Gray Reed litigators Mitch Ackal and Jeremy Walter team up with Gray Reed attorney and Texas State Rep. Jeff Leach, who played an instrumental role in developing the legislation that created these specialized courts, to share what they've learned since the September 1st opening of the Texas Business Courts. Hear the ins and outs of the new Texas Business Court, including its jurisdiction, its judges, and its unique procedures. With just one month of operations underway at the time of this presentation, this session also offers an analysis of any significant Court data that may be available.
- Total Credit Hours:
- 1.00 hr
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- TX
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Deep in the Heart of the Texas Business Courts: What Attorneys Need to Know Not yet rated
Session 01: Non-Economic Damages, Post-Gregory - In June of 2023, the Texas Supreme Court issued Gregory v. Chohan, a blockbuster new opinion on non-economic damages that raised as many questions as it provided answers. Where do we now stand in the wake of Gregory? Session 02: Texas Auto Policies - Statutory and case law that impact different coverage under Texas automobile policies. Session 03: Important Cases in the Prosecution and Defense of UM / UIM Cases Session - This presentation addresses recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases, as well as strategies and tips for prosecuting and for defending uninsured and under-insured motorist claims and bad faith litigation. Session 04: Stowers, Soriano, and Dealing with Policy Limits - Stowers and Soriano are well-recognized cases dealing with the payment of policy limits, but other case authorities have impacted those decisions including in bankruptcy. This presentation addresses Stowers and Soriano principles, recent decisions involving policy limits, and dealing with excess policies in the context of policy limits.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 2.75 hrs | 1.25 Ethics
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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2024 Car Crash Case Law UpdatesNot yet rated
Session 01: How to Use Your Expert Witness as a Fact Witness and Find Other Valuable Damages Testimony - Get the most out of the plaintiff’s healthcare providers by changing your approach to which ones you use and how you use them. Develop a stronger damages model by getting creative with how you mine the case for witnesses and testimony. Session 02: Proving Causation and Sufficiency of Evidence - Ever wonder why great verdicts get reversed and rendered? Don't learn the hard way: we'll show how to meet your burden of proof, present your expert, when to object, and what ipse dixit means! Session 03: How to Defend a Corporate Representative Session 04: Storytelling and Themes - This presentation includes real-world, trial-tested stories and story techniques that have been successfully used for car wreck verdicts big and (relatively) small.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 3.00 hrs | 0.50 Ethics
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Car Crash Trial Tactics (2024)Not yet rated
HR professionals and legal counsel can better advise employers on compliance efforts if up to speed on the latest changes and trends in employment law. Hear a brief update of the most critical court cases, legislation, and federal agency activity at EEOC, DOL, and NLRB.
Includes: Video Audio Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.50 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Changes in Employment Law Impacting Compliance EffortsNot yet rated
Learn about commercial vehicle litigation from the plaintiff and defense perspective. The presentation includes litigation involving tractor-trailers, commercial vehicles, and commercial buses.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.75 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Commercial Vehicle Accidents 101Not yet rated
Understand the difference between disparate treatment and disparate impact, and why it matters. Why do you need to know about the "shifting burden of proof?" How can you prevent liability for harassment even after it occurs?
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 1.00 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Disparate Treatment and Disparate ImpactNot yet rated
Learn the best practices in documentation to effectively performance coach problem employees, while minimizing risks and maximize the chances of successfully defending the employer’s actions when challenged. Understand the value and risks posed by offer letters, disciplinary documentation, performance evaluations, and termination paperwork. Recognize the value and critical role of proper documentation in employment disputes.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.75 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Effective and Defensive Documentation from Hiring to FiringNot yet rated
The FMLA was the first federal act that required an employer to provide time off for employees. Learn the basics of the law, which has been amended to cover additional types of leave. When do you send the various notices and certifications? Avoid common mistakes in completing the paperwork and understand how FMLA can overlap with ADA issues.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.50 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA): The Other Major Entitlement ActNot yet rated
Avoid common mistakes in policy drafting. Adopt provisions that support the company's good faith compliance efforts and help reduce potential liability in audits, claims, and litigation. Understand how recent NLRB decisions affect policies even in non-unionized workplaces, and what government agencies such as TWC, EEOC, and DOL look for in matters involving employer policies.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 1.00 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Handbooks/Employment PoliciesNot yet rated
The investigation of an employee's complaint may be an employer's only path to avoiding liability. The investigator will likely be a witness, and the notes may be evidence. Learn when to outsource and when/how to investigate and document the process.
Includes: Video Audio Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 1.00 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Navigating Sensitive Employment ComplaintsNot yet rated
Session 01: Pre-Suit Negotiation Strategies: Working with your Adjuster - Learn how to ensure you have properly prepared your adjuster, and the insurance company, to get the case settled for your client before mediation or negotiations. Session 02: Low Property Damage Cases - Prosecuting and defending personal injury cases with minor property damage can present challenges. This presentation discusses the experiences and strategies from the plaintiff and defense perspectives. Session 03: Anatomy of a Police Report - Police reports are often the beginning of your case, not the end. Session 04: Medical Bills in Car Crash Cases - Whether you’re an experienced trial lawyer or tackling your first car crash case, proving and challenging medical expenses can be daunting. Break down the nuts and bolts of this critical damages element, as well as more advanced strategies and recent case law impacting this ever-evolving area of the law. Session 05: What Happens After the Counter Affidavit? - Pulling back the curtain on the pros and cons of filing and fighting a defense counter affidavit.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 3.00 hrs
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Preparing Your Car Crash Case (2024)Not yet rated
Why is retaliation the most dangerous cause of action, and what can you do about it?
Includes: Video Audio Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.50 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Retaliation: Winning the Battle, Losing the WarNot yet rated
Discuss conflicts that arise between “clients,” the tripartite relationship, Tilley and its aftermath, the ethical dilemmas lawyers face, and knowing who you really represent.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.75 hr | 0.75 Ethics
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Serving Two Masters: Conflicts That Arise Between “Clients”Not yet rated
It’s not what they pay, it’s what your client keeps that matters.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.75 hr | 0.50 Ethics
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Subrogation and Liens: Medicare, Medicaid and Hospitals (2024)Not yet rated
Understand the parameters of the Texas At-Will Employment doctrine, and gain practical tips on how to navigate its many exceptions.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.75 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Texas is an "At Will" State... So Why Worry?Not yet rated
Learn the basics of wage and hour law and why violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act have exploded. Topics include: Who is exempt and who is not, and what difference does it make? What is working time? How is overtime calculated? What are the most common mistakes, and how do you avoid them?
Includes: Video Audio Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 1.00 hr
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- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Wage and Hour: An Old Law in a Modern WorldNot yet rated
A review of recent cases affecting the practice of estate planning, guardianship, and elder law in Texas and around the country.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.50 hr
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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2024 Estate Planning and Elder Law Case Law UpdateNot yet rated
Session 01: Alternatives to Guardianship including Supports and Services - A discussion of practical considerations in determining whether lesser restrictive alternatives and supports and services are available and feasible in guardianship proceedings. Session 02: The Rules of Evidence in Guardianship Proceedings - This presentation is designed to be a practical guide to the Texas Rules of Evidence that are most applicable in Guardianship Proceedings. Session 03: Settlements of Guardianship Disputes - Discussion of practical and technical considerations when settling guardianship disputes and related litigation, including necessary parties, potential settlement structure to avoid a guardianship, authority and limitations on a proposed guardian, and options to bind the proposed ward and proposed ward’s estate. The discussion also includes ways to enforce guardianship settlement agreements. Session 04: Fee Petitions in Guardianship Cases - This presentation explores the results of a statewide survey from courts handling probate and guardianship cases. The survey aims to collect information on fee standards, fee petition preferences, local rules, and other relevant questions regarding fee assessments and payments. Session 05: Medicaid Planning in Guardianships - A discussion of how government benefits planning for single and married individuals can be accomplished in the context of Guardianships and Community Administrations. Session 06: Mental Commitments vs. Guardianships - Discuss finding the correct path to protection. PLEASE NOTE: To claim Texas Guardianship Ad Litem credit for the presentations that include guardianship hours, download the guardianship accreditation documentation (found here) as you claim your general MCLE credit at the end of this course and submit the affidavit to the State Bar of Texas.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 4.00 hrs | 1.50 Ethics | 4.00 Guardianship
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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2024 Guardianship Bundle for Attorneys Ad LitemNot yet rated
Session 01: Estate Planning Best Practices - Practical advice on how to avoid contests and other litigation related to estate planning drafting. Session 02: When All Else Fails...Avoiding the Dreaded Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested! What Exactly Does a Qualified Delivery Method Mean for Probate and Guardianship? - Certified mail has become increasingly unreliable. Discuss recent changes to the Estates Code regarding alternative service options in probate and guardianship cases. Session 03: Execution of Documents - It is said that more documents fail due to improper execution rather than improper drafting. Proper effective execution rules are not difficult, but they can be draconian. Mistakes can be fatal (to the document), especially when one person is signing in a capacity for another. Session 04: Characterization of Marital Property - Learn about the various estates in a Texas marriage (i.e. separate estate and community estate), tracing and characterization of assets, and calculation of reimbursement claims. Hear about the intersection of probate and characterization and discuss the impact of various estate planning transactions and mechanisms on the characterization of assets. Session 05: Proper Preparation of Form 706 - Practical advice for preparing and filing the United States Estate (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, including considerations and tips when filing for portability purposes.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 2.75 hrs | 0.25 Ethics
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Best Practices and Tips for the Estate PlannerNot yet rated
An overview of the leading issues related to asset protection and anonymity in business entity structures. Focus on the primary areas of concern when choosing the type of entity, jurisdiction for formation and ownership structure when the goals are asset protection and anonymity and the impact of the Corporate Transparency Act on these choices.
Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 0.50 hr
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 10/31/2025
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Business Entities in Estate Planning: Asset Protection, Anonymity, and the Corporate Transparency ActNot yet rated