Friday, March 30, 2018

March 2018: Following, Friending and Pinning: The Intersection of Social Media and Evidentiary Principles #MCLE

According to the Pew Research Center, 73% of online adults use at least one social media platform. That number grows daily. Learn how to apply evidentiary principles to this medium, discover and build sound strategies to uncover sources and results on an electronic legal research platform and stay up to date on the trends in social media as well as the social media activities of key players in cases as well as gain an understanding of how social media has taken such an important role in society
Title:
Following, Friending and Pinning: The Intersection of Social Media and Evidentiary Principles
When/Where:
By:
LexisNexis
Credit:
1 credit in most jurisdictions.


When It Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: A Lawyer’s Guide to Workplace Social Media Policies



These days when employees want to complain about their boss or employer, they post it in social media outlets such as Facebook® or Twitter®. So what’s an employer to do? Employers must recognize that social media has changed the labor and employment landscape forever, and they must draft policies that will pass muster with the National Labor Relations Board. In this CLE, we’ll explore social media and discuss connectivity between employees, the role of the NLRB and social media policy language.
Title:
When It Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: A Lawyer’s Guide to Workplace Social Media Policies
When/Where:
Webcast
Speaker:
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Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits.
By:
LexisNexis


Wednesday, March 28, 2018

March 2018: Answering the Call: Overcoming Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession #MCLE

In this course, you will examine the characteristics of the legal profession that make attorneys so much more susceptible to substance abuse as well as review the wildly disproportionate disciplinary records.
During our session we will cover:
  • Substance Abuse Prevalence in Legal Profession 
  • Consequences of Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
  • A Personal Story of Addiction
  • Signs of Substance Abuse and Strategies Uses to Hide Addiction Problems in the Legal Profession.
Title:
Answering the Call: Overcoming Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
When/Where:
Webcast:
Credit:
1 credit hour in most states that allow online credits.



Monday, March 26, 2018

March 28: REAL ESTATE TAX EFFECTS FOR INDIVIDUALS

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Title:
March 28, 2018 "REAL ESTATE TAX EFFECTS FOR INDIVIDUALS:  Possible Effects on the Market"

When/Where:
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
6:30-7:30 pm
Engel & Volkers, Ground Floor
401 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802

Speaker:
Curt Harrington
Presented By:
California Continuing Education, Inc.
Credit:
One hour of Tax Specialization Continuing Education (MCLE) accredited by the California Board of Legal Specialization
More Information:
http://patentax.com/CLE/http://patentax.com/CLE/

Monday, March 19, 2018

March 2018: Silence of All Virtues: Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality in the Digital Age

In the fast paced, high information era in which we live, how do you maintain client confidentiality and privilege while still meeting the demands of the client? In this course we will cover the importance of protecting client confidences, understanding electronic media, finding ethical solutions to inadvertent disclosures, ethical implications of using cloud storage and navigating the ethical minefields of social media as legal professionals.
Title:
Silence of All Virtues: Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality in the Digital Age

When/Where:
By:
LexisNexis
Credit:
Ethics 1 credit in most states that accept online CLE.



Sunday, March 18, 2018

March 20: Liability and Special Education


On March 20, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic profiler Dale Yeager, will present a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Liability and Special Education, for all legal professionals.
During this presentation, Mr. Yeager will discuss:
  • High liability issues with the management of special needs students
  • Inaccurate understanding of federal law regarding special education
  • Safety issues: A management issue
  • Poor management of students: The real problem.
Title:
When/Where:
March 20, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern
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Speaker:
Dale Yeager is a forensic profiler and Federal SME with training by the USDOJ and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Mr. Yeager is a frequent expert with media outlets including a featured episode of Forensic Files [“Bump and Run” Season 3, Episode 21 2002] and a new History Channel series entitled ‘True Monsters.’ Dale is also a Federal Law Enforcement instructor and SME for the HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and MAGLOCLEN Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network programs.
By:
The TASA Group, Inc.
Credit:
Cost:
Free.
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March 29: Blockchain and the Law: What Lawyers (and Their Clients) Need to Know About This Cutting-Edge Technology

Blockchain technology is promising to remake institutions and industries throughout the world. Once synonymous with bitcoin, the virtual currency made possible by blockchain, this emerging technology is now gaining significant attention in its own right, creating opportunities and uncertainties across a wide variety of industries. Companies are looking to integrate blockchain into their business models, while technologists are investigating how it may change everything from international financial institutions to simple contracts. At the same time, government regulators are beginning to pay attention to blockchain-based technologies, taking the first steps to rein in what can sometimes feel like the “Wild West.”
More and more legal professionals, too, are becoming familiar with blockchain, whether in advising clients on the legal implications of potential blockchain initiatives, dealing with an evolving regulatory landscape, or handling disputes involving blockchain-based technologies and assets.
Join us we explore this revolutionary technology in an upcoming webinar, examining just what blockchain technology is and what legal professionals need to know about it.
Attendees will learn:
  • The basics of blockchain technology
  • Common blockchain use cases
  • Considerations when advising clients on blockchain
  • Emerging legal and regulatory issues related to blockchain technology
Title:
Blockchain and the Law: What Lawyers (and Their Clients) Need to Know About This Cutting-Edge Technology 
When/Where:
Thursday, March 29, 2018
10 PM PDT // 1 PM EDT
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By:
Logikcull
Speakers:
  • Antigone Peyton leads the Intellectual Property and Technology Law practice at Protorae Law, where she focuses on intellectual property litigation and IP portfolio management and growth strategies involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. Her litigation and counseling practices also includes technology law issues involving social media, IoT, cybersecurity, blockchain, and cloud computing. Antigone has acted as lead trial counsel and appellate counsel in federal civil lawsuits across the United States and she has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies involved in high stakes intellectual property disputes and a variety of other business and legal issues.
  • Erica G. Wilson is an associate with Vuono & Gray, where she is representing individuals and businesses in civil cases, such as disputes over employment contracts, commercial leases, confessions of judgment, partnership agreements, and, yes, blockchain. A cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiast, Erica regularly speaks to bar associations and professional groups about the legal implications of such technology and is proud to count herself as one of the only 802 people to report bitcoin-related gains to the IRS.
Credit:
Check with your credit-granting authority
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

March 2018: Avoiding the Million Dollar Comma: The Use of Forms in Legal Drafting

The use of forms in drafting legal documents is just one way to increase efficiency and work product quality while at the same time mitigating some of the risk associated with each document. Explore source, types and benefits of forms, find appropriate motion templates, using a form bank.

Title:
Avoiding the Million Dollar Comma: The Use of Forms in Legal Drafting
When/Where:
By:
LexisNexis
Credit:
Most states that allow online credits.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

March 2018: Blowing Smoke: Managing New Risks in the Workplace

The National Institute of Drug Abuse puts the cost of substance abuse to our nation at $600 billion in terms of crime, lost work productivity and health care. With workplace drug and alcohol testing laws and regulations changing constantly, discover the history and background of drugs and the workplace, medical marijuana and a drug free workplace, establishing impairment levels and workplace challenges.
Title:
Blowing Smoke: Managing New Risks in the Workplace

https://www.lexisnexis.com/university/Course.aspx?classInfo=Crs~686~33222&str=t
When/Where:
Webcast - register now!
By:
LexisNexis
Credit:
1 credit in most states that allow online credits.

Sunday, March 11, 2018

April 18: Ethically Building and Protecting your Online Legal Reputation #MCLE

With so many lawyers and law firms using the internet for marketing purposes, it is important for lawyers to be aware of the relevant ethical considerations and rules. Developing a strategy for effective and ethical online marketing can be key to a successful practice. Join speakers Jaimie Field, J.D., Marketing Field, LLC and Erin McCartney, J.D., Risk Management Lead at Attorney Protective, as they discuss how not to run afoul of the ethics rules while utilizing online marketing tactics to identify and connect with your firm’s target audience.
Title:
Ethically Building and Protecting your Online Legal Reputation
When/Where:
April 18, 2018
12:00 PM-1:00 Central Time, 1:00 PM-2:00 Eastern Time and 10:00 AM-11:00 Pacific Time
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Speakers:

  • Jaimie Field, J.D., Marketing Field, LLC
  • Erin McCartney, J.D., Risk Management Lead at Attorney Protective

CLE Credit:

  • Attorney Protective is an Approved Multiple Activity Provider in CA and NJ and this webinar will qualify for 1.2 CLE (ethics/professionalism) in NJ, and 1 CLE (legal ethics) in CA.
  • Attorney Protective is an Accredited Provider in PA and this webinar will qualify for 1 CLE (ethics) in PA.
  • NY attorneys may apply this course toward 1 CLE credit in accordance with the NY approved jurisdiction policy. 
  • CLE credit has been applied for and pending approval for 1 CLE (ethics) credit in most states. Please check back here to view updates regarding CLE credit approval.

By:
Attorney Protective


Saturday, March 10, 2018

March 12: Railroad Safety


On March 12, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with engineering experts Carl Berkowitz, Oren Masory, and Jim Blaze will present a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Railroad Safety, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Carl, Oren, and Jim will discuss:
  • Railroad-highway grade crossing and right-of-way safety
  • Slips, trips, and falls in the railroad environment
  • Rail safety and incident analysis
  • Passenger and railroad worker safety
  • Railroad operating rules, regulations and industry standards.
Title:
When/Where:
March 12, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern
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Speakers:
  • Carl Berkowitz, Ph.D., PE, AICP, Co-Director of the Forensic Engineering Institute, has more than 50 years of experience in the transportation engineering and transportation safety field. He has consulted around the world about the safe operation of public and private transportation systems, and been featured on CBS, NBC, YouTube, and in national and local newspapers. He has worked with TASA for more than 20 years.
  • Oren Masory, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Forensic Engineering Institute, has over 30 years of mechanical engineering experience. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. His research interests include vehicle accident reconstruction, workplace related injuries, building and safety codes, and major transportation safety issues with a focus on safe railroad operations.
  • Jim Blaze, MA, is a senior adviser at the Forensic Engineering Institute and has more than 45 years of experience in the intermodal transportation safety and railroad industry. He has consulted around the world about railroad operations, business cost benefits and railroad safety. He is an expert on NORAC and GCOR train operating rules, AAR, and APTA rules and policies, FTA and FRA technical safety minimum rules and regulations, and FHWA rules, procedures, and design manuals.
By:
The TASA Group, Inc.
Credit:
CLE approvals pending.
Cost:
Free.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

March 21: Social Media Ethics for Lawyers

Join speakers John Browning, J.D. and Sally Field, J.D. to discuss this ever-evolving topic.
Title:
Social Media Ethics for Lawyers
When/Where:
Wednesday March 21, 2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Webcast - Register Now
Speakers:
  • As a lawyer and the author of The Lawyer's Guide to Social Media and two more books on social media and the law, John Browning has spent a great deal of time examining this issue and will offer some valuable insight into emerging issues.
  • Sally Field is an attorney of more than 30 years and has spoken on numerous ethics topics over the years. She will offer attendees perspective on how the Model Rules of Professional Conduct translate to social media.
CLE Credit:
  • This course is approved for 1 ethics credit in AL, FL, IA, KS, ME, MS, ND, NV, SC, TN, TX, VT, and WA.
  • Attorney Protective is an Approved Multiple Activity Provider in CA and NJ and this webinar will qualify for 1.2 CLE (ethics/professionalism) in NJ, and 1 CLE (legal ethics) in CA.
  • Attorney Protective is an Accredited Provider in PA and this webinar will qualify for 1 CLE (ethics) in PA.
  • This course is approved for 1 professional responsibility credit in IL (64552). This course is approved for 1 professional responsibility credit in IL.
  • This course has been approved for 1 attorney professional conduct credit in OH.
  • NY attorneys may apply this course toward 1 CLE credit in accordance with the NY approved jurisdiction policy.
  • CLE credit has been applied for and pending approval for 1 CLE (ethics) credit in most states. Please check back here to view updates regarding CLE credit approval.
By:
Attorney Protective

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Sunday, March 4, 2018

March 7: Our Newest Justice: Some Thoughts on Justice Gorsuch’s Debut

Few would disagree that the biggest law story of the past year was the confirmation of Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, filling the vacancy created by the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia a year earlier.
Justice Gorsuch was confirmed on April 7, 2017, and took his seat three days later, just in time for the Court’s final round of arguments for the term: 13 cases heard across two weeks later that month. As many Court watchers have observed, Justice Gorsuch’s debut was vigorous and assertive, making an immediate mark as a prolific writer of separate opinions. On the job for not quite three months, he wrote for the Court in just one case, but he wrote separately seven times — three dissents, three concurrences, and a formal statement in the Justice Thomas tradition urging the Court to grant certiorari on a particular legal issue at its next opportunity.
What do these first opinions tell us about Justice Gorsuch’s approach to his new role? Judge Sykes will offer some observations on our newest Justice’s early work.
Title:
Our Newest Justice: Some Thoughts on Justice Gorsuch’s Debut
The Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture
When/Where:
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Moot Courtroom (A59)
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106 
Also Webcast: Registration Available Soon
Credit:
Approved for 1 hour of in-person CLE credit
Speaker Information
Diane S. Sykes was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in June 2004. Prior to her appointment to the federal bench, Judge Sykes was a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was appointed by Governor Tommy G. Thompson in September 1999 to fill a mid-term vacancy on the state high court and elected to a full ten-year term in a statewide election in April 2000. From 1992 to 1999, Judge Sykes served on the state trial bench in Milwaukee County she was first elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998. From 1985 to 1992, Judge Sykes practiced law with the Milwaukee firm of Whyte & Hirschboeck, S.C., and from 1984 to 1985, was a law clerk to Federal Judge Terence T. Evans.
Continuing Legal Education Readings

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

March 8: Content Moderation in an Age of Extremes

Content moderation of users’ posts by the intermediaries who disseminate them is on the public agenda in a variety of ways, especially under the headings of fake news, unauthorized copies, and revenge porn.
While some people argue for increased government intervention in the form of legal duties to remove various types of unwanted content, others maintain that the best solution is to reconstruct some sort of democratic process within a service’s “polity” itself, a procedural solution to knotty problems of substance.
In her lecture, Professor Tushnet will discuss the multiple types of actors in the intermediary space, many of whom don’t interact directly with ordinary users but are being recruited into policing content; other entities don’t resemble the profit-seeking model at which most regulatory and governance proposals are directed. Without keeping these variances in mind, we are unlikely to get the results we seek.
Title:
Content Moderation in an Age of Extremes
When/Where:
Thursday, March 8, 2018
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Moot Courtroom (A59)
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Also Webcast - Registration Available Soon
Credit:
1 hour of in-person CLE credit, pending approval
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Speaker:
Rebecca Tushnet is the inaugural Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law at Harvard Law School. After clerking for Chief Judge Edward R. Becker of the Third Circuit and Associate Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court, she practiced intellectual property law at Debevoise & Plimpton before beginning teaching. Her publications include “Registering Disagreement: Registration in Modern American Trademark Law” (Harvard L. Rev. 2017) “Worth a Thousand Words: The Images of Copyright Law” (Harvard L. Rev. 2012) and “Copy This Essay: How Fair Use Doctrine Harms Free Speech and How Copying Serves It” (Yale L.J. 2004). With Eric Goldman, she publishes a casebook on advertising and marketing law, and has a forthcoming book on images in intellectual property law. Her work currently focuses on copyright, trademark and false advertising law and their relationship to the First Amendment. Her blog, at tushnet.blogspot.com, is part of the ABA’s Blawg Hall of Fame. Professor Tushnet helped found the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting and promoting fanworks, and currently volunteers on its legal committee. She received Public Knowledge’s IP3 Award for Intellectual Property in 2015. She is also an expert on the law of engagement rings.
Continuing Legal Education Readings
Tushnet article emotion and the first amendment (2014, 42 p.)
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