Connecticut MCLE - Real Estate Courses
Connecticut MCLE
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Oil, Gas, and Mineral Leasehold Issues
In the interaction between landowners and oil companies, owners have the upper hand and oil companies are increasingly forced to sign leases that are owner-friendly. Presented by Oil and Gas attorney and expert Josh Stein, this CLE course will offer strategies for drafting leases, explain how to protect clients—both landowners and oil companies—and how to correct or exploit errors and ambiguities in lease agreements. The course will review the most common ambiguities and explain how the various... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Preparing and Reviewing Oil and Gas Title Opinions
Faulty titles in vast tracts of Texas land combined with a lack of standardization in how title opinions are drafted has made professional, well-written opinions that can be relied upon an instrument of negotiation in disputes. Routinely sold between landowners and oil companies, these title opinions may be used as a basis for settlement even decades after they are written. This CLE course, presented by Oil and Gas attorney Josh Stein, will address the different forms of title opinions and their... More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Understanding Easements and Right of Way
Presented by Oil and Gas attorney and expert Josh Stein, this CLE course will provide an overview of easements, particularly in Texas and how they may impact oil and gas title examination. The course will explain the importance of identifying the location of easements to avoid obstruction or accidental drilling and how to differentiate easements from other instruments. More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Understanding Interests in Oil and Gas Lands and Production
The theory of “ownership in place” creates a unique position for the laws surrounding oil and gas companies. The theory, which stipulates that reserves can maintain their status in perpetuity, allows legal agreements, including those that are ambiguous or erroneous, to be upheld even centuries later. This CLE course will examine the creation and interpretation of oil and gas land and production interests and how some of the most common sources of ambiguity, including severance and royalties, may... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
UCC Insurance & Mezzanine Financing: Pitfalls of Perfection and Priority
Typically, a commercial lender will require that their personal property loan be secured by all of a borrower’s personal property. The process for obtaining such a loan is governed entirely by Article 9, a complicated and exhaustive set of guidelines. This CLE course will explain Article 9 and how to properly secure a personal property loan. The basics of UCCPlus Policy for Insurance on a personal loan, as well as the structure and subtleties of a mezzanine loan transaction, will also be reviewe... More Info
$291General Credit -
Construction Delays: Causes, Prevention and Damages
Construction delays are practically a given, but they shouldn’t be. This CLE course will explain how to effectively avoid delays, mitigate the effects of delays and recover damages. Case studies, scheduling techniques and contract clauses will all be presented. More Info
$291.25General Credits -
What Every Commercial Landlord & Tenant Practitioner Should Know about Yellowstone Injunctions
Yellowstone Injunctions, a tenant’s only recourse in the event of a landlord who serves him with notice of lease termination for alleged default, is a little understood area of the tenant/landlord negotiations. Used for both commercial and residential leases in New York, the Yellowstone Injunction maintains the status quo of the lease parties until a resolution is found or the issue is adjudicated. In general, a tenant has only 5-10 days between receipt of a notice of lease termination during wh... More Info
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Handy Causes of Action: Mechanic’s Liens and other Lawsuits
There are few people without a horror story about construction jobs. From contractors who fail to show to misguided plans workers who spend half the day on their lunch hour, these types of stories plague the construction industry. But there are always two sides and contractors have their own justifiable complaints—with clients who don’t pay and last minute changes to agreed- upon plans. This CLE course will explain the Mechanic’s Lien Act in Illinois, designed specifically to ensure contractors... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
Home Sweet Lis Pendens: Defending Residential Foreclosures in Illinois
The glut in foreclosures in recent years has made the business of defending against foreclosures more profitable than ever. But when should you advise your client to defend? What factors are needed to embark on this course of action? This CLE lecture will present the issues and considerations one should take into account when defending a residential foreclosure in Illinois. The course will present tips and strategies for managing the process, the stages of mounting a proper defense, the methods... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Advanced Techniques in Transfer Development Rights
The transfer of development rights has specific geographic and documentary requirements such as as-of-right transactions between two adjacent properties with a contiguous lot line. The use of advanced techniques such as air parcel to store development rights for later use is not uncommon. In this CLE course, you will learn the language of zoning and development rights transfers, the due diligence required to determine if transfers have occurred and the documentation and approvals to implement ad... More Info
$291.25General Credits
