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It’s not easy being a lawyer. Attorneys face rigid deadlines, packed calendars, and long hours. Clients are often stubborn and unforgiving, demanding 110% of your attention and expecting five-star work at 2-star prices. As attorneys are only human, even the most skilled and seasoned will inevitably, to some degree, make a mistake. A mistake may damage your case, and might also threaten your relationship with a client or even your position at a firm. But failing respond appropriately to a mistake will jeopardize your license and your career. During this course, we will consider an attorney’s duties related to error disclosure, what exactly those duties require, and why it’s important to take these duties seriously.

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.

This is an introductory course for non-oil and gas practitioners. It covers the basics of oil and gas leasing and mineral ownership. It also covers common oil and gas problems which appear in unrelated litigation, for example probate or family law. This course is designed to help general practitioners protect their clients cheaply and efficiently.

Antitrust law blends complex, high stakes litigation with economics. You don’t need to be an expert in antitrust law to serve your clients—but you do need to know enough about antitrust law to know when it could be an issue. This course covers the basics of antitrust law, from cartels to mergers.

This program will provide a general overview of Private Credit for attorneys who hope to gain a better understanding of this popular asset class. Attorney Gabriel Yomi Dabiri, Co-Leader of Polsinelli's Private Debt and Cross Border Finance team, will take a deep dive into the recent rise of Private Credit, what characteristics differentiate Private Credit, and the state of the Private Credit market. This program will also discuss the chronology of Private Credit deals and attempt to forecast the future of the Private Credit market.

Notwithstanding its illegality under federal law, cannabis is now legal for medical and/or adult recreational use in a majority of states. The tension between state and federal law (and the newness of a quasi-legal cannabis industry), however, complicates the legal representation of cannabis industry clients and raises potential ethical pitfalls. The representation of cannabis clients in Intellectual Property (IP) matters is no exception and implicates unique strategic concerns.

Social media and mobile phone contests and sweepstakes may seem like a no-brainer for many businesses, but are you equipped to help clients set up and conduct them legally? This course outlines the legal issues involved in conducting sweepstakes and contests, otherwise known as chance and skill prize promotions, when conducted via social media or mobile devices. It will cover applicable state gambling laws, how to handle user-generated content per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Communications Decency Act, and the Consumer Review Fairness Act. It will also outline practical considerations such as privacy concerns, specific platform requirements, and FTC endorsement guidance so your clients’ social media and mobile contests can run smoothly.

When you try a case in front of a jury, it’s critical that you convey information in a way that best permits you to persuade those jurors. Learn how jurors understand evidence so you can create effective direct examinations that convince those jurors to find in your client’s favor. Learn the basic direct examination skills, including proper form and style of questioning, as well as advanced techniques to take your direct examinations to the next level.

Cybersecurity risk management and the potential for enforcement actions is not diminishing. An area of increasing interest by the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Department of Justice, and Congress is third parties benefiting financially from taking sensitive data, including protected health information, without obtaining affirmative patient/consumer consent (especially from social media and search engine giants). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the agency tasked with enforcing HIPAA, also plays a critical role here. The purpose of this presentation is to address different federal government initiatives, recent enforcement actions and incidents, and risk mitigation.

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 provide an overview of fashion law and how it intersects with intellectual property. The course will touch on more commonly known areas of fashion including apparel, shoes, and accessories. This course also will address how fashion is going beyond just the clothes or the accessories themselves and now reaching more into technology including supply chain optimization, virtual fitting rooms, and wardrobe recommendations using artificial intelligence (AI).

Advertising and marketing is heavily regulated in the United States, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is aggressively enforcing the rules. This program will provide an overview of the FTC’s advertising-related enforcement authority and will discuss the FTC’s current enforcement priorities. Topics to be discussed include advertising claims, substantiation, online disclosures, endorsers and influencers, environmental marketing, dark patterns, artificial intelligence, responsibility for corporate commitments, and other hot topics.

Are you curious about environmental justice work? Confused about where to start? This course will cover basic terminology and history; laws commonly used to present and seek to address environmental justice issues in U.S. courts; and practice tips and principles.

From very experienced former federal prosecutors, participants will learn how and why corporate criminal enforcement is investigated, prosecuted, and resolved by the U.S. Department of Justice and federal law enforcement agencies. Participants will also learn the latest “carrots and sticks” approach to corporate criminal enforcement, future enforcement areas, and potential outcomes, along with practical suggestions about when and why to associate with outside counsel and proactive measures to consider taking to lessen the risk profile of businesses in today’s enforcement environment.

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?).

As lawyers, most of us spend our share of time writing – e-mails, letters, memos, motions, briefs. No matter how much we write or how good our writing is, we can always improve. In this one hour program, we will discuss the different ways that lawyers and law firms can improve their overall writing styles and habits.

When you decide to “hang out your shingle” and start a solo practice, you are an entrepreneur, just like someone starting a tech company or other new venture, and you face many of the same business, legal and tax challenges that entrepreneurs face. It’s a regulated business, of course, and you must operate your practice ethically and professionally, but it’s a business nonetheless. It’s impossible to commit malpractice or an ethical violation if you don’t have any clients. In part one of this fast-paced, two part presentation, hosted by a leading legal author, columnist and media personality who has operated a solo law practice out of his home for the past 25 years, you will learn the basics of starting and running a successful law practice.

Large law firms are constantly fending off a variety of ever-evolving electronic threats. Some are sophisticated, some not so much. They include electronic attacks, misplaced and stolen devices, everyday mistakes and an endless assortment of tricks and scams. Any of these can lead to serious consequences. In this program, we’ll discuss those threats and the consequences that can come with them, as well as measures to reduce the risk to organizational assets and prepare for the inevitable next attack.

Surrogacy contract drafting raises complex and delicate issues relating to attorney ethics. This advance program will explore ethical considerations and best practices when drafting surrogacy contracts. Attorney Colleen Quinn will address provide a tactful analysis of issues such as contingency or “what if” planning, managing client expectations, planning for enforceability and parentage, and where attorneys should or should not be involved.

While the first cryptocurrency was created in 2009, it was not until the last year or two that the mining of cryptocurrency made its way into the oil and gas realm. As gas prices fell in the last several years, operators became interested in ways to utilize the wasted gas they were flaring. In certain environments, became obvious that mining cryptocurrency with excess gas was a way to utilize a wasted resource as well as a way to cut down on emissions. However, this new process created new issues for operators to consider. In this presentation, we will discuss the basics of cryptocurrency and the mining of it in the oil patch, and issues that operators must consider, especially when the gas being used to mine becomes more valuable than the currency it is creating.