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Many employers are confused and concerned regarding how to handle employees and their use of medical marijuana. This program, geared to in-house employment lawyers, addresses various state medical marijuana laws and interpretive case law, drug testin...

Program Number
2403
Program Date
2014-01-22
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawEmployment & Labor LawIn-House CounselRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The FDA recently issued final guidance for developers on the regulation of mobile medical software applications (“apps”). The final guidance ends a more than 2-year process intended to clarify the FDA’s regulation of mobile medical apps and pav...

Program Number
2404
Program Date
2014-01-16
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingHealth Care LawPrivacy LawRegulatory and Administrative LawTechnology Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Steve Bennett of Jones Day discusses ethical issues that can affect privilege protection in international communities and suggests practical solutions. Topics include a discussion of ABA Model Rules 1.6, 1.6(b) and 5.3, 5.3(b), 5.3(c), and Comments t...

Program Number
2408
Program Date
2014-01-15
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselInternational LawLitigation & Litigation Skills
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

This November the United States Supreme Court will hear argument in Lawson v. FMR, LLC, which tackles the issue of whether whistleblowers employed by a privately held contractor or subcontractor of a publicly traded company are protected from retalia...

Program Number
2402
Program Date
2014-01-14
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawCriminal Law & White CollarFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsRegulatory and Administrative LawSecurities & Investing
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Revisions to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (“the Rules”) took effect on May 3, 2013. This latest version of the Rules (“the Current Rules”) was the result of a rulemaking process that began in late 2012. On October 18, 2012, the USP...

Program Number
2354IP
Program Date
2013-12-18
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawLitigation & Litigation SkillsPatent LawRegulatory and Administrative LawTrademark Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Tom Mason of Zuckerman Spaeder discusses whether a lawyer can be part of multiple firms and the ethical consequences of multiple affiliations. Topics include: • Those states which permit multiple affiliations and those states which do not, see, e.g...

Program Number
2340
Program Date
2013-12-17
Category
Ethics & Professionalism
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The market for corporate deals, whether M&A or going private transactions, remains relatively robust (at least compared to what it was a few years ago). Such transactions trigger fiduciary obligations of directors, officers, and at times, stockholder...

Program Number
2357
Program Date
2013-12-12
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawCriminal Law & White CollarFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsRegulatory and Administrative LawSecurities & Investing
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Join Andrea S. Kramer, Esq., co-author of the new American Bar Association’s Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity’s guide on “What You Need to Know About Negotiating Compensation,” and author of “Professional Advancement and Gender Ster...

Program Number
2348
Program Date
2013-12-10
Category
Elimination of Bias--Special ethics Law Practice ManagementState Specific: CA (qualifies for Elimination of Bias)
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew York
Program Credits
Law Practice Management:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Steve Bennett of Jones Day discusses the latest ethical developments involved in attorneys working with experts. Topics include a discussion of ABA Model Rules 1.6, 1.6(b) and 5.3, 5.3(b), 5.3(c), and Comments to 5.3, and: • The importance of exper...

Program Number
2350
Program Date
2013-12-04
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation Skills
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Barry Engel covers important developments in asset protection and estate planning during the period July 2012-November 2013. Topics include an update on relevant federal gift and estate tax developments, domestic and foreign statutory and case law is...

Program Number
2318
Program Date
2013-11-21
Category
Asset ProtectionBankruptcy Law & Creditor RightsCorporate and Commercial LawEstate PlanningInternational LawTaxation Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.00 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Irene Fiorentinos and David Kiernan, members of Jones Day's E-Discovery Committee, discuss approaches for using technology-assisted review (TAR) to expedite electronic document review and production consistent with attorneys' ethical obligations, suc...

Program Number
2359
Program Date
2013-11-14
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsTechnology Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

More and more, expert testimony is influential in determining the outcome of patent cases. Anthony LoCicero of Amster Rothstein and Ebenstein LLP discusses the selection and vetting of technical and damages experts and the use to which technical expe...

Program Number
2360IP
Program Date
2013-11-13
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawLitigation & Litigation SkillsPatent Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has generated significant litigation in the past couple of years. As litigation involving the Act is only expected to increase, it is time to assess what we have learned thus far to assist...

Program Number
2356
Program Date
2013-11-07
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawCriminal Law & White CollarFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsRegulatory and Administrative LawSecurities & Investing
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

In the second part of our series on Mobile Application development, Aaron Tantleff of Foley & Lardner LLP continues the discussion regarding the legal risks involved in developing, launching and managing mobile applications in 2013 and beyond, focusi...

Program Number
2352
Program Date
2013-11-06
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawPrivacy LawRegulatory and Administrative LawTechnology Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

In the past few years, several companies have faced public attacks from short sellers, bloggers or others usually alleging wrongdoing by the company or its executives. Some deride this phenomenon as baseless opportunism; others, as important whistleb...

Program Number
2355
Program Date
2013-10-16
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawCriminal Law & White CollarFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsRegulatory and Administrative LawSecurities & Investing
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit, based on a 60-minute credi:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2