eCourses

Hooked on CLE: December 2023

THIS MONTH: How Does the Recent NLRB Memo Affect Texas Non-Competes? • Common IP Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them • Preparing Witnesses for Depositions • Show Me the Money: Owelty Liens and Equity Buyouts in a Divorce • Working with Your Colleagues: Not Working Against Your Enemies

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

The Administrative Law Case: From A to Z 

Taking a case through the SOAH process: a practical outline for prehearing procedures, preparing for the hearing, uploading and organizing evidence, handling the hearing, drafting briefing and exceptions, and appealing the agency final order to the courts.

Includes: Video Audio Slides

eSupplement to the 33rd Annual Entertainment Law Institute

Session 1: When is Ticketing Like Pork Bellies? Current Legislation on Speculative Tickets and Resale Royalties - Explore selected state and federal ticketing legislation, with focus on solutions proposed to the Georgia Legislature to protect consumers, artists and venues from predatory resellers and business practices. Session 2: Coexisting with Creative: Primer On Advertising Law - “Advertising law” refers to the areas of the law that govern businesses’ communications to customers. Advertising law combines concepts from legal disciplines such as intellectual property, consumer protection, First Amendment, entertainment, communications, privacy and commercial transactions. In this presentation we introduce some of the primary legal concerns in advertising, including clearance, substantiation and special considerations for digital marketing and adtech. Session 3: Job Duties: Ethical Challenges in the Attorney-Paralegal Relationship - This session reviews common ethical pitfalls in the attorney-paralegal relationship, including avoiding inadvertent breaches of confidentiality and the unauthorized practice of law. 

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

First Friday Ethics (November 2023)

Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics streams live every first Friday of the month, and features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day!   This month includes: (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics) The Unruly Client (Replay) Ethical duties and practical advice for working with clients who don’t see eye to eye with you.    Paul Wingo, Hamilton Wingo, LLP - Dallas, TX (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics) Ethics in the Age of AI: Legal Practice Transformations (Replay) Gain insight into the ethical dilemmas that arise when utilizing ChatGPT and similar generative AI technologies in the legal field. Hear a discussion addressing the potential pitfalls and evolving responsibilities of Texas partnership attorneys in this new era. Robert R. Keatinge, Holland & Hart LLP - Denver, CO Kayla Landeros, Baylor Law School and West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry, PC - Waco, TX (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics) Implicit Bias: What Your Brain is Up to When You’re Not Paying Attention (Replay) Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our thoughts, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. Because they occur without a person’s awareness or control, they can have a significant and potentially negative impact on the day-to-day lives of lawyers and judges. Hon. Audrey Moorehead, Dallas County Criminal Court #3 - Dallas, TX Jonathan E. Smaby, Texas Center for Legal Ethics - Austin, TX

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2023 Car Crash Updates: Texas Auto Policies and Uninsured Motorists

Session 01: Texas Auto Policies - Explore how to get the most from your coverage. Session 02: ​Important Cases in the Prosecution and Defense of UM / UIM Cases - A review of recent cases impacting UM/UIM cases and the strategies for prosecuting and defending uninsured and under-insured motorist claims.

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Car Crash Trial Tactics 2023

Session 01: ​Negotiating with Insurance Adjusters - Learn how to maximize case value through preparation and presentation of the demand package. Session 02: ​Seatbelts and Police Opinions: Two Outcome Determinative Issues - Evidence about seatbelts and the investigating officer’s opinions has the potential to be outcome-determinative in a car crash case. What evidence should come before the jury, and what should be kept out? Session 03: 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 04: Jury Selection: What, Why, and How? - What information are you truly trying to obtain during voir dire, why do you need that information for your specific case, and how are you asking questions to get it? Intentional strategies to help plan your approach to jury selection and execute it. Session 05: Storytelling and Themes - How to use stories and themes from voir dire through rebuttal to expose the defense’s use of psychology in trial. This presentation includes real-world, trial-tested stories and story techniques that have been successfully used all over the country in red, blue, and purple counties for car wreck verdicts big and (relatively) small.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Commercial Vehicle Accidents 101

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 Slides

Conducting Effective Discovery in a Car Crash Case

Session 01: Discovery: Beyond Bullet Points  - A discussion about the discoverability and admissibility of medical records, medical bills, and related data that focuses on the increasing role of “reasonableness” in the determination of what is discoverable and admissible and the added complexity and expense this adds to the litigation process. Session 02: Discovery: Best Practices and A View from the Bench - Practical advice for how to conduct effective, ethical and efficient discovery.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Dram Shop Laws

Understanding the law and importance of the alcohol over-service case.

Includes: Video Audio Slides

Hooked on CLE: November 2023

THIS MONTH: Reflections on the U.S. Supreme Court • Will Robot Lawyers Steal Our Jobs, and Can They do the Job Ethically? • Developing a Winning Deposition Strategy • Sunshine and Cyber Insurance • How to Cultivate a Better Workplace

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Low Property Damage Cases

Prosecuting and defending personal injury cases with minor property damage can present challenges. This session discusses the experiences and strategies from the plaintiff and defense perspectives.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Recurring Ethics Issues in Car Crash Cases

This session discusses recurring ethics issues in car crash cases affecting attorneys representing plaintiffs and defendants.

Includes: Video Audio Slides

Subrogation and Liens: Medicare, Medicaid and Hospitals (2023)

Health insurers and providers compete with claimants for personal injury recoveries. How do attorneys protect plaintiffs and defendants from subrogation interests and medical liens? The CLE paper covers all state and federal topics (ERISA, worker’s comp, child support, attorney liability, etc.) but the presentation drills down on three big subjects.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

The Unruly Client

Ethical duties and practical advice for working with clients who don’t see eye to eye with you.   

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

eSupplement to the 19th Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Institute

Session 1: Key Trends in Private Company Mergers and Acquisitions - A discussion of trends in private M&A deals including key negotiating points, developments in representation and warranty insurance, the role of an investment bank and related engagement letter terms and recent Delaware caselaw. Session 2: Deal Issues and Trends in Today's Health Market - Economic uncertainty and challenging labor issues may have slowed M&A activity for certain healthcare sectors during the first part of the year, but deal-making is expected to accelerate. This panel discusses industry trends and predictions, as well as important business and regulatory issues when negotiating transactions on behalf of medical groups, hospitals, health plans, technology companies, and private equity funds from both the buyer and seller perspectives. Session 3: Part One: Corporate Transparency Act Regulations - Hear an overview of the Corporate Transparency Act and related regulations and a discussion regarding who is a reporting company, who is a beneficial owner, and what information will be required to be disclosed. Session 4: Part Two: Corporate Transparency Act Regulations and the Practical Implications - A practice-focused review on the implications of the CTA for lawyers who serve or who have served as an organizer of covered entities and what communications and safeguards practitioners can implement now to prepare themselves and their clients for the implementation of the CTA. Session 5: Texas Two-Step: What’s all the Fuss About? - The Texas Business Organizations Code permits a Texas corporation, LLC or limited partnership to merge into itself and thereby divide its assets and liabilities among itself and one or more additional new entities, but may not thereby prejudice the rights of its creditors under existing laws. Delaware permits LLC and limited partnerships (but not corporation) to effect similar divisions. Recently businesses with mass tort liability litigation have used divisive mergers to apportion their assets and liabilities so that the litigation is allocated to a surviving new entity with limited assets, filed for bankruptcy, and the plaintiffs have challenged the actions in courts with mixed results. Hear a summary of the state of play in this zone. Session 6: Structuring Acquisitions and Sales when the Target is an S Corp - Explore popular structuring methods used to acquire businesses operating as an S Corp, including a step-by-step analysis of the tax-free S Corp “F” Reorganization technique whereby a target S Corp is converted into an LLC that is acquired by the purchaser. Alternative structuring options, equity rollovers, and S Corp due diligence issues also will be discussed. Session 7: How Does the Recent NLRB Memo Affect Texas Non-Competes?  - This presentation discusses the Memorandum GC-23-08 issued on May 30th that states, “except in limited circumstances, “the proffer, maintenance and enforcement” of non-compete provisions violates the NLRA because these agreements “reasonably tend to chill employees” in their exercise of Section 7 rights”.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Reflections on the U.S. Supreme Court

This presentation situates current debates over the Supreme Court—and potential reforms thereto—within a broader historical context.

Includes: Video Slides

Hooked on CLE: October 2023

THIS MONTH: Social Media Hot Topics • Overcoming the Problem Witness • Remote Workers: Not as Simple as You Think • Coexisting with Creative: Primer On Advertising Law • Appellate Practice 101

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

How Does the Recent NLRB Memo Affect Texas Non-Competes?

Includes: Video Slides

Dealing with Witnesses in Depositions 

Session 01: Preparing Witnesses for Depositions - Witnesses win cases—and lose them. Learn how to keep your witness from giving it all up in a deposition and how to use the deposition to help prepare your witness to be a winner at trial. Session 02: Overcoming the Problem Witness - Gain techniques to handle the difficult witness—yours or theirs.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

Overcoming Problems at Deposition

Session 01: How to Overcome the Worst Problems at Depositions - Acquire the techniques to use in overcoming the worst problems at deposition. Session 02: Dealing With the Problem of Opposing Counsel - How to avoid intimidation and manage the disruptive, disreputable, and overly zealous opposing counsel in an ethical, civil, and professional manner.

Includes: Video Audio Slides