Programs are available online to all firms wishing to assist their attorneys in obtaining their CLE credits. Please email customer.care@celesq.com to obtain a coupon code for your firm. Once an attorney has completed a program, your firm will be billed $30 each for the cost of each certificate which will be issued as a download once the attorney has completed the affirmation for the particular program.

 

Asset protection and bankruptcy lawyers need to stay current with respect to relevant reported legal decisions in each other’s areas of practice in order to best serve their clients. In this program, Barry Engel (asset protection) and Rob Shilliday...

Program Number
2216
Program Date
2012-05-01
Category
Asset ProtectionBankruptcy Law & Creditor RightsCorporate and Commercial LawEstate Planning
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Carmen McLean, a partner at Jones Day, and Tiffany Lipscomb-Jackson, a Jones Day associate, outline the relevant timeline and discuss best practices for conferences required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f). Topics addressed are the responsib...

Program Number
2228
Program Date
2012-04-25
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkills
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The DOJ has declared that this is the “new era” of FCPA enforcement. The cost of settlement is spiraling upward, business organizations are conducting extensive and far-reaching investigations at great cost to win cooperation credit, and individu...

Program Number
2227
Program Date
2012-03-29
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:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Todd Solomon, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and a frequent speaker and writer on employee benefits issues resulting from domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages, discusses the impact of the New York same-sex marriage law on employee b...

Program Number
2220
Program Date
2012-03-13
Category
Constitutional LawCorporate and Commercial LawDomestic RelationsEmployment & Labor LawIn-House CounselRegulatory and Administrative LawState Specific ProgramsTaxation Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Rule 11(b) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (F.R.Civ.P.) imposes an ethical requirement that an attorney certify, after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstance, that factual allegations in federal pleadings have evidentiary support. T...

Program Number
2210
Program Date
2012-03-01
Category
Ethics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkills
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

In this program for asset protection and integrated estate planning lawyers, Barry Engel analyzes choice of law decisions and how they may lead to conflict of law issues. Topics include: • a review of applicable reported cases with respect to choic...

Program Number
2215
Program Date
2012-02-28
Category
Asset ProtectionBankruptcy Law & Creditor RightsEstate PlanningInternational Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Ever since the Second Circuit’s decision in Rescuecom v. Google, courts have struggled to define acceptable uses of another’s trademark in the context of keyword searching. Join Anthony F. Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP as he disc...

Program Number
2205IP
Program Date
2012-02-16
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawLitigation & Litigation SkillsTrademark Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Federal appellate courts are accustomed to, and expect, a high standard of practice. In this program, Sean SeLegue and Simona Agnolucci of Arnold & Porter LLP provide tips, strategies and the legal framework every lawyer handling a federal appeal sho...

Program Number
2213
Program Date
2012-02-15
Category
Federal CourtsLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkills
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

In this important program for all attorneys, Amy Bomse, a partner in Arnold & Porter LLP, discusses some developing trends in legal ethics. Topics include: • ethical issues pertaining to electronic information, including maintaining client files an...

Program Number
2221
Program Date
2012-02-01
Category
E-DiscoveryEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsPrivacy and Data Security
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Assisting clients in the areas of asset protection and pre-bankruptcy planning is fraught with danger and may expose an attorney to professional discipline, civil damages, and even criminal liability. In this ethics program, Rob Shilliday explores th...

Program Number
2209
Program Date
2012-01-25
Category
Asset ProtectionBankruptcy Law & Creditor RightsEstate PlanningEthics & ProfessionalismFederal Courts
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Properly reserving rights, in connection with both property and liability claims, can have a significant impact on an insurance company’s ultimate obligations. In this installment of our series geared especially for insurance companies and their in...

Program Number
2204INS
Program Date
2012-01-24
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawIn-House CounselInsurance LawLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkills
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Federal trial litigators must be ever vigilant in planning for possible appeals and preserving their clients’ rights to bring those appeals. Sean SeLegue and Sean Callagy of Arnold & Porter LLP discuss avoiding waiver of issues on appeal and situat...

Program Number
2212
Program Date
2012-01-19
Category
Federal CourtsSkills
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

This advanced program, for attorneys who already understand the basics of litigation holds, provides practical advice for assessing whether a litigation hold is necessary, communicating the specifics (including useful templates), monitoring complianc...

Program Number
2203
Program Date
2012-01-18
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsTechnology Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1.0 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Courts and circumstances are continually redefining the ethical obligations imposed on Intellectual Property practitioners. Anthony Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP analyzes recent developments (including the Federal Circuit’s inequit...

Program Number
2202IP
Program Date
2012-01-12
Category
Corporate and Commercial LawEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property 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

Join us for this Ethics program for all lawyers involved in litigation and e-discovery. Jones Day partner Josh Fuchs discusses how, by seeking to fulfill their obligations of competence (Model Rule 1.1), expediting litigation (Model Rule 3.2), and du...

Program Number
2211
Program Date
2012-01-11
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsTechnology Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2