Nevada Free CLE

10 Legal Considerations for Starting and Running a Medical Practice Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $19.99)

Course Description

In this fast-paced and highly informative program, the speakers address core issues with which attorneys who may be involved with medical practitioners must be familiar. These include how to help limit liability exposure, choice of business entity, supervision issues, compensation, Contracts 101 (HR and more), Intellectual Property, legal issues regarding marketing and how to avoid and/or best resolve disputes with patients. Also discussed are recommended asset protection and estate planning strategies and common asset protection mistakes which medical professionals need to be aware of and avoid.

Course Agenda

• Limiting Your Liability
• Supervision Issues
• Compensation
• Contracts 101
• Intellectual Property
• Marketing Legal Issues
• How to Avoid Disputes

Course Credit per State

AK - Voluntary: 1.0 Credits
AL - On-Demand: 1.0 Credits
AZ - General: 1.0 Credits
CA - General: 1.0 Credits
CT - General: 1.0 Credits
FL - General: 1.0 Credits
GA - Self Study: 1.0 Credits
IL - General: 1.0 Credits
IN - Distance Education: 1.1 Credits
ME - Self Study: 1.0 Credits
MO - Self Study: 1.0 Credits
MS - General: 1.1 Credits
MT - Self Study: 1.0 Credits
NH - General: 1.0 Credits
NJ - General: 1.3 Credits
NV - General: 1.0 Credits
NY - General: 1.0 Credits
OH - Self Study: 1.0 Credits
OK - Distance Learning: 1.0 Credits
PA - Distance Learning: 1.0 Credits
SC - General: 1.05 Credits
TX - General: 1.0 Credits
VA - General: 1.0 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

Jacob Stein, Esq

Jacob Stein, Esq. is a partner at Aliant, LLP. He specializes in structuring international business transactions, complex U.S. and international tax planning and asset protection planning. Mr. Stein received his law degree from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University. He has been accredited by the State Bar of California as a Certified Tax Law Specialist. He is AV-rated (highest possible rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, has been named ?A Super Lawyer? by the Los Angeles Magazine and one of ?America?s Most Honored Professionals 2016?, by the American Registry.

Over the course of his career Mr. Stein has represented thousands of clients, including: officers and directors of Fortune 500 companies; Forbes 400 families; celebrities; Internet entrepreneurs; high-profile real estate developers, builders and investors; physicians; wealthy foreigners doing business in the United States; small business owners; attorneys, accountants and financial advisors; and many other individuals facing financial adversity or seeking privacy for their holdings.

He is the author of numerous books, scholarly articles and technical manuals including his most recent article, Pre-Immigration Taxation, published in the January 2016 edition of EB-5 Investors Magazine Volume 3, Issue 3; His other works include his book: A Lawyer?s Guide to Asset Protection Planning in California, Second Edition, published in April of 2016, which is the only legal treatise on asset protection specific to California, and International Joint Ventures ?A Concise Guide for Attorneys & Business Owners,? published in 2014.

Mr. Stein is a frequent lecturer to various attorneys, CPA and other professional groups, teaching over 100 seminars per year. His presentation topics include: Tax Planning for Cross-Border Joint Ventures, A Foreigner?s Guide to Investing in U.S. Real Estate, Creative Planning with Controlled Foreign Corporations, Advanced Asset Protection Planning, Choice of Entity Planning, Estate Tax Planning and various courses on trust law. He is an instructor with the California CPA Education Foundation, National Business Institute, Thomson Reuters, the Rossdale Group and Lorman Education Services where he teaches courses on advanced tax planning, structuring international business transactions, asset protection and trust law. He is an adjunct professor of taxation at the CSU, Northridge Graduate Tax Program.

A Primer on International Taxation Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $19.99)

Course Description

There is a multitude of issues that drive a cross-border business transaction. Sale of shares versus sale of assets; statutory mergers; joint ventures; security for enforcement of representations and warranties; governing law and venue; earn-outs and holdbacks; restrictions on foreign ownership; due diligence; local customs; privacy and many other. Most non-tax considerations are not country specific. They are driven by the economics of the deal and the negotiating position of the parties. When a transaction touches the U.S., tax has the center-stage.

From a U.S. standpoint, none of the other issues are as important as the tax consequences. Taxation of an M&A transaction will very often determine the deal structure. The parties can negotiate and agree to all the other terms, but tax will determine how the transaction is structured, what is possible and what is not.

For U.S. tax purposes, cross-border transactions are divided into two classes: inbound (foreigners doing business or investing in the U.S.), and outbound (Americans doing business and investing overseas). The tax rules that apply to inbound and outbound transactions are entirely different. We will examine both, and will then delve into the related subjects of pre-immigration tax planning (foreigners immigrating to the U.S.) and expatriation (Americans emigrating from the U.S.).

Course Agenda

Course Credit per State

AZ - General: 1.0 Credits
CA - General: 1.0 Credits
CT - General: 1.0 Credits
FL - General: 1.0 Credits
IL - General: 1.0 Credits
KY - General: 1.0 Credits
NH - General: 1.0 Credits
NV - General: 1.0 Credits
NY - General: 1.0 Credits
PA - Distance Learning: 1.0 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

Jacob Stein, Esq

Jacob Stein, Esq. is a partner at Aliant, LLP. He specializes in structuring international business transactions, complex U.S. and international tax planning and asset protection planning. Mr. Stein received his law degree from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University. He has been accredited by the State Bar of California as a Certified Tax Law Specialist. He is AV-rated (highest possible rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, has been named ?A Super Lawyer? by the Los Angeles Magazine and one of ?America?s Most Honored Professionals 2016?, by the American Registry.

Over the course of his career Mr. Stein has represented thousands of clients, including: officers and directors of Fortune 500 companies; Forbes 400 families; celebrities; Internet entrepreneurs; high-profile real estate developers, builders and investors; physicians; wealthy foreigners doing business in the United States; small business owners; attorneys, accountants and financial advisors; and many other individuals facing financial adversity or seeking privacy for their holdings.

He is the author of numerous books, scholarly articles and technical manuals including his most recent article, Pre-Immigration Taxation, published in the January 2016 edition of EB-5 Investors Magazine Volume 3, Issue 3; His other works include his book: A Lawyer?s Guide to Asset Protection Planning in California, Second Edition, published in April of 2016, which is the only legal treatise on asset protection specific to California, and International Joint Ventures ?A Concise Guide for Attorneys & Business Owners,? published in 2014.

Mr. Stein is a frequent lecturer to various attorneys, CPA and other professional groups, teaching over 100 seminars per year. His presentation topics include: Tax Planning for Cross-Border Joint Ventures, A Foreigner?s Guide to Investing in U.S. Real Estate, Creative Planning with Controlled Foreign Corporations, Advanced Asset Protection Planning, Choice of Entity Planning, Estate Tax Planning and various courses on trust law. He is an instructor with the California CPA Education Foundation, National Business Institute, Thomson Reuters, the Rossdale Group and Lorman Education Services where he teaches courses on advanced tax planning, structuring international business transactions, asset protection and trust law. He is an adjunct professor of taxation at the CSU, Northridge Graduate Tax Program.

Credit Damages and their Application in Cases: An Overview Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $19.99)

Course Description

Credit damage and loss of credit reputation can occur when misconduct by a third party results in negative information appearing on a credit report that leads to an individual or business to lose access to credit that was available prior to the damage. The ability to identify and assess a client?s credit damages can increase the value of a damage demand significantly in litigation matters. This damage can result in increased out-of-pocket costs, loss of credit capacity and loss of credit expectancy (the inability to obtain any new credit or new credit at the same interest rate category as pre-injury).

As credit reputation damages become more common, courts are rejecting the defense?s "subjective" argument and allowing credit reputation damage as a general or special injury. Attorneys should learn how to identify such damages and undertake a credit damage investigation whenever a significant monetary loss appears to have occurred. This program examines credit report issues and credit reputation damage compensation and helps attorneys identify these potential damages in a wide variety of cases.

Course Agenda

• Why are ?Client Credit Damages? important? The ability to identify and assess a client?s credit damages can increase the value of a damage demand significantly in litigation matters.
• Statutes: In California, the applicable statute is California Code of Civil Procedure Section 3333. Other states may have similar statutes.
• When do Credit Damage and Loss of Credit Reputation Occur? Definition: Credit damage and loss of credit reputation can occur when misconduct by a third party results in negative information appearing on a credit report that leads to an individual or business to lose access to credit that was available prior to the damage.
• Typical LossesInvolved: This damage can result in increased out-of-pocket costs, loss of credit capacity and loss of credit expectancy (the inability to obtain any new credit or new credit at the same interest rate category as pre-injury).
  • Examples of Credit Damage and Loss of Credit Reputation.
  • Typical cases where Credit Damage May Apply:
  • Personal injury
  • Improper real estate transactions
  • Identity theft
  • Breach of contract
  • Fraud
  • Malpractice (i.e., legal, medical)
  • Mortgage delinquency/modification programs
  • Health insurance coverage rescission
  • Contested divorce
  • Partnership disputes
• Complaints from Clients: Examples and How to Increase Awareness of Attorneys to Credit Damage
• Example: Property Owner?s Insurance Claim Ignored by Insurer
• Example: Contested Divorce
• Credit Reputation Damage As a Special Injury: Case Law
• Need to Include Credit Reputation Damage in Damage Demands
• Typical Indicators
• Assessing Credit Damage Demand
• Questions to ask clients. Consumer Credit Reports.
• What Can Be Used in Court?
• What Subscriber Credit Reports Reveal
• Measuring Credit Reputation Damages
• Conclusion: As credit reputation damages become more common, courts are rejecting the defense?s "subjective" argument and allowing credit reputation damage as a general or special injury. Attorneys should undertake a credit damage investigation whenever a significant monetary loss appears to have occurred.
• Review: Questions and Answers

Course Credit per State

AZ - General: 1.0 Credits
CA - General: 1.0 Credits
CT - General: 1.0 Credits
FL - General: 1.0 Credits
NC - General: 1.0 Credits
NV - General: 1.0 Credits
NY - General: 1.0 Credits
WA - General: 1.0 Credits
WV - General: 1.2 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

Georg Finder

Georg Finder, an Orange County, CA Independent Credit Evaluator (ICE), is an expert on credit reporting violations and credit damage measurement. He has more than 20 years of experience evaluating credit reports and has appeared as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense. He is an expert on credit report issues and credit reputation damage compensation and teaches a certified Credit Damages Assessor (CDA) program through the Financial Education Academy.

James Ellis Arden

James Ellis Arden is an attorney in California who on litigation and appeals involving civil procedure and attorney malpractice issues. He is rated AV-preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Arden writes andlectures on legal practice, technology, and ethics. He authors the ?TechnoEthics? column in GPSOLO magazine, published by the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division. Arden is a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee (PREC) of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the California State Bar Committee on Professional Liability Insurance (COPLI). In the olden days, he studied psychology and computer programming.

Ethical Issues in EB-5 and DACA Cases Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $19.99)

Course Description

In this presentation, David B. Gardner, who is a specialist in immigration law in California, will be speaking on ethical issues involving EB-5 (the immigrant investor visa program) and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) cases, which are very relevant and pertinent issues in immigration law practice today. He will discuss how the government has attempted to fairly regulate the foreign investor visa industry, and some of the major difficulties that have arisen in doing so.

Course Agenda

• The EB-5 Visa
• Direct Investment
• Regional Centers
• EB-5 Market
• Ethical Dilemma
• Scope of Representation
• Regional Center
• Investment
• Attorney Liability
• Regional Center?s Law Firm
• DACA

Course Credit per State

AK - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
AZ - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
CA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
CO - Ethics: 1.2 Credits
CT - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
FL - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
MO - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
NV - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
NY - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
PA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
WA - Ethics: 1.0 Credits
WV - Ethics: 1.2 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

David B. Gardner

David B. Gardner has more than 30 years professional legal experience advising clients on U.S. Immigration, International Business and Taxation matters. Mr. Gardner was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1974, and as a Solicitor in Hong Kong in 1984. He founded the Law Offices of David B. Gardner in 1985 as an international law practice and since 1996, following a law firm merger, has practiced exclusively in the areas of Immigration and Nationality Law.

Mr. Gardner represents clients in all types of immigration cases before Agencies of the Department of Homeland Security, the Executive Office for Immigration Review and in the Federal District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeal. He was lead counsel in Vukmirovic v. Ashcroft, 362 F. 3d 1247(9th Cir. 2004.) and Vukimorivic v. Holder (9th Cir. Sept. 2010).

Mr. Gardner was co-founder of several non-for profit organizations including the Spirit of Youth foundation (an exchange program between under-privileged youth from Los Angeles and in the United Kingdom); the California Israel Chamber of Commerce and the Southern California Israel Chamber of Commerce. He was awarded the honor of Cavillieri by the Government of Italy for legal services on behalf of the Italian Consulate in Los Angeles. He is a past president of Bnai David Judea Congregation in Los Angeles and continues to be active in a variety of local and international community organizations.

Privacy Best Practices for Lawyers: What Every Law Practice Needs to Know About Privacy Law Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $19.99)

Course Description

No matter what kind of law practice you have, you need to comply with privacy laws generally and lawyers' ethical duties with respect to privacy, specifically. In this presentation, legal ethics counsel Sarah Banola (Cooper, White and Cooper, LLP) and employment and privacy attorney Diana Maier (Law Offices of Diana Maier) deliver a primer on privacy law and teach you the key areas of privacy law and associated ethical obligations.

Course Agenda

• What Is Privacy Law?
• What Is Privacy Law?
• Why Is Privacy Law So Hot Right Now?
• Why Is Privacy Law So Hot Right Now?
• How Do We Practice Good Privacy?
• Issue Spotting for Privacy Violations
• Privacy Practices for Attorneys
• Privacy Practices for Attorneys ? The Risks Of Noncompliance
• Law Firms Are Not Immune
• Sensitive Client Data Collection by Firms
• Storage of Personal Information
• Data Retention & Destruction
• Ethical Obligations
• Duty of Confidentiality ? California Law
• Duty of Confidentiality ? Model Rule 1.6
• Duty of Confidentiality And Use Of Social Media
• Duty of Communication
• Ethics Opinions
• Cloud Computing
• Privacy Practices for Attorneys - Service Provider Management
• Privacy Practices for Attorneys ? The Risks of Noncompliance With Fiduciary Duties
• Checklist
• Resources

Course Credit per State

AZ - General: 1.0 Credits
CA - General: 1.0 Credits
CO - General: 1.2 Credits
CT - General: 1.0 Credits
FL - General: 1.0 Credits
MO - Self Study: 1.2 Credits
NV - General: 1.0 Credits
NY - General: 1.0 Credits
WV - General: 1.2 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

Diana Maier

Diana Maier is an employment and privacy law expert who founded The Law Offices of Diana Maier, PC, a San Francisco Bay Area company that provides exceptional customer service in privacy and employment law. Diana and her team advise companies on the legality of their workplace privacy and employment practices, litigate cases when needed, and conduct workplace investigations. Diana is certified in both European Union and US privacy laws and is a fluent Spanish-speaker.

Diana attended Stanford Law School and graduated in 1998. She received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1992.

Diana began her legal career as a Public Defender for Santa Clara County, where she spent each day in the courtroom defending misdemeanor, felony, and three strike cases. She enjoyed great success in winning trials for her clients and felt that she had found her ?calling? in life. But in 2003, Diana decided to transition to a career that was more sustainable for family life, and she began practicing employment law. She joined forces with the plaintiffs? employment law firm Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, LLP, which later became Bushnell, Caplan, Fielding & Maier, LLP. Diana left the firm in 2008 in order to launch the Law Offices of Diana Maier and focus more on the defense side of employment work, particularly litigation preventative work.

In early 2013, Diana began working as outsourced In-House Counsel for Labor and Employment and Privacy Law for Quantum Corporation in Silicon Valley. To handle this role more skillfully, Diana earned two privacy credentials, CIPP/US and CIPP/E, through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Diana?s CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications represent her dedication to thoroughly understanding global privacy laws for the benefit her clients. By knowing and applying privacy and data protection laws and regulations in the United States and Europe, Diana is able to ensure privacy compliance on a global scale.

Diana is a frequent speaker and writer on an enormous range of topics in employment and privacy law. She presents a quarterly public webinar (which can be found on her website under ?Lunchtime Legal Chats?) and also frequently speaks to the Marin County & San Francisco Bar Associations, as well as numerous non-attorney organizations. She has been published in The Recorder, the ABA Journal, and countless online publications, and she is often cited as an expert in news stories pertinent to employment and privacy law. You can find handouts from her presentations and articles featuring her at www.dianamaierlaw.com/resources. Diana is the former Chair of the Marin County Bar Association Labor and Employment section, and she serves as an advisor in the areas of employment law and privacy to Casetext, a legal start-up organization in Silicon Valley.

Diana's legal hobbies are blogging on employment and privacy law issues and exploring the practice of compassionate law, the idea that lawyers can be problem solvers and healers of conflict rather than just combatants for hire. Diana especially enjoys serving on the Board and heading up the Fundraising Committee of OneJustice, a California based legal non-profit that provides legal services to marginalized populations who otherwise wouldn?t have access to an attorney.

You can read Diana?s blog at www.dianamaierlaw.com/employment-and-privacy-law-blog-by-diana-maier/ and also read about her talented staff at www.dianamaierlaw.com/about/staff-bios/. Her email is diana@dianamaierlaw.com, and her phone number is 415-515-1707. In addition, you can find her on LinkedIn and on Twitter under @DianaMaierLaw, to name just a few social media sites where Diana likes to ?hang out? and talk law.

Sarah J. Banola

Sarah Banola is a senior counsel in the litigation department at Cooper, White & Cooper LLP's San Francisco office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of employment law and professional responsibility. Her employment law background includes defense of claims of discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment and wage and hour violations.   Ms. Banola also counsels clients on employee separations, severance agreements, classification of employees as exempt or non-exempt, disability, leave and accommodation issues, and personnel policies. She has represented employers in proceedings before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the Employment Development Department, the California Labor Commissioner, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the National Labor Relations Board.  Ms. Banola also represents lawyers and law firms in matters related to legal ethics, legal negligence, attorney-client fee disputes, professional discipline, State Bar admission, conflicts of interest, disqualification motions and law firm break-ups.

She earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1999 and her J.D. with honors in 2002 from Rutgers School of Law-Newark and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.  While at Rutgers, Ms. Banola served as an Articles Editor for the Computer and Technology Law Journal and Vice Chair of the Public Interest Law Foundation. She also was the recipient of the second place award for the California Western Law Review Intellectual Property Writing Competition.

After law school, Ms. Banola served as a law clerk to the Honorable Louisa S. Porter, Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of California, and as a law clerk to the Honorable James J. Petrella, Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division for the Superior Court of New Jersey.  Prior to joining Cooper in May 2007, Ms. Banola was a commercial litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Palo Alto office.

Ms. Banola is a member of the State Bar of California, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. She serves as Vice Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Legal Ethics Committee and volunteers with the Bar Association of San Francisco's Consumer Debt Defense and Education Clinic. She served as a co-chair for the Queen's Bench Amicus Briefs Committee in 2008. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Five Fundamentals of Federal Employment Law Details

Price:
Free. (Normally $24.99)

Course Description

In this course, attorney David Graulich will cover the five fundamentals of employment law. He begins by discussing title 7 of the Civil Rights Act, which basically begins the modern era of employment law. He will then will move on to cover at will employment, who is an employee? (employee vs. independent contractor), exempt or non-exempt? and the large area of leaves of absence law under the federal venue.

Course Agenda

1. Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act

• Begins the modern era of employment law
• First major move into regulating the private workplace
• Race and gender discrimination
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission & right to sue letters
• Griggs v Duke Power Co, 401 US 424 (1971)
• EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch
• Shifting burdens in litigation

2. At Will Employment 3. Who Is an Employee?

• Employee vs Independent Contractor
• Common law agency test
• Economic realities test
• IRS rules & case law
• Employment laws only protect employees

4. Exempt or Non-Exempt?

• Why is this important
• Brain vs Muscle framework
• 50% rule ? exempt vs non-exempt tasks
5. Leaves of Absence Law
• Family medical leave act
• Sexual harassment in the workplace

Course Credit per State


AZ - General: 1.25 Credits
CA - General: 1.25 Credits
CT - General: 1.25 Credits
FL - General: 1.25 Credits
NV - General: 1.0 Credits
NY - General: 1.5 Credits
PA - Distance Learning: 1.5 Credits
WA - General: 1.25 Credits
WV - General: 1.54 Credits

Course Presenter(s)

David Graulich, Esq.

Mr. Graulich worked over 20 years in journalism and the public relations industry. He represented companies such as PepsiCo, Schwab and Computer Sciences Corp., advising senior executives on communications policies. Mr. Graulich received his law degree at the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law. Mr. Graulich is currently working in private practice and resides in Sacramento, California.