North Carolina CLE requirements

Have you ever thought about what is stored in your mobile phone, smartwatch, or laptop when you travel, and who can access that information? This course will address the current state of the law governing searches of international travelers’ electronic devices at the U.S. border. The course will then discuss the changing legal landscape in light of technological advancements in the amount of digital data that people carry with them when they travel.

As companies look to seize opportunities for growth in 2022, many are facing uncertainty in the broader business environment and on their own balance sheets. Whether a company is thriving or struggling, litigation finance may be a financial solution to transform liabilities into assets, helping businesses and law firms monetize legal claims for working capital or other purposes. Litigators, in-house counsel, C-level executives, and law firm managers might all benefit from understanding how this tool may help their own or their client’s business better manage risk and maximize growth, even while managing active litigation.

Discrimination law is top of mind for most attorneys and businesses throughout the country. We all like to discuss the latest news headlines and debate our culture wars to determine who is right and wrong, but in reality, that discussion misses the point. The real question is what is the cost of being wrong. For example, while pecuniary damages (such as back pay and front pay) are known and tangible, have you considered non-pecuniary damages in your case evaluation? In discrimination law, the largest category of damages is emotional distress, which can vary depending on the proof you have and your ability to prove it in court. In this course, Andrew Lieb will teach you how to gather and prove these intangible damages, which will make or break your discrimination case.

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.

Americans owe more than $1.75 trillion in student loan debt. The Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan relief plan on June 30, 2023. With repayments set to resume in a few short months, millions of student loan borrowers will be seeking legal advice about their options.This course will cover trending topics in student debt relief including the Biden Administration’s new actions to provide debt relief for student loan borrowers. Designed for consumer and debt relief attorneys, the program will explore repayment options, loan forgiveness programs and new guidelines on the discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy.

It’s no secret that lawyers work in high stress environments. Long hours, client expectations, competition, lack of boundaries, and many more factors can take a toll on lawyer well being and productivity. Join Dr. Elizabeth Eckhardt, Director of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance Program, and attorney Carolyn Wolf, a family-focused mental healthcare practitioner, for a practical course designed to provide lawyers with tips and techniques for controlling and reducing stress at work.

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.

Rent control is a critical but little understood part of New Jersey residential landlord-tenant law. This introductory course to rent control discusses the constitutional underpinnings of a municipal rent control ordinance. Once the constitutional framework is established, the course describes the practical application of a rent control ordinance to landlords and tenants—using the City of Jersey City Rent Control Ordinance as a model. Practitioners will learn the criteria used for evaluating the constitutional compliance of an ordinance and how its provisions affect a landlord’s return. Practitioners will also learn the basic administrative requirements of a rent control ordinance and the high price paid for non-compliance.

Mediation is the parties’ process. So, it makes sense for inhouse counsel to spend time in advance to design the best process for each dispute. This program will address ways to bring recalcitrant parties to the table, mediator selection, and negotiation planning strategies.

The DOL’s 2022 budget and the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2023 seeks funding to hire significantly more OSHA inspectors.  In addition, Doug Parker was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA on November 3, 2021, and based on his prior role as chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, employers should expect increased rulemaking and more aggressive enforcement activities in the coming years. You will hear from a former OSHA trial attorney as he discusses OSHA hot topics and future agenda items.  These issues include an update on OSHA’s COVID-19 guidance for general industry and the status of OSHA’s health care permanent COVID rule.  Other areas will include discussion of OSHA’s heat stress enforcement and rulemaking; reviewing highly targeted inspection industries; identifying the most common OSHA citations in 2021; workplace violence; proposed changes to the electronic recordkeeping rule; review of recent OSHA standard interpretation letters on recording injuries; overview of the new hazard communication final rule and other expected rulemaking proposals.

Learn what it takes to develop and litigate citizen suits to enforce our country’s landmark environmental laws! This course will cover the basic purposes of citizen suits; the remedies available to successful litigants; the key steps involved in developing and filing citizen suits; and trends that affect the value and viability of citizen suits as a tool.

This presentation is not about how to comply with state law in order to organize and operate a business as an LLC. Instead, ideas and suggestions are offered on how to effectively counsel people who come to your office who want to create and operate their business as an LLC. Do they really know each other well enough? Do they really share the same goals? Do they really agree on how to handle finances and decision making? The content of this course is intended to help you help them make sure they are ready to successfully operate their business as an LLC.

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.

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.

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.

Before the Internet, there was no such thing as cybersquatting. But once the Internet came into existence, domain-name disputes soon followed. Although cybersquatting does not fit into the traditional trademark paradigm, in 1999 Congress passed The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA"), 15 U.S.C. 1125(d), and it became part of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which is the primary federal trademark statute in the United States. The ACPA established a legal recourse for entities who are the victims of others registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name that is confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, an entity's trademark or a person's name. In this "Introduction to Cybersquatting", attorneys learn the origins and history of cybersquatting, as well as the elements of the cause of action. Participants will also analyze several cases in which courts have addressed cybersquatting at various stages of litigation.

This course will address five of the most common ethical blunders that attorneys encounter in the practice of law, including emails, the unauthorized practice of law while working remotely, the attorney-client relationship, and interacting with opposing counsel. We will address how to recognize these potential traps and explore best practices for staying within the Rules of Professional Conduct.

A clear and healthy mind is critical in our ability to navigate the myriad of challenges we face as lawyers. Stress is a normal part of our lives. If left unchecked, it may impact multiple areas of our body including the brain. Unmanaged stress may lead to poor nutrient absorption and multiple symptoms that can impact our personal and professional quality of life. Similarly, dietary deficiencies can cause or contribute to stress anxiety and even depression. The discovery and implementation of key self-care strategies can improve our mental health and make us more effective lawyers. This unique program provides practical best practices, which focus on building and enhancing a core foundation for mental health and wellness.

In this overview of trademark and trade dress law, we use famous and fun automobile cases to explore how trademark laws work in the realm of cars. We address the fundamentals of trademark law, including functionality, inherently distinctive trademarks, secondary meaning, and likelihood of confusion. We use fun car cases to explore the trademark limits of copying. And we see jurists sometimes disagreeing with each other on the role of trademark laws for automobiles. Along the way, we offer useful tips to protect and advise clients and prepare cases.

Perfectionism in the legal sector has always been a problem due to the crushing time pressures, demanding clients, and rampant poor self-care and substance use disorders plaguing practitioners and legal professionals. This "culture of perfectionism" has encouraged maladaptive coping techniques and led younger lawyers to conceal mistakes, oftentimes to the detriment of both firm and client. This program will explain the phenomenon of perfectionism and provide readily applicable tools to manage its negative impact. It will define perfectionism, the wonder of "adaptive" perfectionism and the dangers of maladaptive perfectionism. This course will also provide strategies for taming your inner perfectionist and explore simple, yet life-changing tools to manage perfectionistic tendencies.