Staying current with the latest developments in antitrust law in an evolving regulatory and political climate can be a challenging task. This course will provide an update on several key judicial and regulatory actions to monitor this year and also survey a range of effective methods to stay up to date

This seminar will focus on improving the ability of attorneys to stay aware of current issues and trends regarding the metaverse, with specific emphasis on the following: How to analyze developing issues of law in this arena; and how to stay abreast of new developments and make sure colleagues are aware of the evolution of issues unique to the metaverse.

This course provides an overview of the legal framework for data privacy and cybersecurity, discusses key factors in cybersecurity threats and prevention, and reviews available resources for cyberlaw practice.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the energy industry in profound ways. Energy companies are utilizing AI and machine learning to optimize energy production, forecast demand, detect equipment failures, and streamline operations. This rapid adoption of AI is creating new legal issues and challenges for attorneys advising energy sector clients. This CLE will provide an overview of how leading energy companies are currently deploying AI across their operations. It will examine use cases such as predictive maintenance, automated trading, smart grid management, and dynamic pricing algorithms. In addition, the CLE will explore emerging legal issues surrounding the use of AI in the energy domain. This includes regulations governing AI explainability and transparency, liability issues, data privacy concerns, and intellectual property rights. Attendees will gain insights into contractual, compliance, and litigation risks associated with AI systems. Finally, the program will discuss how attorneys can leverage AI to better serve their energy industry clients. This includes streamlining due diligence and discovery, reviewing contracts and filings, predicting case outcomes, automating routine legal work, and providing data-driven legal strategy and advice. Attendees will leave better prepared to counsel energy clients on the legal implications of AI adoption and harness AI tools to enhance their own legal services.

In January of 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (‘CTA’), which requires many corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities created in or registered to do business in the United States to report information about their beneficial owners—the persons who ultimately own or control the company—to the Financial Crimes Information Network (‘FinCEN’). The purpose? To prevent the illicit use of the corporate form to shield money launderers, drug traffickers, terrorists, and other bad actors. Pursuant to FinCEN implementing regulations, the Act now requires newly formed qualifying entities to report their beneficial ownership, and existing entities to evaluate whether they qualify and if so, prepare to file in January of 2025. This CLE will review the CTA and provide a primer on what constitutes a ‘reporting company’ under the Act for purposes of triggering reporting requirements. It will then discuss the requirements for identifying beneficial owners, note compliance dates, and summarize the information that must be reported. Along the way, attendees will also learn about resources supporting relevant workflow.

A properly drafted and updated employee handbook not only states the terms, conditions, and expectations of employment, but can also help employers defend against claims of discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, wrongful termination, and other employment law claims. Employers who conduct business in multiple jurisdictions and industries must be diligent in making sure that employment policies are compliant with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. This webinar will give attendees a greater understanding of the purpose of an employee handbook, provide tips to effectively draft employee handbooks and best practices to monitor changes in the law which necessitate handbook revisions.

•Identify and understand the current state of HIPAA, including the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Rules; HIPAA violation investigations; penalties; and detect compliance best practices. •Pinpoint HIPAA trends, regulations, and understand recent enforcement actions taken by the OCR. •Discover the tools to stay up to date on HIPAA and the evolving HIPAA landscape.

Judges and Experts are two of the key players in any litigation. A Judge has wide discretion in all facets of a case, and it is important to know their likes and dislikes. Just as critical is to investigate the Experts (including your own) involved in a case. This seminar looks at the various types of online resources that are available to investigate Judges and Experts as well as tips and strategies on how that information might be utilized. This seminar will address how to use online resources to learn more about those individuals who hear your cases. Even if you are not the one who conducts the research, just knowing what resources are available may help you better prepare the presentation of your cases.

Staying ahead of key developments across the broad and rapidly evolving legal, regulatory, and political landscape of U.S. environmental law can be a challenging task. This 60-minute seminar will provide an overview of key environmental practice areas, an update on several recent significant legislative, regulatory, and judicial actions and demonstrate effective methods to stay up-to-date as events and issues unfold.

This course provides an overview and understanding of the due diligence process in relation to transactions involving intellectual property assets. Tools for researching a company’s intellectual property registrations, ownership status, strength and value, and resources such as checklists, forms and model agreements will be reviewed.