Idaho bundle (2024)

It has always been the case that the onus of enforcing intellectual property rights falls principally on the shoulders of the holders of such rights. Thus, when a case of unauthorized use is discovered (or is looming), the intellectual property owner usually must act quickly to stop the offending conduct, regain control over the property, and secure adequate compensatory relief. But is commencing a lawsuit in court the most effective and efficient way to achieve those ends? What considerations play into the decision over whether arbitration or mediation, for example, might be better options? Should arbitration or mediation even be a consideration during a negotiation over a dispute resolution clause before any conceivable dispute has even arisen? With over 20 years of experience as a commercial and intellectual property litigator, coupled with over 10 years of experience as an arbitrator and mediator, Theo Cheng will explain the advantages and disadvantages of using arbitration or mediation in connection with resolving intellectual property disputes so that you and your clients can be better informed before deciding to choose one of those alternative methods over court litigation.

This course offers an in-depth survey of the current state of the major topics in animal law and provides participants with the key principles, rules, and regulations – as developed by common law and from statute – affecting animals. Styled as a cinematic presentation, the course examines animal-related laws via their philosophical, scientific, and practical underpinnings, and from a variety of differing perspectives, exploring how the courts have treated animals in the past and will likely treat them in the future, locally and nationally. From the foundational (How are animals defined? Do animals have rights? Why are animals properties?) to the pragmatic (What procedural obstacles might confront claims made on behalf of animals? What substantive constraints might prosecuting an animal abuse case entail?).

This six-credit course is designed to help Illinois newly-admitted attorneys meet their first year MCLE requirement and impart fundamental skills paramount to the practice of law. Taught by expert faculty, the six sessions range from professionalism to creating a purposeful and inclusive practice. They are:

Session 1: An Attorney's Top 5 Ethical Blunders
Session 2: Lessons to My Former Self: A New Attorney's Guide to a Purposeful Practice
Session 3: Working From Home Ethically: Technological Competence for Lawyers
Session 4: Email Communications for Lawyers: Strategies and Ethics
Session 5: Ensuring Access to Justice for Neurodivergent People
Session 6: Best Behavior: Ethical Strategies for Dealing with Bullying and Bias in the Profession.

Please note that this six hour program contains two checkpoints total. There are not checkpoints within each individual course.

Many litigators joke that they “hate math” and chose law to avoid it. But in fact, data, and the use of analysis to process and present data, is critical to modern litigation. Data allows attorneys to scale up from individual to societal in scope, to claims encompassing entire financial markets and public-health epidemics. This new and insightful course explains why data is important and how to use it effectively in litigation. While class is a must for seasoned litigators who handle matters involving data sets for proving their case, others may find the topic of interest.

In this course you will learn the basics of the world’s leading privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will address key provisions of the GDPR including who it applies to and the obligations it imposes. We will address the fundamental privacy rights of individuals including the right to privacy, the right to transfer personal data, the right to be forgotten and more.

If you could protect your cognitive health in the future, would you, do it? Research indicates that cognitive decline can begin in our 20s and 30s. The truth is, it’s never too early to recognize the threats that can adversely impact our cognitive function. It’s estimated that at least one-third of all diagnosed cases can be prevented through lifestyle choices. As lawyers, we understand that good cognitive function is vital to our professional obligations and abilities. This course offers evidence-based strategies to help protect and preserve your cognitive health. Discover the natural action steps that you can implement now to help you maximize your long-term cognitive care.

Contributing to candidates, starting a political action committee, raising money for candidates, and being involved in advocacy organizations are all highly regulated efforts. It is important to understand contribution prohibitions and limitations, disclosure rules, and other restrictions on political activity at the federal, state, and local levels. In this overview course, we will explain how the Federal Election Campaign Act and the various state laws apply to different activities and actors, such as candidates, super PACs, companies, and individuals.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many lawyers began working remotely from home every day. How do the ethics rules apply to long-term remote or “hybrid” practice? In this course, we will explore some of the rules of professional responsibility implicated by long-term remote and hybrid practice—including the rules of confidentiality, communication, supervision, and competence—and offer practical tips for ethical compliance. We will end with a discussion of the rules on unauthorized practice of law and the ethics opinions offering guidance to lawyers who may be living and working remotely from a state in which they are not admitted to practice.

The Supreme Court’s October Term 2020 included important decisions in many areas of law, including free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, intellectual property, and voting rights. The lecture will describe the most important cases from October Term 2020 and explain their significance for the law and for society.

The term “lawyer well-being” may seem like an oxymoron. For a junior lawyer, the demanding hours, the pressures to bill, and the stressful work environments can be overwhelming and often have detrimental effects. It often seems impossible to manage high-levels of stress and combat burnout while at the same time finding time for self-care. This program will educate attendees on the data related to the prevalence of mental health issues and substance use disorders in the profession, particularly in lawyers under 30 years of age or ten years out of law school, and discuss certain indicators of burnout. In addition, the speaker will present best practices/effective strategies and preventative measures that junior lawyers can implement so that they not only thrive, but flourish in any practice setting.

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.

Climate change is the term on everyone’s tongue, but the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with its goals to half US carbon emissions by 2030 and become a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, is not the only major federal law that continues to shape land use in the United States. From the now defunct navigable waters protection in the 1899 Rivers and Harbors Act to the alive and kicking 1973 Endangered Species Act, a web of evolving laws and regulations touches upon every square inch of land in the country. This course offers an overview of the federal framework for such laws, including enforcing agencies (Hint: It’s not just the EPA) and their more detailed regulations interpreting the laws. We will also touch upon the big 6: Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, Coastal Zone Management Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Endangered Species Act. Finally, we conclude with historical context, including former president, Teddy Roosevelt, and how Rachel Carlson’s Silent Spring galvanized the nascent environmental movement in the United States and led to many of the subsequently adopted laws.

In this course, you will learn all about the protections provided to disabled persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other laws as they relate to discrimination in the education context. We will focus on both Title II, which covers public entities, and Title III, which covers private entities. The course will provide attorneys with a basic working knowledge of the ADA to better represent their clients who face education-related discrimination.

In this course, we will explore the history of the modern worker’s compensation system, its importance in today’s society, and current issues. We must understand the history of a no-fault worker’s compensation system in order to fully understand the present-day arguments in favor of disbanding this system. We will identify the key major players in this industry and understand their roles, and responsibilities in workers’ compensation. We will also identify the basics of worker’s compensation including accident, notice, and causal relationship. We will identify the appropriate types of indemnity and wage loss benefits. We will discuss permanency and its impact on injured workers. We will explore the meaning of accident, occupational disease. Finally, we will discuss what is like to practice in this area, exploring concerns of work/life balance, diversity and expertise level required to handle such matters.

In this course, attorney Nate Osborn, will provide a detailed overview of the essential aspects of drafting real estate operating agreements. This course will take attorneys through the steps of drafting real estate operating agreements and help them understand the related legal considerations involved. Attorneys should walk away from this course with a practical understanding of how to best advise clients who want to form a real estate LLC.

This one hour presentation will provide a fast-paced refresher on the foundational Rules of Professional Conduct governing our daily lives as practicing attorneys. We will also explore the most common ethics violations attorneys make – often inadvertently – to provide guidance on avoiding these most common mistakes.

The Corporate Transparency Act is going to change dramatically the way that founders and investors in privately-held companies interact with each other. The CTA, once implemented, will require roughly 25 million U.S. companies to file a beneficial ownership report with FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury. Each beneficial ownership report will contained personally-identifiable information (PII) about each of the company’s “company applicants” and “beneficial owners.” FinCEN will maintain a database of beneficial ownership information that will be confidential, but accessible by specific law enforcement agencies pursuant to regulations that FinCEN will adopt. Understanding how the CTA will change the interactions between founders and investors will allow attorneys to modify the contractual relations between those parties in anticipation of the CTA coming into effect.

One of the biggest challenges facing clients and counsel today is navigating the settlement process during high-stakes, complex litigation and/or class actions. This course, presented by Wyatt Partners (a corporation that focuses exclusively on evaluating both legal spend and litigation settlements), addresses today’s hot topics on this timely issue – both from an in-house and outside counsel perspective. The program will provide a step-by-step journey through the entire settlement process, beginning with the evaluation of risks to be considered when settling, the drafting and negotiating of the actual settlement documents, and the corporate, insurance, and judicial impacts on getting a settlement finalized and approved. The program will also specifically focus on applicable Rules of Professional Conduct and case law as they apply to all stages of the settlement process. Both law firms and corporations will benefit greatly from such insights on a timely and evolving topic that affects everyone in today’s legal and business market.

An attorney is a professional; and being a good and respected attorney means more than just making lots of money and having lots of clients. It means displaying, encouraging, and garnering reciprocal professionalism. In this introduction to legal professionalism, we cover some of the major temptations, quandaries, and slip ups that attorneys can handle properly if they adhere to a high standard of professionalism. We also review a sample state’s creed on professionalism, as well as a recent ethics - related case before ending with a summary of suggested best practices for maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and avoiding the scrutiny of the local bar’s ethics board.

Determining the location of an individual at a specific point in time can make or break a case. You can use location data to present an alibi in defense, discredit a witness or party, show how long someone was on the road prior to a crash, establish where a digital contract was signed, and more. This unique webinar will show you how to find and use location data in your case. We will answer your live questions, and walk through realworld location analysis. You will come away knowing where to find data to support your case, as well as how to analyze some of the data yourself.