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Massachusetts CLE
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Aging Clients: Estate and Longevity Planning
The aging of the population should not be news to anyone. What this means for estate and other types of financial planning, may be. This CLE course will explain the services that aging clients may benefit from, how their planning may differ from traditional estate planning and how to address and draft documentation that takes those differences into account. The course will explain durable powers of attorney and revocable trusts and their sufficiency for aging population as well as the changing r... More Info
$291General Credit -
How Did this Lease Land on my Desk? The Lawyer’s Guide to the Business of Commercial Real Estate Leasing
This CLE program covers the major clauses of a commercial office lease from the perspective of your client. The purpose of the class is to impart to the practicing attorney the practical implications of various clauses and how they may affect the day-to-day operation of a business. It also provides an understanding of all the work that goes into negotiating a lease before it reaches the attorney’s desk. More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Drafting a Franchise Disclosure Document and Franchise Agreement to Protect a Franchisor in Litigation
This CLE course will explain the national and international laws which govern franchise law whose complexity arises from federal standards which apply in addition to those of each state. The course will explain how to draft successful Franchise Agreements and Franchise Disclosure Agreements including tips and strategies to help protect your clients from litigation. More Info
$552General Credits -
Navigating the Minefield of Fiduciary Service: A Primer on the Current Landscape of Trustee and Executor Responsibility
The legal obligations of being an executor or trustee is often underestimated. This CLE course will review these responsibilities as well as the legal and practical issues that trustees may confront. The course will offer strategies for managing their responsibility over assets as well as obligations to estate and trust beneficiaries. The course will review case law concerning fiduciary misconduct and offer tips to avoid internal disputes and litigation. More Info
$291General Credit -
Uniform Trade Secrets Act: Your IP Backstop
Designed to protect against those who wrongfully disclose, receive or exploit another’s trade secrets, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) not only protects intellectually property but is self-protective against its own misuse. This CLE course will explain how the UTSA was crafted and dissect the Act to explain how to utilize it and how it’s been implemented in key interpretative cases. The course will include background on its development by the National Conference of Commissioners on Unifor... More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Principles of Agency: Foundation of Ethics
The principles of agency law and the ethical as well as fiduciary responsibilities that each lawyer owes to their client is a critical part of the attorney/client relationship. This CLE course explains all of these duties and they apply to the wide variety of ethical questions that may arise whether intentionally or not. The course will also explain how these duties may or may not apply to third party relationships, and how to avoid predicaments which may call an attorney’s ethics into questio... More Info
$652.25Ethics Credits -
Navigating The Hospital Licensing Act’s Important and Broad Exception to the Petrillo Doctrine
Since 2000, a hospital’s defense counsel could have ex parte discussions with any employee, staff member or agent of a hospital as per Section 6.17(e) of the Hospital Licensing Act which created an important exception to the Petrillo doctrine. But this act is often overlooked and disbelieved and the communication it allows therefore does not occur. This CLE course will explain the rules as they existed before the HLA, examine the effects of the law for a hospital’s defense team and highlight the... More Info
$291General Credit -
Jury Selection: Strategies for Winning Your Case
Jury selection involves an understanding of psychology, group dynamics and inherent bias. But are there ways to use jury selection to tip the scales in your client’s favor? This CLE course will explain the difference between selecting and de-selecting a jury, and the use of rhetorical questioning to preempt introductory statements. The course will explain how to use arguments to arm your jurors during deliberations and neutralize bias against your side. More Info
$291General Credit -
Healthcare Arbitration Agreements: Developments in the Law, and Hurdles to Enforcement
While the law is rapidly evolving, binding arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their residents is currently enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. And yet, these agreements have faced consistent hostility from courts and legislatures. This CLE course will offer a comprehensive review of these agreements in the context of nursing homes and provide strategies and practical approaches to drafting and enforcing these agreements. More Info
$291General Credit -
Avoiding Ethical Violations and Malpractice Suits
This CLE course, designed to advise lawyers on how to minimize their risk of being sued for malpractice or other ethical violations, will offer practical steps and strategies for attorneys in all types of practices. Presented by ethics expert and legal malpractice attorney Daniel Abrams, the course reviews all the main reasons why lawyers find themselves brought up on charges and what plaintiffs’ attorneys are looking for in a lawsuit. The course will explain the stages of representation where l... More Info
$341.25Ethics Credits
