Wisconsin CLE requirements

This course, presented by Jennifer L. Hess, an attorney and lecturer on long term disability law topics, provides an overview of long term disability insurance policies subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). This is an introductory course is designed to benefit any attorney who is currently handling long term disability matters or interested in handling these matters. In two parts, this course: (I) reviews the basics of ERISA law; and (II) discusses the 9 fundamental policy terms critical to long term disability claims. In doing so, this course will cover the rights and protections that ERISA offers to claimants, provide useful practice tips, and share strategies to maximize a claimant’s disability benefit income under the policy.

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.

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.

Estate planning and administration can be full of twists and turns.  Circumstances are further complicated by the emotions and grief over the loss of a loved one that family members and fiduciaries simultaneously experience. This course will help attorneys learn the key rules they need to know to ethically navigate the estate planning and administration process. After watching this course, attorneys will be able to competently assist their clients, protect themselves and minimize their chances of a malpractice claim, and navigate the complexities of estate planning and administration to ensure they ethically represent clients in this area of the law.

Patent Law is a very complex and specialized area of the law. Regardless of whether the attorney is simply searching for existing patents for a client, applying for a patent, or litigating in a patent-infringement case, the attorney will encounter aspects of the law and specific requirements that are not found in any other area of the law. In this introduction to Patent Law, we cover some of the basic aspects of each of those tasks: searching for patents, applying for patents, and engaging in patent litigation. We also address two lesser known patent-related subject matters—Patent Misuse and Joint Inventorship—and analyze two recent federal district court cases that focus on the topics.

A trial is really won or lost through the evidence, not through a flashy closing argument. In trial, evidence is presented to the jury through both direct and cross examinations of the witnesses. This course will help you hone the necessary skills to successfully present testimony and exhibits to the jury through direct and cross examinations of fact witnesses at trial.

This one-hour course will provide attendees with a solid foundation for producing compelling written argument for oral argument that is backed by solid research. The course will also provide tips and tricks for producing clear and concise briefs and avoiding common pitfalls that often lead to losing a motion before setting foot in the courtroom.

For the last five years, real estate has been at a premium in the cannabis industry – and so have rental rates. This seminar will review how the market has and has not changed for cannabis tenants and what both landlords and tenants should be concerned with when negotiating their relationship.

Have you ever considered what advice you wish you had known when you were a new lawyer? This program is based on attorney Lewis Grimm of Jones Day’s consideration of this question. This course will provide practical considerations for new attorneys and helpful reminders for experienced practitioners in areas such as dealing with opposing counsel, advising clients, staying aware of your own mental and physical health, and understanding how to thoughtfully shape your own career.

The most probative piece of evidence a long term disability insurance company will present in a lawsuit regarding disability benefits is the report of the company’s doctor. This course will outline strategies to limit the weight given to such a report or to get the report thrown out entirely. We will cover attacks on the credibility of the insurance. company doctor, attacks on the opinion itself, and attacks on the methods used to arrive at those opinions.

This presentation will provide an overview of what electronic discovery (“e-discovery”) is, how to make the right discovery requests, and how to object to discovery requests. The presentation will then discuss case law relevant to common issues in e-discovery, particularly those that relate to the ethical obligations of clients, outside counsel, and in-house counsel.

Preliminary injunctions and temporary restarting orders are extraordinary remedies whose use have recently been on the rise. Success in getting a court to grant requires passing rigid procedural hurdles and satisfying high standards of proof. In this one hour program, we will review various factors to consider when obtaining preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders as well as discuss issues that should be considered prior to filing for injunctive relief. Injunctions can be useful tools in protecting assets and halting wrongdoing but, injunctive relief means only as much as the ability to enforce it.

No two brains are the same. An estimated 1 in 7 people are neurodivergent, including those with autism, ADHD, mental health disabilities, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities or acquired brain differences. Given this prevalence, why are conversations around neurodiversity nonetheless so difficult, especially in the context of law practice? How can we dismantle the barriers for neurodiverse clients to ensure they have equitable access to justice? In this session, Haley will unpack the nuances of accommodations, ethical considerations for representing neurodivergent clients, navigating disclosure, advocating for ourselves and others, and building accessibility into our understanding of “inclusion” and access to justice. Come prepared for lightbulb moments, and leave feeling more empowered to tackle stigma.

Employers often begin planning and preparing for decisions concerning compensation for employees, including raises and bonuses, in the second half of the year. As attorneys, we provide guidance to our clients to ensure that these compensation decisions are made in accordance with federal and state laws. As part of this process, the time is also ripe to assist clients with reevaluating pay practices in hot spot areas such as misclassification of non-exempt employees and independent contractors, equalize any pay disparities, and ensure that pay plans and compensation practices are consistent with state law. In this presentation, we will guide you through these end of year compensation considerations and equip you with the tools you need to assist your clients to comply with federal and state wage and hour laws and avoid costly mistakes.

This presentation will shy away from more cutting edge topics, sometimes of fleeting importance and, instead, will re-center lawyers’ attention to what the presenter has proposed are the five core components providing the “recipe” for ethical lawyering. While limiting its scope to broad topics that are alliterative, this presentation will manage to discuss many more ethics rules than just five, including Model Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7-1.10, 1.15, 1.18, 3.3, 4.1, 7.1, and 8.4 among several others.

In this program, Sean Smith will discuss how to avoid unforeseen consequences from using unnecessary and misunderstood boilerplate terms when drafting contracts. The clauses in a contract added from boilerplate language are often overlooked and infrequently negotiated. We will review the most common types of boilerplate clauses and what to consider when determining whether to use them in your clients’ contracts.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is has unquestionably penetrated into the practice of law. In today’s hands-on course, attorneys will experience a detailed demonstration of what AI can do and how its use can be relevant to the practice of law. While AI can function as an aid to attorneys, there are limitations to AI that must be recognized. This course will help attorneys understand how to carefully use AI in their practice.

The pandemic forced lawyers and clients to use virtual platforms to resolve their legal disputes. Although courts and ADR Provider Organizations are opening their facilities for arbitration proceedings on location; lawyers, their clients, and arbitrators are finding ways to leverage the benefits of a virtual technology into their case presentations. This course will provide lawyers with strategies and tactics to optimize the integration of a virtual platform into their cases so their message is persuasive and cohesive. The course covers the use of technology and the substantive as well as procedural issues that must be covered.

The stars have all aligned. You have an attorney position to fill, and have found the perfect candidate with the right credentials, experience and book of business, who clears the initial conflicts checks (review of clients and matters on which the attorney is/was actively working). The attorney, looking for more interesting and meaningful work, better opportunities for advancement, and more money, has accepted your offer and is ready to start work. Your firm knows the value of having screening mechanisms in place, but even with all the “T”s crossed and “I”s dotted, the potential for a conflict of interest may arise. How can your firm implement an effective conflicts of interest screen and have some comfort in its effectiveness if and when the time comes to defend against a disqualification motion? During this course, we will consider how to build, implement and regulate effective screens for lateral hires.

From Jones to Riley to Carpenter, the Supreme Court has changed the landscape of 4th and 5th Amendment law in the digital realm. This CLE will explore the effects of these landmark cases and identify areas of further challenges for the defense. Attendees will learn about how courts are applying the 4th and 5th Amendments to new forms of digital evidence and will learn to spot potential Constitutional Issues involving digital devices. Section one will take a look at the three seminal cases from the US Supreme Court dealing with digital evidence: Jones, Riley, and Carpenter. Section two will review cases based on Carpenter, and its impacts on various platforms such as Google and Facebook. Section three covers current case law regarding compelling suspects to turn over passwords or fingerprints to unlock cellphones.