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Choice of Entity for Service Businesses, Including Law Firms
Tuesday, January 31 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
Most businesses in the United States are service-based. Traditional choice-of-entity considerations apply with different emphasis to service businesses versus businesses that manufacture something. This program will cover the major tax and non-tax considerations of forming a service-based business, including regulatory requirements for certain industries, the differing treatment of income in a service business, goodwill issues, employment tax issues, and considerations on the sale of a service-based business.
Ethics in Representing Elderly Clients (Live Replay)
Wednesday, February 1 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
Attorneys representing elderly clients have many special ethical challenges. How can an attorney be sure that a client has the capacity to make important legal decisions? What's the proper course of action if a client does not have capacity? What special confidentiality issues arise? Can confidentiality be violated and with whom? What undue influence issues arise when a client is elderly? These and many other pressing questions will be answered in this real-world guide to the ethical issues of representing elderly clients.
2012 Ethics Update, Part 1
Thursday, February 2 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
This two-part program will provide a discussion of ethical developments impacting general law practice. The program will cover developments in conflicts of interest, ethical issues and best practices in using commonplace technology in law practice, developments in the attorney-client privilege, ethical issues in using social media, managing difficult engagements and dishonest clients, and more.
Ethics Update, Part 2
Friday, February 3 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
Call 612-752-6600 to register.
1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
This two-part program will provide a discussion of ethical developments impacting general law practice. The program will cover developments in conflicts of interest, ethical issues and best practices in using commonplace technology in law practice, developments in the attorney-client privilege, ethical issues in using social media, managing difficult engagements and dishonest clients, and more.
Estate Planning for the Elderly, Part 1
Tuesday, February 7 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
There are special challenges of planning the estates of elderly clients. They begin with capacity issues, which may be difficult to spot and more difficult to discuss with clients and their families. There are also the challenges of planning for long-term at home or institutional care, chronic illness and disability. This program will cover estate planning techniques adapted to the circumstances of elderly clients, including the use of conservatorships and revocable trusts, health care powers of attorney, advance medical directives, asset protection trusts and more.
Estate Planning for the Elderly, Part 2
Wednesday, February 8 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
Call 612-752-6600 to register.
1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
There are special challenges of planning the estates of elderly clients. They begin with capacity issues, which may be difficult to spot and more difficult to discuss with clients and their families. There are also the challenges of planning for long-term at home or institutional care, chronic illness and disability. This program will cover estate planning techniques adapted to the circumstances of elderly clients, including the use of conservatorships and revocable trusts, health care powers of attorney, advance medical directives, asset protection trusts and more.
Ethics in Co-Counsel and Referral Relationships
Thursday, February 9 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
One of the most common forms of attorney-attorney relationship is a co-counsel relationship. In both transactional and litigation practice, attorneys partner with attorneys from other firms to complete a transaction or litigate a case. This program will explore the delicate ethical responsibilities that each attorney bears to the client and ethical issues each has with respect to the conduct of the other. This program will also discuss the equally sensitive practice of referrals and the ethical boundaries of formalizing referral relationships.
LIVE REPLAY: Ethical Issues in Client Representation Agreements
Friday, February 10 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
A client representation agreement is perhaps the most fundamental document defining an attorney-client relationship. Well conceived and drafted, it can ease many difficult situations that may later arise in a representation, including billing and collecting fees. In the absence of a well drafted agreement, disputes can easily arise and degenerate into ethics complaints or worse. This program will provide you with an in-depth discussion of drafting representation agreements and managing an engagement over time.
Compensation & Other Techniques for Getting Money Out of a Closely Held Business
Tuesday, February 14 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
The owner of every closely held business wants and needs liquidity. The challenge is how to pull money from a growing company with minimal tax impact on the owner and with maximum benefit to the company. This program will explore the range of compensation, distribution, redemption and retirement plan techniques that business transactional counsel can use to help the owners of closely held businesses withdrawn money from their companies with maximum tax and economic efficiency.
LIVE REPLAY: Title Insurance in Real Estate
Wednesday, February 15 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
The role of title insurance in real estate transactions remains a mystery to many. Required by lenders and often expensive, it can be expensive while its value dimming understood. But in a climate where the clear title, especially in deals involving distressed properties, it takes on renewed importance. This program will provide you with a real world guide to the forms of property insurance, the choices your clients can make among different forms of policies, the economics of title insurances, and maximizing benefits from title insurance companies.
Ethics Issues for Lawyers Supervising Other Lawyers and Paralegals
Thursday, February 16 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
Every attorney has a duty to practice ethically. Those attorneys that also supervise other attorneys or non-attorney legal professionals have additional supervisory obligations that may expose them to liability. This program will provide a framework for understanding the ethical obligations of attorneys supervising the legal work of others, whether attorneys or paralegals, common areas of liability and best supervisory practices for avoiding liability.
2012 Sexual Harassment Update
Friday, February 17 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
This program will provide a review of major developments impacting sexual harassment claims, including case law and recent EEOC activity. The program will cover the evolution of the Farragher/Ellerth affirmative defense, issues related to pregnancy, same-sex harassment, the relationship of sexual harassment claims to retaliation claims more.
Negotiating and Drafting the Purchase of Bank-Owned Commercial Real Estate
Tuesday, February 21 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
With many conventional real estate acquisitions still frozen by tight credit, falling prices and a general lack of confidence, many acquisitions are made from banks of foreclosed property. This program will cover special techniques for acquiring bank-owned commercial property, including title issues, limitation of liability, reps and special warranties, and drafting the operative documents unique to bank owned-property.
LIVE REPLAY: Attorney Ethics in Billing and Collecting Fees From Clients
Wednesday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
Few attorney-client interactions are as intense as when the parties have a dispute over fees. Were hourly fees or contingent fees clearly explained to a client in advance? Were fee estimates exceeded? Are the fees reasonable in relationship to the representation? These and many other questions arise, particularly in a distressed economic climate, between clients seeking to reduce their fees and their attorneys. This program will discuss the ethical rules governing billing and collecting fees, and best practices for avoiding disputes before they arise.
Ethical Considerations When Forming a New Law Firm
Thursday, February 23 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
One of the foundational elements of a successful law practice is putting in place ethical checks and processes that ensure a new practice will not become subject of ethical complaints and liability. This program will discuss the major ethical considerations when forming a new law practice with other attorneys and best practices for implementing practices to ensure compliance.
LIVE REPLAY: 2011 FMLA Update
Friday, February 24 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
This program will provide you with a review of major developments under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The program will cover case law developments in the last year, including interpretation of recent FMLA regulations in the lower courts. The program also discuss major issues of continuing concern to employers, including intermittent leave and abuse of leave, verification of the need for leave and access to medical records, notice issues, and reassignment on the return of employees from leave. The relationship of the FMLA to the ADA, workers compensation laws and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), and the practical importance of those overlaps to employers, will also be discussed.
Like-Kind Exchange of Businesses and Business Interests
Tuesday, February 28 at 12:00 p.m. CT (60 minutes)
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1.0 Minnesota CLE credit will be applied for.
Like-Kind exchange provisions of the tax code can be used to exchange interests in businesses in the same way as interests in real estate. Although this practice is little known, like-kind exchange techniques are effective for tax-efficiently exchanging business interests. This program will discuss the elements of a valid, tax-deferred exchange, various structures for accomplishing the exchanges, and drafting the operative documents.
Select a Program and call 612-752-6600 to register, unless otherwise noted.
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