Massachusetts CLE - All Courses
Massachusetts CLE
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Estate Planning and Charitable Giving after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The new tax laws will not be kind to charitable giving, and the impact on donations may be severe. This CLE course, designed, for donors, planners and fundraisers, will explain the Tax Cut Jobs Act and its impact on charitable giving. The course will review strategies for all tiers of donors to maintain their giving level and how development managers should reframe their requests in light of the new laws. The course will review: • Bunching deductions • IRA distributions for giving... More Info
$291General Credit -
Medicaid Planning and Trusts: Planning for Your Client’s Incapacity
The aging of the population has only exacerbated the prohibitive cost of long term care. This CLE course will explain the latest developments in Elder Law and Medicaid Planning including eligibility and strategies for asset protection. The tax consequences, including income and estate taxes and exemptions, of Medicaid Trusts will also be discussed as well as real property transfers, liquid assets and basis issues. More Info
$552.25General Credits -
Private Foundations vs. Donor Advised Funds: The Pros and Cons
This CLE course will offer a comparative view of private foundations and donor advised funds. The course will present what each entity is, its purpose and the advantages and disadvantages of each. The impact of the current tax code and other laws, as well as foreseen changes, will also be discussed. More Info
$291General Credit -
Avoiding Legal Malpractice and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
This CLE course will explain how legal standards of fiduciary duty are adaptable to the capital markets and financial services industry. Presented by attorney Norman Arnoff, the course will review tips and strategies to protect against legal action including documentation, informed consent and reporting as well as aspects of legal malpractice including: • Attorney client relationships • Breach of duty of care • Cognizable economic damages (not unquantifiable damages) •... More Info
$341.25Ethics Credits -
Self-Settled Trusts After Wacker
With a focus on the high rate of temporary estate tax exemptions, this informative CLE course will explain why Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPT’s) are a critical planning tool and how they can be used to increase early use of exemptions. The course will explore the logic begins such use for income and estate tax purposes in today’s planning environment. Using the Toni 1 Trust v. Wacker case as an example, the course will explain available options such as solvency affidavits and searches... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
New Jersey Will Drafting Basics
This CLE course, designed to teach the basics in drafting a will for a New Jersey client, will explain the statutory requirements that form the basis for a valid will. The course will present the 7 specific clauses and provisions and address the typical concerns of clients. Materials such as wills for a single person, for couples with a without children both young and adult and for couples with children from a former marriage, will all be presented. More Info
$551.75General Credits -
Navigating the Purchase and Sale of a Financial Advisory Practice
Designed to provide a general overview of transactions for clients who are brokers and/or financial advisers in connection with sales and mergers of their businesses, this CLE course will help attorneys become well-versed in the regulatory, contractual and litigation concerns their clients face. The course will deal with the particular nuances of these types of transactions as well as the regulatory considerations, valuations, revenue estimations and financing. The course will focus on the full... More Info
$291General Credit -
Legal Writing 101: Writing for Young Lawyers
Designed for young as well as newly admitted lawyers to the New Jersey State bar, this CLE course will offer an introduction to the rules governing the format, style and content for written submission to the state and federal courts of New Jersey. More Info
$291General Credit -
Get Smart: Ethical Boundaries vis a vis Case Investigations and Evidence Collection in the Digital World
The ethical boundaries of social media, with its constantly expanding and evolving landscape, is critical to an attorney’s knowledge base both in evidence collection and case investigations. This CLE course will review relevant issues including pretexting, wire taps, social media subpoenas and third-party discovery along with traditional investigations and the ethical considerations attorneys and law firms may face. More Info
$341Ethics Credit -
Franchise Law: Representing Franchisees from Courtship to Divorce
Given the great disparity in negotiating power and the method by which franchise documents are drafted, franchisees are notoriously at a disadvantage. This course will look at the relevant federal and state laws and advise attorneys representing franchisees pre-sale, in-term and post-term. More Info
$291General Credit
