedings provide them with their day in court. However, arbitration may provide an easier and less expensive process to vindicate their rights and receive a decision. The arbitration process has evolved in the last twenty years to ensure that parties with disputes are provided due process rights but has this made the process litigation light? The benefits and drawbacks between court proceedings and arbitration will be discussed at length.

The Corporate Transparency Act will cause one of the greatest changes in corporate governance in our lifetimes. If you are already familiar with the basic provisions of the CTA, this class will prepare you to lead your company or law firm through the transition. We will explore (1) the key exemptions for companies that will be relieved from a duty to file, (2) the corporate governance mechanisms companies should adopt now to prepare for the CTA, and (3) the record-keeping and data management tools that companies and law firms will need to implement before this new law takes effect.

The program delves into the history of LGBTQ families and the hurdles encountered historically in having and building families. Finally the program brings us up to the present issues still facing LGBTQ families in the area of family formation and where we might be headed in the future.

To increase sales as well as goodwill, many companies like to partner with charitable organizations to market their products. One common marketing plan is the commercial co-venture, which involves advertising that the company will donate a portion of sales to a charity. This highly-regulated area of law has numerous requirements, from contractual and advertising obligations to registration and bonding. In this program, you will learn best practices for running successful charitable marketing campaigns, as well as the difference between commercial co-ventures and other cause marketing efforts. You will also learn about applicable state laws and how to problem solve for compliance issues in commercial co-venture campaigns.

Working from home is particularly complicated for lawyers. While we navigate many of the same difficulties as other professionals, such as managing staff remotely and maintaining privacy, we are also subject to professional rules guiding nearly every aspect of our communications. How do we ensure that that clients can be completely open and honest about their legal situation and prevent disclosure of communications related to legal advice when we are outside of our office? Which communications and interactions do we need to be concerned about while working from home or from other unusual or awkward settings? And how can we ensure other attorneys and staff are they meeting these requirements when working from different locations? This course will survey the main issues related to communicating with both clients and staff in a work from home environment. It will also introduce you to practices that will reduce your liability and protect your peace of mind.

This course will introduce practitioners to the basic considerations for guiding a bankruptcy case: Who needs to file bankruptcy, what kinds of bankruptcy are available, and how does bankruptcy work. The course places bankruptcy practice into the context of the role it plays in our economy and society. We’ll cover the use of bankruptcy to prevent home foreclosures and evictions, and we’ll touch on student loan debt and taxes in bankruptcy.

This course introduces American lawyers to trade secret protections in the European Union. Trade secrets—broadly defined under E.U. law as information that derives commercial value from its secrecy, and for which reasonable protections have been taken by the holder to preserve that secrecy—have, since 2018, benefited from a uniform set of protections across E.U. Member States. This is thanks to a European Directive, “Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure.” The present course will discuss the Directive’s origins, it scope and purpose, and the primary exceptions to trade secret protections in the E.U.

You’ve identified a great client, but now you need make sure that you’re properly establishing that attorney-client relationship. You’ve withdrawn from a case, but now you need to make sure the client understands that your representation has ended. As with any relationship, knowing how to establish the parameters of an attorney-client relationship, and how to successfully terminate that relationship, is key. Participants in this course will gain an understanding of the importance of successfully establishing an attorney-client relationship, and how to address the end of that relationship.

Every year more than two million people seek treatment for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TBI claims are on the rise in personal injury litigation, from catastrophic accidents to minor fender-benders. But what are TBIs and how are they diagnosed?  This one hour presentation will provide a fast-paced overview of TBI injuries, the effects they have on an injured person, and how they are diagnosed and measured.

Many Chapter 13 cases go from confirmation to discharge with nary a wrinkle. Then there are the problem cases. This course will go into some of the issues that can arise after the confirmation of a Chapter 13 case that will require intervention from counsel. It will cover stay relief, motions to dismiss, modification of plans and, most importantly, how to get paid for handling this.

This course is designed to give guidance to lawyers on various issues under the umbrella of technology law. In every aspect of a lawyer’s career, technology plays a role. Technology is so important to today’s lawyer that state bar associations are starting to add a technology element to required CLEs. This course provides a summary of issues related to counseling clients in content of technology-related contracts, document retention policies, and e-discovery issues should litigation ensue.

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.

Immigration attorneys often struggle with the demands of practicing in a highly complex area of law in which the stakes are extremely high for their clients. Many different agencies are involved, and attorneys must be fluent with the grounds of inadmissibility and removability, their related waivers, potential eligibility for benefits, potential penalties and forms of relief, and countless regulations, statutes, agency manuals, memoranda, and abstract legal concepts and principles that govern every aspect of immigration practice. In this context, attorneys must advocate for clients whose ability to live, work, remain with their families, or to avoid persecution or harm may lie in the hands of the attorney. 

The pretrial playing field has changed markedly over the last three decades, moving the battleground from the jury to the gauntlets that leave a judge with discretion to eliminate or trim a case before it even sees a jury. Standards governing motions to dismiss, summary judgment, experts, the breadth of discovery, and even class certification are the battlegrounds that often determine the fate of a case. Against this backdrop, technology - including the internet and the ability to create real-time recordings of events - has markedly changed the availability and quantity of evidence. Selecting the most compelling evidence - or deselecting evidence is a new challenge in addition to the age-old skill of constructing a narrative that glues the theories in place. Precision in the pretrial process and an appreciation for the evidentiary rules and their interface with the procedural rules are essential. From complaint preparation through discovery and motions practice, this 60-minute session will provide listeners with a crash course overview of what is needed in this new era of front-loaded litigation.

This program, taught by Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law attorney Ruby Powers, is designed to familiarize immigration attorneys with the successful tips and guidance in seeking relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This course will cover how to effectively work with clients in preparing and filing the VAWA application and tips on special considerations and complications that could arise. Learn the differences between VAWA and VAWA Cancellation of Removal in immigration court proceedings. Attorney Powers will share her years of examples in representing VAWA applicants throughout the program to help clarify the elements and ensure a successful process.

In this practical webinar, you will learn how to ethically and effectively represent a placing parent in an adoption starting with the initial meeting with the client through the adoptive placement and thereafter. Adoptions are unique with regard to the receipt and sharing of confidential information as well as avoiding conflicts of interest in representation.

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 not always clear how a deposition or written discovery responses can be used by a party during an evidentiary hearing or trial. The applicable discovery rules provide guidance, but frequently the judge is unsure of what is and is not permissible, and whether the response even needs to be shown to the witness or whether the witness or opposing party is allowed to explain or rebut a discovery response. This presentation will discuss the permissible use of discovery responses and depositions under the applicable rules of civil procedure. Additionally, there will be a discussion of practical considerations for use of the discovery. Finally, this presentation will provide suggestions on methods to make the discovery responses more effective or useful at a hearing or trial.