eCourses

Session 1: Intellectual Property: The Essentials of Copyrights and Trademarks for Creatives - Understand the basic copyright and trademark principles and identify where they apply in music, television/film, podcasting, and influencer deals. Session 2: ​Exploring the Expansion of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement and What Recent Criminal Investigations and Trials Tell Us About the Government’s Tools, Tactics, and Targets - Panelists discuss the expansion of criminal antitrust enforcement and recent investigations that delve into the government's tools, tactics and targets. Session 3: Getting the Most Out of Your Mediation: Tips to Maximize Your Mediation Time - Join Scott Baker as he explores ways to help attorneys make the most of a mediation session as well as the mediator’s skills to help their clients resolve disputes. He'll delve into written mediation statements, pre-mediation conferences, joint sessions and opening statements, negotiations, and mediated settlement agreements. Examples, trends, and case law will be discussed and used to provide practical tips and suggestions to attorneys who represent or counsel clients who use mediation to resolve disputes. This presentation is designed to provide useful information to attorneys of all experience levels.

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Session 01: Corporate Transparency Act Part 1: The Law - This presentation provides an overview and review of the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act, including new 2024 FinCEN guidance and a discussion of judicial challenges to the CTA (including the Alabama district court case that ruled the CTA unconstitutional). Session 02: Corporate Transparency Act Part 2: Ethical and Practical Considerations - Various ways to address the Corporate Transparency Act in the context of entity formation, continued operation and client communication.

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The federal government and various states continue to investigate and litigate healthcare fraud cases across all sectors of the industry. Hear an overview of the latest trends in enforcement, including insight from a leading government attorney, and learn what the new theories and trends mean for 2024 and beyond.

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Session 1: Persuasive Oral Argument Techniques - Hear tips from two of Texas’s best on what to do in oral argument. Session 2: Requests from on High: Keeping In-House Counsel Out of Hot Water - One of internal counsel’s many functions is to avert problems for their employers. But sometimes in keeping their client away from the fire, they risk being singed. These concerns implicate challenging attorney-client privilege issues, clarity in communicating to employees and management who they represent, educating others about how to maintain confidentiality, engaging the right counsel and consultants for the proper purposes, and knowing when to stay away from direct interaction in depositions, mediations and regulator meetings and interactions, or when to interact directly. Session 3: What to do When the Government Comes Calling - Hear advice for in-house counsel and corporate executives faced with federal inquiries, search warrants, investigations, and subpoenas to produce evidence or testify. Learn about ways in which professionals can stay out of the government’s cross hairs. Session 4: DOJ Hot Topics and Recent Developments - Panelists discuss recent enforcement trends by the DOJ and how announced priorities are playing out in the real world.

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Session 1: Executive Compensation, Claw Backs, and Other Compensation Concerns - Gain practical guidance surrounding the recent SEC Clawback Rule, NYSE/Nasdaq listing requirements, DOJ guidance, enforcement actions, and potential unintended consequences. Session 2: How to Cultivate a Better Workplace - Quiet quitting. Hey Boomer. Gen X. Gen Z. Millennial. Anti-work. Current workplace structures aren’t always working. Hear from a worker-side trial attorney about how to build a better workplace and why we all have more in common than we might think. Session 3: Getting the Piper Paid: Successfully Navigating the RWI Claims Process - In addition to an update on the current terms of RWI policies, this panel focuses on the claims process with war-story driven insights of experienced counsel to answer the burning RWI question: are legitimate claims getting timely paid? Session 4: Websites: Privacy and ADA Litigation - Survey of contemporary legal issues related to privacy and accessibility litigation involving websites. Session 5: Mediation Strategies, Solutions and Lessons Learned - The success of mediation is influenced by the information exchanged in advance, the type of mediation (remote or in-person), the inclusion or exclusion of a joint opening session, and many other factors. This panel discusses best practices for opening lines of communication, getting past the impasse, and finding a resolution.

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Session 1: Lawyers Behaving Badly - The hosts of the Lawyers Behaving Badly podcast share true but outrageous stories about lawyers being less than their best selves. Session 2: The Unruly Client - Ethical duties and practical advice for working with clients who don’t see eye to eye with you. Session 3: DOJ Hot Topics and Recent Developments - Panelists discuss recent enforcement trends by the DOJ and how announced priorities are playing out in the real world. Session 4: Does Intelligence Equal Competence? Navigating Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law - Artificial Intelligence may be embedded in tools, or may even be a tool itself, that helps lawyers better meet client needs. But, it is no different than other conventional tools and technologies used by lawyers—they must be used in conjunction with a lawyer’s duty to provide competent representation. Session 5: Persuasive Oral Argument Techniques - Hear tips from two of Texas’s best on what to do (and not to do) in oral argument.

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In a world of increasing international opportunities, the risks associated with pursuing business across borders also continue to rise. Both public and private multinational companies and their executives are facing heightened concern over potential regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions related to anti-money laundering, the FCPA and global anti-corruption, and export controls and sanctions laws. This session discusses recent enforcement trends and practical compliance strategies for mitigating business and legal risks in this ever-changing environment. 

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Panelists discuss recent enforcement trends by the DOJ and how announced priorities are playing out in the real world.

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This panel explores some of the ethical and practical considerations to be confronted when our clients face government enforcement. Audience participation is encouraged as the panel tackles issues like data preservation, conflicts of interest, joint representation, parallel investigations, cooperation, reporting known violations, and independent investigation counsel turned defense counsel.

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Gain practical guidance surrounding the recent SEC Clawback Rule, NYSE/Nasdaq listing requirements, DOJ guidance, enforcement actions, and potential unintended consequences.

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Panelists discuss the expansion of criminal antitrust enforcement and recent investigations that delve into the government's tools, tactics and targets.

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Learn about the decisions that determine our client’s lives from the judges who preside over our trials and settlements. What is expected from the defense and the prosecution? What do we do that works (and doesn’t work)? Hear insights on jury selection through sentencing from this highly distinguished panel.

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Hear an SEC enforcement attorney and defense counsel discuss the latest on Commission rules, enforcement actions, and current priorities related to cybersecurity.

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One of internal counsel’s many functions is to avert problems for their employers. But sometimes in keeping their client away from the fire, they risk being singed. These concerns implicate challenging attorney-client privilege issues, clarity in communicating to employees and management who they represent, educating others about how to maintain confidentiality, engaging the right counsel and consultants for the proper purposes, and knowing when to stay away from direct interaction in depositions, mediations and regulator meetings and interactions, or when to interact directly.

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The U.S. Department of Justice describes the False Claims Act as one of its most important tools to fight fraud. Yet, no statute is under greater scrutiny by the Courts, Congress, or Counsel. Two momentous decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court this year, along with other important appellate court decisions, have significantly altered this enforcement landscape. Our panelists discuss the most recent decisions and the practical effects on their practices.

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THIS MONTH: Remote Workers: Not as Simple as You Think • Identifying Your IP: Why is it Important and How to Protect It • Developments in Real Estate Underwriting Related to Climate Change • Responding to the Government’s Expectations around eDiscovery, Data Production and Ephemeral Communications • Defense and Jury Charges • Mindset Mastery 101 for Attorney Wellness

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As ransomware and cyber attacks against critical infrastructure continue to make headlines around the world, companies are left to wonder if they are doing enough to stay safe. Examine evolving ransomware trends and cybersecurity best practices, as well as the SEC's proposed cybersecurity rules and the anticipated impact.

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In-house counsel are facing increasingly complicated ethical issues arising from internal and government investigations. Hear discussion on ethics issues faced by in-house counsel, including how to navigate through investigations of key officers and executives, balancing when to report to the Board where management is reluctant to act, and recent developments regarding waiver of privilege during reporting out of investigation results.

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This panel discusses takeaways from recent resolutions in Glencore, Stericycle and Tenaris in the context of existing policies, and what both DOJ and SEC pronouncements portend in the corporate white collar space generally. Additionally, the panel members examine how “agency” is being interpreted by the government in the FCPA context in the ongoing quest to identify and manage third party risks.

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THIS MONTH: Tales from Trial: The Boeing Case is Shot Down • The Role of the GC: Managing Enterprise-Wide Cybersecurity Risk • Readable Legal Writing • Cross Examination • Get Schooled! Practice and Professional-Identity Lessons from Law School Clinics

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