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Start-up companies are subject to a myriad of laws relating to the hiring, management, compensation and termination of employees. In this program, part of an ongoing new series on technology start up companies, Peter Townshend and Jill Basinger of Mc...

Program Number
2052
Program Date
2010-09-15
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawEmployment & Labor LawIn-House CounselNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative LawState Specific ProgramsTechnology Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the nation’s largest, busiest and most diverse federal appellate court. Join Sean SeLegue, an appellate specialist at Howard Rice in San Francisco who began his legal career nearly twenty ...

Program Number
2049
Program Date
2010-09-14
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsFederal CourtsLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York AccreditedState Specific Programs
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Louis DiLorenzo, the Chair of Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group, discusses sexual discrimination in the workplace and how to avoid liability for sexual discrimination claims. Part 1 of this 2-part se...

Program Number
2061
Program Date
2010-09-14
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Asset protection practitioners, clients and trustees should endeavor to keep themselves abreast of current trends and developments in the asset protection planning arena. In this program, Barry Engel discusses current trends and developments both leg...

Program Number
2024
Program Date
2010-09-02
Category
Asset ProtectionBankruptcy Law & Creditor RightsCalifornia Participatory MCLE ProgramsDomestic RelationsEstate PlanningInternational LawNew York AccreditedState Specific ProgramsTaxation Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit, including Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co. and Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co., have reinvigorated the patent qui tam action and have opened the door to a flurry of lawsuits, most of which have been brought by par...

Program Number
2058IP
Program Date
2010-08-19
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawNew York AccreditedPatent Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Our ongoing series on technology start-up companies continues. In this program, Peter Townshend, David Beckwith and Monique Ho of McDermott Will & Emery LLP discuss what constitutes intellectual property and how to protect it. Topics include, among o...

Program Number
2051
Program Date
2010-08-11
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCopyright LawCorporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawInternational LawNew York AccreditedPatent LawRegulatory and Administrative LawTechnology LawTrademark Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The investor protection provisions of Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 4173, 111th Cong. (2010), are bound to result in major changes in the world of securities enforcement and regulation. As a result of...

Program Number
2067
Program Date
2010-08-05
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawCorporate and Securities LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative LawSecurities & Investing
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleColorado HomestudyGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

The potential infestation of the Great Lakes by invasive Asian carp species has precipitated a battle between environmental, shipping, tourism, and governmental interests in the United States and Canada over proposals to physically separate Lake Mich...

Program Number
2046
Program Date
2010-07-27
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsEnvironmental LawFederal CourtsInternational LawLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
CaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.5 Credit1.25 General CLE credit:1.25 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2.75

The Supreme Court held in Skilling that honest services fraud under Section 1346 is defined by pre-McNally case law on bribes and kickback schemes. Whether this provides any more clarity and notice than before the Court's decision is an open question...

Program Number
2054
Program Date
2010-07-22
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawCriminal Law & White CollarFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York AccreditedSecurities & Investing
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

For years, employers took for granted that it is legal to monitor an employee's every keystroke on work-issued computers, phones and PDAs. With the recent surge in employee privacy claims, some state and federal courts have sided with the employee, p...

Program Number
2065
Program Date
2010-07-15
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsComputer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Commercial LawData Security and OutsourcingEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselNew York AccreditedPrivacy LawRegulatory and Administrative LawState Specific Programs
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleColorado HomestudyGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Todd Solomon, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, and a frequent speaker on employee benefits issues resulting from domestic partnerships and same-sex marriages, discusses the latest legal developments impacting employee benefits for same-sex co...

Program Number
2041
Program Date
2010-07-14
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsConstitutional LawCorporate and Commercial LawDomestic RelationsEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative LawState Specific ProgramsTaxation Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Leigh J. Martinson, Esq., a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP, reviews the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Bilski v. Kappos, in which business methods patents barely survived, and discusses the impact of this decision on future patent ...

Program Number
2063IP
Program Date
2010-07-09
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselIntellectual Property LawNew York AccreditedPatent LawRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleColorado HomestudyGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

Protecting attorney-client and work product privileges is a critical aspect of using consultants as experts in litigation and at trial. Join popular presenter Steve Bennett, a partner at Jones Day, for this important program on attorney ethics. Topic...

Program Number
2045
Program Date
2010-06-22
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York Accredited
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleColorado HomestudyGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

In today’s world, in-house and outside counsel are often called upon to conduct investigations in the workplace. The topics run the gamut from sexual harassment to violations of the SEC rules to violations of conflict of interest or other policies....

Program Number
2043
Program Date
2010-06-17
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsComputer, Internet & E-Commerce LawEmployment & Labor LawEthics & ProfessionalismIn-House CounselNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleColorado HomestudyGeorgiaNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 CreditLegal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2

At the heart of any climate change trial will be the presentation of scientific evidence concerning responsibility for climate changes alleged to have had cataclysmic adverse effects on our planet. Join William Ruskin, Sheila Woolson and Aime Dempsey...

Program Number
2028
Program Date
2010-06-16
Category
California Participatory MCLE ProgramsCorporate and Commercial LawEnvironmental LawFederal CourtsIn-House CounselLitigation & Litigation SkillsNew York AccreditedRegulatory and Administrative Law
State
ArizonaCaliforniaColorado EligibleGeorgiaMissouriNew Jersey EligibleNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit1 General CLE credit:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 2