Alabama CLE requirements

In this program, Patrick Lannon and Dolly Hernandez will discuss how trust assets can be vulnerable upon the divorce of a beneficiary. You will learn planning steps that can be implemented to reduce the divorcing spouse’s access to trust assets.

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and held that there is no constitutional right to abortion. This program will trace the path toward and beyond Roe, including the decisions involving the right to privacy and substantive due process. We conclude with some predictions about the effects of the Dobbs decision for abortion rights and other constitutional rights.

On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a paradigm shift in the manner in which patient electronic health information (EHI) is accessed, used, and disclosed through its publication of the Information Blocking Rule. Shifting from a landscape dominated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which imposed a permissible data disclosure framework under its Privacy Rule, the newly passed Information Blocking Rule imposes mandatory disclosure requirements on healthcare actors. Implementing the Information Blocking Rule’s requirements has proven challenging to many health care actors, who still struggle to achieve compliance amidst the shifting regulatory standards. This CLE provides an overview of the Information Blocking Rule and its exceptions, highlights common compliance challenges that have arisen in the information blocking context, and proposes risk mitigation strategies to help health care actors achieve compliance.

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, attorneys will learn how to prevent their firm from being used as a tool for money laundering and how to recognize the risks associated with specific types of transactions. We will take a deep dive into what constitutes money laundering, how to best protect attorney trust accounts, and how lawyers can be guided by the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Good Practices for Lawyers to Detect and Combat Money Laundering.

This one hour program will provide an overview of workplace retaliation
claims, including how employers can avoid and defend them. We will
discuss why employers should be concerned about workplace retaliation
claims, including the adverse effects they can have on both employers
and employees. This course will also cover the standards of proof and
remedies for such claims while taking a look at the defense available to
employers.

There are 574 federally recognized Indian Tribes in the United States, and approximately 300 reservations covering nearly 55 million acres. Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s 1984 Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations, EPA recognizes Tribal Governments as sovereign entities with primary authority and responsibility for the reservation populace, and the appropriate non-Federal parties for making decisions and carrying out program responsibilities affecting Indian reservations, their environments, and the health and welfare of the reservation populace. This course will explain the unique role of Indian Tribes in environmental law: in resource use, protection, and regulation under federal statutes, treaties, and Tribal law both on and off the reservation

HIPAA celebrated its 25th birthday in August 2021. Given the current climate of increased cyberattacks and regulatory scrutiny, compliance is more important than ever. This webinar focuses on risk mitigation in relation to having adequate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards, as well as ensuring that the Privacy Rule’s obligations are met. The goal is to utilize recent civil and criminal enforcement actions to set the stage for utilizing NIST and other standards to avoid violations of HIPAA and the related laws – the HITECH Act, 21st Century Cures Act, and 42 CFR Part 2.

The topic of Website Regulatory Compliance is made up of a complex set of federal regulatory rules and guidelines to ensure that business websites and digital communications are honest and truthful, accessible to people with disabilities and compliant with financial services requirements.  These rules and guidelines can be found under: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The Americans with Disabilities’ Act (ADA);The Federal Communications Commission (FCC); and
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

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.

The courtroom may seem like a scary place, but it does not have to be. This course will discuss the evidentiary and admissibility rules that every attorney needs to know and will guide you through what to do during trial so that you have the best chance of getting your evidence admitted into the record. The goal of this course is to untangle the complicated world of evidence and admissibility rules and procedures, so that no matter how inexperienced you may be, you will feel at home in the courtroom.

This course provides an overview of the essentials of Intellectual Property (IP) that all attorneys and entrepreneurs should know, including the types of IP, procurement basics and strategies, enforcement, defense, and how to mitigate IP litigation risk. The course further provides an overarching explanation of the full patent lifecycle as to enable participants to assess whether, why, how, and when obtaining patent protections might be worthwhile for a particular business endeavor.

Probate law is the body of law that deals with legal incapacity and the issues that come up after death. The vast majority of probate issues involve the administration of the estates of deceased people. In this course, you will learn how to effectively and efficiently guide fiduciaries through the probate administrative process.

Web3 has become an oft used buzz word. But what exactly is it, how will it drive new business models and what are the legal issues that will ensue? This course will break down the meaning of Web3 and explore how decentralization and community governance will be at the center of this revolution. It will cover the role of blockchain technology in the Web3 ecosystem, including NFTs, DAOs and metaverses. One of the things that makes Web3 more revolutionary than evolutionary is the need for companies to significantly change their business models. The course will address the Web3 business models and explore the different business considerations facing Web2 companies versus Web3 companies. One of the key business issues is the changing role of IP rights and monetization in these business models. This will lead us into the fascinating legal issues that arise in the Web3 world. We will cover IP issues and the challenges that companies are facing and will continue to face in Web3. We will also cover the approaches to regulating decentralized, community based projects and other related legal issues. Lastly, the course will consider whether Web3 is elusive (in the near term) and whether for business and legal reasons the world will have to settle for Web2.5.

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.

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.

This course addresses US and legal profession challenges with achieving and maintaining competence despite a prevalence of significant mental health and distorted thinking challenges. Burnout represents an occupational mental health challenge that attorneys must avoid or manage, and doing so will provide professionals the tools needed to mindfully maintain mental competency.

This program will consider how to manage stress and how to recognize signs of burnout in ourselves and others on our legal team. We will also examine the differences between burnout and depression, look at some strategies for using stress for good, e.g., to regain focus to advise clients and anticipate future challenges, and some maladaptive strategies for coping with stress and how that impacts upon our duties of competence, diligence and communication with clients. Lastly, we will learn about proven techniques to calm the mind to ensure the skill and mental and emotional ability to perform legal services for clients facing a range of uncertainty and new challenges, and provide resources on where and when to seek help for these issues.

Cognitive wellness is critical to lawyers’ long-term success. Negative mindsets, perfectionism, and anxiety can contribute to declines in cognitive wellness. When these declines in cognitive wellness impair your ability to effectively practice law, you may be violating your professional obligations. In this course, Dr. Patti McCartney introduces participants to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based methods for sharpening cognitive tools. Attendees will learn how this rational approach to reframing challenges can help you distinguish yourself in the management of cases and professional conflicts.

Nonparty discovery in domestic arbitration proceedings is an often misunderstood and overlooked aspect of case planning, management, and administration. As more domestic disputes are compelled to arbitration, either through company-sponsored programs in the employment and consumer context or through increased incorporation of contractual arbitration provisions in the commercial context, both advocates and neutrals need to understand how to properly address nonparty discovery in arbitration, which stands in stark contrast to similar processes in court litigation. 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 differences, provide an update on the legal landscape, offer practical tips, and share best practices to master this challenging aspect of arbitration proceedings.