Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Dec 8/Long Beach, CA - International Information Exchange Agreements - What Happened to Privacy?"

PATENTAX® TALK


Free Business Networking Mixer Prior to the Free TALK
Presented by: Harrington & Harrington

*See Introduction of the Lecture Series Below*

Speaker: Sanford I Millar http://www.millarlawoffice.com/

What:
(1) Business Networking Mixer (6:00pm - 6:55pm)
(2)CLE Presentation (7pm-9pm):

"International Information Exchange Agreements - What Happened to Privacy?"

When: December 8, 2010 (2nd Wednesday of the month)

Topics:
* September 11, 2001 & the changes in Bank Secrecy
* How the UBS case changed / ended Swiss Bank Secrecy (and bank secrecy in general)
* The Hire Act, Sec. 6038D and 6048 and FATCA, IRC Sec 1471-1474 & new
reporting requirements for individuals and foreign financial institutions
* Proposed changes in Cross Border Electronic Transfer of Funds Reporting (wire T/F)
* Circular 230 and Preparer Penalties: What you need to do to minimize your risks

Where :
Cardinal Pacific Escrow Education Center
Suite 105
6621 E. Pacific Coast Highway
Long Beach, CA 90803
(Located on the corner of PCH & Second Street/Westminister at "The MARKETPLACE". Building 6621 is both directly behind building 6615, and is faced by the front of the United Artists Long Beach Marketplace 6 Theaters.)

Cost:
Free for all attendees; Free & Ample Parking

CLE/CPE SPONSOR: HARRINGTON & HARRINGTON
CLE/CPE CREDIT For Attorneys, CPA's & Enrolled Agents:
2.0 hours of MCLE credit for Attorneys (+ 0.5 hours ETHICS)
2.0 hours of MCLE TAX SPECIALIZATION CREDIT
2.4 hours of TAX CPE credit for CPA's & EA's(+ 0.6 hours ETHICS)

Accreditation Source:
(1) State Bar of California, Tax Specialization Provider 15203
(2) Harrington & Harrington is an IRS Approved Education Provider - No. 672

Questions? Call Curt Harrington at  (562)-594-9784
Future Mixer and CLE/CPE Programs:

Date Program Speaker
January 12, 2011 TBA TBA
February 09, 2011 TBA TBA
March 09, 2011 TBA TBA
April 13, 2011 TBA TBA
May 11, 2011 TBA TBA
June 08, 2011 TBA TBA

Check back with the website: http://www.patentax.com/CLE , for any last-minute updates!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Nov 29/Web (WA) - Legal Ethics Program

A Legal Ethics Program will begin at 2PM Pacific Time November 29 at http://www.freecle.com/. At that time, please click on AUDIO and listen. This is a large file, so please be patient for downloading.
If you have any comments or questions, post them to the CHAT window. The CLE presenter will be available to respond to these. If the CHAT window does not work out for you, send your question to comments@freecle.com.
Toward the end of the program, an additional audio file will be posted with responses to your questions. All listeners may watch the questions and results in real time in the chat window, and may add their own comments or questions as desired.
The use of the this method for real-time questions and responses is intended to meet the requirements for "LIVE" classification of this program under the WSBA MCLE rules. This program has been accredited for 1 hour of live CLE ethics credit by the WSBA.
After listening, fill out the Affidavit,and send it in, so that we can comply with the requirement to report attendance. Please keep a copy of your affidavit and also make a computerized note for yourself so you have the information you need to fill in your WSBA affidavit later.
 
MORE:
http://www.freecle.com/

Dec 3/Salt Lake City, UT - Juvenile Law Case Law Update

Utah State Bar Juvenile Law Section presents "Juvenile Law Case Law Update"

Friday, December 3, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.

Presenters:
Martha M. Pierce, Office of the Guardian ad Litem
Lisa B. Lokken, Lokken & Associates

Location:
Utah Attorney General's Office
160 East 300 South
1st Floor Conference Rm.

Cost:
No cost, bring your own lunch.

CLE Credit:
1 hour CLE

RSVP:
TO REGISTER: Kindly email RSVP to sections@utahbar.org, register ONLINE, or fax 801-531-0660 by Dec 1st. Please include name and bar number on all  registrations

MORE:
http://www.utahbar.org/cle/events/html/section_luncheons.html


Friday, November 26, 2010

Dec 15/Stillwater, MN - An Overview of the New Health Care Reform Law

The Washington County Law Library (http://www.co.washington.mn.us/info_for_residents/law_library  ) presents this program in coordination with the Washington County Bar Association ( http://wcba-mn.org/  ), but membership in the Association is not required for attendance.

Lucinda E. Jesson, Esq. Director of the Health Law Institute & Asscociate Professor at the University of Hamline Law School "An Overview of the New Health Care Reform Law"

One standard CLE credit will be applied for.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are presented in Conference Room 21 (lower level), Washington County Government Center. All programs begin at noon and last for one hour.

Suggestions for programs are always welcome and should be directed to the County Law Librarian, who may be reached at 651-430-6330.
MORE:
http://www.co.washington.mn.us/info_for_residents/law_library/continuing_legal_education

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Dec 10/St Paul, MN + Web - Domestic Violence and the Hague Convention

From William Mitchell School of Law:

"There will be a free CLE on Dec. 10th from 1:30-4 pm at the Guthrie Theater. The CLE will delve into complex aspects of international child abduction by mothers who flee to protect themselves or their children. It will include staged readings by professional actors of actual transcripts of interviews with US mothers and their attorneys from a recent study supported by the US Department of Justice. These readings will be interspersed with discussion by internationally recognized legal and social science experts. There will be 2.5 CLE credits available and it is free. Register now by visiting westlegaledcenter.com. For more information contact catherine.harris@wmitchell.edu."
http://www.wmitchell.edu/theDocket/article.asp?ID=6110

Probing further, the address of the Guthrie is 875 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN.

Going to  http://westlegaledcenter.com and searching on the event title "Domestic Violence and the Hague Convention" we get one event for that date, which appears to cost $0 and is accreditted in dozens of states. Unfortunately I was unable to figure out how to get a direct link to the event, but I suppose it's not unreasonable for West to require us to go through their home page; exposure to a reasonable amount of advertizing for the for-pay material is only fair, IMO!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Dec 9/NYC, NY - Environmental Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate Transactions


This class provides practitioners with an overview of the due diligence process required of an attorney representing a purchaser of property with possible hazardous contamination or of a company that has facilities which are, or may be, contaminated. The class addresses Federal and State laws that apply to contaminated sites, measuring potential risk to the client, contract provisions that will best protect the client, Phase I and II environmental reports, CERCLA issues and other environmental due diligence matters of interest to the practitioner.

Title:
ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Date and time: December 9, 2010, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Bank of America 335 Madison Avenue (44th Street), 5th Floor
Cost: Free
Instructor: James Periconi, Esq., Periconi LLC
CLE Credit: 3 Areas of Professional Practice Credits
Sponsor: Bank of America
To Resisterhttp://marcisrael.com/launch/register-now/?event=70

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Randy Winn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rewinn


Monday, November 22, 2010

Dec 2/Seattle, WA - Ethical Issues in the Hearing Examiner Quasi-Judicial System


Ethical Issues in the Hearing Examiner Quasi-Judicial SystemExperienced land use practitioners, including Barbara Dykes (former Snohomish County Hearing Examiner and Chief Civil Deputy Prosecutor) and Peter Eglick (Eglick Kiker Whited), will discuss ethical issues in the Hearing Examiner system, including:
  • Preserving independence and impartiality
  • Defending the city, county, or agency "decision" if the decision changes between staff and hearing examiner decision
  • Settling appeals without violating separation of powers or undermining quasi-judicial impartial decision-making
  • Structuring the office and the process to minimize ethical pitfalls
"Ethical Issues in the Hearing Examiner Quasi-Judicial System"
When:  December 2, 2010
             3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Women's University Club
             1105 6th Ave., Seattle
Credits: 2 ethics credits
Tuition:
ELUL Section members — Free
Law students: Join the Section and attend for free — $13.25
Non-ELUL Section members — $35

REGISTER:
http://www.mywsba.org/Default.aspx?tabid=90&action=MTGProductDetails&args=5915
JOIN THE SECTION, THEN REGISTER FOR FREE:
http://www.mywsba.org/Default.aspx?tabid=111&action=MBRProductDetails&args=1185
MORE:
http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/elul/elulcalendar.htm

Dec 15/NYC, NY - Nuts and Bolts of Title Insurance

This class is for any attorney who wants an in-depth understanding of the role of the title company and title search in a New York real estate transaction.

 It provides a comprehensive overview of the entire title process; what title insurance does, and does not, protect the insured against; an examination of the various searches the title company conducts; how to read a title report; detailed discussions of Schedules A and B of the title report; issues related to clearance of Schedule B title exceptions; survey matters including possible out of possession and adverse possession issues; the title company's role at the closing; and what you should expect from a title company.

Title:
NUTS AND BOLTS OF TITLE INSURANCE
Date and Time: December 15, 2010, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Location: Berdon LLP, 360 Madison Avenue (45th Street), 8th Floor

Register:
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Randy Winn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rewinn

Friday, November 19, 2010

Dec 7/Orlando, FL - VAWA, U VISA AND T VISA FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Assisting a domestic violence victim obtain legal status.

 

By:

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

                       

December 7, 2010 

Tuesdays

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

COMERICA BANK

111 NORTH MAGNOLIA AVE.

SUITE 1000

10TH FLOOR

ORLANDO, FL 32801

CORNER OF MAGNOLIA AND WASHINGTON

 

Title:

VAWA, U VISA AND T VISA FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

 

CLE APPLIED FOR

 

CHARLES CONROY, ATTORNEY AT LAW

 

For OCBA members, the training is free.  For non-OCBA members participating in the LAS pro bono program, the training is free.  Pre-registration is required for the free lunch and requested for training (or subject to space availability if not pre-registered). For more information, please emailctucker@legalaidocba.org or mcarbo@legalaidocba.org or merazmus@legalaidocba.org.

PARKING WILL BE VALIDATED AT THE DAY OF TRAINING. WE WILL NOT REIMBURSE PARKING VOUCHERS.                                          

MORE:

http://www.probono.net/calendar/event.322940-VAWA_U_VISA_AND_T_VISA_FOR_VICTIMS_OF_DOMESTIC_VIOLENCE

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dec 2/Web - Addressing Inadmissibility Issues for U Nonimmigrants (Webinar)

"On this webinar, we will review the most common and difficult inadmissibility challenges faced by U nonimmigrant applicants, arguments for those that do not apply, and how to screen for them, discuss how to address them on the Form I-918 application and the Form I-192 waiver request, strategies for winning waivers, and what kinds of inadmissibility waivers have succeeded or failed and why. We will also discuss how to address inadmissibility issues that are triggered after the filing of a U application, after approval of a U application, upon departure from the United States, and at adjustment."

Date/Time:
Thursday December 02 , 2010  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
By:
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Location:
Online
Contact:
Sai Suzuki
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
ssuzuki@ilrc.org
415-255-9499 x789
www.ilrc.org
Register at http://www.ilrc.org/seminars
Deadline to Register: 11/30/10

Presenters:
Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney
Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Susan Bowyer, Attorney at Family Violence Law Center in Oakland
Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA, an attorney and echoing green fellow at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the Acting Director at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. For the past decade, she has provided immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences.

Jessica Farb, Immigrant Victim Legal Services Coordinator at International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) in Oakland
Jessica began working with immigrant crime victims in 2003 as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer at Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego. Then while pursuing her law degree in Washington D.C., she worked for the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and helped represent immigrant clients at Ayuda and Holland & Knight. In August 2008, Jessica returned to California to work at IIBA's immigrant crime victim program, through direct services, outreach, and technical assistance.

Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid
Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar.
CLE Credit Comments: Attorneys who are a member of the California State Bar will receive 1.5 CA MCLE credit for attending this session. If you are a member of another state bar, we will provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance after the session, which you can submit to your state bar. Please contact your state bar for details on whether or not credit is acceptable.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Dec 1/ NYC, NY - ZONING: A TO Z



Purchasers of commercial property purchase the property with the intent of using it for a specific purpose or even changing the use. Therefore, it is important for the practitioner who is representing such a purchaser to understand the local zoning regulations that are applicable to the transaction in order to verify that the purchaser can legally do what they want to with the property. 

In order for the attorney to provide his or her client with meaningful land use and zoning advice and counsel, it is useful to have an understanding of what zoning regulations are, how they came about, and how they operate. This class provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the history, structure, use and impact of zoning regulations in New York City and the metropolitan area. Emphasis will be placed on practical and legal issues that practitioners need to understand.

ZONING: A TO Z

Date and Time: December 1, 2010, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Location: Bank of America 335 Madison Avenue (44th Street), 5th Floor

Cost: Free

Instructor: Howard Goldman, Esq.. GoldmanHarris LLC

CLE Credit: 3 Areas of Professional Practice Credits

Sponsor: Bank of America

To Register: http://marcisrael.com/launch/register-now/?event=108
 
Randy Winn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rewinn

Friday, November 12, 2010

Nov 19/Garden City, NY - Introduction to Retirement Plans and Hidden Liabilities for Plan Sponsors

Please join me for a free 1 credit course "Introduction to Retirement Plans and Hidden Liabilities for Plan Sponsors" that will be hosted by Chernoff Diamond at their Garden City offices on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8 am at 990 Stewart Avenue, Suite 520, Garden City, New York 11530.

 

This free course will merit 1 hour CE for New York certified public accountants and 1 hour CLE for New York attorneys. Refreshments will be served. For reservations, please call me at 516-594-1557 or e-mail me at ary@therosenbaumlawfirm.com.

 

MORE:

http://therosenbaumlawfirm.com/blog/?p=136

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Nov 18/Web (FL) - Take Control of Your Time, Your Technology -- And Your Profits The Keys to a Safer, More Profitable Practice and a Saner Life

Take Control of Your Time, Your Technology -- And Your Profits The Keys to a Safer, More Profitable Practice and a Saner Life
Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Webinar Registration

The landscape for law practice is changing at a blinding rate. The technology that is replacing staff and saving overhead is
also creating new and unprecedented pressures on your professional and personal life. Lighting-fast and often reactive
communications of e-mail, text messages, twitter, Facebook and the like offer endless opportunities for inappropriate
communication. The information overwhelm of RSS feeds, LinkedIn, blogs, listervs and a host of web-based special
services can result in information overwhelm and paralysis by analysis. How can you maximize the use of your technology
while maintaining time to produce quality work, and minimizing the new risks inherent in electronic communications?
Master Practice Advisor Dustin Cole takes a nuts-and-bolts, practical view of the issue, focusing his more than 20 years of
hands-on experience to show you how to run a safe, profitable and enjoyable practice.

 

REGISTRATION:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/811193355

Although the registration form does not mention CLE, it is claimed that this earns 1 credit in FL here: http://legalproductivity.rocketmatter.com/turn-me-off/3-reasons-why-were-powerless-to-unplug/

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Nov 15/Cleveland, OH - How to Negotiate so Everyone Wins, Especially You!

Negotiations Expert, Attorney, Sports Agent, Educator, Author, and Civic Leader, Ron Shapiro shares the key principles of effective negotiations with a style of delivery that is personal, engaging and dynamic. Drawing on his unparalleled experiences from the worlds of law, sports, business, and politics, as well as in dealing with issues common to us all, Mr. Shapiro will introduce his systematic approach.
Learn how to get what you want while building stronger relationships for the future. Learn to focus on client needs and issues through listening and the Systematic Approach: 3P's, Prepare-Probe-Propose, of Mr. Shapiro's award winning book, The Power of Nice: How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins – Especially You!

Nov 15, 2010 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location:
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

CLE Credit:
1.0 hour of CLE credit available.
CISCDR Fifth Anniversary Distinguished Visitor Lecture presented by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
"How to Negotiate so Everyone Wins, Especially You!"
http://law.case.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=255
Speaker Information:
Ronald M. Shapiro
Shapiro Negotiations Institute

Ron Shapiro, a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, is an Expert Negotiator, Sports Agent, Attorney, Educator, Civic Leader, and New York Times Best Selling Author. He is the founder and chairman of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute, a seminar and consulting firm, founder and counsel to Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, a prominent Baltimore law firm, and founder of Shapiro Robinson & Associates, a sports management firm. USA Today called Mr. Shapiro "one of baseball's most respected agent/attorneys" and he was named one of the "100 most powerful people in sports" by The Sporting News. He has negotiated contracts for more Hall of Famers than any other agent. His clients have included the legendary Cal Ripken, Jr., Kirby Puckett, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, and Eddie Murray. He also serves as Special Advisor to the General Manager of the NBA San Antonio Spurs, and to the Owner of the Baltimore Ravens.

Mr. Shapiro has worked on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, as well as entertainment and news personalities. Committed to public and civic matters, he has chaired over 25 boards of charitable and community organizations. Mr. Shapiro also taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland School of Law, and the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was honored for teaching excellence. In addition to numerous law review and journal articles, Mr. Shapiro has authored legal texts on securities and corporate law and is the author of The Power of Nice: How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins - Especially You!, Bullies, Tyrants & Impossible People: How To Beat Them Without Joining Them, and his most recent book Dare to Prepare: How To Win Before You Begin!

Additional Information:
Open to the public at no cost. One FREE hour of CLE credit will be available to lawyers who attend.

Please note - Recording in any form is prohibited.

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Dec 7/ Orlando, FL - VAWA, U VISA AND T VISA FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE




Assisting a domestic violence victim obtain legal status.

For OCBA members, the training is free.  For non-OCBA members participating in the LAS pro bono program, the training is free.  Pre-registration is required for the free lunch and requested for training (or subject to space availability if not pre-registered). For more information, please email ctucker@legalaidocba.org or mcarbo@legalaidocba.org or merazmus@legalaidocba.org.

Tuesday December 07 , 2010
By: Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
CLE Credit

Location:
Comerica Bank
111 NORTH MAGNOLIA AVE.
SUITE 1000, 10th Floor
Orlando, FL

Title:
VAWA, U VISA AND T VISA FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Contact:
Marilyn Carbo
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.
mcarbo@legalaidocba.org
407-841-8310


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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Nov 11/Cleveland, OH - "Under Color of Law"

Julian Bond, a world-renowned member of the U.S. civil rights movement, will speak on the role the law has played in both encouraging and thwarting that movement, beginning with the seminal Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education (1954). While Brown in many ways gave life to the civil rights movement in this country, Mr. Bond will discuss how legal developments continuing to the present day have served at times in fact to discourage progress in that movement. His presentation will include his personal involvement with legal developments in the civil rights movement and his own case involving his seat in the Georgia legislature -- a case that ultimately ended up before the Supreme Court.

Nov 11, 2010 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Frank J. Battisti Memorial Lecture
"Under Color of Law"
http://law.case.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=256

1.0 hour of CLE credit available.

Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7130

Public parking (for a fee) is available at Severance Hall Parking Garage, directly across Euclid Avenue from the Allen Memorial Library.

Open to the public at no cost. One FREE hour of CLE credit will be available to lawyers who attend.

Please note - Recording in any form is prohibited.

Speaker Information:
Julian Bond
former Chairman, NAACP

From his college days as a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to his Chairmanship of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1998 – 2010), Julian Bond has been an active participant in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, and peace, and an aggressive spokesman for the disinherited.

As an activist who has faced jail for his convictions, as a veteran of more than twenty years of service in the Georgia General Assembly, as a writer, teacher, and lecturer, Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change since he was a college student leading sit-in demonstrations in Atlanta in 1960.

Julian Bond graduated from the George School, a co- educational Quaker school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1957, and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta that same year. While at Morehouse, Bond won a varsity letter as a member of the Morehouse swimming team, helped to found a literary magazine called The Pegasus, and was an intern for Time magazine.

While still a student, Bond was a founder in l960 of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), the Atlanta University Center student civil rights organization that directed three years of non-violent anti-segregation protests that won integration of Atlanta's movie theaters, lunch counters, and parks. Bond was arrested for sitting-in at the then-segregated cafeteria at Atlanta City Hall.

He was one of several hundred students from across the South who helped to form SNCC on Easter Weekend, 1960, and shortly thereafter became SNCC's Communications Director, heading the organization's printing and publicity departments, editing the SNCC newsletter, The Student Voice, and working in voter registration drives in rural Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

Bond left Morehouse one semester short of graduation in 1961 to join the staff of a new protest newspaper, The Atlanta Inquirer. He later became the paper's managing editor. Bond returned to Morehouse in 1971 and graduated, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Bond was first elected in 1965 to a one-year term in the Georgia House of Representatives in a special election following court-ordered reapportionment of the legislature, but members of the House voted not to seat him because of his outspoken opposition to the war in Vietnam.

Bond won a second election, to fill his vacant seat, in 1966, and again the Georgia House voted to bar him from membership. He won a third election, this time for a two-year term, in November, 1966, and in December the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Georgia House had violated Bond's rights in refusing him his seat.

He was elected to the State Senate in 1974. When he left office in January 1987, Bond had been elected to public office more times than any other Black Georgian, living or dead.

He had served four terms in the House and six terms in the Senate, ending his tenure only when an unsuccessful congressional race in 1986 prevented him from seeking re-election to the Senate. In the Senate, Bond became the first Black Chair of the Fulton County Senate Delegation, the largest and most diverse in the upper house, and was Chairman of the Committee on Consumer Affairs and a member of the Committees on Human Resources, Governmental Operations, and Children and Youth.

During his service in the Georgia General Assembly, Bond was sponsor or co-sponsor of more than 60 bills which became law, including a pioneer sickle cell anemia testing program, authorization of a minority set-aside program for Fulton County, and a state-wide program providing low-interest home loans to low income Georgians. He waged a successful two-year fight in the legislature and the courts to create a majority black congressional district in Atlanta and organized the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, then the nation's largest.

In 1968, Bond was Co-Chairman of the Georgia Loyal National Delegation to the Democratic Convention. The Loyalists, an insurgent group, were successful in unseating the hand-picked regulars, and Bond was nominated for Vice-President of the United States, the first Black to be so honored by a major political party. He withdrew his name because he was too young to serve.

He was Chairman of the Premier Automobile Group Diversity Committee (Volvo, Jaguar, Aston-Martin, Land Rover), and serves on the Boards of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Corporation for Maintaining Editorial Diversity in America, the Nicaragua/Honduras Education Project, the Earth Communications Office, the National Federation for Neighborhood Diversity, the Southern Africa Media Center, the Joan Shorenstein Barone Center of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Center for Visionary Thought Advisory Team and on the Advisory Committees of the American Committee on Africa and the Human Rights Defense Fund. Bond has served four terms on the NAACP National Board, and in l998 was elected its Chairman. He is on the Board of the NAACP's Magazine, the Crisis. He was President of the Atlanta NAACP from 1978 until 1989 and served on the Executive Committee of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. He was President of the Institute for Southern Studies, Vice-Chairperson of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, and is President Emeritus of the Southern Poverty Law Center. He is currently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University in Washington, D.C., and a Professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of History.

Dec 9/Fife, WA - LAMP Meeting and CLE

The Washington State Bar Association LAMP section directly assists Armed Forces personnel of the United States; it's a group of lawyers focused on legal support for our service members, veterans, and their families.

Meeting: WSBA LAMP Legal Assistance to Military Personnel

Thursday, Dec. 9th

11:30 A.M. at the Fife City Bar and Grill, Fife, WA

Address: 3025 Pacific Highway East, Fife

Port of Tacoma and I-5 Exit

Free: One Hour CLE credit, Topic TBD.

Only $25.00 annual fee to join the WSBA LAMP. For More Information:
http://wsba.org/lawyersgroups/lamp   or
Daniel C. Russ
Chair, WSBA LAMP
(253) 383-7113 

Nov 10/Mangilao, Guam- The Status of Guam & Chamorro People under United States and International Law

The University of Guam, Judiciary of Guam, District Court and Guam Bar Association ( http://guambar.org ) are cosponsoring a presentation in the UOG Presidential Lecture Series entitled "The Status of Guam & Chamorro People under United States and International Law" by Jon Van Dyke, Esq., Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law in Hawaii."

11-10-10 at 2 p.m.; 1.5 General CLE Credits!

Please visit the GBA website  http://guambar.org to view the entire invitation for this event.

1.5 general CLE credits will be available.

MORE:

http://guambar.org/reminder-%E2%80%93-free-uog-lecture-11-10-10-at-2-p-m-1-5-general-cle-credits

 

 

Monday, November 8, 2010

Nov 10/Long Beach, CA - PATENTAX TALK & Business Mixer - Complimentary - "Trench Warefare - Maneuvering Through,,The Frontlines of S Corporations"



PATENTAX® TALK
Free Business Networking Mixer Prior to the Free TALK
Presented by: Harrington & Harrington
*See Introduction of the Lecture Series Below*

Speaker: Layton L. Pace, Esq. http://www.pacetaxlaw.com
What: (1) Business Networking Mixer (6:00pm - 6:55pm)
(2)CLE Presentation (7pm-9pm):
"Trench Warefare - Maneuvering Through
The Frontlines of S Corporations"
When: November 10, 2010 (2nd Wednesday of the month)
Topics:
  • Planning after the 2008 final regulations on open account debts
  • Ordering of debt and stock basis restoration and AAA adjustments after S corporation losses
  • Developments regarding back-to-back loans and economic outlay that affect the use of S corporation losses
  • Contributions of shareholder loans and built-in loss property to shore up balance sheets
  • Planning for 2011 rate changes; and nuances of deemed asset sales under IRC Section 338(h)(10)
Advance Copy of Outline in Word.
Where : Cardinal Pacific Escrow Education Center
Suite 105
6621 E. Pacific Coast Highway
Long Beach, CA 90803
(Located on the corner of PCH & Second Street/
/Westminister, at "The MARKETPLACE".
Building 6621 is both directly behind building
6615, and is faced by the front of the United Artists
Long Beach Marketplace 6 Theaters.)
Cost: Free for all attendees; Free & Ample Parking
CLE/CPE SPONSOR: HARRINGTON & HARRINGTON
CLE/CPE CREDIT For Attorneys, CPA's & Enrolled Agents:
2.0 hours of MCLE credit for Attorneys
2.0 hours of MCLE TAX SPECIALIZATION CREDIT
2.4 hours of TAX CPE credit for CPA's & EA's
Accreditation Source:
(1) State Bar of California, Tax Specialization Provider 15203
(2) Harrington & Harrington is an IRS Approved
Education Provider - No. 672
Questions? Call Curt Harrington at (562)-594-9784
Future Mixer and CLE/CPE Programs:
Date Program Speaker

December 08, 2010 New Foreign Reporting Sanford I. Millar

January 12, 2011 TBA TBA
Check back with the website: http://www.patentax.com/CLE , for any

Friday, November 5, 2010

Nov 11/Cleveland, OH - Consequences of Kampala: The United States and the International Criminal Court

Donald Ferencz, executive director of the Planethood Foundation, and Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Michael Scharf participated as NGO (non-governmental organization) delegates at the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda in June 2010. At the Review Conference in Kampala, the 3,000 delegates agreed to a complicated formula to amend the International Court's Statute to add the crime of aggression to its jurisdiction. The formula had its origins in part in a 2008 Experts Meeting that Mr. Ferencz and Prof. Scharf co-sponsored at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, "The ICC and the Crime of Aggression."
 
At the November 11, 2010 program, Mr. Ferencz and Prof. Scharf will explain the negotiating history and meaning of the "Crime of Aggression" Amendment to the ICC's Statute, and describe its likely consequences for the United States and its allies.
http://law.case.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=262
Title:
"Consequences of Kampala: The United States and the International Criminal Court"
Nov 11, 2010 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
 
Speaker Information:
Donald Ferencz
Executive Director and Co-founder
The Planethood Foundation

Donald M. Ferencz is an attorney and the Executive Director of The Planethood Foundation, a small private foundation "educating to replace the law of force with the force of law." He was born in 1952 in Nuremberg, Germany, where his father, Ben Ferencz, had served as the Chief Prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Trial as part of the Subsequent Proceedings at Nuremberg.

After studying at the Canadian Peace Research Institute and graduating Colgate University with a B.A. in Peace Studies, Don Ferencz pursued a Master's Degree in Education, thereafter teaching elementary school for five years before going on to obtain both J.D. and M.B.A. degrees at Pace University in New York. While in law school, he interned at both the Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office, assisting in the prosecution of "white collar" criminals. But Mr. Ferencz saw the other side of the coin as well: incident to his work as a student editor on the Law Review, he played a critical role in obtaining dismissal by the New York Court of Appeals of a criminal conviction, which dismissal was premised on a legal theory he developed himself based on original research which had been previously overlooked by defense counsel in the case. Upon completing his legal studies, Mr. Ferencz pursued a commercial career for over two decades, working as a senior tax executive at a number of U.S.-based multinational public companies, and taught briefly as an adjunct professor of law at Pace Law School, where he later helped to initiate an international ICC Moot Court Competition. In 1996, he and his father established The Planethood Foundation, for which he now works on a full-time basis, helping to educate around the need for strengthening the rule of law in international relations. In addition, Don Ferencz participated directly as part of the NGO delegation to the ICC Assembly of States Parties Working Group on the Crime of Aggression (including attending the recent ICC review conference in Kampala, Uganda), and has written and lectured on the need to help deter aggression through the rule of law. He currently resides in the U.K.

Michael P. Scharf
John Deaver Drinko — Baker & Hostetler Professor
Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Michael Scharf directs the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office and the Summer Institute for Global Justice in The Netherlands, and serves as U.S. director of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute. In February 2005, Prof. Scharf and the Public International Law and Policy Group, a Non-Governmental Organization that he co-founded and directs, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by six governments and the Prosecutor of an International Criminal Tribunal for the work they have done to help in the prosecution of major war criminals, such as Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and Saddam Hussein. During the first Bush and Clinton Administrations, Prof. Scharf served in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State, where he held the positions of Attorney-Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Attorney-Adviser for U.N. Affairs, and delegate to the U.N. Human Rights Commission.

Judicial clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat on the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, Prof. Scharf has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Appeals, Prof. Scharf has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Armed Services Committee and is the author of over 70 scholarly articles and 13 books, including three that have won national book of the year honors. Recipient of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Alumni Association's 2005 "Distinguished Teacher Award" and Ohio Magazine's 2007 "Excellence in Education Award," Prof. Scharf teaches International Law, International Criminal Law, the Law of International Organizations, and the War Crimes Research Lab. During a sabbatical in 2008, he served as Special Assistant to the Prosecutor of the Cambodia Genocide Tribunal. He received his B.A. (1985) and his J.D. (1988), Order of the Coif, from Duke University.

CLE Credit:
Open to the public at no cost. One FREE hour of CLE credit will be available to lawyers who attend.

Additional Information:
Open to the public at no cost. One FREE hour of CLE credit will be available to lawyers who attend.

http://law.case.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=262

Web - A Conversation with Chief Judge Randall Rader

In this edition of the IP Colloquium, the Honorable Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, joins us to discuss a wide range of legal and policy issues related to the nation's patent system.

The conversation is a frank and open discussion, with exchanges about (among other things) the need for Federal Circuit judges to experience district court proceedings in order to meaningfully evaluate them, and the possibility that independent creation is in fact evidence of patent obviousness. UCLA Law Professor Doug Lichtman hosts.

The show lasts one hour; it can be streamed or downloaded from the page linked below; and, if you are a lawyer, you might be able to earn free CLE credit just for listening. Visit the Intellectual Property Colloquium for more details.

Program: A Conversation with Chief Judge Randall Rader


Link: www.ipcolloquium.com/Programs/15.html

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Nov 17/Seattle, WA - Intricacies of Dispute Resolution Clauses within Internationa

Intricacies of Dispute Resolution Clauses Within International Business Agreements
Intricacies of Dispute Resolution Clauses Within International Business Agreements [N111117]
Seminar Date:November 17, 2010
Seminar Time:12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Tuition:$35.00
Location:Logan Building
500 Union St Ste 928
Seattle, WA 98101-4073
  (View Map)
CLE Credits:GENERAL: 1.50
PowerPass Eligibility:No
 

Co-Sponsored by the WSBA International Practice Section

 

Intricacies of Dispute Resolution Clauses Within International Business Agreements

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Logan Building
500 Union Street, Suite 928
Seattle, WA 98101


As globalization increases, more and more U.S companies are engaging in cross border operations and transactions.  International strategies for dispute resolution and enforcement present a constant challenge for attorneys and their clients, with divergent laws and cultures to be considered.  Providing strategic advice on international dispute resolution is key to ensuring the success of any U.S Business engaging in cross-border trade.   Join Seattle Attorney Phillip Cutler, as he discusses the intricacies of drafting dispute resolution clauses in International Business Agreements.  The CLE is designed to provide local practitioners with practical tips in drafting effective and enforceable dispute resolution clauses in International Business Agreements.

Attendees at this interesting CLE will gain an understanding of:

  • Practical tips on how to draft an effective and enforceable dispute resolution clause in an International Business Agreement
  • Common pitfalls as it relates to dispute resolution clauses in an International Business Agreement
  • How to minimize risks of disputes in international transactions

Philip Cutler, Esq -- Cutler Nylander & Hayton, Seattle, WA


Tuition:
Section Members: $0 (discount will be reflected at checkout)
Active Attorneys/non-section members: $35
Law Students: $0 (After adding seminar to cart, enter promo code LSN and click checkout.)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Nov 10/ St. Paul, MN - A Tangled Web Unweaved: The Tom Petters Ponzi Scheme

Go behind the scenes of the second-largest Ponzi scheme in history. Join advocates and adversaries intimately involved in the ongoing Tom Petters saga for a candid roundtable discussion on November 10. The distinguished panel will weigh the ethical, legal and policy considerations at play in untangling the $3.65 billion fraud and controlling its aftermath. This free, audience-driven event will be moderated by prosecutor Joe Dixon.

Title: A Tangled Web Unweaved: The Tom Petters Ponzi Scheme

To reserve a spot: http://www.stthomas.edu/ethicalleadership/conferences/Petters.html

November 10, 2010
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
University of St. Thomas School of Law
2115 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105

Cost: free

  • Allan Caplan is the founding partner of Caplan Law Firm, P.A., one of the largest criminal defense firms in the Midwest. Mr. Caplan represented executive-turned-informant Deanna Coleman.
  • Joe Friedberg is a defense attorney whose cases and clients include the Coleman-Franken election contest and Randy Moss. Mr. Friedberg represented Robert White, "the wizard of false documents in the Tom Petters Ponzi scheme." (Star Tribune)
  • John Marti is the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. Mr. Marti was a prosecutor in the Petters case.
  • Doug Kelley is the President of Kelley & Wolter, P.A., a litigation firm concentrating on white collar criminal defense and complex commercial disputes. Mr. Kelley is the court-appointed receiver and trustee in the Petters bankruptcy.


1.25 hours of Standard CLE Credits have been applied for.

MORE:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lawcso/vocare/2010/10/free_cle_a_tangled_web_unweave.html