Perfecting Security Interests in Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, and Other Investme...
Establishing Control Under the UCC With Special Types of Collateral
April 15, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide commercial finance and bankruptcy attorneys with an analysis of the requirements and methods for creating and perfecting security interests in bank accounts, securities accounts, and other investment property to achieve the desired priority. The panel will offer best pr...
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Zombie Corporations and CERCLA Liability: Identifying and Pursuing Zombie PRPs
April 15, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on identifying and pursuing defunct or "zombie" corporations and their insurance assets as a source of funding cleanup of contamination sites. The panel will discuss what to do after identifying zombie candidates, claims evaluation due diligence, litigation trends...
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Representing Closely Held Entities: Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duty to a Company...
Documenting Corporate Authority; Avoiding Pitfalls When a Dispute Arises; Implied Attorney...
April 14, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine practical, legal, and ethical issues confronting counsel when representing a closely held entity, including potential conflicts of interest and fiduciary duties owed to the company and its shareholders, members, officers, or directors. The panel will also discuss best p...
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ERISA Covered Health and Welfare Plan Administration: Compliance, Fiduciary Liability, DOL...
Impact of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, New Mental Health Parity Rules, Prohib...
April 14, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel, fiduciaries, and administrators on key health and welfare plan design and compliance challenges. The panel will discuss key issues faced by plan sponsors and administrators, the impact of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021, new mental health...
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Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Prosecution Procedure Changes, New Cancellation Proce...
Third-Party Submission of Evidence, Ex Parte Proceedings for Reexamination and Expungement...
April 14, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP professionals on the new Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA). The panel will discuss the new prosecution and cancellation procedures enacted by the TMA and the clarification of the status of the presumption of irreparable harm in litigation under the Lanham Act....
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Environmental Obligations in Bankruptcy: Reconciling the Conflicting Goals of Bankruptcy a...
Pre- vs. Post-Petition Claims, Enforcement Actions, Statutory Super Liens, Asset Sales, Ab...
April 13, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will investigate the conflicts between the Bankruptcy Code and state and federal environmental statutes and provide counsel with an understanding of how to resolve these issues in bankruptcy proceedings. The panel will review relevant court decisions and why some environmental claim...
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Protecting IP Rights in the Food and Beverage Industry
Leveraging Trademarks and Copyrights to Protect IP From Product Development to Marketplace...
April 13, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel advising companies in the food and beverage industry on managing key intellectual property challenges. The panel will discuss infringement and enforcement and licensing and leveraging protection to enhance the brand.
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Avoiding Nonqualified Plan Traps: Key Considerations for ERISA Counsel and Employers
Correcting 409A and 457(f) Errors, Proposed Income Inclusion Regulations, Group Carveout P...
April 8, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide benefits counsel and employers on critical challenges in designing and implementing nonqualified plans. The panel will discuss the application of Section 409A rules and correcting Section 457(f) errors, the implications of the "income inclusion" regulations, and issues st...
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Bankruptcy Code Changes Under the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act and Bankruptcy Reli...
Rent Holidays, Preferences, Cure Obligations, Bifurcated Standards, Administrative Expense...
April 7, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel through the amendments to the Bankruptcy Code included in the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (the Act) and the questions they raise but do not answer for large and small cases. The panel will assist counsel in asking the right questions and identifying the r...
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Insurance Agent and Broker Liability for Failure to Procure Necessary Coverage: Claims and...
Differing Standards of Care, Responsibilities of Insured, Causation, Damages
April 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will inform and educate insurance counsel regarding the peril to agents and brokers arising out of the failure to procure coverage that an insured either explicitly sought or required. Liability shifts from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and situation to situation--counsel must know t...
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Demonstrating Use in Commerce for Trademark Applications
Navigating Use in Commerce Requirements Under the Lanham Act and for Purposes of Registrat...
April 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel on "use in commerce" for trademark applications under the Lanham Act as well as for trademark registrations. The panel will discuss the impact of recent decisions on use in commerce and offer strategies for providing evidence of use in commerce.
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Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure of Commercial Mortgages: Borrower and Lender Concerns
Title and Other Due Diligence, Nonrecourse Carveouts, Competing Lenders, Bankruptcy Issues
April 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the issues presented when a lender takes a deed in lieu of foreclosure on commercial real estate. The panel will discuss the advantages of taking a deed in lieu, title concerns, addressing existing liens and other borrower financings, and nonrecourse carve-outs and othe...
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Drafting Successful RFP Responses for Legal Services: Establishing Your Value Proposition...
Responding to Preferred Panel or Matter Specific RFPs: Legal Expertise, Client Service, Te...
April 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide law firms with practical advice and best practices when responding to an RFP for legal services. The panel will discuss what scores best in an RFP response and how to manage an efficient and effective RFP response process at your law firm. The presentation will cover ke...
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State and Local Tax Claims in Ch. 11 Bankruptcy: Challenges and Strategies for Attorneys a...
Key Bankruptcy Provisions for SALT Claims and Objections; Court Authority to Determine Cla...
April 1, 2021 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide attorneys and tax professionals guidance for managing state and local tax agency claims in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The panel will discuss challenges for state and local tax practitioners, applicable bankruptcy rules, proof of claims and objections, negoti...
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Hotel Franchise Agreements and Comfort Letters: Legal Challenges for Real Estate Lenders
Negotiating Comfort Letters; Addressing Franchise Provisions in Hotel Lending Documents
March 31, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will enable lenders' counsel to review and negotiate hotel franchise comfort letters. The panel will also review standard features of hotel franchise agreements and the provisions of most concern to lenders. Finally, the panel will discuss how early termination, PIP, and other franc...
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Tax Considerations in Negotiating, Structuring, and Documenting M&A Transactions
Stock Sales Versus Asset Sales, Taxable Deals Versus Tax-Free Reorganizations, Earnouts, P...
March 31, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an advanced discussion of tax considerations deal attorneys must consider when negotiating, structuring, and documenting M&A deals. The panel will discuss key issues relevant to stock sales versus asset sales, stock purchases with a Section 338 election, taxable transac...
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Patent Drafting for Multiple Jurisdictions
Can Applicants File One Application and Obtain Adequate Protection in the U.S., Korea, EPO...
March 31, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on drafting for multiple jurisdictions. The panel will examine important considerations when drafting a single patent application, focusing on filing in the U.S., Korea, EPO, and China. The panel will discuss grace periods, data considerations, and how the...
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Employment Litigation Under the FFCRA: Leave Claims and Employment Rights
Establishing Standards for Safe Working Environment, Retaliation, and Discrimination Claim...
March 31, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with focus on the recent decisions by federal courts on claims brought under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The panel will address the standards for preliminary injunctions and motions practice for employment claims related to al...
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Fraud in Trademark Applications and Registrations: Proving or Defeating Allegations
Navigating Differing Standards at the TTAB and in the Regional Circuits, Mitigating the Ri...
March 30, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review TTAB and court treatment of fraud in the procurement and maintenance of trademark registrations. The panel will suggest best practices for trademark applicants, owners, and their counsel to mitigate the risk of findings of fraud arising from inaccurate recitations in tra...
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Real Estate Provisions of the 2021 Appropriations Act: Emergency Rental Assistance and Ext...
Grants for Shuttered Venue Operators, Depreciation of Certain Residential Rental Property,...
March 30, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate counsel with advice and guidance on the $2.3 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (CAA) provisions that relate directly to real estate. The panel will address the provisions that provide rental assistance and the extent and restrictions on the curre...
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Renewable Energy Projects on Federal Land: Regulatory Challenges, PTC and ITC Safe Harbors...
Recent IRS Extensions and Guidance, Beginning of Construction Under Sections 45 and 48, Ke...
March 30, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide renewable energy counsel on overcoming challenges in developing renewable energy projects on federal land. The panel will discuss key issues in using federal lands and facilities for solar and wind energy and new IRS extensions and guidance for continuity safe harbors. Th...
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Drafting Valuation Provisions for Closely Held Businesses in Buy-Sell Agreements and Gover...
Methodologies and Adjustments: Accounting for Real Estate Assets, Goodwill
March 30, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine practical and legal issues in determining a closely held entity's value when facing a sale of a portion or the entire ownership interests. The panel will discuss the various forms of valuation methodology and how to incorporate these terms into governance documents and...
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Biotech Patents and Section 101 Rejections: Meeting Patent Eligibility Requirements
Leveraging Recent Decisions and USPTO Guidance to Overcome Rejections
March 25, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel through strategies for overcoming Section 101 rejections of biotech patents. The panel will review recent case law and USPTO guidance on Section 101 patent eligibility and offer strategies to address Section 101 rejections.
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2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act and Employee Benefits
Money Purchase Plan Distributions, Plan Terminations, Transfer of Pension Plan Assets, Hea...
March 25, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel and plan sponsors guidance on key provisions of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) impacting retirement and health and welfare plans. The panel will discuss significant rules for money purchase plan distributions, plan terminations,...
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Navigating U.C.C. Issues in Real Estate Finance Opinions: The ABA/ACMA/ACREL/ACCFL U.C.C....
Necessary Background for Rendering and Receiving Opinion Letters for Transactions Beyond R...
March 24, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate practitioners with guidance on giving and reviewing opinion letters relating to Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) matters. The webinar will be based on the U.C.C. Opinion Report released in 2019 by the American Bar Association (ABA), the American College of M...
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Clean Water Act Citizen Suits: Defense Litigation and Settlement Strategies
Navigating Notice, Standing, and Jurisdiction; Interpleading Third Parties Under the CWA
March 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on procedural and strategic challenges in defending citizen suits under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The panel will explain recent case law developments that impact citizen suits and provide strategies to manage your clients' expectations and risks when facing citiz...
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Drafting and Enforcing Automatic Renewal Clauses: Continuous Contracts and Subscription Se...
Consumer Protections, Penalties, Trends in California and New York and More
March 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide advice on drafting and enforcing automatic renewal provisions in subscription agreements and other continuous contracts. In addition to looking at nationwide trends, the panel will address the recent New York law that went into effect on Feb. 9, 2021, joining an increas...
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Insurance Coverage Exclusions for Known Loss, Prior Knowledge, and Prior Notice: Evolving...
Advocating Scope of the Exclusions From the Policyholder and Insurer Perspectives
March 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will address liability policy exclusions designed to preclude coverage for potential liabilities known to the insured when applying for coverage. The panel will provide insights into the evolving standards for how courts construe such provisions, whether such exclusions apply to inno...
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Commercial Lease Due Diligence in Real Estate Acquisitions: Key Issues and Best Practices
Buildout Obligations, Termination Rights, Purchase Options, Co-Tenancy, Rental Terms
March 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare real estate counsel to evaluate lease provisions that may significantly affect commercial real estate purchasers. The panel will discuss the importance of tenant estoppels and provisions on tenant buildout, termination rights, expansion rights, purchase options, co-tena...
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Beyond Predominance: Alternative Arguments Against Class Certification
Leveraging the Latest Court Decisions to Challenge Class Membership and Defeat Certificati...
March 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss various avenues for opposing class certification beyond Rule 23(b)(3)'s predominance requirement, including arguments related to ascertainability, typicality/adequacy, standing, and personal jurisdiction.
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Discovery Strategies in Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions Before and After Certif...
Strategically Limiting Discovery, Resolving Discovery Disputes
March 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment litigators to pursue or object to discovery requests in wage and hour class and collective actions and for dealing with discovery disputes that arise throughout the litigation. The panel will discuss how courts interpret and apply the proportionality doctrine t...
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California AB 979 and Other State Laws on Board Diversity: Corporate Governance and Requir...
Penalties, Legal Challenges, Disclosures, and Enforcement
March 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address the requirements for increased diversity on corporate boards as required under new California and Illinois laws and proposed in several other states. The new laws expand diversity categories to include board members from underrepresented communities. The panel will disc...
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Patent Infringement Letters: New Considerations and Best Practices for Senders and Recipie...
Implications of Recent Court Treatment, Leveraging Letters, Response Strategies for Allege...
March 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the use of patent infringement demand letters. The panel will discuss considerations and strategies for both the sender and recipient. The panel will offer best practices for determining whether and when to send a letter and responding to an infringement...
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Subordination and Recharacterization of Claims in Bankruptcy: Avoiding Pitfalls for Lender...
Navigating Circuit Split in Bringing or Defending Bankruptcy Preference Actions
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer best practices for counsel to lenders, creditors, and private equity sponsors to structure transactions and lending practices to protect their claims and maintain their priority status against junior and unsecured creditors or borrowers facing insolvency or bankruptcy.
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Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment, Hiring, Training, and Retention
Discovery, Apportionment of Fault, Strategies for Averting Punitive Damages, and More
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury counsel through the claims; historical, emerging, and waning defenses; and the impact of suspension in 2020 of "hours of operations" regulations for certain types of drivers on proving or defending negligent entrustment, hiring, training, or retention clai...
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Incorporating Restricted Stock Units in Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plans
Accelerating Equity Awards, Navigating Section 409A Restrictions, Tax Planning, Plan Struc...
March 17, 2021 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE will provide executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys an in-depth analysis of the rules and key considerations for incorporating restricted stock units (RSUs) in long-term incentive compensation plans. The panel will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of accelerating equ...
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Healthcare and Ransomware Attacks: Protecting Patient Information, Mitigating Privacy Risk...
Determining Reportable Breach, Challenges With Third-Party Vendors
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer critical insights into the threat of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations, and best practices inside counsel should consider while preparing for and responding to these events. The panel will examine recent attacks and the lessons learned from them and will disc...
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Litigation Holds: Creating Effective Notices, Implementing Efficient Collection Processes,...
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss why practitioners must revise and update outdated litigation hold notices, policies, and implementation procedures, as well as best practices for doing so. The program will offer suggested language for notices and recommendations for preserving, collecting, reviewing, a...
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Performance Bonds and CGL Insurance in Construction Projects: Navigating Interplay Between...
Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Recovery for Defective Workmanship and Property Damage
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review the critical differences between insurance and suretyship and the interplay between CGL policies and performance bonds for losses involving defective work or property damage. Our panel of experts will discuss best practices to minimize construction project risk through b...
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Swaps in Commercial Finance Transactions: Coordinating Loan Terms With the ISDA Master Agr...
Documenting Covenants, Security, Voting and Control, Reporting, and Regulatory Issues
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide finance counsel on how interest rate swaps and other derivative products are used to hedge risk in loan transactions, how derivatives terms are appropriately integrated into loan documentation, and how to document the swap transaction to ensure consistency with the loan.
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Reps and Warranties Insurance in M&A: Critical Tool to Mitigate Risk and Close Deals
Evaluating When Insurance is Appropriate, Negotiating Coverage and Exclusions
March 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide deal counsel with an update on the latest trends in the use of M&A representations and warranties insurance coverage and situations in which it is appropriate to use the coverage to mitigate risk and complete transactions. The panel will discuss the benefits and traps a...
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Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation: Depositions of Insurance Claims Handlers or Representat...
Deposition Strategies From Perspectives of Both Insurers and Policyholders
March 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss deposition strategies for both insurers and policyholders to defend or take the claims handler or representative's deposition. The program will also review communications between the claims handler and insurance counsel and communications that may come under the attorne...
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Defeasance in Real Estate Finance: Process and Timing, Prepayment and Lockout Provisions
CMBS and SPE Concerns, Structuring Around Mortgage Taxes, Economics of Prepayment vs. Defe...
March 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the mechanics of defeasance in CMBS and other yield protected commercial real estate loans. The panel will discuss restrictions inherent in yield maintenance and lockout provisions, the timing complexities and documentation of defeasance transactions, CMBS servicing iss...
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Expanded SEC Remedies Under the National Defense Authorization Act
Codifying the SEC's Ability to Pursue Ill-Gotten Gains
March 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the evolution of disgorgement as a remedy for securities violations, how the SEC currently exercises its disgorgement authority, and how the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA) will expand on those capabilities in the future.
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Sublicenses and Unintended Sublicenses in Social Media
Mitigating Risks to IP Rights, Third-Party License Managers in Social Media Disputes
March 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on sublicenses and unintended sublicenses through social media and IP rights implications. The panel will discuss recent litigation that demonstrates the risks to IP rights and steps that can be taken to mitigate these risks. The panel will also discuss third-part...
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Retail Clinics in Healthcare: A Post-Pandemic Review of Corporate Practice of Medicine, Li...
Navigating Relationships With Physicians, Hospitals, Pharmacies, and Payers
March 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with a review and update of the key legal and business issues involved with retail clinics in a "post-COVID" environment. The panel will offer guidance on the formation, operation, and regulation of retail clinics, including the increased use of digit...
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Structuring Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate: Entity Selection and Transaction Struc...
FIRPTA, Determining Individual vs. Entity Ownership Structures, Achieving Optimal Tax Trea...
March 16, 2021 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel with a thorough and practical guide to structuring strategies and tax considerations for foreign investors in U.S. real estate. The panel will outline best practices for determining the purchasing entity and review tax planning opportunities in structuri...
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Tax Implications of Liquidating Trusts for Bankrupt and Distressed Companies
Characterization of the Trust, Income Taxes, Net Operating Losses, Filing Requirements
March 11, 2021 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals and advisers with an in-depth analysis of tax implications of liquidating trusts for bankrupt or distressed companies. The panel will discuss key tax considerations in forming liquidating trusts to settle certain debts, collecting and holding assets,...
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Opting Out of Class Actions: Advantages, Risks, Procedural Pitfalls, Settlement Leverage
Timing and Adequacy, Venue, Lessons From Recent Case Law
March 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for putative class members on what factors to consider when advising clients whether to opt-out of a putative class. The program will assist counsel for the defense on best strategies for keeping the class together. Whether to opt-out of a putative class action an...
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Patent Claim and Specification Drafting and Prosecution
Avoiding Traps That Lead to Royalty Free Licensing of Patented Technology
March 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the impact of case law on daily U.S. patent practice. The panel will offer sound principles to prepare and prosecute patent applications to avoid traps for the unwary or careless claim terminology and untoward language in the specification. The panel wil...
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Drafting Irrevocable Trusts to Preserve Medicaid and VA Benefits
Selecting Trust Type, Protecting Assets, and Optimizing Tax Planning for Long-Term Care
March 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel and advisers serving elderly clients with a focused review of crafting irrevocable trusts to meet VA and Medicaid eligibility requirements and achieve asset protection and tax savings for clients.
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Medicare Conditional Payment and Medicare Advantage Plan Reconciliation Processes
Techniques to Minimize Repayment Obligations and Maximize Medicare Refunds After a Liabili...
March 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide personal injury attorneys in navigating the complex processes for reconciling Medicare conditional payments and Medicare Advantage plans to increase a plaintiff's recovery following a personal injury settlement.
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Lost Profits in Commercial Litigation: Proving and Defending Damages
Leveraging Calculation Methodologies, Documentation, and Expert Evidence
March 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trial counsel with an overview of how financial experts quantify lost profits to help them understand the framework, bases, and aspects of lost profits damages calculations. The panel will explain how to use this approach to prove or defend against a lost profits damage...
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OIG and CMS Voluntary Self Disclosures: Risks and Rewards of Self-Reporting
Leveraging Tools for Resolving Stark Law or Anti-Kickback Statute Violations
March 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on the OIG's Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) and settlements under CMS' Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP). The panel will also outline guidance for evaluating the risks and rewards of disclosing potential violations.
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DOL Final Regulations on Shareholder Rights in ERISA Plans: New Mandates for Plan Sponsors...
Proxy Votes, Safe Harbors, Increased Burden Under Investment Duties Regulation, Pooled Veh...
March 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employee benefits counsel and fiduciaries on the implications of the recent final DOL rule for the exercise of shareholder rights for benefit plans. The panel will discuss key provisions of the rule and potential implications to fiduciaries, ERISA plans and other stakehol...
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Employee Handbook Best Practices in 2021 and Beyond
Social Media Policies, Leave Practices, Whistleblower Protections, Arbitration Provisions,...
March 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on drafting or revising an employee handbook. Many topics contained in employee handbooks--such as arbitration, social media, and whistleblower protection--have been the subject of recent regulatory and judicial developments, as well as the need to account for cha...
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Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings at the TTAB
March 9, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel in navigating opposition proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), whether opposing the application or responding to the opposition. The panel will examine issues related to and offer strategies for filing the opposition, discovery, and...
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Hydrogen-Related Energy Applications, Usage, and Storage: Trends, Restrictions, Transporta...
March 9, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide energy law attorneys with a detailed analysis of hydrogen applications, usage, and storage. The panel will discuss recent developments in the use of hydrogen for energy generation, policy and emerging frameworks, restrictions on hydrogen production technology and relate...
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Director and Officer Liability: Trends From Recent Delaware Cases
Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims, Activist Shareholders, Records Retention, Material Confli...
March 4, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the most significant recent Delaware court decisions impacting director and officer liability. The panel will explain how these decisions may affect future stockholder claims, merger challenges, and demands for books and records. The panel will also address the differen...
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Representing Co-Lenders in Syndicated Credit Facilities
Consent Rights, Sacred Rights, Waterfall and Pro-Rata Sharing Provisions, Removal and Addi...
March 4, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine syndicated loans from the co-lender's perspective. The panel will discuss deal points of particular concern to co-lenders, including trends in negative covenants and collateral leakage, voting rights, waterfall and pro-rata sharing provisions, intercreditor arrangements...
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Real Estate Leasing Letters of Intent: Obtaining Favorable Terms and Avoiding Protracted N...
Permitted Uses, Assignment and Subletting, Signage, SNDAs, Improvements, Financial Guarant...
March 4, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address both practical and strategic considerations for drafting and negotiating critical terms for a letter of intent (LOI) for commercial leasing transactions. The panel will discuss how principals and representatives for landlords and tenants should structure an LOI and use...
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PPP Financing in M&A Transactions
March 3, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an overview of the factors to consider in structuring, negotiating, and executing an M&A deal involving a PPP loan. The panel will review key issues such as how to treat an outstanding PPP loan balance in a transaction, issues regarding loan forgiveness, and the importa...
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Structuring Deferred Compensation: Plan Options and Key Considerations for Employee Benefi...
Navigating Issuance and Vesting of Benefits, Payment Triggers, Administration, and Tax Tre...
March 3, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel and advisers with a detailed review of the ERISA, IRS, and DOL regulations that must be considered in structuring deferred compensation plans. The panel will outline the existing regulations, key considerations for 2021, compliance strategies,...
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Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Prosecution Procedure Changes, New Cancellation Proce...
Third-Party Submission of Evidence, Ex Parte Proceedings for Reexamination and Expungement...
March 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP professionals on the new Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA). The panel will discuss the new prosecution and cancellation procedures enacted by the TMA and the clarification of the status of the presumption of irreparable harm in litigation under the Lanham Act....
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Property Insurance: Loss Valuation and Avoiding Valuation Mistakes
March 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel through complex loss valuation issues under property damage policies when property, including real property and improvements, has been partially or completely destroyed. The program will discuss the methods for calculating replacement cost value (RCV) and actual c...
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Trust Administration: Controlling, Protecting, and Distributing Trust Assets
Trustee Duties and Powers, Tax Issues, Advances to Beneficiaries, Fees, Expenses, Investme...
March 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trusts and estates counsel an in-depth analysis of key challenges in trust administration. The panel will discuss complex issues encountered by practitioners, dividing and distributing trust assets, tax planning and reporting challenges, and making final distributions....
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Private Equity Compliance Update: Conflicts of Interest, Fees and Expenses, Nonpublic Info...
Current SEC Focus and What to Expect From the Incoming Administration
February 25, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss current compliance issues highlighted by the SEC after examining private fund advisers in 2020 as well as the SEC's recently adopted Marketing Rule. The panel discussion will include conflicts of interest in fund activities and investments, fees and expenses disclosures...
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Patent Year in Review: Key Decisions, Trends, and Strategies
Doctrine of Equivalents, PTAB Appeals, Obviousness, Written Description, Inequitable Condu...
February 25, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on recent trends and developments in patent practice. The panel will examine the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, and PTAB cases from the past year and discuss some of the key developments and strategies.
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Special Committees in M&A Transactions: Formation, Member Composition, Negotiating and App...
Mitigating Conflicts of Interest and Director Liability: Business Judgment Rule vs. Entire...
February 24, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the use of special committees in M&A transactions where directors or significant shareholders have a conflict of interest. The panel will discuss the formation of a special committee, the committee's role in evaluating and negotiating a proposed transaction, how the com...
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NLRB Enforcement Under Biden Administration: Micro-Unit Standards, Email Communications, J...
Potential Impact of Passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act
February 24, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide labor and employment counsel with an update on the Biden administration's proposals to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The panel will discuss the impact of the NLRB's decisions and strategies for employers--both non-union and union--to comply with their legal...
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Corporate Governance and FCPA Compliance: The Board's Duties and Obligations
Meeting Duty of Care Requirements, Facilitating Effective Oversight, and Minimizing FCPA R...
February 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for corporations and boards on the board's duties concerning FCPA compliance. The panel will examine the board's role in cooperating with government investigations and self-reporting of potential violations. The panel will offer best practices for meeting the duti...
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Real Estate Joint Ventures: Waterfall Structures, Developer Promote, IRR Lookback, Clawbac...
Calculating and Structuring Promote, Planning for Phantom Income, and Taxation of Carried...
February 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide real estate counsel through the basic components of a real estate joint venture, including attention to provisions for allocating management rights and responsibilities, establishing manager/developer promote, structuring capital contributions (and remedies for failure to...
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Protecting Trademarks Post-Brexit: Implications of Brexit on IP Rights
Current and Pending EU Registrations, Renewals, and Cancellation; Considerations for IP Ag...
February 23, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on trademark protection after Brexit. The panel will discuss current EU registrations, renewals, and cancellations, as well as pending EU applications. The panel will address IP agreements and the importance of reviewing these agreements and considering whether...
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Mitigating Fraud and Abuse Risks With the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
February 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel through the fraud and abuse risks related to accepting CARES Act provider relief funds. The panel will discuss what healthcare entities should do to mitigate these risks. The panel will also discuss government scrutiny and recent government guidance.
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Recurring Revenue Financing: Structuring, Documentation, and Financial Covenants
Alternative Financing for Early Stage Growth Companies
February 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the unique characteristics of recurring revenue financing (RRF), and the issues lenders and borrowers should consider in structuring recurring revenue transactions. The panel will also discuss how the conversion of such transactions to more conventional earnings-based f...
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Financing Renewable Energy: Utilizing Green and Sustainability-Linked Loans and Sustainabl...
Project Eligibility Criteria, Use of Proceeds, Management, Reporting, Annual Disclosures,...
February 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide corporate and renewable energy counsel an in-depth analysis of utilizing green and sustainability-linked loans and sustainable bonds to finance renewable energy projects. The panel will discuss the key components of each financing option, project eligibility requirement...
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Investigating Alleged Internal Corporate Misconduct: Best Practices for Companies and Coun...
Balancing Investigative Objectives Against Business Needs and Realities
February 18, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will update counsel on the 2020 American College of Trial Lawyer's current recommendations on evaluating whether to conduct a corporate internal investigation and, if so, strategies for conducting and managing the investigation to minimize the likelihood of a government investigatio...
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ASTM E1527: Lessons From Applying the Current Phase I Site Assessment Standards Guide and...
Meeting Appropriate Inquiry Requirements and Limiting CERCLA Liability
February 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review the previously revised ASTM E1527 standard for conducting environmental site assessments (ESAs), how the standard has changed, and practical considerations for using the standard. The panel will discuss the practical considerations in conducting all appropriate inquiries...
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Retail and Restaurant Bankruptcies: Current Issues for Debtors, Landlords, and Vendors
Assumption or Rejection of Leases, Franchise Agreements, Gift Cards, Consignment Rights, a...
February 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with the tools to address the specific issues that arise during retail and restaurant bankruptcies. The panel will review topics related to leases and other executory contracts, franchise agreements, vendor rights, gift cards, and the many other issues unique to...
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New California Workplace Developments and Regulations for 2021
February 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an overview of the latest round of California legislation and discuss best practices for employers as they navigate these new obligations. The panel will discuss how the new laws impose additional administrative burdens and legal risks on employers' operating in the sta...
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Negotiating Construction Liability Claims: Architects, Engineers, and Other Design Profess...
Evolving Theories of Liability and Defenses, Minimizing Risk Through Contract Provisions a...
February 17, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of the scope of risks facing architects, engineers, and construction design professionals, discuss recent trends and developments in theories of liability and defenses, and provide proactive approaches to minimize the risk of liability through effe...
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Mitigating Supply Agreement Risks: Structuring Defense, Indemnity, and Insurance Provision...
Allocating Liability Between Manufacturers, Suppliers, and End Sellers; Maximizing Insuran...
February 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel for manufacturers, suppliers, and end sellers on drafting and negotiating provisions in supply agreements that effectively allocate and mitigate risk, focusing specifically on defense, indemnity, and insurance clauses.
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Federal Appeals and Motions Practice in U.S. Circuit Courts
Making or Opposing Requests for Permission to Appeal, Mandamus, Stays, Summary Disposition...
February 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore the procedural and substantive motions that can be filed with a U.S. Circuit Court to initiate an appeal and once the appeal is pending. The panel will discuss how strategic use of motions --or successful opposition to them--can influence the course of the appeal. The p...
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U.S. Tax Treatment of Gifts and Inheritances From Nonresidents
February 16, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on (a) the tax aspects of gifts of U.S. assets by nonresident aliens, and (b) U.S. estate tax consequences of a nonresident alien dying with U.S. assets in his portfolio. The panel will outline and analyze hypothetical gift and estate planning scenarios and offer effectiv...
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Defeating Class Certification by Attacking Plaintiffs' Classwide Damages Models
February 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide class action defense counsel on opposing class certification after Comcast by challenging the sufficiency of the damages models plaintiffs' experts put forth in support of class certification. The panel will examine the legacy of the Comcast decision and how the lower fed...
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Structuring Prepayment Transactions in the Commodities Markets
Key Issues in Documentation, Credit Support & Third-Party Financing for Purchase and Deliv...
February 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze the structuring and documentation of prepayment transactions utilized in the commodities markets by purchasers and suppliers. The panel will discuss the benefits of prepayment structures and strategies for mitigating the associated risks.
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Modern Removal and Remand Strategies: Keeping the Case Out of (or In) Federal Court
Forum Defendant Rule, Snap Removal, Home Depot v. Jackson
February 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss getting a case into or keeping a case in a preferred forum or moving it out of an opponents' choice of forum through removal and remand. The program will cover how both defendants and plaintiffs have achieved the desired advantages by a thorough understanding of the for...
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Responding to Insurance Investigations: Cooperating Fully While Safeguarding Privilege and...
Preventing Insurer Abuse, Misuse, Disclosure; Protecting Confidential Information; Guardin...
February 11, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide policyholder counsel on strategies and best practices for responding to insurer claims that the duty of cooperation requires disclosure of privileged defense communications or work product that might later be used to challenge coverage. Insurers routinely assess claims un...
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Net Operating Loss Planning Under Current Tax Law: Planning Techniques and Challenges
Impact to Both Corporate and Noncorporate Taxpayers, Timing Issues and Other Consideration...
February 10, 2021 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax counsel and advisers on key tax rules for net operating losses (NOLs) and their impact on tax planning for taxpayers. The panel will discuss changes to the NOL carryback and carry-forward rules and limitations under current tax law, its effect on leveraging reduce...
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Bankruptcy Committees: Strategies to Maximize Distribution to All Creditors
DIP/Cash Collateral Challenges, Ensuring Adequate Disclosures, Opposing Incentive Programs...
February 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how counsel representing committee members and counsel for committees address recurring and new issues. Official committees, most often unsecured creditors committees, remain critical to reigning in secured lenders, and ad hoc committees provide creditor groups that sha...
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Successor Liability in Distressed M&A Transactions: Mitigation Strategies
Due Diligence, Entity Structuring, Contractual Indemnities, Insurance, Post-Closing Transi...
February 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss strategies for mitigating the risk of successor liability in distressed M&A transactions. The panel will outline the sources of potential claims and the role of due diligence, indemnification and other contract provisions, insurance, and entity structure can have in lim...
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Boilerplate Provisions During Economic Uncertainty
Wind Down, Business Continuity, Force Majeure, Restrictive Covenants, Suspension of Obliga...
February 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the boilerplate provisions, including force majeure clauses, that are most relevant in the economic downturn and other business challenges created by COVID-19. The panel will guide counsel on the types of clauses and portions of contracts that typically appear in comme...
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Protecting Personal Injury Claims in Bankruptcy Cases
Complexities of Property of the Estate, Stay Relief, Judicial Estoppel, Exemptions, and Mo...
February 10, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will show personal injury attorneys a way forward when bankruptcy intersects their case, including dealing with judicial estoppel, by leveraging recent case law criticizing its application in bankruptcy. The panel will address key decisions to be made depending on: whether the defen...
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Responding to EPA Information Request Letters: Mitigating Further Agency Scrutiny
Response Options; Confidentiality Requirements; CERCLA, CWA, CAA, and RCRA Compliance
February 9, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide environmental counsel on responding to EPA information request letters, understanding key considerations, and assessing the alternative responses. The panel will offer strategies to overcome common concerns and issues under environmental laws.
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Responding to Trademark Office Actions Raising Specimen Refusals, Disclaimer Requirements,...
Overcoming Challenges With Descriptiveness, Likelihood of Confusion, Blocking Citations, a...
February 9, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel on addressing refusals of registrations from substitute specimens to disclaimers and suspension inquiries. The panel will offer strategies for counsel to overcome refusals that arise in the trademark application process.
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GRATs in Estate Planning Under Current Tax Law: Structuring Considerations, Income, Gift,...
Opportunities and Challenges Presented by Low Interest Rates and Depressed Asset Values
February 9, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer a comprehensive guide to the structuring of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) under current tax law. The panel will go beyond the basics to provide specific drafting tools to avoid potentially costly mistakes and maximize GRATs' benefits. The panel will discuss clie...
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Private Equity M&A Key Deal Terms in a Changing Market
Rollover Equity, the "Buy-And-Build" Strategy, Earnouts, Seller Paper, Reverse Break-Up Fe...
February 4, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide M&A counsel concerning key private equity M&A transaction deal terms such as rollover equity; the "buy-and-build" strategy; earnouts; seller paper; reverse break-up fees; and representation and warranty insurance.
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Bad Faith Claims When Verdicts Exceed Policy Limits: Nuances of the Insurance Company's Du...
Reducing Company Exposure; Options for Policyholders When Company Rejects Settlement Deman...
February 4, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of the rights and obligations of the policyholder and the insurance company regarding settlements and the company's liability for verdicts in excess of policy limits. The panel will also explain actions insurance companies can take to reduce exposu...
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New Price Transparency Rules for Health Plans: Key Issues for Plan Sponsors, Service Provi...
Requirements and New Mandates, Administrative and Operational Challenges, and Next Steps t...
February 3, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employee benefits attorneys, plan sponsors, and plan administrators and service providers through new price transparency rules for health plans. The panel will discuss key provisions of the final rule; the rule's impact on plan sponsors, insurers, and service providers; r...
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Wind and Solar Energy Projects: Structuring EPC Agreements
Unique Issues in Wind and Solar PV Construction Contracts, Including Guarantees and Warran...
February 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel involved in developing and financing utility-scale wind and solar PV renewable energy projects, with a particular focus on the underlying engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements. The panel will discuss market factors and will outl...
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Construction Lending: Negotiation and Documentation Issues
Construction Draws, Balancing, Retainage, Payment and Completion Guaranties, HVCRE ADC Equ...
February 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide lender's counsel with guidance in negotiating and documenting construction loans, including provisions for making loan advances, budgeting and loan balancing, payment and completion guaranties, pre-leasing requirements, retainage, and project completion. The panel will...
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Enforcing Trademark Rights Against Gray Market Imports
Preventing Sales, Dealing With Retailers, U.S. Customs, and Copyright Law
February 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on the challenges in enforcing trademark rights against gray market imports in traditional retail environments and over the internet, including the gray market sale of products directly to U.S. consumers via foreign websites and on U.S. websites. The panel will ex...
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Charitable Patient Assistance Programs: Ensuring Compliance
Establishing and Maintaining Arrangements With PAPs, Monitoring and Auditing PAPs
February 2, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with guidance on charitable patient assistance programs (PAPs). The panel will discuss establishing PAPs and ensuring appropriate donation activities with independent PAPs. The panel will discuss traditional government concerns, OIG guidance, complian...
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Madrid Protocol: Obtaining and Maintaining International Trademark Protection
Filing Procedure, Deficiency Notices, Subsequent Designations, Application Amendments, and...
January 28, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on the Madrid Protocol, including the application and examination process, how and where to file, amending an application, and dividing a registration. The panel will examine how to respond to a notice of irregularity from WIPO, apply for subsequent designation...
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Defending Punitive Damages Cases and Preventing Runaway Awards: New Approaches
January 28, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how to give the jury reasons not to award punitive damages even if it ultimately decides the client caused the alleged harm and should compensate the plaintiff. The panel will discuss important pre-trial considerations, legal protections available to the defendant, and...
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Negotiating and Navigating the Fraud Exception in Private Company Acquisitions
Key Considerations For Drafting a Fraud Exception to an M&A Contractual Indemnification Pr...
January 27, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the game-changing role the fraud exception could play in private target M&A agreements, with a focus on contouring limitations on indemnification and other remedies based on fraud claims.
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Out-of-Network ERISA Claims: Identifying Provisions Subject to Provider Challenge
Anti-Assignment Clauses, Leveraging Ambiguities in Fee Forgiveness Provisions, Bad Faith,...
January 27, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a thorough and practical guide to pursue out-of-network payment claims under ERISA and state law theories. The panel will outline the conditions under which providers generally succeed in obtaining reimbursement for out-of-network claims under Section 502(a...
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Equity Compensation Grants in Partnerships and LLCs: Overcoming Tax Challenges and Key Pla...
Carried Interest, Section 83, Profits vs. Capital Interests, Options and Phantom Equity, a...
January 27, 2021 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with a detailed analysis of the tax implications of equity compensation grants in partnerships and LLCs. The panel will discuss profit versus capital interests, phantom equity, the application of Section 83, carried interest, the impact of t...
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340B Contract Pharmacy Arrangements: What Does the Future Hold?
Structuring Arrangements, Meeting Legal and Regulatory Requirements
January 27, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel on contract pharmacy arrangements and the key legal and regulatory considerations for structuring and documenting the arrangements in an uncertain regulatory environment.
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Estate Planning for Resident and Nonresident Aliens
Navigating Estate, Gift, and GST Tax Rules; Leveraging Estate and Lifetime Gifting Opportu...
January 26, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on counsel and tax advisers' challenges in estate planning for resident and nonresident aliens, focusing on relevant tax rules and potential estate planning pitfalls and opportunities. The panel will outline and analyze hypothetical estate planning scenarios for both grou...
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Structuring Opinions of Counsel in Real Estate Finance Transactions
Assumptions, Qualifications, Limitations, and Factual Certificates That Reduce Risks for O...
January 26, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to draft third-party opinions for real estate finance transactions. The panel will cover the opinions required--including authority, enforceability, and property-related opinions--and the assumptions, limitations, and qualifications that counsel should include t...
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Drafting Vendor Agreements to Comply With California Privacy Rights Act: Requirements Beyo...
New Privacy Enforcement Authority, Compliance, and Accountability Standards; Sensitive Per...
January 26, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide business and technology counsel on drafting and updating technology vendor agreements to meet the privacy requirements of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) that was approved on Nov. 3, 2020. The panel will discuss the evolving privacy landscape and provide practica...
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Renewable Energy M&A: Deal Structures, Key Issues, and Diligence Considerations
Avoiding Pitfalls in Buying and Selling Renewable Energy Projects
January 21, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel advising companies in the renewable energy industry on structuring M&A deals. The panel will discuss due diligence measures that effectively identify and mitigate risks and liabilities, as well as crucial considerations under various types of deal structures. The...
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Fair Use and IP Infringement on Instagram, Facebook, and Other Social Media
Policing and Protecting Licenses, Copyright, and Trademark Rights
January 21, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explain to counsel when sharing content on social media sites is protected by fair use and when it crosses the line into unauthorized infringement. The panel will outline steps for counsel to advise companies on monitoring and protecting against unauthorized use of their brands...
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Discovery Requests in Employment Litigation Under the Heightened Scrutiny of Amended Rules...
Drafting or Responding to Interrogatories, Requests for Production of Documents or Admissi...
January 21, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment litigators in drafting discovery requests that are likely to survive heightened judicial scrutiny under Rule 26(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The panel will also discuss strategies for objecting to discovery requests that are overly burdensome in...
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Assignment of Insurance Benefits Contracts: Resolving AOB Claims and Defending AOB Lawsuit...
AOB's Scope, Invoking the Appraisal Remedy, Enforcing Conditions to Payment, Handling Mult...
January 21, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide insurance practitioners to an enhanced understanding of the use and abuse of assignment of benefits (AOB) whereby a third party, such as a contractor or physician, steps into the insured's shoes to negotiate claims with, and to receive payments and benefits directly from,...
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Structuring International Sales Channel Agreements: Complying With Export Laws, FCPA, OFAC
Navigating Export Issues, IP Protection, Competition Challenges, Exclusivity, and Territor...
January 21, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to companies doing business internationally on key considerations when structuring international sales channel agreements. The panel will discuss key contract provisions and offer best practices for structuring the agreement to ensure compliance with the FCPA, exp...
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Structuring Financeable Ground Leases and Leasehold Mortgages
Balancing Competing Interests Among Owners, Lessees, and Lenders
January 19, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with an overview of the process of drafting and negotiating a financeable ground lease and address key provisions that balance the interests of the owner, lessee, and lender. The panel will also discuss the leasehold mortgage and issues presented by leasehold fi...
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Optimizing Enforceable Patent Claim Scope, Minimizing Costs for Global Patent Portfolios
Protection Differences in Different Jurisdictions, Where and When of Claims Amendment, Cos...
January 19, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel in drafting U.S.-origin patent applications to maximize prosecution opportunities outside the U.S. The panel will discuss optimizing enforceable claim scope while minimizing costs for the patent portfolio, focusing on "the big five" jurisdictions (U.S., EPO...
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Contract Management: Tools for Improving the Process Within Organizations
Analyzing Contracting Responsibilities, Outsourcing Options and New Technology, Reducing G...
January 14, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide in-house counsel with insights on how best to manage contracts in a high volume, high velocity corporate environment. The panel will discuss the various participants in the contract life cycle and how technology and outsourcing can help in-house legal departments overse...
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After-Final Practice: Navigating PTO Options to Compact Patent Prosecution
Utilizing After-Final Consideration Pilot 2.0, Pre-Appeal Conference and More
January 14, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the various USPTO options for responding after the final rejection of a patent application. The panel will review the basics of each option and focus on strategic considerations and using different options. The panel will also update participants on the...
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Development Agreements Between Municipalities and Private Parties
Attracting Private Funding for Long-Term Development Projects; Addressing Land Use, Tax, a...
January 13, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to private and local government attorneys negotiating development agreements. The panel will discuss and offer examples of key terms to ensure effective implementation and protect against challenges to the agreements.
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Forming Physician Supergroups: Structural and Regulatory Challenges
Entity Structure, Governance, Reimbursement, Federal and State Stark Laws, Anti-Markup Rul...
January 13, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide a review of key legal issues involved in forming physician supergroups, including applicable laws and regulations, as well as business considerations. The panel will offer guidance on structuring practice management arrangements and selecting compensation models.
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Expanding Value of EEOC Charge Conciliation: New Rules for Information Sharing
Amendments to Procedural Regulations Governing Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and the Genetic Infor...
January 13, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with practical techniques to handle EEOC investigations based upon the October 2020 proposed rules that made procedural changes to EEOC charges' resolution. Our panel will outline strategic techniques to prepare for on-site investigations, navigate go...
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Private Foundations in Estate Planning: Overcoming IRS Scrutiny, Structuring Tax-Efficient...
Minimizing Tax in Diversified Estates, Maximizing Charitable Impact, Navigating IRS Privat...
January 12, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel with a thorough and practical guide to establishing private foundations as a component of an integrated estate plan. The panel will describe the federal income tax treatment of private foundations, detail operational requirements for maintaining...
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Rebranding Trademarks: Challenges of Walking Away and Choosing a New Mark
January 12, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel and companies facing the decision to rebrand trademarks. The panel will address the legal and business issues that arise when companies consider dropping or changing a mark, including when dropping a potentially offensive or insensitive trademark. The pa...
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Construction OCIP/CCIP Insurance Programs: Potential Coverage Gaps and Other Coverage Pitf...
Coordinating With Other Policies; Issues With Unenrolled Subs and Additional Insureds
January 12, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze some of the potential coverage gaps and other coverage pitfalls possible in owner-controlled insurance programs (OCIP) and contractor-controlled insurance programs (CCIP) policies. The panel will address practical steps that the wrap sponsor and subcontractors can take...
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Section 102 Prior Art and Section 103 Obviousness: Leveraging CCPA and Early Federal Circu...
Withstanding Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability
January 7, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on leveraging decisions by the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and the Federal Circuit in applying Sections 102 and 103 prior art and obviousness standards. The panel will examine lessons learned through CCPA and early Federal Circuit decisions,...
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PPP Loan Forgiveness: Appealing Adverse Rulings, Responding to SBA Loan Audits
January 7, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide attorneys on appealing an adverse lender decision on PPP loan forgiveness. The panel will also discuss the SBA audit process after loan forgiveness has been determined and how to file an appeal of an adverse SBA audit. The discussion will include a regulatory update and a...
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Making Section 2(f) Claims: Demonstrating Acquired Distinctiveness
Leveraging Declarations, Establishing Use and Evidence of Secondary Meaning
January 7, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel in understanding how the courts and USPTO view the issue of acquired distinctiveness in support of a trademark application. The panel will outline approaches that work--and those that don't work--in demonstrating acquired distinctiveness.
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Executive Employment Agreements and Change in Control Arrangements
Structuring for M&A Transactions, Withstanding Shareholder Scrutiny, Avoiding Adverse Tax...
January 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with guidance on structuring change in control (CIC) arrangements in executive employment agreements. The panel will discuss strategies for negotiating and drafting CIC agreements that minimize employee taxes and protect employer deductions while furthering comp...
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Responding to an Unsolicited Acquisition Offer: Board Fiduciary Duties and Strategic Consi...
Advance Preparation, Conflicts of Interest, Application of the Business Judgement Rule
January 6, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine critical issues that directors and their counsel should consider in evaluating and responding to an unsolicited acquisition offer. The panel will discuss steps a company can take to prepare in advance for a takeover bid and suggested procedures for mounting an effective...
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Structuring IRA Trusts in Estate Planning to Comply With SECURE Act Rules
Modifying Trust Provisions, Minimizing Taxes and Preserving Assets, 10-Year Rule, Benefici...
January 5, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare estate planning practitioners and tax advisers to identify key estate planning issues associated with IRA trusts under the SECURE Act. The panel will outline the SECURE Act's rules and requirements, the asset protection and tax savings benefits, the new 10-year rule, an...
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Nonrecourse Carve-Outs, Bad-Boy Guaranties, and Personal Liability
Avoiding or Resolving Lender and Guarantor Disputes in and Outside of Bankruptcy
January 5, 2021 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer real estate and finance counsel an examination of some of the more troublesome provisions at the heart of disputes between borrowers and lenders. The panel will review commonly used carve-outs in nonrecourse clauses, analyze operative provisions in bad-boy guaranties, and...
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The Stark and the Anti-Kickback Final Regulations: Implications for Healthcare Organizatio...
Navigating the New Value-Based Framework, Changes to the Fair Market Value, Commercial Rea...
December 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel through the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (CMP) final rules. The panel will discuss how these changes will impact healthcare providers and others in the healthcare industry.
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Section 523 Nondischargeability Litigation: Plaintiff and Defense Strategies
Claims for Relief, Motions to Dismiss, Motions for Summary Judgment, Collateral Estoppel,...
December 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss strategies and tactics for both prosecuting and defending Section 523 exceptions to discharge adversary proceedings. The panel will review best practices for pleading to state a claim for relief and outline strategies for filing Rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss under As...
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IP Rights in eSports: Maximizing Brand Control, Minimizing Infringement Risks
December 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel advising eSports game creators, designers, event sponsors, gamers, and others in the eSports industry on protecting IP rights. The panel will discuss infringement and enforcement and IP provisions in contracts to maximize control over the products and brands.
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Standing in ERISA Fiduciary Litigation for Plan Administrators
Implications of Thole v. U.S. Bank NA for Plan Participants and Fiduciaries
December 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA counsel and plan fiduciaries a comprehensive understanding of the risks and challenges of a defined benefit plan for sponsors and administrators. The panel will analyze key substantive and procedural issues addressed in recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings and outlin...
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Environmental, Social, and Governance Considerations in M&A: Mitigating ESG Risks, Maximiz...
Due Diligence, Reps and Warranties, Preserving ESG Attributes Post-Closing
December 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, which should be taken into account in M&A transactions, including areas of particular importance in ESG due diligence and the allocation of ESG risk in acquisition agreements. The panel will also discuss how best to in...
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Inducement in a Pharmaceutical, Post-Launch Non-Hatch-Waxman World
Evaluating the Effect of a Skinny Label, Implications of GSK v. Teva
December 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the Federal Circuit's recent GSK v. Teva decision, and any other relevant post-launch non-Hatch Waxman pharmaceutical litigations. The panel will also discuss strategies and tactics regarding claim language and label language, as well as types of evidenc...
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Structuring Equity Joint Ventures for Hotel Properties: Recapitalization During COVID-19
Preferred Return, Carried Interest, Cash Flow Splits, Risk Allocations, Guarantees, and Ke...
December 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss key legal issues in structuring joint ventures for hotel recapitalizations, taking into account the unique issues in this asset class during the pandemic. The program will focus on key issues and joint venture agreement provisions, including preferred return/promoted in...
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Cryptocurrency: DOJ's Enforcement Framework and the Current Regulatory Landscape
ICOs and the Howey Test, Custody Issues, Virtual Currency as a Commodity, Regulating Stabl...
December 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an up-to-date look at the current regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency. The panel will discuss what the recently heightened regulatory and enforcement activity by several agencies (SEC, CFTC, DOJ, FinCEN, OCC, state regulators, etc.) means for companies engaged in bl...
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The Chemical Disaster Rule (aka RMP) & The Biden Administration; What is ahead for Rules,...
A New Administration, Managing and Mitigating Risk, State Regulations, Civil and Criminal...
December 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the Chemical Disaster Rule (commonly referred to by the regulatory framework known as the Risk Management Plan, or RMP) and the impacts of the recent election. Facility explosions in Texas and Beirut had already refocused attention on the management of hazardous chemica...
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State Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates and Grantors and Beneficiaries of Trusts: Stat...
Planning for New and Existing Trusts, Structuring and Administration Considerations, Alloc...
December 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trusts and estates attorneys an in-depth analysis of the taxation of the income of trusts and estates by various states. The panel will provide a comparison of certain state tax laws impacting trust and estate planning and income tax challenges for nonresident trusts, f...
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Product Liability Claims Against Overseas Manufacturers and Suppliers Lacking Presence or...
How Businesses Outsourcing Production Protect Themselves and What Injured Plaintiffs Can D...
December 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss what U.S. businesses that manufacture overseas must do from the beginning to ensure that their contracts with overseas manufacturers are enforceable, that the overseas manufacturer complies with negotiated terms, and that U.S. companies are indemnified for injuries incu...
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Refuting Obviousness With Secondary Considerations
Surviving or Defeating Validity Challenges, Lessons From Recent Federal Circuit and PTAB D...
December 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the use of secondary considerations to demonstrate or refute obviousness. The panel will examine what works and what does not when seeking to survive or defeat validity challenges. The panel will also review recent Federal Circuit decisions and PTAB prec...
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Telemedicine Requirements for Licensing, Scope of Practice, and Reimbursement
Overcoming Multistate Regulatory Hurdles for Healthcare Providers and Facilities
December 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide legal counsel to healthcare facilities and practitioners on the requirements and exceptions for telemedicine licensing and reimbursement. The panel will offer best practices for overcoming licensing challenges and explain how providers can comply with standards and get pa...
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Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contracts in 2021: New Closing and Transaction Risks During...
Timing Concerns, Closing Conditions Defenses, Legal Doctrines, Reliance on Third-Party Pro...
December 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate counsel with advice on navigating purchase and sale transactions following the economic contraction of 2020 and the public health restrictions and uncertainties related to COVID-19. Real estate stakeholders are reviewing agreements to determine whether there...
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Challenging Pending Patent Applications: When, Where, and What Type
Navigating Third-Party Submissions, Protests, and Derivation Proceedings for Pre-Grant App...
December 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine challenging U.S. patent applications pre-grant and the factors to consider when deciding whether to challenge. The panel will discuss pre-issuance submissions of the relevant prior art, protests, and derivation proceedings, as well as the risks and ramifications of chal...
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Real Estate Due Diligence in M&A Transactions: Title, Survey, Financing, Lease Transferabi...
Asset vs. Stock Purchase; Reps and Warranties to Address Gaps in Due Diligence
December 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on how to conduct real estate due diligence in an M&A transaction. The panel will discuss how due diligence in M&A can vary from standard real estate deals, and how the type of transaction--asset purchase, stock purchase, or merger--can affect the process. The pan...
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Tax Issues in Transferring LLC and Partnership Interests
Navigating the Complex IRS Rules for Buying, Selling, or Redeeming Partnership Interests
December 10, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with an overview of the tax rules that apply to the sale or transfer of an LLC or partnership interest. The panel will discuss common pitfalls and uncertainties in the tax code and outline best practices to structure transactions.
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Successful Construction Arbitration: Forum Selection, Forensic Experts, Damages and Attorn...
Consolidation and Joinder Rules Under State Law and FAA, Structuring Case Management, Disc...
December 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide construction counsel with guidance on the process of successfully navigating an arbitration of a dispute. The panel will explain how to structure arbitration provisions that reflect the selection of forum, arbitrators, and case management scope, including discovery and...
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Blockchain in Trademark Transactions, Enforcement
Documenting Use in Commerce, Detecting Counterfeit Goods, Chain of Ownership and Assignmen...
December 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the many possible uses of blockchain for trademark management and transactions. The panel will discuss how brand owners can leverage blockchain in establishing, licensing, and enforcing trademark rights.
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Renegotiating Office Leases in a Work-From-Home World: Contract, Common Law, Context Issue...
Avoiding Insolvency Claims by Tenants Through Abatements, Deferrals, Subleases, Assignment...
December 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practical guidance to leasing attorneys that are facing requests to renegotiate a commercial lease due to the current economic downturn. Counsel for landlords and tenants will be provided solutions that range from contractual-based solutions creating abatements or defer...
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Structuring Freedom to Operate Opinions: Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement
Combating Troubling FTO Results, Overcoming Potential Roadblocks, Addressing Impact of Pos...
December 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel preparing freedom to operate (FTO) opinions for companies developing new products. The panel will outline best practices for drafting FTO opinions to reduce infringement risks.
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In-House Counsel and Legal Ethics: Recent and Recurring Issues
Applicability of Rules, Conflicts of Interest, Accepting Stock, Confidentiality, Represent...
December 3, 2020 • CLE, CLE Ethics • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide in-house counsel with guidance on the best practices for compliance with ethical rules and how the decision in several recent ethics cases have attempted to clarify the obligations as both an employee of, and adviser to, the business, which serves as the client.
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DOJ Guidance on Antitrust Compliance Programs: Practical Tips and Takeaways for Companies...
Implementing a Compliance Program That Avoids or Minimizes Antitrust Charges and Sentencin...
December 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the practical implications of recent U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance on antitrust compliance policies. The panel will discuss the critical elements of an effective antitrust compliance program under the new DOJ guidance, the use of antitrust risk assessments o...
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Workplace and Benefit Plan Regulations: Responding to the Pandemic
Compensation, FMLA, OSHA, Workers' Comp, USERRA, and Other Employer Considerations to Miti...
December 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss issues in employment law and crisis management in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak and assist in planning for pandemics or other disasters that may impact the workplace. The panel will address how to approach compensation for exempt and non-exempt employees, Fami...
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Insurer Bad Faith Setup Defense and Reverse Bad Faith Claims: Insurer vs. Policyholder Per...
Insurer Defenses Against Policyholders in Bad Faith Litigation
December 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine how counsel for insurers can recognize when a third-party plaintiff is attempting to "setup" the insurer for a claim of bad faith. The panel will address what insurers can do to avoid this trap and counterclaims and relevant affirmative defenses based on the plaintiff's...
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Liability Insurance for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Minimizing Financial Risks During the Pandemi...
Maximizing Coverage Under Employee Benefits and Fiduciary Liability Policies; Errors, Over...
December 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will help ERISA counsel evaluate the adequacy of plan sponsors' liability coverage in light of liability exposures created by the pandemic, economic downturn, recent DOL and IRS regulations, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The panel will review the current state of case law discu...
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Municipal Management of Cellphone Towers, DAS, and Small Cell Deployments
Regulating Placement, Protecting Rights of Way, and Leasing Sites and Structures
December 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to identify and address complex issues relating to small cell and traditional cell tower applications and leases, zoning regulations, and revenue considerations. The panel will focus on regulatory compliance and negotiating and structuring site leases and franch...
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Navigating the Unique Challenges of Healthcare Insolvencies
December 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with guidance on the unique legal issues for hospitals and other healthcare providers facing insolvency. The panel will explain the factors that make healthcare provider bankruptcies incredibly complicated, discuss the implications and potential ramif...
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Global Supply Chain Agreements: Force Majeure, Indemnification, Warranty, Termination, and...
Allocating and Mitigating Risk, Addressing Disruption and Nonperformance
November 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on the potential supply chain challenges due to COVID-19. The panel will discuss the steps to take to mitigate these emerging risks. The panel will address supply chain contract issues, including whether COVID-19 falls under the force majeure clause, and offer pra...
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BLM and Employment Policies: Enforcement of First Amendment, Title VII, the NLRA, State La...
Anti-Discrimination Policies, Diversity Initiatives, Restrictions on Activities Outside Em...
November 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with guidance on how to best create a safe and supportive work environment for black employees, employees of color, and other minority employees and to address the demands of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement by changing company policies and pract...
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Leveraging Rule 68 Offers of Judgment in Settlement Negotiations
Inducing Favorable Settlements, Avoiding Potential Pitfalls, Shifting Attorneys' Fees
November 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze Rule 68 offers of judgment and how they may induce settlement. The program will discuss the mechanics of the rule, strategic considerations defendants must consider in light of the consequences of making the offer, and factors for plaintiffs to contemplate in considerin...
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Online Counterfeiting and Infringements: Pursuing Trademark and Design Patent Infringers
Monitoring Social Media Sites, Identifying Legitimate Goods With Registries
November 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide strategies for IP counsel to monitor and protect against online sales of counterfeit products. The panel will examine new brand registries that identify legitimate brand goods, review lessons from recent cases, and offer best practices for stopping online infringers.
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Default Interest, Late Fees, and Prepayment Premiums: Drafting and Enforcement
Hot Button Issues for Lenders on Acceleration, Enforceability in Bankruptcy, Lessons From...
November 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine loan provisions that can become critically important in an event of default, including notice and cure, acceleration, default interest, late fees, and prepayment or "make-whole" premiums. The panel will also discuss pitfalls to avoid in enforcement of these provisions a...
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Revising Real Estate Finance Documents in Times of Economic Uncertainty
Financial Covenants, Leasing Provisions, Secondary Financing, Disbursement Conditions, Rec...
November 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will consider key provisions in loan documents that could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including financial covenants, cash management provisions, additional indebtedness, non-recourse carveouts, and loan disbursement conditions. The panel will discuss the adjustments to mak...
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Structuring Programmatic Real Estate Joint Ventures: Structures, Deal Sharing and Exclusiv...
Negotiating Key Deal Terms From Sponsor and Equity Investor Perspectives
November 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss programmatic real estate joint ventures (JVs) and how they differ from traditional, single investment JV relationships, alternative structures for programmatic JVs, and key JV agreement terms to consider and negotiate. The program will present these issues in an interac...
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Fees and Expenses Provisions in Investment Fund Agreements
Disclosure and Reporting Obligations, Investor and Sponsor Concerns
November 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide private equity counsel with guidance on drafting and negotiating fees and expenses provisions in investment fund agreements. The panel discussion will include current trends in deal terms as revealed in the 2020 Fees and Expenses Benchmarking Survey (the Survey). The Su...
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IRC 83(i) Election for Qualified Equity Grants: Deferral Opportunities for Stock Options a...
Determining 80% Employee Threshold, Mechanics of Election, Tax Treatment of Deferrals
November 19, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax advisers with a practical guide to the deferral benefits of Section 83(i) qualified equity grant election contained in the 2017 tax reform law. The panel will detail what constitutes a qualified grant of stock eligible for deferral treatment, discuss the mechani...
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Structuring Unitranche Facilities: Key Terms of AALs
Tranching, Payment Waterfalls, Interest and Fees, Voting, Buyouts, Standstill Provisions,...
November 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss structuring and negotiating key terms of the agreement among lenders (AAL) in a unitranche facility, focusing on tranching, payment waterfalls, interest and fees skims, voting, buyouts, remedies, standstill provisions, and assignments. The program will also discuss the...
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M&A Post-Closing Claims for Breaches of Reps and Warranties: Strategies for Pursuing or De...
Identifying Trouble Spots That Risk Post-Closing Losses, Impede Recovery, or Undermine Def...
November 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the types of post-closing breach claims that arise most frequently in M&A transactions. The panel will share practical tips to help buyers and sellers negotiate and draft more robust deal documents, and discuss litigation strategies that should prove useful to parties w...
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Negotiating SaaS Agreements: Key Contract Provisions and Protections
Data Ownership, Access, and Security; Service Level Agreements; Limitations and Warranties...
November 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the latest trends in drafting and negotiating Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements. The panel will discuss critical issues to address in negotiations and contract provisions and offer strategies to avoid common contracting pitfalls.
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Tax Planning Issues for U.S. Expatriation: Minimizing the IRC 877A Exit Tax
Determining Covered Expatriates, Navigating the Mark-to-Market Tax on Unrealized Gains, Re...
November 18, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide attendees with a comprehensive look at Section 877A, as well as strategies for minimizing the impact of expatriation taxes. The panelist will discuss the impact of new tax law on expatriation planning techniques, critical challenges under Section 877A, and guidance...
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U.S.-Canadian Tax and Estate Planning for Dual Residents
Reconciling U.S. and Canadian Law on Trusts, Deemed Dispositions on Death, Situs Wills, an...
November 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planners with a comprehensive guide to estate planning tax challenges and opportunities for clients who have a tax presence in both the United States and Canada. The panel will discuss the U.S. tax law and treaty provisions that govern tax and fiduciary rules in...
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Orange Book Listing Recent Developments
Impact on Prosecution of Pharmaceutical U.S. Patent Applications, Subsequent Orange Book L...
November 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to patent counsel on the recent Orange Book developments and the implications for patent prosecution, listing, and litigation. The panel will examine in particular, contemporary thought about Form 3542 and pitfalls to avoid unless and until the Food and Drug Ad...
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M&A Tax Structuring Issues in the Current Deal Environment
November 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine current market trends and related tax developments arising in the COVID-19 deal environment, including: (i) common transaction types; (ii) typical consideration packages (including earn-outs / price protection); and (iii) an overview of related general tax consideration...
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Section 336(e) Elections: Tax Basis Step-Up Through Deemed Asset Sale Treatment
Structuring Qualifying Stock Dispositions for Partnership and Private Equity Acquirers and...
November 12, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax advisors with a thorough and practical guide to utilizing a Section 336(e) step-up election in the disposition of a target corporation. The panel will contrast the Section 336(e) election with the election available under Section 338(h)(10), outline the requirem...
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Navigating the Chinese Patent System: What U.S. Patent Counsel Need to Know, Changes After...
Protecting IP Rights in China, Leveraging Recent Amendments, Understanding Current Litigat...
November 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide U.S. patent counsel and companies on Chinese patent law and what they need to know about the Chinese system. The panel will address changes to the Guidelines for Examination and new draft amendments, current litigation trends, and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL). T...
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Freight Brokers, Freight Forwarders, NVOCCs and Indirect Air Carriers: Negotiating with Tr...
Negotiating the Pertinent Provisions of Logistics Agreements
November 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the difference between transportation intermediaries that merely arrange for transportation (sometimes referred to as an agency model), and those that take responsibility for the transportation (sometimes referred to as a principal model), and how counsel can address t...
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Leveraging New Markets Tax Credits to Finance Community Development: Latest Regs, Guidance...
Twinning With Historic Tax Credits and Qualified Opportunity Zones, Allocating COD Income...
November 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with an overview of the New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) program and IRS regulations and guidance. The panel will discuss best practices for structuring NMTC deals, twinning with historic tax credits (HTCs) and Qualified Opportunity Zones, and allocating COD income...
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Planning for Reduction of Estate Tax Exemptions: Strategies for Clients Who Do Not or Soon...
Gift Tax Effective Rates vs. Estate Tax Effective Rates, Net, Net Gifts, GRATs, IDGTs, and...
November 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to trusts and estates attorneys on planning strategies in light of the possible fall in the estate tax exemption. The panelist will discuss key considerations for clients who do not or soon will not have available exemptions, gift tax effective rates vs. estate...
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CEQA and Environmental Impact Reports: 2020 Cases, Standards, Mitigation Measures, Exempti...
Current Requirements for Project Approval, Environmental Protection and Commercial Develop...
November 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide environmental counsel on recent California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) case law, policy, and practice developments. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has seen no shortage of CEQA cases in the California trial and appellate courts, with over 20 published appellate d...
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CGL Exclusions: Contractual Liability, Business Risk, Third-Party Over, Pollution, and Dat...
Advocating Scope of the Exclusions From the Policyholder and Insurer Perspectives
November 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine CGL policy exclusions frequently disputed in commercial business disputes, including contractual liability, business risk, third-party over, pollution, and data breach exclusions. The program will analyze recent case law developments interpreting the scope of these excl...
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Mixed-Use Development: Structuring Air Rights Condominiums and Other Common Interest Commu...
Optimal Legal Structures and Core Drafting Challenges; Minimizing Potential Warranty Claim...
November 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with a review of key legal challenges and approaches for structuring documents for condominiums and other common interest regimes in mixed-use projects. The panel will discuss difficult legal issues involved in governance of these projects.
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Patent Design Arounds: Minimizing Risk of Infringement or Reducing Likelihood of Competito...
Navigating Claims, Specifications, Prosecution History, Prior Art, and Other Key Considera...
November 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to patent counsel on how to leverage design arounds to reduce the risk of patent infringement. The panel will also discuss what counsel can do when drafting patent applications to minimize the likelihood that competitors can design around the patent.
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: Structuring IPOs to Facilitate Future Mergers and A...
Navigating SEC and Stock Exchange Requirements, Warrants, Trust Accounts, Valuation and Bu...
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine IPO requirements and operational matters associated with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), as well as issues to consider in connection with a SPAC's initial business combination. The panel will discuss the typical pricing of securities (and the components o...
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Patent Inventorship: Best Practices for Determination and Correction
Distinguishing Between Inventor and Contributor; Navigating Joint Inventorship, Disclosure...
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on identifying and determining inventorship and will offer best practices for correcting errors regarding inventorship. Our experienced panel will provide perspectives gained from working with the AIA since its passage and outline lessons from recent court...
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Structuring Preferred Equity Investments in Real Estate Ventures: Impact of True Equity vs...
Negotiating Deal Terms, Investor Return, Change in Control Provisions; Assessing Remedies,...
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss structuring preferred equity investments (PEIs) from both the perspective of the sponsor and investor and explain the advantages and disadvantages to using preferred equity as a component of a capital stack. The panel will review how PEIs compare and contrast with mezza...
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Structuring Student Loan Repayment Benefit Programs: IRS Guidance, Applicable Rules, Key P...
CARES Act, Offering Repayment Within 401(k) Plans, and Available Options Outside of Retire...
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employee benefits attorneys on structuring student loan repayment benefit programs. The panel will discuss recent legislation, IRS guidance, applicable rules, and important design considerations for employers, including the challenges in offering a student loan repayment...
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Navigating D&O Fiduciary Duties in the Zone of Insolvency
Avoiding and Defending Fiduciary Duty Claims and Maximizing D&O Insurance Coverage
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy counsel with a review of fiduciary duties of loyalty and due care owed by directors and officers to the corporation and shareholders as a company heads into insolvency and when those duties may be enforced by creditors. The webinar will offer strategies to av...
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Telehealth Emerging Legal and Regulatory Issues: Adopting and Implementing Innovative Solu...
Navigating Standard of Care, Privacy and Security, FDA Regulation, Advertising, Reimbursem...
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an in-depth discussion of emerging legal and regulatory issues in telehealth. The panel will discuss issues arising from the use of multiple technologies in the telehealth encounter, such as remote monitoring devices, digital therapeutics, and AI-based algorithms. The p...
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2020 CCPA Final Regulations: Approved Modifications and Extensions of Employee and Busines...
Modifying Marketing Policies and Corporate Agreements for Compliance With New Regulations
November 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel in modifying mobile communications marketing policies and other corporate contracts to comply with the modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) based upon the final regulations adopted in August 2020. The panel will outline the nuances of these...
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E-Signatures and Electronic Documents in Commercial Lending: Complying With ESIGN, UETA, I...
Navigating Issues of Enforceability, Authentication of E-Signatures, and Admissibility
November 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with an examination of recent legal trends and developments impacting commercial documentation and signatures sent via email, text messaging, or other forms of electronic communication, with a focus on loan documentation. The panel will examine legal and practic...
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Employment Litigation: Summary Judgment Motion Strategies
Leveraging Discovery Tools, Statement of Facts, and Timing in Discrimination, Harassment,...
November 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with techniques for pursuing or defending summary judgment motions. Our panel of experienced employment litigators will outline their perspectives and approaches to refine and improve summary judgment motion practice.
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Adapting E-Discovery Protocols to Virtual Meetings, Video Conferencing, and Video Chats in...
Retention Policies and Production of Data From Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx, Skype, Zoom,...
November 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the evidentiary and discovery issues arising from the pervasive use of video conference platforms. Counsel must understand what data is being created, the cost of storing it, how that data should be managed, retention policies, and potential legal obligations.
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Repatriation Tax Audits: Managing IRS Enforcement Actions and Strategies for Tax Professio...
Calculating Section 965 Inclusions, IRS Regulations, Cash vs. Non-Cash or Non-Liquid Asset...
November 4, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and professionals an in-depth analysis of the challenges of repatriation tax audits and techniques for handling IRS enforcement actions. The panel will discuss recent IRS initiatives and standards for the repatriation of foreign sourced income, calculati...
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Antitrust Implications of Noncompete and Nonsolicitation Agreements
November 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze noncompete and nonsolicitation features of employment agreements, service contracts, and agreements among competitors from an antitrust perspective. The panel will discuss how to balance competitive vs. noncompetitive effects of these agreements and best contracting pra...
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Municipal Regulation of Wireless Telecommunication Facilities in the Public Right of Way:...
Zoning Challenges and Interplay Between Federal, State, and Local Laws
October 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the interplay of federal and state law with local laws regulating wireless facilities, the latest trends in the types of wireless technologies that companies are seeking to install in the public right of way (ROW), and best practices for municipalities for zoning and re...
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Drafting Severance and Confidentiality Agreements Amid Continued SEC, EEOC, and NLRB Scrut...
Avoiding Agency Challenges to Confidentiality/Whistleblower, Non-Disparagement, Cooperatio...
October 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practical guidance on drafting severance and confidentiality agreements that will withstand heightened SEC, EEOC, NLRB, and OSHA scrutiny. Our experienced panelists will discuss how to update or avoid contract provisions to minimize the likelihood of suits or agency cha...
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Negotiating Third-Party Logistics Provider Agreements: Approaches to Supply Chain Manageme...
Structuring Terms and Conditions; Mitigating Risks; Navigating State, Federal, and Interna...
October 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide business counsel with tips and strategies to negotiate and draft third-party logistics (3PL) agreements on behalf of all stakeholders in the supply chain from manufacturers to 3PL providers. The panel will address which terms and conditions should be specifically addres...
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Syndicated Credit Facility Restructuring and Workouts
Navigating Divergent Interests Among Lenders, Confidentiality, Voting Rights, and the Role...
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss critical legal issues that arise in syndicated credit workouts, particularly for counsel representing the administrative agent and the other lenders in the facility. The program will address unique aspects of a multi-lender facility workout and best practices for lender...
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Evolving Standards for Investment Advice Fiduciaries: The New (Old) DOL Fiduciary Rule, Pr...
ERISA Five-Factor Fiduciary Test, Exemptions, Prohibited Transactions, Administrative Issu...
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel and advisers on critical challenges and ramifications of the applicable rules for fiduciaries and new revisions from the Department of Labor (DOL). The panel will discuss new standards, essential steps for counsel and advisers, significant responsibilities f...
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Drafting Blow-Up Provisions in Class Action Settlement Agreements
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how to structure and then draft effective blow-up terms, best practices for maintaining their confidentiality if that would be of interest, and what types of terms are more likely to be deemed material to assess the settlement, and therefore, more likely to be disclosed...
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Going-Private Transactions: Strategic Considerations
Deal Structures, Fiduciary Duties, Procedural Safeguards, Disclosure Obligations
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide M&A counsel with a thorough understanding of going-private transactions, including strategic considerations, fiduciary duty issues, procedural safeguards, and required disclosures.
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Insurance and Contractual Indemnification: Reconciling Competing Indemnity Obligations Wit...
Drafting Indemnification Provisions and Ensuring Adequate Coverage for Contractual Liabili...
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide insurance counsel with a roadmap for understanding statutory and common law contribution and indemnification. The panel will analyze disputes that arise when reconciling indemnity agreements and insurance provisions and outline best practices for drafting indemnificatio...
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Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Injury Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
October 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar will discuss best practices for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhib...
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Drafting Income-Only Trusts for Medicaid Eligibility and Tax Planning
Navigating Look-Back, Grantor Trust, Basis, and Gift Tax Rules
October 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide elder law counsel in-depth guidance on using income-only trusts for the benefit of their clients' Medicaid eligibility and tax planning needs. They will also discuss look-back requirements, income tax basis, gift tax rules, and more.
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Mobile Apps: Navigating Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, and Cybersecurity
October 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to anticipate and respond to legal challenges facing companies that develop and utilize mobile apps. The panel will examine and offer solutions to hurdles to obtaining IP protection for mobile apps, outline strategies for minimizing infringement risks, monitorin...
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Dental Practice Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Affiliations
Due Diligence, Regulatory Compliance Requirements, Integration Challenges
October 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel representing dental practices, dental service organizations (DSOs), and investors for evaluating the various transaction structures for buying or selling a practice, conducting due diligence, and meeting regulatory compliance requirements. The panel will also offe...
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Tortious Interference With Contracts, Business Relations, and Economic Advantage: Proving...
Navigating the Complexities of Claims Alleging Intentional and Improper Business Disruptio...
October 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine proving and defending tortious interference with contract, tortious interference with business relations, and tortious interference with economic advantage. These claims arise when a person intentionally disrupts a formal agreement between two parties or when a third pa...
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In-House Counsel Communications: Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Wit...
Best Practices During Litigation for Internal Communications and Taking Employee Statement...
October 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare in-house counsel to protect confidential business communications during investigations, discovery, depositions, and litigation through the proper exercise of the attorney-client privilege. The panel will discuss issues that arise regarding business advice versus legal a...
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New GILTI High-Tax Exclusion: Sections 951A and 954 Rules for Individual and Non-C Corpora...
Treatment of CFC income, Reporting Requirements, Planning Techniques to Defer or Reduce GI...
October 22, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax professionals with guidance on the challenges of the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) provisions under current tax law and the recent GILTI High-Tax Exception. The panel will discuss IRS final regulations and the high-tax exception, treatment of contro...
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Construction Defect Insurance Claims: Policyholder and Insurer Perspectives
Business Risk and Other Exclusions, Triggers, Priority of Coverage, and Contractual Risk T...
October 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide construction and insurance counsel with a review of evolving insurance coverage issues and recent key case law developments in construction defects claims. The panel will outline best practices for counsel to parties on either side of a dispute to resolve construction d...
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Tax Elections in Estate Planning for Non-U.S. Residents: Sec. 645 Elections, Entity Classi...
Treating Foreign Trusts as Part of the Foreign Estate and Mitigating Adverse Tax Implicati...
October 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the key issues that arise for attorneys and tax advisers in estate planning for resident and nonresident aliens, focusing on relevant tax rules, tax elections, entity classifications, and potential estate planning pitfalls and opportunities. The panel will also discuss...
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Expert Witnesses in Bad Faith and Coverage Litigation
Admitting and Excluding Opinion Testimony: Burden of Proof, Prohibited Subjects, Industry...
October 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the unique challenges of using opinion experts in bad faith insurance litigation, the legal requirements for tendering expert testimony at trial, and objections to overcome.
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Medical Office Leases: Navigating Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Operational Restrictio...
Drafting to Address Reciprocal Easements, Ground Leases, HIPAA, ADA, and Environmental Iss...
October 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare real estate counsel to draft medical office leases that address regulatory and operational restrictions associated with medical office space. The panel will discuss how to develop agreements that qualify for an exemption under the federal Stark Law and a safe harbor und...
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International Design Patent Protection: Developing a Global IP Strategy
October 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on protecting design patents in the global marketplace. The panel will discuss the critical differences between the patent laws in the U.S. and other jurisdictions and will offer best practices for U.S. companies and counsel to develop a global intellectual...
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Qualified Opportunity Zones and Energy Projects: Tax Incentives and Recent Developments
Eligibility Requirements, Formation, Self-Certification, Favorable Treatment of Returns on...
October 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide energy counsel with an understanding of Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) and Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) created under current law. The panel will discuss eligibility requirements, formation, and self-certification, as well as the tax benefits associated with i...
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Alternative Private Equity Structures: Continuation Funds, GP-Led Secondaries, and Permane...
Structuring and Negotiating Alternative Private Equity Structures for Investment Managers...
October 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze the current state of the investment market that has given rise to alternative private equity structures focused on liquidity, such as continuation funds, GP-led secondaries, and permanent capital vehicles. The panel will review the mechanics and the pros and cons of the...
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Key CFIUS Developments: Lessons From Recent CFIUS Decisions and the CFIUS Overhaul
Preparing for Reviews, Navigating Investigations, and Negotiating and Understanding Mitiga...
October 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to U.S. businesses that are considering accepting foreign investments and foreign companies looking to invest in the United States about how best to address the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issues. Our speakers will discuss lessons...
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Departing Employees: A Checklist for Employment Counsel
Communication Between Employer-Employee, Return of Property, Restrictive Covenants, Social...
October 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment counsel through the legal issues that arise when an employee departs, whether voluntary or involuntary. The program will provide practical procedures and actionable items to mitigate risk for the company--or for plaintiff counsel to show wrongful termination or...
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Medicaid Divorce: Preserving Benefits, Minimizing Spend-Down, Protecting Assets, Electing...
Family Law, Medicaid Regulations, and Public Policy Concerns to Safeguard Medical Benefits
October 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the complex issues confronting family law attorneys when representing aging clients who are married for a second or third time, or aging married clients who face possible nursing home admission. Remarried couples ages 50 and older have a divorce rate 2.5 times higher t...
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Foreign Trust Transition Planning: Distributions to Beneficiaries, Trust Restructuring, Re...
Grantor to Nongrantor Trust Tax Implications, DNI, Accumulation of Trust Income, Throwback...
October 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to estate planners on overcoming the challenges of foreign trust transition planning. The panel will discuss complex tax rules and reporting obligations, the pros and cons of foreign grantor vs. nongrantor trusts, distributions to U.S. and foreign beneficiaries...
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Canadian Tax Planning for U.S.-Based Taxpayers: Key Challenges for Businesses
Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty, Tax Issues for Acquisitions or Financing Canadian Businesses, and...
October 13, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers an in-depth analysis of Canadian tax considerations for U.S.-based taxpayers. The panel will discuss the Canadian tax system as applied to U.S. based taxpayers, doing business in Canada considerations, acquisitions and financing Canadian ope...
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Audit Response Letters and Disclosures: Counsel's Role in Balancing Auditor Demands and Co...
Lawyers' Responsibility and Limitations Under the ABA Treaty When Responding to Audit Requ...
October 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for responding to external auditor inquiries concerning their client's litigation, claims and assessments, and related financial reporting and disclosures. The panel will explain best practices for providing information regarding "pending or overtly threatened" le...
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Managing Missing Plan Participants: Avoiding the Pitfalls of RMDs for 401(k), 403(b), and...
Tax Penalties, Maintaining Qualified Status, Addressing ERISA Fiduciary Issues, Formulatin...
October 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel and employee benefits advisers on leveraging the provisions on required minimum distributions (RMDs) to missing participants of 401(k), 403(b), and other qualified plans. The panel will outline the RMD rules for qualified plans, discuss how to avoid the exci...
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Avoiding Successor Liability for Energy Asset Purchases: Negotiating and Drafting Provisio...
Federal Regulations and Key Rules, Allocating and Managing Risks in Structuring Transactio...
October 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide energy and M&A attorneys through critical negotiation and drafting techniques to avoid successor liability for energy asset purchases. The panel will discuss federal and state law considerations, essential provisions when structuring transactions for both buyers and selle...
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Digital Pharmacies and Other Pharmacy Start-Ups: Legal Challenges and Pitfalls
Complying With Federal and State Regulations, Medicare and Medicaid Requirements, Patient...
October 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
Even before the current pandemic--which has prompted many to reduce in-person visits to healthcare providers and pharmacies--telemedicine and the digitization of healthcare have steadily increased. A new breed of digital pharmacies, such as Amazon's PillPack, have emerged, providing convenient acces...
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Structuring the Purchase and Sale of Partnership/LLC Interests in Private Equity Funds
LOIs, Due Diligence, Drafting the PSA, Negotiating Transfer Agreements, and Determining th...
October 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on how to structure and document the secondary purchase and sale of a partnership or LLC interest in an investment fund. The panel will discuss letters of intent, due diligence of fund interests, legal issues in a purchase and sale agreement, legal issues in fund...
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Structuring Participation Agreements in Commercial Finance: Lender Due Diligence
Strategies for Lead Lenders and Participants to Minimize and Manage Risk; FDIC Guidance
October 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine current trends in the loan participation market, critical provisions of participation agreements, and best practices in due diligence for participating lenders. The panel will also discuss FDIC regulatory guidance regarding risk management for purchased loans and purcha...
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Drafting Asset Purchase Agreements: Reps, Warranties, Covenants, Conditions, Indemnity, an...
October 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide deal counsel in drafting and negotiating asset purchase agreements. The panel will discuss legal considerations when negotiating representations and warranties, indemnities, covenants, closing conditions, and other critical provisions. They will outline best practices nec...
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Digital Signs and Billboards: Crafting and Enforcing Local Regulations
Siting Issues, Environmental Concerns, and Revenue Sharing Opportunities
October 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the constitutional basis and limits of local regulation of signs and billboards--digital or otherwise--as well as signage zoning laws related to everything from noise to strip clubs.
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Tax Traps for U.S. Partnerships With Foreign Partners: Distributions, Sale of Interests, W...
IRC 871 and 881, IRC 1446(f), FIRPTA, IRC 864(c)(8), Issues for Tiered Partnerships, and M...
October 6, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and other tax professionals an in-depth analysis of critical tax challenges for partnerships with foreign partners. The panel will discuss tax considerations when making partnership distributions to foreign partners, withholding and reporting requirement...
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Recovering Damages for Breach of Restrictive Covenants: Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation,...
Pursuing Lost Profits, Clawback Compensation, Inducement Payments, Loss of Good Will, and...
October 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment counsel for proving damages after a current or former employee breaches a restrictive covenant, whether that is a covenant not to compete with the employer, a non-solicitation of the employer's employees or customers, or a nondisclosure agreement regarding the...
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Structuring and Operating Direct Lending Funds: Open-End vs. Closed-End Structures
Recurring Regulatory, Valuation, and ERISA Considerations; Structures to Confront Pervasiv...
October 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine issues associated with the formation and operation of direct lending funds, including those organized to lend to small and medium-sized businesses, certain real estate developers, and other real estate market participants.
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Joint vs. Individual Trusts in Separate and Community Property States
Key Structuring Considerations, Identifying "Problem" Assets, Coordinating With Credit She...
October 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planners with a thorough and practical guide to overcoming challenges of utilizing joint and individual trusts in separate property/common law states. The panel will outline when to use joint marital trusts (JMTs) as opposed to individual trusts and vice versa. T...
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Executive Compensation for Tax Exempt Organizations: New 4960 Regs, Covered Employees, Don...
Navigating IRC Rules and Regulations in Structuring Compensation for Nonprofits
September 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA counsel and advisers an in-depth analysis of the executive compensation rules and challenges for tax exempt organizations. The panel will discuss key provisions of new IRS proposed regulations for Section 4960, determining covered employees, aggregation rules, and...
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Structuring Corporate PPAs for Renewable Energy: Key Contract Provisions and Guidance for...
Critical Buy-Side and Sell-Side Drivers in Negotiations, Financing, Mitigating Risks, Regu...
September 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide renewable energy counsel with an in-depth analysis of structuring corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy. The panel will provide a review of key issues in structuring PPAs for both buyers and sellers, regulatory and challenges in certain states...
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Drafting Transfer Provisions in Joint Acquisition Vehicles: Preserving Flexibility, Avoidi...
Tag-Along Rights, Drag-Along Rights, Rights of First Offer, and Rights of First Refusal
September 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine joint acquisition arrangements and the issues LLC managers and members (or general and limited partners) must address when negotiating tag-along rights, drag-along rights, rights of first offer (ROFOs), and rights of first refusal (ROFRs) provisions.
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Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description Issues in Life Science Cases: Leveraging...
Capitalizing on Past Precedent to Withstand 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validi...
September 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on leveraging decisions by the PTAB, the CCPA, and the Federal Circuit regarding the application of Section 112 written description and enablement requirements in life science patent cases. The panel will examine lessons learned from these decisions and off...
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Airbnb and Short-Term Rentals: Practical Considerations for Landlords, Tenants, HOAs, and...
Property Damages, Insurance Coverage, Limitations on Commercial Use, Municipal Regulation...
September 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the effects of short-term rentals on real estate and explore the unique issues confronting owners, renters, and other stakeholders. Our panel will provide insights into the overlapping legal and regulatory regimes applicable to such arrangements--including the restricti...
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Structuring Physician Compensation Arrangements
Ensuring FMV and Commercial Reasonableness, Mitigating Fraud and Abuse Risks, Lessons From...
September 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on physician compensation arrangements. The panel will examine the legal requirements and the many potential risks. The panel will discuss the implications for Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act (FCA) compliance, as well as offer best practices...
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Drafting Position Statements to Mitigate Full-Scale EEOC Investigations and Lawsuits
Strategic Techniques to Address Claims of Failure to Hire, Equal Pay, Class vs. Individual...
September 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with practical techniques to draft EEOC position statements. The experienced panel will outline strategies for responding to various types of EEOC charges while minimizing full-scale investigations and lawsuits.
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Structuring a Private Placement Memorandum for the Private Offering and Sale of Securities
Determining Materiality, Assessing Risk Factors, and Conducting Due Diligence
September 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the attorney's role in drafting and reviewing the private placement memorandum (PPM) for the private sale and solicitation of securities to ensure compliance with SEC disclosure rules for securities offerings and applicable state laws.
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Modifying Irrevocable Trusts Using Nonjudicial Settlement Agreements
Structuring NJSA Wrappers, Relocating Trust Situs, Resolving Disputes, Remedying Trust Con...
September 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planners with a comprehensive and practical guide to structuring nonjudicial settlement agreements (NJSAs) as a tool for modifying irrevocable trusts in states that have adopted the Uniform Trust Code or have NJSA statutes. The panel will discuss what modificatio...
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Structuring Cross-Collateral/Cross-Default Real Estate Loans
Single vs. Multiple Mortgages; Partial Prepayment and Partial Release; Intercreditor Agree...
September 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will instruct counsel on proper structuring and documentation of cross-collateral/cross-default loans. The panel will discuss key provisions regarding prepayment/defeasance, partial release of collateral, reserves, and other complexities presented by crossed loans. The panel will al...
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FBAR Investigations and Litigation: Compliance Traps, IRS Guidance, FBAR Defense Strategie...
September 24, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers a critical analysis of FBAR examination, procedures, and litigation. The panel will discuss key compliance traps for foreign asset reporting, IRS guidance and relief for certain taxpayers, and new cases with issues of first impression relati...
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Creating Environmental, Social, and Governance Criteria: Transparency, Reliance, and Due D...
September 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss with corporate and in-house counsel an overview of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria and the framework and legal requirements for ESG reporting, disclosure, and diligence. The panel will examine the fiduciary duties of directors related to ESG measure...
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Expediting Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Under New Executive Order and Revised N...
Meeting Imminent Risk Requirements and Potential Legal Challenges
September 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine recent federal efforts to streamline environmental reviews and permitting of infrastructure projects. The panel will address streamlining mechanisms under recent Executive Orders and the revised regulations implementing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) issued by...
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A Challenge to Actuarial Assumptions in Defined Benefit Plans: Latest Developments in the...
Recent Case Law, Claims and Defenses, Fiduciary Obligations, Avoiding Administrative Pitfa...
September 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA counsel and advisers an in-depth analysis of the use of actuarial assumptions in defined benefit plans. The panel will discuss the current litigation landscape and developments in the cases that challenge plan actuarial equivalence factors. The panel will also rev...
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Resolving ERISA Liens and Reimbursement Claims in Personal Injury Cases
Narrowing Claims and Challenging Unreasonable Charges; Effect of Montanile on ERISA Plan R...
September 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will give personal injury attorneys practical tips for negotiating and resolving ERISA liens and claims for reimbursement against personal injury settlements to maximize recovery for their clients.
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Subordination, Non-Disturbance, and Attornment Agreements: Drafting to Protect Lenders, Te...
September 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the purpose and objectives of subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements (SNDAs) for all key stakeholders--lenders, tenants, and landlords. The panel will outline best practices for drafting and negotiating SNDAs and other related provisions, such as esto...
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Umbrella Partnership Structures: Key Tax Considerations for Up-C and UPREITs, Compensation...
Application of Sec. 162(m), Anti-Abuse Regs, Flow-Through Treatment, Maintaining Tax Defer...
September 22, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals on the essential tax issues for umbrella partnership structures. The panel will discuss tax considerations for Up-C and UPREIT structures, the application of Sec. 162(m) to compensation paid by partnerships, key issues stemming from tax receivable an...
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Long-Term Care Facility Infection Control Enforcement: Increased Government Scrutiny and P...
Ensuring Compliance, Preparing for State Surveys and CMS Enforcement Actions
September 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) enhanced infection control enforcement actions. The panel will examine CMS' new instructions for state agencies conducting surveys and what that means for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilit...
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Navigating the IRS Penalty Abatement Procedures for Foreign Information Reporting Noncompl...
Requesting Penalty Abatements for Failure to File Forms 5471, 5472, FATCA, and FBAR
September 17, 2020 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax attorneys and accountants with a detailed discussion of best practices for requesting abatements of IRS penalties due to failure to properly file required international information forms such as the FBAR, Form 8938, and Forms 5471 and 5472. The panel will discus...
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Obviousness Standard: Leveraging Latest PTO and Court Guidance
Overcoming Challenges of Obviousness and Attacks on Patent Validity
September 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide patent counsel with guidance on the evolving obviousness standard. In a post- KSR v. Teleflex world in which obviousness is at times confused with patent eligibility under Section 101, how is the Federal Circuit's treatment of obviousness issues changing? How does the P...
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Consumer Finance Class Actions: Pursuing or Defending FDCPA, FCRA, and TCPA Claims
Continuing Guidance From Spokeo, Campbell-Ewald, Tyson Foods, Obtaining Favorable Results...
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the class action claims alleging violations of federal consumer protection laws governing the financial services industry, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and other sim...
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Private Equity Compliance With ERISA: Fiduciary Duties in Managing ERISA Plan Assets
Impact of Recent Court Cases on Pension Withdrawal Liability; Other New Developments
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel representing private equity funds and private equity professionals to meet the challenges under ERISA that apply to fund managers who are responsible for investing the assets of a fund that holds ERISA plan assets. The program will cover the impact on private eq...
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Inclusion of Capital Gains in Distributable Net Income for Trusts and Estates: Allocations...
Fiduciary Accounting Rules, Treas. Reg. Section 643(a)-3(b) Provisions, State Unitrust Rul...
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trust, estates, and tax counsel an in-depth analysis of the rules and practices covering inclusion of capital gains in distributable net income (DNI) for trusts and estates. The panel will review the requirements within trust documents to allow treating capital gains as...
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Equity Rollovers in M&A Transactions
Negotiating and Structuring Rollovers; Tax Considerations for Buyers and Sellers
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide deal counsel in structuring equity rollovers in M&A transactions, focusing on current market trends, governance provisions, stock rights, and tax considerations for both buyers and sellers.
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UCC Battle of the Forms: Resolving Conflicting Terms in Orders, Invoices, and Related Docu...
Minimizing Disputes Over Contract Formation, Enforceability, Terms and Conditions in Sale...
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine common causes of the "battle of the forms" in UCC sale of goods transactions and explain best practices for drafting and administering sales documents to minimize disputes over whether an enforceable contract exists and the terms and conditions of that agreement. The pa...
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Financing Energy Storage: Deal Structures, Revenue Streams, Issues for Stand-Alone and Co-...
Performance Guarantees, Warranties, Full-Wrap EPC Contracts, ITC Rules, Addition of Storag...
September 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with an in-depth analysis of financing energy storage projects. The panel will discuss critical issues and provisions in structuring transactions, risks to developers, lenders and investors, and revenue streams. The panel will also discuss crucial considerations...
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Divorce and Social Security Benefits: Navigating Complex Rules for Support
September 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the issues family law counsel must consider when a client receives social security income (SSI) or social security disability income (SSDI). The panel will discuss considerations when calculating alimony and child support and best practices for structuring the divorce...
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Structuring Private Equity Healthcare Management Service Organizations
Corporate Practice of Medicine and Fee-Splitting, Regulatory Compliance
September 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel involved in structuring private equity management service organizations (MSOs) in the healthcare arena. The panel will discuss the nuts and bolts of structuring the transaction, including solutions to the specific risks presented by the corporate pra...
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GDPR and CCPA Insurance Coverage Issues: Disclosure/Deletion Violations, Regulatory Claims...
Insurance Coverage Considerations for Privacy and Data Breaches Under State and Internatio...
September 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address the insurance coverage issues raised by General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the growing list of state privacy statutes. The panel will provide practical guidance for insurance counsel on the new rights, obligations, and...
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New DOL Joint Employer Rule: The Four-Part Test and Requirements Under Fair Labor Standard...
Structuring Employment, Franchise, Subcontractor, and Independent Contractor Agreements to...
September 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review the implications under the Department of Labor's recently published rule, which established new standards and tests for "joint employer" status. Our panel will clarify the four-part test for determination of "joint employer" status to provide practical advice on instance...
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Trademark Applications and Protection: Parallel vs. Serial Approach
Clearance, Intent to Use, International Filings, Non-Traditional and Descriptive Marks, an...
September 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel on whether to file trademark applications using a parallel or a serial approach. The panel will examine the benefits and challenges of parallel applications as well as serial applications. The panel will offer best practices for determining how to pursue...
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Renewable Energy Projects: Negotiating Ancillary Agreements for the Real Estate Facility
Strategies for Structuring Project Contracts After Negotiating the Terms of the PPA
September 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to parties involved in renewable projects on negotiating ancillary agreements to power purchase agreements (PPAs). The panel will review key terms and provisions, especially in relation to financing and loan documents, discuss how the different types of renewable...
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Negotiating Carrier-Broker-Shipper Agreements: Advanced Strategies, Key Provisions, Latest...
Limitations of Liability, Indemnification, and Hold-Harmless Provisions; Damages; Best Eff...
September 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide transportation attorneys with practical advice on drafting and negotiating carrier-broker-shipper transportation agreements. The panelist will discuss advanced drafting issues and strategies for negotiating favorable provisions related to indemnity, liability limitation...
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Resale Price Maintenance and Minimum Advertised Pricing: Structuring to Minimize Antitrust...
State, Federal, and International Treatment of RPM Agreements and MAP Policies
September 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the antitrust issues that can arise with arrangements designed to influence resale prices or establish minimum advertised pricing (MAP), and the differing treatment of those arrangements in state, federal, and international jurisdictions. The panel will provide best pra...
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Antibody Patenting: U.S. and Asian Perspectives
Meeting Patentability Requirements in the USPTO, JPO, and CNIPA
September 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the patentability requirements at the USPTO, JPO, and CNIPA when claiming antibodies, recent case law that could impact those claims, and how to protect antibody inventions in light of the latest developments.
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Pre-Immigration Tax and U.S. Investment Planning for High Net Worth Individuals
Navigating the EB-5 Investor Visa Program, Leveraging Tax Credits, and Avoiding Tax Traps
September 10, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with a comprehensive guide to the tax and investment planning challenges and opportunities for high net worth foreign clients seeking to immigrate to the United States. The panel will discuss strategies for minimizing the U.S. tax impact of...
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Revising Real Estate Finance Documents in Times of Economic Uncertainty
Financial Covenants, Leasing Provisions, Secondary Financing, Disbursement Conditions, Rec...
September 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will consider key provisions in loan documents that could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including financial covenants, cash management provisions, additional indebtedness, non-recourse carveouts, and loan disbursement conditions. The panel will discuss the adjustments to mak...
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Pretrial Discovery: Defending and Opposing False Testimony, Errata Sheets, Sham Affidavits...
Tactical Considerations When Confronting and Correcting Untrue Statements
September 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel in confronting false statements in errata sheets and sham affidavits in which the deponent rewrites, retracts, and reverses material and substantive portions of prior sworn testimony. The webinar will also consider the conflicting ethical duties that arise when cl...
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Complexities of Builder's Risk Insurance Claims: Ownership of Policy, Amount and Type of C...
Evaluation of Policies Based on Pricing Considerations, Location, Environmental Factors, T...
September 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address the complexities of builder's risk insurance (BRI) coverage, including who should hold the policy (the owner or the contractor), how much coverage for property versus delay damage, and how to cover gross profits, loss of income and continuing expenses. Our panel will pr...
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Crafting Coverage Position Letters and Evaluating Impact of Insurer's Defense Under Reserv...
Avoiding Waiver of Defenses, Establishing Good Faith, Controlling Defense, Preserving Atto...
September 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel who draft coverage position letters (CPLs) on how to craft a valid CPL and how to avoid waiving defenses when proceeding under a reservation of rights (ROR), and counsel who advise clients receiving CPLs on their effect. The program will show insurer counsel the n...
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Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Injury Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
September 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar will discuss best practices for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhib...
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Medicare Provider Agreement Assignment Following Change of Ownership: Evaluating Automatic...
Identifying When a CHOW Occurs, Navigating Medicare Rules, Weighing Benefits and Risks for...
September 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on navigating a change of ownership (CHOW) in healthcare transactions when Medicare provider agreements are involved. The panel will discuss the factors to consider when determining whether to accept or reject the assignment of the provider agreement an...
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Letters of Credit: ISP98 Forms, UCC Article 5, UCP, Draw Procedures, and More
Drafting Commercial vs. Standby, Conditional vs. Unconditional, Limited Term vs. Evergreen...
September 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to draft and review commercial and standby letters of credit (LCs) that comply with Article 5 of the UCC as well as rules of practice, including International Standby Practices 1998 (ISP98) and Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP). The pane...
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Identification of Goods and Services in Trademark Applications: Key Considerations
Breadth of Identification, Impact on Foreign Filings and Enforcement, Implications of USPT...
September 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel on the identification of goods and services and the considerations applicants should keep in mind when crafting identifications. The panel will discuss obstacles to registration and the implications of the USPTO's proof of use audits on crafting identifi...
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Private Equity Waterfall and Carried Interest Provisions: Economic and Tax Implications fo...
Distributions, Clawbacks, and Allocations; Carried Interest Sharing; Drafting to Address T...
September 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze various methods of structuring waterfall provisions in private equity funds and carried interest distributions to fund managers and among their personnel and related clawback and allocation provisions. The program will also examine the tax implications of such provision...
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Summary Judgment Motions in Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions: Pre- and Post-Cert...
Disposing of or Limiting Claims, Improving Settlement Posture, Eliminating Class Members
September 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment defense litigators on strategically pursuing summary judgment motions in wage and hour class and collective actions. The panel will discuss considerations and best practices for drafting and leveraging summary judgment motions both pre- and post-certification t...
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Reps and Warranties Insurance in Healthcare Transactions: Shifting Liability Risks
Evaluating When Insurance is Appropriate, Negotiating Coverage and Exclusions
September 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on the use of representation and warranties insurance in healthcare transactions. The panel will examine when such insurance is appropriate, how it can be best utilized, and what should be covered. The panel will offer best practices for leveraging reps...
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Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Reps, Warranties, and Indemnification Clauses...
Key Considerations, Recent Developments: the SECURE Act, CARES Act, Impact of COVID-19 on...
September 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will highlight legal developments for employee benefits counsel to consider when drafting and negotiating representations, covenants, and indemnification provisions addressing employee benefit plans and executive compensation programs in the context of mergers and acquisitions. The...
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Estate Planning for Farm and Ranch Owners: Key Issues for Planners and Administrators
Ownership Structures, Effective Transfer Methods, Income and Estate Tax Considerations, Es...
September 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide estate planners and administrators on the critical legal challenges of estate planning for farmers. The panel will discuss federal and state regulations impacting the planning and administration of farm assets, ownership structures and associated risks, elder law concerns...
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Amended Section 547(b): New Requirements, New Defenses
Ending the Practice of Filing Preference Actions Without Assessing the Merits
September 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide attorneys on amended Section 547(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Bankruptcy Code does not define "reasonable due diligence in the circumstances of the case" nor what it means to take "into account a party's known or reasonably knowable affirmative defenses." This webinar w...
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Tax Treatment of Carried Interest: New IRS Regs, Planning Strategies for Tax, Private Equi...
IRC Section 1061, Capital Contributions, Transfers to Unrelated Parties, Special Allocatio...
August 27, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide guidance to tax counsel and advisers on the current tax law's impact on the treatment of carried interest and available planning opportunities. The panel will discuss recent IRS proposed regulations, the application of Sec. 1061, Sec. 1231 property, implications of...
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Trustee's Obligation to Inform Beneficiaries: Avoiding Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
Reconciling Discrepancies Between Trust Document and State Law, Navigating State Statutes...
August 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel and advisers with a thorough and practical guide to navigating trustees' duties to inform beneficiaries and report trust existence and performance. The panel will address the essential obligations that advisers to fiduciaries need to grasp and me...
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Structuring Convertible Debt: Key Triggers, Valuation Terms
Due Diligence, Determining Priority vs. Other Creditors and Equity Holders
August 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide corporate finance counsel with guidance on structuring convertible notes for seed-stage financing. The panel will discuss upfront due diligence, term sheet negotiation, and critical terms, including the discount rate, valuation cap, and triggers for the conversion from...
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Ponzi Scheme Clawback Litigation in Bankruptcy
Strategies for Bringing or Defending Trustee Clawback Claims
August 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practitioners who represent either bankruptcy trustees or defrauded investors with an overview of recent trends in clawback suits involving Ponzi schemes, theories of liability and effective defenses, and strategies for bringing and defending these claims.
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Healthcare Contracting With Vendors and Suppliers
Negotiating Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, Change of Control, and Other Key Pro...
August 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on healthcare contracting with vendors and suppliers. The panel will examine the key provisions to be included in these contracts and offer strategies for negotiating some of the crucial clauses that may be contentious between the vendor and facility.
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Avoiding Deal Killers in Real Estate Sale and Purchase Transactions
Structuring Contract Terms to Clear Environmental Hurdles, Land Use Approval Challenges, a...
August 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine common obstacles to closing real estate deals, including environmental issues, defective or incomplete land use approvals, encroachments, flood issues, underperforming property, low basis seller, and more. The panel will offer critical guidance on structuring the transa...
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Long-Term Care Centers, Officers and Directors : COVID-19 Liability and Risk Management
Preparing Long-Term Care Facilities for Claims Arising From Deaths and Injuries Due to COV...
August 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide attorneys for long-term care (LTC) facilities, LTC officers and directors, and LTC insurers with an in-depth and realistic look at the claims from a wide range of plaintiffs seeking damages for deaths, injuries, and damages blamed on COVID-19 and the facilities' respons...
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Firearms in Estate Administration: Legal Issues, Executor Liability, Transferring Title I...
Understanding Gun Legal Designations, In-State and Out-of-State Transfers, Use of Gun Trus...
August 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide estate planners and administrators on managing the legal challenges of firearms in estate and trust administration. The panel will discuss federal gun laws and firearm designations, issues for beneficiaries inheriting guns, in-state and out-of-state transfers, and legal o...
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Avoiding Corporate Successor Liability in Asset Purchases
Mitigating Risk Exposure Through Due Diligence, Contractual Provisions, Reps and Warrantie...
August 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to M&A counsel for mitigating the risk of successor liability with asset purchases. The panel will discuss the circumstances in which successor liability claims may arise and describe how due diligence, contractual provisions in the asset purchase agreements, a...
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Receiverships for Distressed Commercial Real Estate: Lender, Servicer, and Borrower Concer...
Process and Key Provisions in Order Appointing a Receiver; Pros and Cons of Receiverships
August 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel for lenders, borrowers, and loan servicers on seeking or opposing the appointment of receivership for distressed commercial real estate. The panel will also explain how lenders, borrowers, servicers, and prospective buyers can navigate the receiversh...
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Precision Medicine: Structuring Collaborations and Avoiding Fraud and Abuse Pitfalls
Navigating Healthcare Regulatory Issues Common in Precision Medicine Arrangements Among Ho...
August 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to healthcare counsel on precision medicine and the associated collaborations. The panel will examine the fair market value (FMV) requirements as well as the fraud and abuse risks. The panel will offer guidance on how to ensure compliance and avoid the challenges...
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Preparing a Venture Capital Term Sheet: Key Terms for Investors and Companies Seeking Inve...
Valuation, Capital Structure, Board Composition, Protective Covenants, Exit Terms
August 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide important guidance on the preparation and negotiation of venture capital term sheets. The panel will discuss terms that impact price and valuation, liquidation preferences, board composition, drag-along and participation rights, protective covenants and more.
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Trademark Threats on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Other Social Media
Policing and Protecting Against Infringement and Counterfeiting by Website Users
August 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide best practices for attorneys on confronting the trademark infringement and counterfeiting threats by users of social networking websites. The panel will outline strategies for businesses and their counsel to police and protect against unauthorized use of their brands on...
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Structuring Forbearance Agreements and Strengthening Lender Collateral Position
Crafting Waiver of Existing Defaults, Borrower Reps and Warranties, Confirmation of Liens,...
August 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will equip counsel to negotiate and draft forbearance agreements that provide maximum protection of lender interests while at the same time minimizing the risk of lender liability claims. A well structured and well drafted forbearance agreement can strengthen the lender's position s...
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Fraud and Other Borrower and Lender Concerns in PPP and Other CARES Act Lending Programs
Proceeds Certification, Loan Forgiveness and Other Triggers: New Federal Oversight, SBA Gu...
August 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the regulatory and enforcement framework around emergency COVID-19 loan programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL). The panel will discuss actions by borrowers and lenders that can trigger potential lia...
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Cross Examination of Experts Concerning Class Certification
Challenging Predominance and Methodology to Gain Leverage in Settlement
August 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide advanced techniques for deposing adverse expert witnesses in class action certification litigation, with particular focus on establishing or attacking predominance.
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Recent Surge in 401(k) ERISA Class Actions: What’s at Issue and How Is It Potentially Imp...
Key Issues and Next Steps for ERISA Fiduciaries and Plan Service Providers
August 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA attorneys and litigators an in-depth analysis of the recent wave of lawsuits filed against 401(k) plans and service providers, including what's at issue, common allegations, and key defenses and consideration. The webinar will also address recent U.S. Supreme Cour...
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Structuring and Managing Clinically Integrated Networks The View From 2020: What's New an...
Legal and Regulatory Issues for CINs, Organizational Structure, Governance, and More
August 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss hospital-physician clinically integrated networks (CIN) organizations in the context of how such developments have affected the 2020 legal, regulatory, and financial environment. Topics will include changes in and a new perspective on Medicare payment rules (including P...
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Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trusts Under IRC 678(a)(1): Using BDOTs For Income Tax Savings an...
Shifting Income Tax To Beneficiaries and Away From Fiduciaries, Preserving Deductions, and...
August 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This webinar will provide a comprehensive and practical guide to structuring a beneficiary deemed owner trust (BDOT). The panel will discuss the provisions of Section 678 in depth, detail the income tax benefits of granting beneficiaries withdrawal rights over trust income but not principal, and dis...
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Renewable Energy Projects: Maximizing Investment and Production Tax Credits
Strategies for Leveraging Federal Tax Benefits, Incentives, and Recent IRS Guidance
August 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel to companies considering or involved in renewable energy projects with guidance on the federal tax credits. The panel will also discuss the recent IRS guidance, the impact of COVID-19, and offer their best practices for taking advantage of the tax credits and ot...
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Provisional Patent Applications: Preserving IP Rights
Assessing Whether to Use and Strategies to Leverage Provisional Applications
August 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss provisional patent applications, their benefits and limitations, and best practices for leveraging the applications. The panel will examine when and why to use provisional applications and the issue of tying non-provisional patent applications to provisional application...
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Poison Pills in the Wake of COVID-19
Trends, Types of Poison Pills, Pros and Cons, Key Terms, and Steps to Adopt and Implement
August 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how public companies that have seen their market capitalizations adversely impacted by COVID-19 have increasingly turned to shareholder rights plans, also known as "poison pills," to protect themselves against activist investors, opportunistic investors, and strategic b...
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Tax Implications of Paycheck Protection Program and Related Expenses: Deductibility, Cance...
PPP Forgiveness and Exclusion from Taxable Income, Notice 2020-32 Disallowance of Deductio...
August 13, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide guidance to tax counsel and advisers on critical tax issues associated with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and related expenses. The panel will discuss the latest developments and IRS guidance, challenges of loan forgiveness and exclusion from taxable incom...
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Drafting Business Contracts: Advice From Litigators to Prevent Ambiguity
Force Majeure, Forum, Choice of Law, Arbitration, Waiver of Jury Trials, Fee Shifting, Ind...
August 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance and best practices to transactional attorneys from a litigation perspective that assists contract attorneys in spotting the common traps, critical clauses, and largest landmines that lead to defense or offense issues when presented in court. The expert panel wi...
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Structuring Pledge Agreements for Equity Interests in Partnerships and LLCs to Maximize Pr...
Key Provisions for the Security Agreement and the Borrower's Operating Agreement, UCC Requ...
August 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare lenders' counsel to draft pledge and other agreements that establish a security interest in partnership and LLC interests. The panel will outline corresponding provisions to include in the borrower's operating or partnership agreement to maximize protection for the lend...
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Environmental Indemnity in Real Estate Transactions: Allocating Risks of Potential Liabili...
Negotiating Key Provisions, Drafting and Reviewing the Agreement to Ensure Complete Covera...
August 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for buyers, sellers, and lenders in real estate transactions on allocation of environmental liability and structuring environmental indemnity agreements to ensure proper coverage for liabilities. The panel will examine key provisions and lessons from historical pr...
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Discovery in Bad Faith Insurance Litigation: Key to Successfully Proving or Defending Clai...
Navigating Scope of Discovery, Document Production, and Joint Client Exception to and Impl...
August 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss unique discovery requests that arise when a policyholder argues that its insurer's investigation and subsequent denial of its claim was arbitrary, capricious, and undertaken "in bad faith." The webinar will cover what information to request, how to request the informati...
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Local Regulation of Railroads: Guidance for Municipal Attorneys on the Complexities of Fed...
Strategies for Exercising Local Control to Address Nuisance, Liability, and Economic Issue...
August 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide local government counsel with guidance on addressing the issues presented by freight and passenger railroads that run through cities. The panel will provide an overview of the federal regulatory scheme governing the railroad industry and discuss strategies for exercisin...
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Structuring Indemnification Provisions in Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions
Negotiating Reps and Warranties, Caps and Baskets to Allocate Risk
August 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel for drafting and negotiating representations, warranties, and indemnification clauses in healthcare mergers and acquisitions. The panel will discuss key considerations when drafting the provisions, potential challenges, and strategies for...
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Patent Exclusivity Health Checks for Small Molecules: Are Your U.S. Patents Ready to Maxim...
Phase II Efficacy Trials, Phase III Clinical Trials, NDA Submission, Approval, Marketing
August 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to patent counsel on the essentials of patent exclusivity that are in critical need of independent checking. The panel will discuss crucial health checks on U.S. patent exclusivity for small molecules in Phase II efficacy trials and proceedings through large-sc...
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Cross-Examining the Plaintiff in Employment Harassment and Discrimination Cases
August 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment trial lawyers with the tools to handle the challenging task of cross-examining a plaintiff/victim claiming harassment or discrimination. The plaintiff/alleged victim's deposition is typically the pivotal testimonial event in the case. Trial counsel is often s...
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Tax Issues for Secondary Sales of Private Funds: Transfer Restrictions, Fund Structures, T...
August 11, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide guidance to tax counsel and advisers on critical tax considerations for secondary sales of interests in private funds. The panel will discuss tax and fund structuring challenges impacting the buyers, sellers and the fund, transfer restrictions, tax elections, alloca...
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Structuring Installment Sales to Intentionally Defective Trusts: Using Private Annuities a...
Transferring Appreciated Property Through Asset Sales and Installment Payments
August 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel and advisers with a comprehensive and practical guide to structuring asset sales to intentionally defective irrevocable trusts (IDITs). The panel will discuss the use of both promissory notes and private annuities in estate planning and will iden...
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Drafting Indemnification and Hold Harmless Provisions in Commercial Contracts
Negotiating Scope and Exclusions, Allocating Costs, Overcoming Enforcement Hurdles, Interp...
August 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide business counsel in drafting and negotiating indemnification and hold harmless provisions in commercial contracts. The panel will discuss critical elements of indemnification agreements, including scope, exclusions, and cost allocation. The panel will review enforceabilit...
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Manufacturing and Supply Agreements: Drafting High-Risk Provisions and Settling "Battle of...
August 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide insight into identifying, drafting, and negotiating complex, high-risk provisions in manufacturing and supply agreements, which include warranty, intellectual property, tooling, indemnity, limitations of liabilities, forecasts, price adjustments, change orders, and more...
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Environmental Insurance, Escrows, and Contractual Transfers of Environmental Liability
Identifying, Quantifying and Allocating Potential Liabilities and Long-Term Environmental...
August 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review both traditional and evolving environmental insurance products (e.g., pollution legal liability, cost cap, and excess of indemnity), escrows, contractual liability transfers, and other tools in the context of the cleanup and/or transfer of contaminated properties.
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Patents and Export Control Compliance: Managing Risk and Avoiding Unintentional Violations
Minimizing Export Control Liability in Patent Application Preparation, Development, and An...
August 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent and other counsel on navigating the intersection of patents and export control laws. The panel will examine the challenges facing patent owners, when and where export control issues arise, and related licensing issues. The panel will offer best practices for comply...
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PIPE Transactions and Registered Direct Offerings: Alternative Capital Raising, PE Investm...
Issuer Requirements, Structuring Concerns, Key Terms and Negotiating Points
August 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the mechanics of traditional private investments in public equity (PIPEs) as well as registered direct offerings. The panel will discuss short-term advantages and follow-up obligations for issuers, key terms, and issues for investors to consider when engaging in these t...
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Structuring Real Estate Sale-Leasebacks: An Alternative to Mortgage Financing for Owner-Op...
Strategies for Improving Balance Sheet, Maintaining Control of RE Assets, Recovering Capit...
August 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate and finance counsel with the tools to structure sale-leaseback transactions. The panel will also discuss the advantages and pitfalls of these deals for seller/tenants and buyer/investors, and offer best practices to structure the deal for all parties to prot...
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Tax Perils of Passive Foreign Investment Companies for U.S. Shareholders: Reporting Obliga...
PFIC Rules, Determining Company Status, Exceptions, Allocation of Income, Qualified Electi...
August 5, 2020 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals and advisers on the tax challenges and reporting obligations of U.S. shareholders of passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) under current tax law. The panel will discuss key tax provisions impacting the reporting of income from PFICs by U.S. ta...
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FMV and Commercial Reasonableness Challenges in Physician Compensation Arrangements: Meeti...
Complexities in PSAs, ED Call Coverage, Service Line Co-Management, and Shared Savings Arr...
August 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze vexing issues in the valuation of professional service arrangements/employment deals, emergency department call coverage, and service line management arrangements. The panel will address valuation and regulatory concerns that result and offer best practices for overcomi...
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Reciprocal Easement Agreements for Retail and Mixed-Use Project Development: Structuring a...
Protecting Rights and Obligations; Minimizing Risk for Developers, Retailers, and Other Pr...
August 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will advise real estate practitioners on drafting reciprocal easement agreements (REAs) for retail and mixed-use developments and redevelopments, subdividing existing projects for investment sales, avoiding common pitfalls in preparing REAs, and utilizing best practices for updating...
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Partnership Tax Issues in Estate Planning: Key Challenges and Guidance for Trusts and Esta...
Capital Accounts, Basis Rules, Cash Distributions; Tax Implications of Partnership Assets,...
August 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trusts and estates counsel guidance for recognizing and overcoming critical tax issues of partnerships in estate planning. The panel will discuss the fundamentals of partnership income tax rules for estate planners, maintaining capital accounts, basis rules, traps invol...
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IRS Partnership Audit Rules for Tax Counsel: Managing Partnership Operations and Governanc...
Partnership Agreement Drafting Considerations, Commercial Impacts, Transfers and Admission...
July 30, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel with an up-to-date look at the drafting, commercial, and compliance implications of the partnership audit rules, including a discussion of IRS guidance on issues presented by the statute. The panel will describe the partnership audit processes in detail,...
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Reexamining Indirect Discharges and the Clean Water Act After County of Maui, Hawaii v. Ha...
What is the "Functional Equivalent" of a Direct Discharge?
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the Supreme Court's decision in County of Maui, Hawai'i. v. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, which sets forth a new test for when discharges to jurisdictional waters via groundwater require NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA): when the discharge to groundwater is the...
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New DOL and IRS Regulations for Employee Benefits Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries
Notices, Distributions, Loans, HIPAA, New Model COBRA Forms, Fiduciary Compliance Guidance
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel an in-depth analysis of new DOL and IRS regulations for employee benefits plans impacting plan sponsors and administrators, participants, and beneficiaries. The panel will discuss recently issued DOL and IRS relief for retirement, health and we...
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Primary v. Excess Insurance: Vertical and Horizontal Exhaustion of Policy Limits Priority...
Analyzing the Effect of California Supreme Court's Adoption of Vertical Exhaustion in Mont...
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore the nationwide impact of a unanimous decision in favor of corporate policyholders by the California Supreme Court in April 2020. Policyholders can identify which policy years have the best coverage, collect, and let the carriers resolve further allocation. Any business...
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Physician Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases: Refuting Doctor Testimony, Exposing Bias
Ensuring Plaintiffs Comply With Rule 26(a)(2)(B)
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will show counsel in personal injury cases, especially those involving pharmaceuticals or medical devices, how to depose, examine, or cross-examine who may be the most important witness at trial--the physician, surgeon, or dentist testifying as to causation. The program will provide...
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Swap Documentation in Real Estate Finance Transactions: Coordinating ISDA Master Agreement...
Documenting Covenants, Security, Required Consents, Voting and Control, Reporting, and Reg...
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the various uses of swaps and other derivative products to hedge risk in real estate finance transactions, how to integrate derivatives into loan documentation, and how to document the swap transaction to ensure there is consistency with the loan.
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M&A Agreements: Limitations on Contractual and Extra-Contractual Liabilities
Crafting Exclusive Remedy, Extra-Contractual Representation Waiver, and Other Risk Mitigat...
July 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare M&A deal counsel to draft contracts to protect sellers from post-closing liability. The panel will discuss how courts have analyzed different limitation of liability provisions and how they impact buyers and sellers.
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Reimbursement Strategies and COVID-19: Getting Paid by Commercial Payers
July 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel on revenue cycle issues caused by COVID-19, including issues arising from the passage and implementation of the CARES Act, changes to payment and other policies by commercial payers (including Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care p...
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Evidence at the PTAB: Evolving Standards, New Precedential and Informative Decisions
Best Practices for Submitting and Challenging Evidence in PTAB Proceedings
July 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel through the evolving evidentiary standards at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The panel will examine decisions recently designated as precedential or informative and their impact on the standards. The panel will of...
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Debt Restructuring and Repurchases: Tax Implications for Borrowers and Lenders
July 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the U.S. federal income tax issues associated with debt restructurings and workouts, including loan modifications, debt refinancings, and the acquisition of outstanding portfolio company debt, in today's challenging business environment. The panel will discuss planning...
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Structuring Trademark Clearance Opinions
Assessing Search Results to Identify Infringements, Overcoming Clearance Challenges, and P...
July 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trademark counsel on conducting, analyzing, and using trademark searches. The panel will discuss overcoming the challenges in the trademark clearance process and outline best practices for preparing clearance opinions.
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Mastering Fiduciary Accounting Income for Estate Planners and Administrators
Interpreting Operating Documents, Applying UPIA and State Law, Designing Distribution Stra...
July 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planners with a comprehensive and practical guide to navigating the complexities of fiduciary accounting income (FAI) for trusts and estates. The panel will focus on the impact of FAI on planners and estate administrators and will detail how to interpret essentia...
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Tax Treatment of Guaranteed Payments to Partners: Impact of IRC 199A, Section 707 Payments...
Maximizing QBI Benefits and Structuring Payments to Service Providing Partners Under Curre...
July 23, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel a critical analysis of the impact of Section 199A qualified business income (QBI) deduction on the tax treatment of guaranteed payments to partners. The panel will discuss the default treatment of payments for services to a partner under Section 707 and...
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Construction Loan Modifications and Workouts: Key Considerations for Lenders and Distresse...
Responding to Project Shutdowns and Delays During the Pandemic
July 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine issues presented for construction lenders and borrowers in the wake of COVID-19. The panel will discuss critical concerns for lenders when dealing with financially distressed borrowers and projects that have been delayed or disrupted. The panel will also discuss essenti...
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Self-Insured Retentions and Deductibles: Key Coverage Issues
Balancing the Impact on Claims Settlement, Policy Limits; Obligations of Excess Insurers a...
July 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide insurance counsel on the primary differences between self-insured retentions (SIRs) and deductibles. The panel will outline how the application of these two distinct risk retention vehicles impacts defense and/or coverage obligations of both insurers and policyholders.
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ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Class Actions: Avoiding and Defending Claims Against Compan...
Leveraging Standing, Statute of Limitations, Exhaustion and Mandatory Arbitration to Defea...
July 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel for plan fiduciaries and companies on avoiding and defending ERISA class claims that allege breach of fiduciary duty related to the selection and administration of investment plans. The panel will discuss the latest trends, analyze key substantive an...
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Disruptive Physicians: Minimizing Liability for Negligent Credentialing, Poor Quality of C...
Practical and Legal Approaches for Hospitals, Integrated Systems, Medical Groups, and Othe...
July 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on steps that healthcare facilities should take to minimize liability for disruptive physicians in the recruiting and credentialing processes. The panel will also discuss best practices should the healthcare provider pursue disciplinary action against a practition...
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Preliminary Injunction Litigation: Winning or Defeating Emergency Motions
Obtaining Pretrial Relief in Federal Court and Enforcing the Order Through Contempt Remedi...
July 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will cover the strategies and best practices for obtaining or opposing accelerated pre-trial relief and how to enforce a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order (TRO). Injunctions are powerful tools to stop wrongdoing and preserve the dissipation of assets. But even th...
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Drafting IRA Beneficiary "See-Through" Trust Provisions
Meeting Complex IRS Rules to Qualify a Trust as a Conduit Trust or an Accumulation Trust
July 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel with detailed guidance on the drafting of "see-through" trusts that qualify as IRA beneficiaries under IRS regulations. The panel will explain provisions governing both "conduit trusts" and "accumulation trusts" and offer sample language for both...
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Negotiating Business Agreements via Text, Email, and Other Electronic Communications
Avoiding Inadvertent Contracts; Navigating Issues of Enforceability, Authentication of E-S...
July 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine trends and case law developments affecting businesses negotiating agreement terms via text, email, messaging, or other forms of electronic communication. The panel will discuss steps counsel should take to avoid inadvertently forming an e-contract and strategies to mini...
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Private Equity Real Estate Fund Formation: Capital Raising, Regulatory Issues, and Negotia...
Capital Contributions, Allocation of Profits/Losses, Clawbacks, Return of Capital, Fees, C...
July 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the crucial structural considerations and legal complexities of forming, launching, and operating a private real estate fund. The program will review how recent regulatory developments impact fund managers and investors regarding issues like fees and expenses, co-invest...
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Attorney-Client Privilege for Financial Institutions in Internal Investigations, Audits, a...
Confidential Information and Work Product; Bank Examination Privilege; Section 1828 Select...
July 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine attorney-client privilege for banks and financial institutions. We will provide practical guidance for safeguarding the attorney-client privilege, how to respond to document requests that seek privileged information, and how to respond to regulatory requests for privile...
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Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: Key Income and Transfer Tax Implications
Structuring DAPTs to Minimize Federal and State Taxes, Gifting, Creditor Issues, Other Leg...
July 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trusts and estates counsel an in-depth analysis of federal income and transfer tax consequences of domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs). The panel will discuss key tax planning issues and structuring techniques to minimize federal and state taxes, navigating the dif...
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Insurance Coverage Disputes for Firearms and Shooting Claims: CGL, Homeowners, Auto, Conce...
Understanding the Intentional Acts Exclusion, Specialty Insurance, and Other Complexities
July 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide attorneys across all practice areas much needed guidance and context for evaluating insurance coverage for firearms and shooting liability claims under different kinds of policies, as well as best practices and strategies for alleging or defending claims. Both the attor...
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Termination Fees in Public and Private Acquisitions: Drafting Forward and Reverse Breakup...
Using Fees to Allocate Risk and Ensure Deal Certainty; Case Law on Enforceability
July 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide M&A counsel with guidance on the negotiation and drafting of forward and reverse breakup fee provisions in acquisition agreements. The panel discussion will include the purpose of termination fees for both the acquirer and the target, how they can impact other aspects o...
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Treatment of Make-Whole and No-Call Provisions in Bankruptcy
Navigating the Circuits on Prepayment Premium Provisions; Guidance for Drafting Loan Docum...
July 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy and lender counsel with a review of the In re Ultra Petroleum case from the Fifth Circuit, highlighting conflicts in the relevant case law and emerging theories regarding both enforceability of make-whole and no-call provisions in bankruptcy loan agreements a...
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Telehealth Regulation Post-Pandemic: Returning to Stricter Requirements
Data Privacy and Security, Licensure, Credentialing, Reimbursement, Informed Consent, Pres...
July 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on compliance with the evolving federal and state level telehealth requirements. The panel will address the steps that entities and providers should take to ensure compliance with stricter telehealth requirements.
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IP Rights and Infringement With Podcasts and Live Streaming
Copyright, Trademark and Other IP Considerations When Creating or Producing Podcast or Liv...
July 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide intellectual property counsel on the IP issues that arise in podcasts and live streaming. The panel will discuss protecting rights in podcasts and live streaming. The panel will also examine the steps to take to minimize the likelihood of infringing upon the IP rights of...
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Patent Prosecution Malpractice: Minimizing the Risk of Claims
Recognizing and Eliminating Problem Behavior, Identifying Client Conflicts, Court Treatmen...
July 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on minimizing the risk of malpractice claims in patent prosecution. The panel will examine common pitfalls and problematic behavior as well as how the courts have dealt with recent malpractice claims in the patent context.
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Qualified Opportunity Zones: COVID-19 Updates, Proposed Legislation, New Rules and Regulat...
Deferred Capital Gains and Tax Abatement Under IRC Section 1400Z; Forming Opportunity Fund...
July 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will give real estate and finance counsel a working knowledge of Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) and Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) created under the 2017 tax reform and clarified by regulations released in December 2019 along with updates for rules, regulations, and timeline...
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Noncompetes Under New State Law Restrictions: Wage Requirements, Notice, Time, Layoffs, Pr...
July 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss recent state legislative changes and case law trends regarding noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants in New York, California, Illinois, Washington, and other states, as well as look at the proposed changes to federal labor law. The panel will offer best...
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Maximizing Patent Prosecution Opportunities in Europe: Tactics for Counsel When Drafting U...
Navigating Differing USPTO and EPO Legal Standards While Maintaining U.S. Patent Strategy
July 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel in drafting U.S.-origin patent applications to maximize prosecution opportunities in both the U.S. and Europe. After discussing each area, the panel will offer best practices for U.S. patent application drafters to protect inventions in Europe without sacri...
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Federal Tort Claims Act Cases: Recovering for Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Pr...
Limits on the Independent Contractor and Discretionary Function Exceptions
July 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will instruct personal injury attorneys on the prerequisites for filing suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and how to defeat the government's motions to dismiss or for summary judgment based on the "independent contractor" and the "discretionary function" exceptions to th...
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Insurance Issues in the Cannabis Industry: Managing Risk Under State and Federal Law
Traditional and Modified Insurance Products; Key Exclusions and Issues; First-Party Proper...
July 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will identify types of potentially insurable risk faced by the cannabis industry, review types of coverage, typical exclusions and associated legal issues, assess the state of the cannabis insurance market and state regulatory regimes, and provide practical guidance on obtaining ins...
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Contribution Agreements: Joint Liability and Rights of Contribution Under Loan Guaranties
Partial Guaranties, Nonrecourse Carveouts, Asserting Defenses
July 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze the contribution obligations of co-guarantors after a borrower defaults on a loan and how a contribution agreement can clarify those obligations. The panel will discuss various actions or circumstances which should be addressed, including partial guaranties, bad acts wh...
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Sect. 112 Indefiniteness in Chemical and Biotech Patent Claims
Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Claims That Will Hold Up Under Any Definiteness Standard
July 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on how recent Federal Circuit and PTAB case law impact daily patent practice. The panel will offer best practices to navigate pre- and post-issuance scrutiny for compliance with 35 U.S.C. 112(b).
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Due Diligence in Healthcare Private Equity Transactions
Minimizing Regulatory, Corporate Practice of Medicine and Other Risks
July 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel in healthcare private equity transactions on due diligence measures that effectively identify and mitigate risks and liabilities. The panel will address the regulatory and corporate practice of medicine issues that should be considered during the due diligence pro...
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Getting CFIUS Approval for Investments From and Deals With Foreign Businesses
Recent Regulatory Changes, Controls, and Mitigation Agreements
July 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to U.S. businesses seeking and accepting foreign investments on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approval process. The panel will discuss what parties need to do to be well prepared to get CFIUS approval for investments and deals. T...
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Statistical Evidence in Wage and Hour Class Actions Since Tyson Foods: Impact on Certifica...
Disputing or Leveraging Representative Sampling to Prove Classwide Liability and Damages
June 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will arm employment counsel with strategic approaches for disputing or leveraging the use of statistical evidence to establish classwide liability in wage and hour actions. The panel will discuss how the lower courts are applying Tyson Foods Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, review statistical sa...
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Structuring and Implementing Physician Incentives in the Age of COVID-19
Understanding New Regulatory Compliance Pitfalls and Long Term Implications
June 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on physician incentives, examining the legal requirements and the potential risks. The panel will compare current incentives and value-based incentives and discuss the impact on regulatory compliance. The panel will offer best practices for structuring...
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Structuring Commercial Loan Term Sheets, Proposals and Commitment Letters: Key Terms for L...
Avoiding Unintended Consequences, Limiting Drafting Ambiguity
June 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide commercial finance counsel with guidance on using and analyzing term sheets, proposals, and commitment letters in commercial finance transactions. The panel will explain the potential risks associated with their usage and provide best practices for minimizing those risk...
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Overcoming 101 Rejections for Computer and Electronics Related Patents
Leveraging USPTO Guidance and Recent Decisions to Meet 101 Patent Eligibility Requirements
June 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel for overcoming Section 101 rejections for computer and electronics related patents. The panel will review recent case law and USPTO guidance on 101 patent eligibility and offer strategies to address Section 101 rejections.
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Private Equity Transactions in Renewable Energy: Unique Financing and Restructuring Option...
Implications of the Coronavirus, Critical Deal Points for Investors, Incorporating Tax Cre...
June 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide renewable energy counsel in structuring private equity transactions in renewable energy. The panel will discuss the impact of the coronavirus on private equity transactions and opportunities for private equity funds for distressed projects, purchase price considerations,...
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LLC Opinion Letters: Minimizing Preparer Liability Risks
Using the Supplemental TriBar LLC Opinion Report to Guide Opinion Practice
June 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide strategies for drafting LLC opinion letters, using the TriBar LLC Opinion Supplemental Report as a guide. The panel will discuss the potential liabilities involved in rendering opinion letters and best practices for counsel to reduce risk in providing opinion letters.
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Medicaid Planning: Pros and Cons of Gifting the House Under Current Tax Law
Eligibility Rules, Gift and Capital Gains Tax Implications, Trust Drafting Issues, and Gif...
June 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explain and analyze the complex issues facing counsel when advising elderly clients regarding gifting their house. The panel will discuss Medicaid eligibility and gifting rules, tax implications, transfers to a trust, pros and cons of an outright gift, and alternatives to gifti...
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Defeating Class Actions Post-Certification: Procedural and Substantive Strategies
Pursuing Rule 23(f) Appeals, Decertification, Reconsideration, Summary Judgment, and Other...
June 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide class action defense counsel in the strategies and logistics for pursuing post-certification procedural and substantive motions and appeals. The panel will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of seeking motions for Rule 23(f) appellate review, decertification, recons...
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Nursing Home Malpractice: Indispensable Discovery for Establishing Causation, Systemic Neg...
Discovering Nursing Home Patterns and Practices, Key Caregivers, Nursing Policies, Adminis...
June 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will discuss how to plan and carry out successful discovery in a nursing home malpractice case. The webinar will discuss specific evidence to request for different causes of action, how to notice depositions to obtain the best results, how to manage the large volume of documents invo...
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Noncompete Agreement Litigation Strategies
Leveraging Trial Techniques, Identifying Causes of Action, Preparing for Defense Theories...
June 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore noncompete agreements and related disputes and litigation. The panel will provide a general discussion of noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants, discuss developments in the courts and the legislature that impact such agreements, and offer strategic persp...
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Electronic Spying and Tracking Spouses in Divorce Cases: What's Legal in the Digital World...
Navigating Admissibility and Privacy: Evidence Derived From Social Media, Smartphones, Spy...
June 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will teach family law attorneys to identify and manage legal issues that arise when a spouse obtains evidence using electronic or telephonic interception, smartphones, spyware, GPS tracking devices, webcams, wiretaps, or other methods.
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Document Request Responses Under FRCP 34 and 26's More Exacting Standards
Impermissible Boilerplate, Vague Objections, Outdated Templates, Relevancy, Proportionalit...
June 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore the challenges in responding to document requests under FRCP 26 and 34 and propose solutions to several perennial discovery problems including overbroad requests, privilege, and novel ways to restrict responses. The panel will also raise questions on the impact of timin...
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Trademark Remedies: Willfulness Requirement, Lessons From Romag v. Fossil, Implications fo...
Maximizing Monetary and Non-Monetary Remedies in Trademark Litigation
June 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on the monetary and non-monetary remedies available for trademark infringement. The panel will examine the Supreme Court's recent decision in Romag Fasteners v. Fossil, the willfulness requirement, and the decision's potential impact. The panel will discuss non...
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Taxation of Cannabis: Overcoming Tax Challenges in Marijuana Business Operations, Key Plan...
Entity Selection, Gross Income Inclusion, Impact of Tax Reform, Effect of Section 280E, IR...
June 18, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers guidance on tax and related issues for businesses engaged in the cannabis industry. The panel will discuss critical federal and select state tax rules impacting cannabis businesses, recent tax court decisions, Section 280E, forfeiture, and b...
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Liquidity Options for Private Equity Funds in the Current Market
Preferred Equity Lines, Continuation Funds, Top-Up Funds, Expansion of Existing Credit Fac...
June 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze different options for providing liquidity to private equity funds that are facing a shortage of capital in the current market environment. The panel will review the mechanics and the pros and cons of these alternative structures.
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Estate Asset Basis Management: Minimizing Tax on Trust Transfers Through Basis Adjustment
Trust Transfer Methods, Credit Shelter Trusts, and Post-Mortem Actions
June 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel and fiduciary advisers with an advanced practical guide to basis adjustment techniques and strategies to minimize income tax on estate and trust assets. The panelist will discuss advanced strategies for achieving income tax basis step-up under va...
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M&A Disclosure Schedules: Seller and Buyer Perspectives
Making and Updating Disclosures in U.S. and International Deals
June 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the role of disclosure schedules in U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions, review buyer and seller perspectives on updating disclosures, and explain best practices for tailoring disclosures to related provisions of the purchase agreement. The panel will also discuss cu...
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Hospital and Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies
Navigating Restructuring Options in the Age of COVID-19
June 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with guidance on the unique legal issues for hospitals and other healthcare providers facing bankruptcy. The panel will discuss how bankruptcy impacts hospital/healthcare provider obligations under Medicare, HIPAA, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, an...
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Ensuring HIPAA Compliance When Transmitting PHI Via Patient Portals, Email, and Texting
Protecting Patient Privacy, Complying With State and Federal Regulations, Meeting Meaningf...
June 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on measures for hospitals and physicians to ensure compliance and minimize liability when using patient portals and other electronic means to communicate protected health information (PHI). The panel will outline the legal risks with patient portal use...
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ERISA Plan Investment Committee Governance: Avoiding Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
Evaluating Fiduciary Risks and Avoiding Claims of Breaches by Investment Committee Members
June 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA counsel, in-house corporate counsel, and plan sponsor decisionmakers with the tools to structure and implement appropriate investment committee policies and procedures. Our multi-disciplinary panel will provide best practices for selecting and training investment...
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Private Equity GP and Employee Co-Investment Credit Facilities, Management Lines of Credit
Due Diligence, Structuring and Documentation; Role of Sponsor, Administrative Issues
June 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
The CLE webinar will outline the key considerations in structuring management lines of credit, general partner (GP) financing, and employee co-investment facilities within private equity funds. The panel will discuss collateral security packages, fund obligations, administrative concerns, common poi...
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The In Pari Delicto Defense to Bankruptcy and Other Claims Against Directors, Officers, an...
Anticipating or Raising the Defense in Bankruptcy and Other Asset Recovery Litigation
June 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss developments in asset recovery litigation against officers, directors, and outside professionals of distressed or insolvent companies, in particular the evolving and complex in pari delicto defense that may bar recovery by trustees, receivers, and creditors.
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Protecting IP Rights in Joint Development Agreements and Strategic Alliances
Structuring JDAs to Apportion Contributed, Joint, and Derivative IP; Planning for Involunt...
June 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on negotiating and structuring joint development agreements (JDAs) to allocate IP ownership. The panel will discuss the key provisions of the JDA to protect IP rights and avoid unintended consequences.
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Estate Planning During COVID-19: CARES Act Relief, Key Issues and Planning Opportunities f...
Alternate Valuation for Estate Assets, Lifetime Gifts, Reducing Tax Liability, Trust Modif...
June 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide trusts and estates counsel on critical estate planning challenges and opportunities in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The panel will discuss key provisions of the CARES Act, potential opportunities as a result of the decline in asset values, tax planning st...
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Using Electronic Contracts and E-Signatures for Remote Transactions
Recent Developments Including Remote Notarization, PPP Lending E-Notes, and Possible UCC R...
June 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine recent legal trends and developments regarding e-signatures and electronic contracts, with the panel focusing in part on the use of e-signatures and electronic contracts during COVID-19 business interruptions, governors' remote notarization executive orders, a status up...
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IRC 754 Elections for Tax Counsel: Mastering Structuring Considerations of Basis Adjustmen...
Navigating Complex Basis Rules and Avoiding Pitfalls in Section 754 Elections
June 4, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel with comprehensive guidance on the 754 election for partnerships. The panel will discuss the basis adjustment rules associated with sales, transfers, and partnership interests or property distributions; review the impact of the Section 754 election for i...
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Solar Financing Tax Equity Structures: Sale-Leasebacks, Inverted Leases, and Partnership F...
Choosing the Right Structure, Weighing Advantages and Drawbacks of Various Structures
June 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss solar financing tax equity structures--sale-leasebacks, inverted leases, and partnership flips--and the advantages and disadvantages of each from a legal, business, financial, and tax perspective. The panel will examine current trends and issues in solar financings.
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Shari’ah-Compliant Investment in Real Estate in the United States
Overview of Shari’ah-Compliant Investment, Considerations in Structuring Transactions, Inv...
June 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an overview of Shari'ah-compliant investment, an asset-based investment system that is frequently, though imprecisely, known as Islamic finance.
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Patent Infringement Risks for Companies Manufacturing COVID-19 Related Products Protected...
Available Protections, Limitations to Immunity, and Minimizing Liability Risks
June 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the patent infringement risks involved with manufacturing goods protected by third-party patents to help with the COVID-19 battle. The panel will examine possible protections available to companies and will address ways to minimize potential damages in a...
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Structuring Management Carve-Out Plans for Privately Held Corporations: Mechanics, Tax Obs...
Guidance for Employee Benefits Counsel on Private Company Liquidity Bonus Plan Compensatio...
June 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel with guidance on the use of private company liquidity bonus plans to increase incentive and retain current employees. The panel will outline the mechanics of these compensatory arrangements, also known as carve-out plans, discuss strategic cons...
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Structuring a Stock Acquisition: Due Diligence, Key Deal Terms, Shareholder Consent, and O...
Pros and Cons of Stock vs. Asset Acquisitions and Other Key Issues
June 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the structuring of stock acquisitions from both the buyer and target company perspective. The panel will discuss the advantages of stock vs. asset acquisitions and some key due diligence issues presented in acquiring all the assets and accompanying liabilities of a comp...
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Resolving EPL Coverage Disputes: Common Issues and COVID-19 Claims
Understanding EPL Coverage Triggers, Application Errors, Non-Monetary Claims, and Likely C...
June 3, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss making and resolving claims under employment practices liability (EPL) insurance, which offers coverage against employee lawsuits alleging discrimination and other improper employer acts. The webinar will identify recurring misconceptions and stumbling blocks and how to...
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Legal Issues With Blockchain in Banking and Fintech: Implementing New Applications
Leveraging DLT Platforms for Recordkeeping, Payments, KYC, and More; Concerns With Regulat...
June 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide finance and lending counsel with an examination of current and potential uses of blockchain in banking and FinTech. The panel will discuss the advantages of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in cost-efficiency, cybersecurity, and fraud protection, as well as the legal...
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Global Patent Litigation: Trends, Tools, and Strategies to Enforce Your Patent Rights Glob...
Data Metrics, Win Rates, and Other Key Considerations for Parties Pursuing a Global Approa...
June 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the enforcement of patent rights globally. The panel will examine global patent litigation to protect IP rights in the worldwide marketplace. The panel will discuss current global litigation trends and the tools necessary when determining if, when, and w...
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CARES Act, NOL Rules, IRS Guidance: Critical Tax Considerations and Mitigation Planning fo...
Impact of Pandemic on Cash and Liquidity, BEAT, GILTI, FDII, Sec. 965 Transitions Tax
June 2, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide guidance to tax counsel and advisers on critical tax considerations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will discuss tax implications and potential opportunities under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, recent IRS guidance, NOL rules,...
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Working Remotely and Safeguarding the Attorney-Client Privilege: Legal Ethics
Preventing Inadvertent Waiver, Maintaining Confidentiality and Privilege in a Work From Ho...
June 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare attorneys to comply with the fundamental rule that a lawyer must not reveal information relating to a client's representation unless the client has given informed consent when the attorney must work in unusual conditions, such as when forced to relocate on short notice...
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Avoiding the High Income Taxes on Accumulation Trusts Resulting from SECURE Act Distributi...
Critical Drafting Provisions and Sample Forms, Sec. 678, Sec. 2514(e), New Designated Bene...
June 2, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will be an in-depth analysis of critical techniques for avoiding high income taxes on accumulation trusts. Estate planning authority James G. Blase will provide a detailed discussion of drafting solutions for Section 678 withdrawal powers, trust income that exceeds Section 2514(e) l...
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Domesticating Individually Owned Controlled Foreign Corporations Under Current Tax Law
Restructuring CFCs for U.S. Taxpayers, Mitigating Tax Liability, Section 962 Election, Tra...
May 28, 2020 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This webinar will guide tax professionals and advisers on the legal challenges and available planning techniques for domesticating individually owned controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) under current tax law. The panel will discuss rules governing U.S. persons with non-U.S. businesses and investm...
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Local Counsel Opinions in Real Estate Finance Transactions
Strategies for Maximizing Efficiency and Reducing Risks for Opinion Givers
May 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practitioners with tools for drafting local counsel opinions for real estate finance transactions, referencing recently published opinion reports. The panel will also discuss ethical considerations and liability risks associated with the rendering of local counsel opini...
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Commercial Leases: Negotiating and Drafting Early Termination and Assignment Clauses
Permitted Transfers, Consent, Recapture, and Mitigation Clauses
May 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practical guidance to real estate counsel on early termination clauses in commercial leases, with a focus on best practices in negotiating, drafting, and documenting early termination provisions and liquidated damage clauses and assignments and permitted transfers.
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Confronting Organized Insurance-Fraud Schemes and Sham Claims
Avoiding Payment of Sham Claims, Tools to Deter and Recover from Scheme Leaders, Seeking C...
May 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide attorneys representing insurance companies in spotting and unraveling increasingly complex and organized fraud. These schemes may be related to only one claim but increasingly span multiple industries and types of policies, including commercial and property; life, health,...
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Opinions of Counsel in Lending Transactions: Scope and Assumptions, Substantive Opinions,...
Structuring Third-Party Opinion Letters to Lenders Which Minimize Risks to the Preparer
May 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide legal practitioners with practical advice about developing a process for the preparation of opinion letters and the typical language included in standard opinions requested in commercial finance transactions. The panel will review the common elements of an opinion lette...
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Returning to Work Post-Quarantine: Employment Issues and Compliance
Social Distancing, Health Reporting, FLSA, Attendance, ADA Accommodations
May 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on the employment issues related to the reopening of businesses following shelter-in-place orders. The panel will discuss topics related to in-office social distancing and how to address wellness concerns and ADA accommodations while addressing attendance and performance...
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Partnership Non-Cash Property Distributions: Hot Assets, Disguised Sales, and Other Critic...
Structuring Partnership Distributions Without Triggering Gain Recognition Under Secs. 704(...
May 21, 2020 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals on the tax issues stemming from partnership non-cash property distributions. The panel will discuss critical issues in structuring non-cash property distributions, key exceptions, questions in applying Sections 751, 704(c), 707, 731(c), 737, and 752,...
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COVID-19 and Employee Benefits: New Relief Act, Vendor Performance, HIPAA Issues, Paid Lea...
Recent IRS Guidance, Compliance Issues, Legal and Regulatory Obligations, Responsibility t...
May 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employee benefits attorneys and advisers on critical issues and challenges of COVID-19 on employee health and welfare plans and administration. The panel will discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employee benefits, the new Families First Coronavirus Response...
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Brownfield Redevelopment in Opportunity Zones: Taking Advantage of OZ Tax Benefits
Determining Substantial Costs, Vacancy, and Environmental Remediation
May 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with guidance based on the opportunity zone (OZ) regulations recently released by the Treasury Department related to brownfield redevelopment. The panel will address the IRS requirements in the assessment, remediation, and redevelopment of brownfield properties...
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Drafting Shareholder Agreements for Private Equity M&A Deals
Structuring Provisions on Board Composition and Duties, Drag-Along, Tag-Along, Information...
May 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide deal counsel for drafting shareholder agreements that accompany private equity (PE) transactions. The panel will examine considerations and best practices to ensure shareholder agreements are valid and binding on shareholders throughout the life cycle of the investment, i...
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Functional Claiming for Software Patents: Leveraging Recent Court Treatment
Surviving 112(f) and Disclosing Functional Basis for Software to Meet Heightened Standard...
May 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on functional claiming in software patents and USPTO prosecution. The panel will examine recent court treatment and explain how to navigate the issue of functionality given the uncertainties in the prosecution and litigation contexts.
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Building Asset Protection Into Estate Plans: Critical Tax Law Issues and Methods for Guard...
Tax Planning, Preventing Fraudulent Transfers, Using LLCs and Partnerships, Issues in Esta...
May 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estates and trusts attorneys an in-depth analysis of available methods of building asset protection into estate plans under current tax law. The panel will discuss pitfalls to avoid in accord with current tax rules, approaches to guard assets, fraudulent transfers, and...
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New IRS Tax Collection and Audit Guidance for Taxpayers in Response to COVID-19
Relief for Complex Collection Cases, Strategies for Individuals and Small Businesses, Secu...
May 19, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals and advisers on grasping critical tax collection and audit-related issues and solutions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will discuss essential items of the new IRS People First Initiative and subsequent guidance including, unique complia...
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Employer Policies and Medical Cannabis in a Changing Legislative Environment
Avoiding ADA Liability, Applying Workers' Comp Laws, Amending Drug Policies
May 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address how employers can craft enforceable workplace drug policies and maintain random drug-testing procedures and post-accident drug-testing protocols as typically required by insurers in today's landscape of state cannabis legalization. The panel will delve into the legal pi...
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S Corp Redemptions: Characterization, Tax Consequences, Application of Sections 302 and 30...
Sale or Exchange vs. Distribution, Evaluating Conversion to a C Corp, Available Tax Planni...
May 14, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with a specific and practical guide to navigating the tax rules that apply to the redemption of S corporation interests. The panel will discuss characterization as a sale or exchange versus distribution, tax consequences associated with such...
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Depreciation Strategies in Real Estate Finance: Maximizing Bonus Depreciation on Qualified...
Interplay With Interest Deduction and NOL Rules, Phaseout Considerations
May 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer real estate counsel thorough knowledge of the new depreciation rules enacted under the recent tax reform law and explain how the acquisition and improvement of real estate can be structured to take full advantage of tax depreciation. The panel's discussion will include an...
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Health and Welfare Plan Administrative Services Agreements: Negotiating, Drafting, and Mon...
Guidance for Counsel to Employers and Third-Party Service Providers
May 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare employee benefits counsel to advise employers and third-party service providers on negotiating and drafting administrative services agreements for health and welfare plans. The panel will discuss practical legal and business considerations, ERISA fiduciary issues, criti...
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Protecting Copyrights on the Internet: Latest Approaches and Developments
Navigating Fair Use, Infringement Claims, DMCA Safe Harbor and Secondary Liability Issues
May 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare copyright counsel to police and protect against copyright infringement on the internet. The panel will outline the tools available to monitor IP rights and examine fair use defenses and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor.
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U.S. Sanctions: Regulatory Developments
Navigating the Evolving Compliance Landscape and Analyzing Lessons From Recent Enforcement...
May 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on sanctions compliance. The panel will examine the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Framework one year after its implementation and will discuss recent regulatory developments. The panel will review recent enforcement acti...
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Dividing High Value Items in Divorce: Art, Rare Collectibles, Antiques, Yachts, Jewelry
Valuation, Tax, and Other Considerations When Marital Assets Include High Value, One-of-a...
May 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the factors divorce counsel should consider when dividing or liquidating valuable art, collectibles (stamps and coins, rare antiques, baseball cards, etc.), yachts, aircrafts, and other one-of-a-kind items.
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CARES Act for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers: Implications of Key Provisions
Changes to Medicare and Medicaid, Direct Grants for Healthcare Providers, Expanded Telehea...
May 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the key provisions impacting hospitals and healthcare providers. The panel will discuss direct funding for healthcare providers and the changes to Medicare and Medicaid. The panel...
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Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements
May 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel prosecuting and litigating design patent claims. The panel will examine recent USPTO and court treatment of novelty and obviousness issues and offer best practices for prosecuting and defending against obviousness and novelty attacks in litigation.
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FMLA Intermittent Leave: Preventing Abuse While Mitigating Interference or Retaliation Cla...
Creating Effective Leave and Transfer Policies, Challenging Medical Certification, Leverag...
May 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel with the tools necessary to prevent employee abuse of intermittent leave while maintaining FMLA compliance. The panel will review appropriate leave and transfer policies, discuss challenges to medical certification, outline defense theories, and more.
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Impact of New FRE 807 on Hearsay Evidence: New Residual Exception
May 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will alert trial lawyers to the new opportunities and challenges presented by the Dec. 1, 2019, amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 807 regarding the residual exception to the hearsay rule. The amendment relaxes some of the barriers to the admission of hearsay, and counsel must be...
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New Data Blocking and Interoperability Rules: Implications for Healthcare Providers, Payer...
Navigating the Shift in Healthcare Information Technology and Complying With the Rules
May 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on the final data blocking and interoperability rules. The panel will discuss the implications for healthcare providers, payers, and vendors. The panel will also offer best practices for addressing the changes and steps for complying with the new rules.
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Income Tax Treaty Practice for Tax Counsel: Planning and Structuring Transactions to Maxim...
Understanding and Applying Key Tax Treaty Provisions and the Coming Changes
May 7, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel with a solid overview and explanation of key tax treaty provisions that tax counsel must master in structuring cross-border transactions. The panel will focus on individual, small business, and middle-market positions and will enable tax counsel to advis...
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Construction Defect Claims: Allocation Among Contractor and Subcontractor Policies, Additi...
Impact of Horizontal vs. Vertical Exhaustion Rules on Multiple Layers of Coverage
May 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss vertical vs. horizontal insurance coverage exhaustion in construction defect disputes. The program will analyze the impact of exhaustion on allocation between the contractor's primary and excess coverage, the priority of payment between the contractor and its subcontrac...
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Deposition Strategies in Employment Litigation: Taking and Defending Depositions of Plaint...
Leveraging Deposition Testimony During Discovery, Summary Judgment, Settlement, and Trial
May 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare employment trial lawyers to take and defend depositions of plaintiffs and fact witnesses. The panel will explain tactics for preparing witnesses, outline techniques for effective questioning, and offer strategies for leveraging deposition testimony during discovery, sum...
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CERCLA Litigation Liability Update: New Cases, New Twists
April 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide environmental counsel with a review of recent court rulings on the liability of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund or CERCLA). In addition, the presenters will discuss the imp...
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Litigating Trucking Accident Injury Claims: Theories of Liability, Impact of CSA Recordkee...
Plaintiff and Defense Approaches to Discovery, Pre-Trial Motions, and Damages
April 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury counsel with a review of conventional theories of liability in trucking accident injury cases and discuss the complexities involved with litigating and settling claims. The panel will explain the impact of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and...
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Renewable Energy Projects: Negotiating Power Purchase Agreements
Structuring Terms to Meet State and Federal Renewable Power Standards and Address COVID-19...
April 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to companies involved in renewable energy projects to identify and understand the critical terms and to effectively negotiate and structure power purchase agreements (PPAs). The panel will discuss key provisions of PPAs for buyers and sellers, highlight the differ...
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MAC Clauses and Indemnification Provisions in M&A Deals: Recent Trends in Negotiating and...
Implications of Recent Deal Litigation on the Negotiation of MAC Clauses
April 30, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to deal counsel for negotiating and drafting material adverse change (MAC) clauses and the key indemnification provisions in M&A deals. The panelist discussion will include industry trends in deal negotiation and the continuing impact of the Akorn decision.
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Resolving International Tax Compliance Disputes: FBAR Controversy, Penalties, Appeals, For...
Evolution of "Non-Willful" Standard, Identifying Compliance Issues, District Court and Cou...
April 30, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers an in-depth analysis of effective methods and challenges in resolving international tax compliance issues and disputes. The panel will discuss critical tax compliance issues stemming from Forms 3520/3520-A and 5471, navigating FBAR assessmen...
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Deposing Nursing Home Employees and Owners in Neglect and Abuse Cases
Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dea...
April 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys with an in-depth analysis of deposition practice in nursing home injury cases. The webinar will discuss best practices for identifying and questioning deponents, videotaping depositions, using demonstrative exhibits, dea...
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Credit Bidding in Bankruptcy Sales: Asserting and Defending Against Credit Bids
Resolving Intercreditor Disputes and Taking Collective Action Under Syndicated Facilities
April 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy counsel with a review of strategic decision making in credit bidding, resolving the myriad of disputes among lenders and unsecured creditors, and overcoming legal challenges to the lender's right to credit bid.
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Employment Litigation and Claim Settlements: Maximizing Tax Benefits and Avoiding Penaltie...
Tax Considerations for Employers When Drafting Settlement Agreements
April 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide employment counsel and tax advisers guidance for structuring complex settlements and complying with complex tax reporting and withholding requirements applicable to employment claims. The panel will discuss best practices for employers looking to structure settlements,...
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CC&Rs and Easements for Mixed-Use Projects: Best Practices for Developers
Drafting, Analyzing, Interpreting, and Amending CC&R Declarations and Easements
April 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate practitioners guidance for drafting valid covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) for mixed-use projects, avoiding common pitfalls in drafting CC&Rs, and amending existing CC&Rs.
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Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements: Balancing the Interests of Sponsors and Healthcare...
Structuring Indemnification, Subject Injury, IP Rights, Data Rights, and Other Key Provisi...
April 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review critical provisions in clinical trial agreements (CTAs), discuss variations in study site structure and potential impact on CTA signatories, outline best practices for structuring effective provisions and contracts, and guide healthcare counsel on handling the potential...
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Structuring Waterfall Provisions in LLC and Partnership Agreements
Navigating Complex Distribution Structures, Minimizing Negative Tax Consequences
April 23, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide corporate and tax counsel on the various methods of structuring waterfall distribution provisions in LLC and partnership agreements. The panel will examine a variety of economic and tax considerations such as timing and types of distributions (including tax distributi...
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Structuring MOUs, LOIs, Term Sheets, and Other Nonbinding Legal Documents
Avoiding Unintended Performance or Financial Obligations, Utilizing Express Disclaimer Lan...
April 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with guidance on structuring letters of intent (LOIs), memoranda of understanding (MOUs), term sheets, and other preliminary legal documentation intended as only partially binding or even nonbinding in commercial transactions. The panel will review how courts ha...
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Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Proceedings
Protecting Confidential Communications With Patent Counsel or Patent Agents
April 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel in navigating the challenges of preserving and controlling the attorney-client privilege in proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), including both ex parte proceedings (i.e., the prosecution of patent application and reexaminations) a...
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COVID-19 and Business Interruption Insurance: Coverage Issues and Exclusions
April 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will address issues faced by insurers and policyholders responding to claimed losses or liabilities arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It will address all types of insurance including Event Cancellation Insurance, Property Insurance, Business Interruption Coverage, Conti...
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Split-Dollar Agreements and Estate Inclusions: Application of Sections 2036 and 2038 to Ce...
Critical Takeaways From Recent Tax Court Rulings, Tax Treatment Under Regs. Sec. 1.61-22,...
April 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trusts and estates counsel and advisers an-depth analysis of the use of split-dollar agreements and potential estate inclusions of property interests. The panel will discuss recent U.S. Tax Court cases on the application of Sections 2036, 2038, and 2703 to specific prop...
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Healthcare Reform Compliance for Employee Benefits: Required Plan Changes, Limiting Exposu...
ACA Rules and Regulations Updates, Recent State Insurance Mandates, Pay or Play, PCORI Fee...
April 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel, plan sponsors, and administrators on critical issues and requirements stemming from recent healthcare reform impacting employee benefits. The panel will discuss updates regarding ACA rules and regulations, recent state insurance mandates, necessary plan cha...
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Mixed-Use Developments: Lessons Learned From Recent Deals
Zoning, Financing, Community Buy-In, and Other Legal Challenges
April 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will outline best practices for overcoming the current legal challenges facing developers, builders, and the mixed-use development team when undertaking mixed-use projects. The panel will provide valuable insights on how to capitalize on the opportunities of mixed-use development.
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Medical Records Requests and Subpoenas After Ciox Health
Complying With Federal and State Laws When Responding to Subpoenas and Requests
April 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with guidance on medical records requests and subpoenas. The panel will examine the recent decision in Ciox Health v. Azar and the HHH Office of Civil Rights (OCR) response it prompted. The panel will discuss how the decision and OCR response change t...
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Healthcare Providers & COVID-19: Telemedicine, Facility Preparedness, Supply Concerns, Sta...
Ensuring Pandemic Readiness in the Face of Novel Coronavirus
April 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide healthcare counsel on what hospitals and healthcare providers should be doing to prepare for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The panel will discuss telemedicine options that should be considered or put in place and the associated challenges. The panel will also review CDC g...
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Drafting Software Patents to Survive Section 101 and AIA Challenges
Anticipating and Minimizing the Risk of 101, 103 Rejections, Recent Court Guidance
April 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent practitioners on how to draft their patent applications to overcome both Section 101 and AIA challenges. This panel has decades of experience in Section 101 and has represented patent owners numerous times in AIA reviews.
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ERISA Benefit Plan Investment Management Agreements: Selecting 3(38) Investment Managers,...
Documenting the Relationship to Minimize Risks for Plan Sponsors and Investment Advisers
April 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explain best practices for selecting a 3(38)-investment manager and outline key steps in structuring and documenting the investment manager relationship. Our panel will review how best to negotiate and draft investment management agreements (IMAs) and what terms to look for whe...
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Emergency Conservatorships and Guardianships: Pursuing Court Intervention and Orders, Liti...
Identifying Risk and Protective Factors, Standards of Review, Recent Case Law
April 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide elder law attorneys an in-depth analysis of legal, procedural, and administrative challenges of emergency conservatorships and guardianships. The panel will discuss critical issues in pursuing court intervention and orders, identifying risk and protective factors, and r...
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Succession Planning in Family-Owned and Non-Public Businesses and Business Divorce Prepara...
Implementing a Strategy for Owners to Retire or Pass on Privately-Held Businesses or Retai...
April 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide business counsel with a roadmap for determining best practices for creating a solid succession plan to keep a business operational and viable. The panel will further explore the thorny issues that arise when a private entity faces a business divorce and its owners can n...
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Antitrust Compliance and Clinical Integration
Assessing Anti-Competitiveness of Collaborations, Minimizing Risk of Agency Challenges
April 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide healthcare counsel with an examination of the latest developments concerning clinical integration programs, as well as the FTC and DOJ assessment processes. The panel will offer best practices for effective clinical integration while mitigating antitrust concerns.
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Local Government and the Regulation of Speech
How the First Amendment Affects Regulation of Political Signs, Political Speech by Employe...
April 14, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to local governments on how to lawfully regulate the display of political signs and public employee campaigning on municipal property--without violating federal and state constitutions.
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Construction Contracts: Waivers of Subrogation, Indemnification, and Contribution
Complexities and Pitfalls of Waiver Provisions for Contractors, Owners, and Insurer
April 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide construction counsel with a review of the validity and effect of waiver of subrogation, indemnification and contribution clauses in construction contracts, how courts interpret waiver provisions, and the impact on all parties to the agreement.
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Delaware Update: Confidentiality of Corporate Records, Board of Directors Oversight, Share...
Analyzing Recent Cases and the Impact on Corporate Practice
April 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the most significant recent court decisions affecting Delaware corporate law. The panel will explain how these changes can impact the release of corporate records, the oversight obligation of boards of directors in "mission-critical" issues, and shareholder derivative a...
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Structuring Tiered Partnerships: Advanced Tax Planning Strategies, Avoiding Tax Traps
Treatment of Allocations and Deductions, Application of Sec. 704 and 743
April 7, 2020 • CLE, CPE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax counsel on the available tax planning strategies in structuring tiered partnerships. The panel will discuss tax considerations for structuring tiered partnerships, treatment of allocations and deductions, the impact of tax reform and new IRS partnership audit rule...
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DOJ Guidance on Individual Accountability for Corporate Misconduct: Implications for Compa...
Understanding Current Government Positions, Ensuring Compliance, and Mitigating Legal Risk...
April 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on the Department of Justice's continuing efforts to hold individuals accountable for corporate misconduct. Our panelists will discuss DOJ guidance and examine the implications for corporations. Our panelists will also discuss how companies' compliance programs an...
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New IRS Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) Final Regulations
Sec. 6038A Reporting Issues, Application to Partnerships, Gross Receipts and Base-Erosion...
April 1, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax professionals and advisers with a practical guide to the recently issued IRS final regulations on the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT). The panel will discuss critical provisions of the new IRS final regulations, application to pass-through entities, deter...
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Managing IP While Using Open Source: Copyright and Patent Licensing
Assessing Software Options, Mitigating Risk of IP Infringement in Software Development
April 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on managing IP while benefiting from using open source. The panel will review the risks and benefits of using open source software and ways to appropriately manage IP rights while participating in the open source community. The panel will also discuss patent issue...
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Boilerplate Clauses in Commercial Contracts: Avoiding Unintended Consequences, Implementin...
Choice of Forum, Choice of Law, Force Majeure, Dispute Resolution, Assignment, and Other K...
April 1, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide business counsel in identifying and avoiding the pitfalls of boilerplate contract clauses in commercial agreements. The panel will explain how to adapt standard contract provisions--such as choice of forum, choice of law, contract assignment, and dispute resolution--to th...
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Notice for Occurrence and Claims-Made Policies: Navigating Notice of Claim vs. Circumstanc...
Resolving Disputes Over Multifaceted and Complex Notice Issues From Insurer and Policyhold...
March 31, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide insurance counsel with a review of the critical differences between claims-made and occurrence policies concerning notice of claims and failure to give notice or timely notice. The panel will discuss other key issues such as the insurer's duty to reimburse defense costs...
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Wage & Hour Collective and Class Actions: Asserting and Challenging Affirmative Defenses
Leveraging Good Faith, Doctrine of Avoidable Consequences, and Other Defenses
March 31, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide employment counsel on leveraging affirmative defenses in wage and hour cases. The panel will explain strategies for counsel for employers and employees when asserting or challenging affirmative defenses in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state class and collective act...
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Paragraph IV Litigation, IPRs, and New Settlement Risks
Interplay Between Paragraph IV Litigation and IPRs, Multiple Generic Challengers, Key Issu...
March 31, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on pharmaceutical-related patent challenges from strategy to settlement. The panel will discuss the interplay between Paragraph IV litigation and post-grant proceedings, and where multiple generic challengers fit in the exclusivity scheme. The presenters will also...
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Stark Compliance Audits in Hospital-Physician Arrangements: Mitigating Provider Liability
Implementing Monitoring Processes to Avoid Penalties, Denial of Payment, and CMS Program E...
March 31, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to healthcare providers on auditing hospital-physician arrangements to ensure compliance with the Stark Law. The panel will offer best practices for mitigating the risks in physician arrangements and avoiding violations.
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Resolving Employment Tax issues: Advanced Tactics for Tax Professionals and Advisers
Self-Employment Taxes, Worker Classification, Voluntary Closing Agreements, California AB...
March 31, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will guide tax professionals and advisers on critical issues relating to employment taxes. The panel will discuss essential techniques to avoid penalties and handling IRS audits stemming from employment taxes. The panel will also discuss worker classification issues and methods...
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Drafting Indemnification Provisions in Commercial Loan Transactions
Triggering Events, Damages Covered, Standard of Care, Indemnities in Syndicated Loans
March 31, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an analytical framework for drafting and negotiating indemnity provisions in commercial loan agreements. The panel will discuss the types of indemnities typically found in commercial finance transactions and the use of insurance as a substitute or a supplement to indemn...
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Settling CERCLA Cases: Executing an Effective Strategy
Resolving CERCLA Litigation and Minimizing the Threat of Future RCRA Citizen Suits and CER...
March 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to counsel for parties of CERCLA litigation on settlement strategies and implications. The panel will examine potential future claims the parties may face, and the need for careful consideration when determining with whom to settle and the order in which to set...
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Licensing Artificial Intelligence Systems
Rights of Licensor and Licensee, Liability for IP Infringement by AI, Rights to Product of...
March 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on addressing the IP and risk allocation challenges that arise when licensing artificial intelligence (AI). The panel will discuss how AI licensing agreements differ from traditional software licensing agreements. The panel will also discuss the key provisions to...
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Leveraging PTC and ITC for Renewable Energy and the New Tax Extenders Bill
Securing Tax Credits for Renewable Energy Projects, IRS "Beginning of Construction" guidan...
March 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide an in-depth analysis of securing the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) and other tax incentives for renewable energy projects. The panel will discuss relevant structures for renewable projects, various tax issues and the key provisions of the r...
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Privilege at Risk in Investigations and Audits
Preserving Confidential Information, Safeguarding Work Product, Avoiding Inadvertent Discl...
March 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar is intended to help in-house and outside counsel protect the attorney-client privilege and work-product protection when responding to a government investigation, inquiry or audit. The panelists will offer their insights into who is covered by the privilege and how it can be inadvert...
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SECURE Act and Retirement Plan Administration: ERISA Compliance Issues for Plan Sponsors a...
Expansion of Part-Time Employee Eligibility, Changes for 401(k) Safe Harbor Plans, Lifetim...
March 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel, plan sponsors, and employers on the impact of the SECURE Act on retirement plans (including 401(k), 403(b), and defined benefit pension plans) and critical challenges for ERISA compliance. The panel will discuss key provisions of the SECURE Act and key plan...
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Private Fund Securities Law Exemptions: Accredited Investors, Qualified Purchasers, Subscr...
Navigating Exemptions Under the Investment Adviser, Securities, Exchange, and Investment C...
March 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the exemption provisions of the Investment Adviser Act, Securities Act, Exchange Act, and Investment Company Act that are relevant to private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. The program will provide an in-depth analysis of each of the exemption requirements, as...
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Clearing Title for Defects Due to Easements, Encroachments, and Survey/Boundary Disputes
Identifying and Resolving Common Title Defects to Ensure Closing the Deal
March 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate counsel with a review and discussion on how to identify and resolve title defects arising from property surveys, easements, and encroachments. The program will analyze the various issues that give rise to these common defects and best practices for curing th...
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Negotiating IP Rights in Industry Sponsored Research Agreements
Structuring Ownership, Licensing, Assignment, Confidentiality, Publication, and Use Provis...
March 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on negotiating and structuring industry-sponsored research agreements (SRAs) to allocate IP ownership. The panel will outline the challenges of SRAs with nonprofit organizations and discuss key provisions of the SRA to protect IP rights and avoid unintended conseq...
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Drafting Clickwrap and Browsewrap Agreements: Avoiding Enforceability Pitfalls
Authentication, Mutual Assent, Notice, Indemnification, Unilateral Modification, and More
March 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide corporate and technology counsel with guidance for drafting essential and often-disputed terms in online contracts, sometimes called "clickwrap" or "browsewrap" agreements. The panel will discuss clauses that should be included in these online agreements and explain str...
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Series LLCs: Financial and Operational Flexibility Under New Delaware and Other State Laws
Advantages and Disadvantages; Formation and Governance; Drafting Strategies
March 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will add another option to the corporate attorney's arsenal of entities to use for clients looking to limit liability, define ownership rights, and reap tax advantages: the "series LLC." A series LLC is essentially a series of separate and distinct LLCs under the umbrella of one LLC...
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Multiemployer Pension Plan Withdrawal: An In-Depth Examination
Strategies for Minimizing Liability and Challenging Assessments
March 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel to employers that contribute to multiemployer pension plans with an in-depth examination of several recent trends related to multiemployer plan withdrawal liability. The panel will discuss the recent court ruling in Sun Capital, tips for handling withdrawal liab...
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Performance and Termination Decisions Under the FMLA and ADA
Avoiding Retaliation Claims and Litigation When Disciplining or Discharging Employees on P...
March 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare employment counsel to navigate difficult performance and termination decisions that arise while an employee is on job-protected leave. The panel will outline an employer's obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),...
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Trade Secrets in Employment Litigation: Defend Trade Secrets Act and State Law
March 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare employment litigators to pursue trade secret misappropriation cases against former employees and/or their new employers. The panel will focus on recent developments impacting trade secret litigation, including emerging trends under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and new s...
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IP Protection After U.S.-China Trade Deal: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets
Navigating the Evolving Landscape for Piracy and Counterfeiting, Bad Faith Marks, Geograph...
March 17, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to IP counsel on the implications of the U.S.-China trade deal for IP protection. The panel will discuss the changes and their impact on IP. The panel will examine steps companies can take to prepare for the changes as they go into effect and how to leverage th...
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Qualified Opportunity Zones and Tax Credits: IRS Regulations, Capital Gain Deferral Mechan...
IRC 45D(e) Requirements, Step-Up in Basis, Appreciation Exclusion, Tax Planning Strategies...
March 12, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with a detailed analysis of the qualified opportunity zones tax incentive mechanism provided under the tax reform law. The panel will discuss the much anticipated final IRS regulations issued in late 2019 for investors and the necessary lega...
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Medicare and Medicaid Liens in Personal Injury Cases
Resolving Healthcare Liens or Claims for Reimbursement, Maximizing Settlement Awards
March 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide personal injury counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as adjusters, with practical tips and considerations for resolving Medicare and Medicaid liens to maximize recovery and ensure healthcare compliance in personal injury claims.
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Software Patents: Enablement, Definiteness, Means Plus Function, Step Plus Function, On Sa...
March 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide patent counsel with guidance on software patents and the issues of enablement, definiteness, means plus function and step plus function, on sale, and public use. The panel will review key Federal Circuit cases, the USPTO guidelines and PTAB decisions, and will offer bes...
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Negotiating and Drafting Restaurant Leases
Provisions Addressing Tenant Improvements, Financing and Franchise Structures, Mixed Use,...
March 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will focus on drafting and negotiating provisions of restaurant leases. The panel will discuss how best to address particular concerns with a restaurant use, tenant improvements, franchise relationships, operational issues in mixed-use developments, and issues applicable to tenants...
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Cannabis-Related Assets in Estate Planning: Critical Considerations for Trusts and Estates...
Federal and State Law Challenges, Income and Estate Tax Issues, Special Powers of Trustee,...
March 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planners guidance on crucial estate planning considerations and techniques for cannabis-related assets. The panel will discuss federal and state law challenges amid recent legalization/decriminalization of medical and recreational marijuana and hemp/CBD products....
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California Consumer Privacy Act, TCPA and GDPR: Complying With Mobile Communications Marke...
Trends in Enforcement Actions, Building and Maintaining Compliant Marketing Programs
March 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide corporate counsel in creating and implementing mobile communications marketing policies that comply with the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the TCPA and GDPR / ePrivacy. The panel will outline the nuances of these rules and laws, challenges businesses are fac...
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Security Interests in Uncommon Collateral: IP, Insurance Policies, Agricultural Products,...
Navigating Attachment, Perfection, and Priority Under the UCC, Federal and State Law
March 10, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the attachment and perfection of security interests in various types of unusual collateral. The panel will discuss the laws and protocols beyond Article 9 of the UCC that come into play when perfecting interests in trademarks, copyrights, insurance policies, agricultura...
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M&A Engagement Letters: Strategies for Buyers, Sellers, Investment Banks, and Their Counse...
Negotiating Scope of Engagement, Fees, Confidentiality, Termination, Indemnification, and...
March 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide M&A counsel in preparing engagement letters between a buyer or seller and its investment bank. The panel will examine the principal sections of an engagement letter and discuss effective negotiation strategies.
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Drafting Best Efforts, Good Faith, and Fair Dealing Clauses in Commercial Contracts
Avoiding Enforceability and Interpretation Pitfalls With Clear and Measurable Performance...
March 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide business counsel who seek to draft enforceable best efforts, reasonable efforts, or commercially reasonable efforts clauses in commercial contracts. The webinar will include a discussion of how some courts have applied the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing w...
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Insurance Litigation: Leveraging Daubert/Frye Admissibility Standards for Expert Testimony...
Distinguishing Daubert vs. Frye Standards, Challenging Expert Reliance on Hearsay Articles...
March 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare insurance litigators to meet the Daubert/Frye standards on the admissibility of expert opinion testimony and outline practical strategies for challenging expert testimony. Litigators will learn key differences between federal and state expert testimony standards in thos...
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Structuring Redemptions of Partnership and LLC Interests: Issues Unique to Liquidating Dis...
IRC 754 Elections, Section 736(b) Payments, Character and Timing of Gain, Installment Sale...
March 5, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers with specific and practical guidance to navigating the tax rules that apply to the redemption of LLC or partnership interests. The panel will discuss common pitfalls and uncertainties under current tax law and outline best practices to struc...
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Patent Ownership and the Impact of Interactions with Others
Risks to Ownership, Managing Agreements With Other Parties, Patent Prosecution Strategies
March 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the impact interactions with others can have on patent ownership. The panel will discuss the interplay between conception and joint inventorship that can become critical to patent ownership in departing-employee and customer-interaction scenarios. The pa...
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Casualty and Condemnation Provisions: Balancing Conflicting Interests of Lenders, Borrower...
Using SNDAs to Address Lease Requirements, Special Issues With Ground Leases
March 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine casualty and condemnation provisions in real estate finance documents and how best to balance the interests of lenders, landlords, and tenants concerning disbursement of proceeds and the right or obligation to rebuild. The panel will discuss lease scenarios that can imp...
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Proving Damages in Trademark and Copyright Cases
Actual and Statutory Damages, Disgorgement, Willfulness, Burden Shifting, Use of Experts
March 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on proving damages in trademark and copyright litigation. The panel will examine the damages available as well as the factors to consider when determining which damages to seek. The panel will also discuss the use of experts and burden shifting situations and o...
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New IRS Cryptocurrency Guidance on Hard Forks and Airdrops: Rev. Rul. 2019-24, Audit Risks...
Recent IRS Audit Initiatives, Reporting, and Compliance Issues
February 27, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide an in-depth analysis of recently released IRS Revenue Ruling 2019-24 and the updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding taxation of cryptocurrency. The panel will discuss the key provisions of Rev. Rul. 2019-24, recent IRS initiatives to identify and tax vi...
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New SEC Advertising and Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers
Expanded Definition of Advertising, Increased Scrutiny of Third-Party Solicitation, New Re...
February 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will analyze the SEC's proposed changes to Rules 206(4)-1 (the Advertising Rule) and 206(4)-3 (the Solicitation Rule) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The panel will also discuss the changes investment advisers will need to put in place to comply with the new rules and the ti...
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Estate and Trust Fiduciary Litigation: Minimizing and Defending Breach of Duty Claims
Navigating Causes of Action; Leveraging Waivers, Investment Duty Exceptions, Standing and...
February 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide estate planning counsel on minimizing and defending breach of fiduciary duty claims when administering trusts and estates. The experienced panelists will discuss the most contentious breach of duty claims and effective defenses and techniques to reduce the possibility of...
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Vaping Injuries and Deaths: Regulatory Framework, Claims, and Defenses
February 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will educate the personal injury or product liability plaintiff and defense attorneys and in-house counsel regarding the rapidly expanding area of vaping litigation. Suits for injuries and deaths arising out of the use of e-cigarette and vaping devices have appeared and grown as qui...
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Post-Petition Bankruptcy Financing
Evaluating and Documenting DIP Financing and Obtaining Cash Collateral and Financing Order...
February 27, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide bankruptcy attorneys with an analysis of trends and legal developments regarding various DIP financing terms and conditions. The panel will outline best practices for documenting post-petition financing and obtaining or contesting cash collateral and financing motions.
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Demystifying the "Bad Faith Set-Up" in Insurance Litigation
Navigating the Space Between Aggressive Advocacy and Allegations of the So-Called Set-Up
February 26, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss and explore the mechanics of what's been called the bad faith "set-up" in insurance litigation. Both first-party and third-party claim scenarios will be reviewed and detailed, along with many of the tactics commonly associated with set-up allegations. The program will a...
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Conflicts in Patent Prosecution: Avoiding the Ethical Pitfalls
Minimizing Risks of Malpractice Liability and Ethics Sanctions
February 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide IP counsel on the conflicts issues that often arise in patent prosecutions. The panel will outline best practices to identify and address the risks--and to minimize conflicts that can lead to malpractice liability and ethical violations.
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Tax Issues for Electric Utilities: Impact of Tax Reform, FERC Ratemaking, ADITs, and Other...
Interest Deductions, Expensing, NOL, IRS Normalization Rules and Safe Harbors, Regulated T...
February 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide energy counsel, tax professionals, and advisers an in-depth analysis of complex tax issues for electric utilities. The panel will discuss the impact of tax reform on electric utilities, with a focus on utility accounting challenges and FERC rate making. The panel will a...
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Home Health Agencies: Regulatory and Enforcement Trends
Identifying Compliance Pitfalls and Minimizing Risk of Fraud and Abuse Investigations
February 25, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel for withstanding heightened regulatory scrutiny and increased enforcement activity targeting home health operations. The panel will discuss steps home health agencies can take to minimize the risk of fraud and abuse investigations.
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Structuring Enforceable Contracts in the Cannabis Industry: Managing Risk Under State and...
Subject Matter Description and Contract Invalidation, Choice-of-Law and Marijuana-Friendly...
February 24, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine contractual enforcement issues presented by the conflict between the legalized use of marijuana in many states and its treatment as a controlled substance under federal law, and guide counsel through structuring contracts with cannabis-related businesses. The panel will...
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Advising Family Office Clients on Recurring Legal, Tax and Business Issues
Navigating Investment Adviser Act, Employment, Executive Compensation, Tax and ERISA Issue...
February 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss legal issues attendant with advising family offices established typically by high net worth individuals and families. The program will discuss the Investment Adviser Act as well as employment and executive compensation, and U.S. and foreign income tax issues.
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Drafting Software Agreement Warranty, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnification Provisi...
Negotiating Clauses That Protect Against Service Defects, Limit Potential Damages, and All...
February 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide technology and business counsel on drafting and negotiating enforceable limitation of liability (LOL), indemnification, and warranty provisions in software agreements. The panel will discuss crucial considerations for crafting the clauses, potential enforceability challen...
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Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance: Challenges and Planning Techniques for Tax Professionals
Recent IRS Compliance Campaign, ECI vs. FDAP Income, Reporting Requirements, Exemptions, D...
February 20, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and compliance professionals guidance on the rules, reporting requirements, and available tax planning mechanisms for U.S. nonresident alien taxpayers. The panel will offer approaches for determining taxpayer classification, identifying and reporting inc...
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Mitigating Vapor Intrusion Risks: Protecting Interests in Real Estate Transactions
Navigating Interplay Between Federal and State Requirements, Evaluating Impact of VI
February 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to identify and address the risk associated with vapor intrusion (VI) in real estate transactions using the most recent EPA guidance. The panel will review recent federal and state agency regulatory actions and court decisions, offer best practices for understan...
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M&A Delaware Update: Material Adverse Effect Post-Akorn, Standard of Deal Review, Appraisa...
Implications of Recent Case Law for Planning, Negotiating, and Drafting Deal Documents
February 20, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the implications of 2018 and 2019 Delaware court decisions for current and future M&A practice. The panel will discuss the anticipated impact of recent Delaware court rulings on the standard of review in the third-party merger context, appraisal rights actions, and more...
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Litigating E-Scooter Injuries and Deaths: Injuries on and by E-Scooters
February 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore one of the fastest and most recently developing areas of personal injury liability: e-scooters. Whether the potential client has been harmed while riding an e-scooter or was harmed by someone riding an e-scooter, the client will only hire an attorney who grasps the poss...
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Trademarks and Reverse, Forward, Post-Sale, and Initial Interest Confusion
Proving or Defending Against Infringement Under the Likelihood of Confusion Standard
February 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare trademark counsel to understand the different types of trademark confusion and meet the challenges of each. The panel will discuss applying the likelihood of confusion standard and will review recent developments in trademark confusion.
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Intersection of Bankruptcy and State Foreclosure Laws
Protecting Foreclosure Remedies and Overcoming Bankruptcy Pitfalls When Dealing With Distr...
February 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel to lenders and creditors with a review of the intersection between bankruptcy and state foreclosure laws with respect to secured interests in personal property and commercial real estate. The panel will outline strategies to minimize risks in exercising foreclos...
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Designing Equity Compensation and Employment Agreements for Startup and Emerging Growth Co...
Drafting Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Provisions; Structuring Employee Stock Options...
February 19, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide benefits counsel with guidance on structuring and negotiating equity compensation arrangements and employment agreements for startups and emerging growth companies. The panel will offer strategic approaches for using these vital tools to attract talent to build and grow...
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Evaluating Key Intercreditor Arrangements: First Lien/Second Lien, Split Collateral, Senio...
Comparing and Contrasting Intercreditor Structures, Choosing the Arrangement Best Suited f...
February 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel with context for negotiating intercreditor arrangements by comparing critical aspects of the most common arrangements--first lien/second lien, split collateral, senior/mezzanine, and unitranche structures. The panel will also discuss significant recent trends in...
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Deposing Named Plaintiffs in Employment Class and Collective Actions
Uncovering and Leveraging Issues of Adequacy and Commonality During Certification, Settlem...
February 18, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will prepare litigators to depose or defend depositions of named plaintiffs in class and collective actions. The panel will outline techniques for adequately preparing and questioning named plaintiffs and offer strategies to leverage deposition testimony during certification, settle...
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Trust Decanting: Recent State Laws and Challenges for Estate Planners
February 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will review situations where trust decanting may be appropriate. The panelists will discuss decanting statutes, the potential tax issues associated therewith, critical legal issues for trust decanting, and significant case law approving and disapproving attempts to decant.
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E-Signatures and Electronic Loan Documentation in Real Estate Finance: ESIGN and UETA, Int...
Enforceability, Authentication, and Admissibility; MERS and Transferability
February 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the legality of electronic signatures and digital documents generally, as well as recent developments in using eNotes and other electronic mortgage loan documentation. The panel will discuss the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act, Uniform...
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Investment Funds and Opportunity Zones – the Ins and Outs of OZs
Maximizing Tax Benefits and Preserving Flexibility
February 13, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the tax and operational issues counsel must consider when structuring a qualified opportunity fund (QOF) for investment in a qualified opportunity zone (QOZ). The panel discussion will include the tax ramifications of capital structure, advantages of using a portfolio c...
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Partnership Representatives: IRS Regulations Under Section 6223 and Challenges for Pass-Th...
Audit Procedures; Disregarded Entities as Partnership Representatives; Termination and Rep...
February 13, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax counsel and advisers guidance to IRS rules on the designation of partnership representatives for purposes of the centralized audit rules. The panel will discuss the regulations under Section 6223 and the impact on pass-through entities, IRS procedural and admini...
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Antitrust in M&A: Allocating Risk and Responsibility in Merger Agreements
Efforts Clauses, End Dates, Termination Fees, MAC Clauses, Control of Investigation Strate...
February 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine provisions that are commonly used to allocate antitrust risk in M&As and how to ensure compliance with those provisions. The panel will provide some real world examples of how these provisions have played out in recent high profile cases when a deal fails to close.
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Amendments to Federal Rule 23: Impact on Class Action Practice
Revisions to Preliminary Approval, Notice Requirements, Settlement Approval, Class-Member...
February 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss the changes to the federal class action rule that took effect on Dec. 1, 2018. Our panel will explain the changes and address the obvious and subtle impacts on class action practice and practitioners by the revisions to Rule 23. The panel will also discuss new strategie...
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ALI's 2018 Restatement on Liability Insurance: What Insurance Industry Professionals Need...
The Plain-Meaning Presumption Rule; Triggers of Coverage; Allocation of Long-Tail Claims;...
February 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will present an overview of the significant coverage issues in the recently adopted American Law Institute (ALI) Restatement on Liability Insurance, which took almost a decade to finalize. Given the breadth and scope of the Restatement, the panel will devote significant attention to...
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Using Inverted Leases to Finance Renewable Energy Projects
Evaluating Tax Risks, Navigating Structural Variations, Leveraging Pass-Through Election
February 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel to parties involved in financing energy projects on using inverted lease tax equity structures. The webinar will be a deep dive into inverted leases and current issues in such transactions.
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Municipal Regulation and Use of Drones: FAA Rules, State Laws, and Preemption Issues
Leveraging Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
February 12, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will explore issues facing municipalities due to increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)--or drones. The panel will discuss current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations regarding drones, preemption issues that local governments must navigate, the use of drones...
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Credit Support in Fund Finance: Documentation and Enforcement
February 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine three types of credit support packages that lenders may consider when lending to a private investment fund (Fund). The panel will discuss the credit support features of unfunded equity capital commitments of limited partners (capital commitments), a guaranty and an equi...
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Commercial Leases: Structuring Tenant Build-Out, Improvement, Maintenance, and Repair Prov...
Landlord vs.Tenant Obligations, Approval Rights, Delivery of Premises, Indemnity Provision...
February 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss best practices for landlords and tenants to draft commercial lease agreements regarding pre-commencement build-out of premises and functional maintenance and repairs provisions. The program will also discuss indemnification provisions to allocate risk between the partie...
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Trademark Infringement and Enforcement in China
Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights Under Trademark Law Amendments, New IP Tribunal, and Re...
February 11, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to counsel for companies operating in the Chinese market on protecting and asserting trademarks. The panel will examine China's current trademark environment, including the recent amendments to the trademark law and the new IP tribunal, as well as 2019 key decisi...
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Curing Title Defects: Liens, Judgments, Rights of Third Parties, and Breaks in Chain of Ti...
Identifying and Resolving Common Title Defects to Ensure Closing of the Deal
February 6, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide real estate counsel with a review and discussion on how to cure title defects arising from judgments and liens, defects arising from the rights of third parties, and defects caused by breaks in the chain of title. The program will analyze the various issues that arise i...
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Litigation Holds in Class Actions: Triggering Events, Scope of Hold, Termination, Forms
Avoiding Costly Missteps that Empower the Other Side
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will help class action lawyers avoid empowering their opponents in litigation by failing to follow the law on litigation holds. Unless counsel is conversant in when the hold obligation begins, who and what is subject to the hold, and when the hold obligation ends, the client is at t...
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Administering Benefit Claims: Avoiding Mishaps and Litigation, Compliance Challenges for E...
Modifying Plan Documents and SPDs, Handling Assignment of Benefits, Effective Claims and A...
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel, employers, and plan administrators on the critical compliance and litigation challenges of administering benefit claims. The panel will discuss key issues in modifying plan documents and SPDs in light of recent litigation, avoiding mishaps in the assignment...
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EU Guidelines for Patenting AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Comparison With U.S. App...
Navigating EPO and USPTO Rules to Maximize Patent Protection
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide patent practitioners in overcoming the challenges when seeking patent protection for artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) inventions. The panel will examine the guidelines from the European Patent Office (EPO) and compare the EU approach with the U.S. app...
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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in M&A Deals: Pre-Planning, Due Diligence, and Risk A...
Minimizing Impact of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities on Transaction Value
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to deal attorneys for managing and allocating data privacy and cybersecurity risks in M&A transactions. The panel will discuss best practices for identifying and addressing data privacy and cybersecurity concerns throughout the life of a deal, from developing a...
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Advocating Allocation of Liability and Exhaustion of Policy Limits: Policyholder and Carri...
Indemnity Allocation Among Multiple Policies and Lines of Insurance, Horizontal vs. Vertic...
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide insurance counsel with the latest developments in liability allocation, a review of critical issues in horizontal and vertical insurance, the interrelationship between the liability of the primary carrier and the excess insurer, allocation among multiple lines of insura...
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CERCLA Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Defense: Securing and Maintaining Liability Protect...
Strategies for Overcoming BFPP Defense Challenges and Restrictions
February 5, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel for parties involved in the purchase of a contaminated site to secure and maintain the CERCLA bona fide prospective purchaser (BFPP) defense. The panel will offer best practices for the redevelopment of contaminated sites in light of recent federal court decisions...
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Cross-Collateral/Cross-Default Loans: Structuring and Documenting Transactions
Intercreditor Agreements, Priority Disputes, Enforcement Challenges Post-Default or Bankru...
February 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will instruct finance counsel on structuring and documenting cross-collateral/cross-default first and second lien financing transactions. The panel will discuss best practices for negotiating intercreditor agreements to protect the rights of both primary and secondary lien lenders a...
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Enforcing and Collecting Judgments: Strategies for Locating and Recovering Corporate Asset...
Alter Ego Liability, Piercing the Corporate Veil, Reverse Piercing, and Fraudulent Conveya...
February 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide commercial litigators with the tools to help clients enforce and collect judgments. The panel will outline best practices for obtaining and preserving judgments, conducting post-litigation discovery to locate assets, and executing and satisfying judgments, and will disc...
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Converting to Nongrantor Trusts to Minimize Income Tax: Maximizing Increased Exemption Ben...
Switching Off Grantor Trust Features in Existing Trusts, Structuring Multiple Trusts to Pr...
February 4, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel with a thorough and practical guide to using nongrantor trusts to minimize income tax on trust assets. The panel will focus on the new tax regime where income tax planning is often more important than estate tax planning, detailing the difference...
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Avoiding Disguised Sales in Qualified Opportunity Funds: Critical Tax Considerations for Q...
Recent IRS Regulations, Application of Section 707, Exceptions, Assumption of Liabilities,...
January 30, 2020 • CLE, CPE, EA • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE/CPE webinar will provide tax professionals an in-depth analysis of qualified opportunity funds (QOFs), specifically focusing on recent IRS regulations and partnership disguised sales. The panel will discuss current IRS regulations on the application of disguised sale rules to investments in...
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Rule 68 Offers of Judgment in Putative Class Actions: Litigation Strategies After Campbell...
Evaluating Choice of Jurisdiction, Use of Placeholder Class Certification Motions, and Imp...
January 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the strategic use of Rule 68 offers of judgment in class actions in the aftermath of the 2016 Supreme Court decision Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, holding that an unaccepted offer of judgment generally does not moot a plaintiff's case. The panel will also address leverag...
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Allocating CERCLA Liability: Divisibility or Section 113 Equitable Contribution
Assessing Harm, Proving Divisibility of Harm Defense Absent a Bright-Line Test, and Apport...
January 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will discuss how recent court decisions have addressed divisibility in CERCLA litigation. The panel will provide guidance for environmental counsel on when the divisibility of harm defense is appropriate and tactics to overcome challenges in proving divisibility.
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Choice of Entity After 2017 Tax Reform: Avoiding Tax Pitfalls in Operations, Ownership Cha...
Capital vs. Profits Interest, Allowable Deductions, Distributions, Exclusions, and Other P...
January 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide practical guidance to counsel and advisers on the challenges in the choice of a legal entity under the 2017 changes to the tax laws. The panel will discuss key provisions of the new tax law to be considered in entity selection, and avoiding the tax pitfalls in operation...
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New Individual Coverage and Excepted Benefit HRAs: DOL Guidance and Compliance Challenges...
Notice and Claim Administration Requirements, Impact of New Design on Employees, Interacti...
January 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide ERISA counsel and employers through the numerous and complex rules with reference to the most recent Tri-Agency guidance. The panel will discuss the recent expansion of HRAs and rules for developing and implementing the new plan designs for employers, notice and claim adm...
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Construction Builder's Risk and CGL Insurance: Scope of Coverage, Covered Losses, Exclusio...
Mitigating Construction-Related Disputes; Key Challenges for Claims Under Builder's Risk v...
January 29, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide counsel for construction contractors and developers with an analysis of evolving coverage issues in builder's risk and CGL insurance for construction projects. The panel will discuss how these policies work to mitigate developer and contractor risks, the use of addition...
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Patent Reexamination and Patent Reissue as Litigation Tools
Insulating Your Patent Portfolio From New Threats
January 28, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide patent counsel with an overview of the current USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) and patent litigation landscape with an eye toward emerging trends and challenges for patent owners. The panel will offer best practices to minimize the threat of post-grant patent...
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Construction Loan Funding and Title Insurance: Best Practices in Disbursement and Document...
Drafting Effective Future Advance, Budgeting, and Draw Provisions; Lien Waivers, Title Upd...
January 23, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the mechanics of construction loan funding and the interplay of construction advances with title insurance through the life of a construction loan. The panel will discuss drafting, budgeting, and construction-draw provisions and best practices for preserving the lender'...
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Class Action Litigation: Avoiding Legal Ethics Violations and Malpractice Liability
Intra-Class Conflicts, Communication With Class Members, Attorney Fees, and More
January 22, 2020 • CLE, CLE Ethics • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide plaintiff and defense class action attorneys with guidance on dealing with the legal ethics hurdles and malpractice threats inherent when there are large classes of plaintiffs in a single lawsuit. The program will address intra-class conflicts, communication with class...
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Structuring Secondary Sales of Private Company Stock
Buyback vs. Third-Party Purchase, Tax and Securities Considerations, Company Controls
January 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine legal, procedural, and regulatory issues associated with executing secondary sales. The panel discussion will include buyback vs. third-party purchases, securities compliance, pricing and tax considerations, and rights of first refusal and other provisions that can be i...
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Mergers and Acquisitions of Pass-Through Entities: Structuring to Minimize Taxes and Maxim...
M&A Pros and Cons of LLCs, Partnerships, S Corps, and C-Corp Conversions: Impact of Tax Re...
January 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine entity structuring alternatives when acquiring or selling a pass-through entity, with particular emphasis on their differing impacts on sellers and purchasers (such as the impact on tax basis step-up, financing considerations, rollover and tax deferral issues, and incen...
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Attorney-Client Privilege in Insurance Disputes: Preserving Confidentiality, Meeting Legal...
Waiver and Exceptions to the Privilege, the Tripartite Relationship, and the Role of Couns...
January 22, 2020 • CLE, CLE Ethics • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide insurance counsel on steps to protect confidential communications and preserve the attorney-client privilege. The panel will discuss waiver and exceptions to the privilege, the interplay with reinsurance and reporting to reinsurers, the tripartite relationship, the role o...
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Environmental Audits: Privilege, Voluntary Disclosure, and Other Legal Issues
Ensuring Compliance With Environmental Laws, Responding When Violations Are Discovered
January 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel on leveraging environmental audits to enhance compliance and on mitigating risks associated with audit discoveries. The panel will discuss privilege, voluntary disclosure, and best practices for responding to violations.
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Lay Opinion Testimony Under FRE 701: Admission and Exclusion Challenges
January 22, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will educate counsel as to the nuances of Federal Rule of Evidence 701, which attempts to define the parameters of admissible opinion evidence from lay witnesses. Trial lawyers who understand Rule 701 can use this powerful tool to expand the testimony of their own witnesses and rest...
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Jury Selection: Winning Before Opening Statements
Today's Venire; Voir Dire; Attitudes and Biases; Juror Questionnaires; Social Media
January 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide trial attorneys with a unique perspective on using the jury strike process to not only ensure the best possible jury but to form relationships with jurors and establish themes for trial. The panel will educate counsel on resources and tools which can be used to build th...
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Structuring Leveraged Loans: Tax Concerns, Multinational Entities
Section 956 Deemed Dividend Rules, Limits on Interest Deductions, Tax Distributions, Corpo...
January 21, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the impact of tax reform on leveraged financing transactions. The panel discussion will include how the new law might affect credit support between affiliates in multinational enterprises, structuring and placement of debt, interest deductibility, and provisions regardi...
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Deadlock-Breaking Mechanisms in LLCs: Avoiding Litigation and Dissolution When Members and...
Drafting Buy-Sell Provisions, External or Internal Tie-Breakers, Put or Call Options, Prov...
January 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide corporate counsel with a framework for adopting deadlock-breaking mechanisms in limited liability company (LLC) operating agreements, and potential state law consequences when no such arrangements are in place. The panel will also discuss arbitration and mediation provi...
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Negotiating Requirements Contracts With Suppliers
Assigning Contractual Risks, Navigating Differing Court Interpretations of UCC Section 2-3...
January 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel in drafting, negotiating, and enforcing long-term requirements contracts. The panel will review recent case law addressing long-term requirements clauses, discuss critical clauses that should be included in the agreements to allocate risks and provide protection a...
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Patent Litigation in China: Navigating the Chinese System and IP Courts
January 16, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to counsel for companies operating in the Chinese market on asserting patents and avoiding and defending patent infringement litigation. The panel will also outline best practices for counsel involved in infringement disputes in China.
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Insurance Litigation and Work Product: Obtaining or Protecting Documents in Coverage and B...
Resolving Discovery Over Claims Files, Underwriting Files and Manuals, Other Insureds File...
January 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide insurance counsel with a thorough examination of the scope of the work product doctrine and how it arises in the insurance coverage and bad faith litigation context. The panel will review case law guidance and best practices for resolving these discovery disputes.
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Employee Releases in ERISA Disputes: Minimizing Claims With Effective Release Provisions
Recent Decisions, ERISA Rules and Limitations, Claims Filed by Individuals vs. Benefit Pla...
January 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to ERISA counsel on key issues in the application of employee releases in ERISA claims and litigation. The panel will discuss recent court cases applying and interpreting employee release provisions in employment and severance agreements, ERISA requirements and...
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Technology Acquisition in M&A Transactions
Due Diligence of IP, Software, and Other Assets, Reps and Warranties, Transition Services...
January 15, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will examine the contractual and due diligence challenges in acquiring software, AI, and other technology and intellectual property assets and technology-focused companies. The panel discussion will include reps and warranties, indemnity, post-closing transition, and other provision...
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Structuring Solar and Storage Development Financing, Leasing, and Operating Agreements for...
Reducing Legal Risk and Maximizing Client Income Opportunities Through Financing, Tax Ince...
January 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide guidance to energy and real estate finance counsel on specific legal, tax, and financing issues that arise in projects to install solar energy equipment and storage on commercial property. The panel will also review avenues to obtain funding for the project and leverage...
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Private Equity Transactions in Healthcare: Stark, AKS, and Other Compliance Challenges
Structuring Purchase Price, Restrictive Covenants, Indemnities, Equity Rollovers, and More
January 9, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will guide counsel involved in structuring private equity transactions in the healthcare arena. The panel will discuss the nuts and bolts of structuring the transaction, including purchase price considerations, tax structures, deal terms, and indemnities. The panel will also address...
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Structuring Real Estate Loans With Foreign Borrowers, Trusts, and Tenants in Common
Documenting U.S. Assets of Foreign Guarantors, Reviewing TIC Agreements, Revocable vs. Irr...
January 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will enable counsel to structure real estate loans with borrowers that are foreign investors and guarantors; trusts as investors or guarantors; and tenants in common (TIC). Lending standards have evolved for handling the different borrowers. The panel will discuss issues unique to e...
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Patents and the Expectation of Success Doctrine
What is Reasonable, Tension With Enablement, Best Practices for Patent Drafting and Patent...
January 8, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide patent counsel with guidance on the doctrine of expectation of success. The panel will examine how much is reasonably needed as well as the tension between the doctrine and enablement. The panel will discuss recent cases and will offer best practices for patent drafting...
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IRA and Qualified Retirement Plan Beneficiary Designations: Techniques for Estate Planners...
Identifying, Avoiding, and Correcting Designation Problems With Tax and Non-Tax Consequenc...
January 7, 2020 • CLE • CLE On-Demand, Download
This CLE webinar will provide estate planning counsel and tax advisers with guidance on resolving beneficiary designation problems that plague IRAs and qualified plans held in trust. The panel will offer various options and approaches to mitigate resulting damage to correct trust structures and avoi...
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