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A Sports Law Primer: Salient Topics in a Changing Legal Landscape
This CLE presentation will discuss the major legal issues, changes and trends in an area of rapid change. Aimed for a general audience, it will discuss a broad array of issues, from the court rulings point to a growing professionalization of college athletes to the quick expansion of legalized sports betting. Other topics include concussion litigation, intellectual property/right of publicity, the sex abuse scandals and sports governance organizations and arbitration/dispute resolution. More Info
$501.25General Credits -
Elements, Innovations & Challenges in Sports Contracts
This CLE course examines the key elements inherent in sports contracts, reviewing them across a variety of legal settings: collectively bargained player agreements as in Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Football League and National Hockey League; contracts involving personal services including coaching, broadcasting, and managerial contracts in sports; endorsement agreements and licensing agreements. The materials will also examine several “real world” exemplar... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Comic Book Contract Negotiation and Drafting Practicum
This CLE program will do a deep-dive into the three agreements every lawyer must know when representing a comic book creator: the artist services agreement, the comic book publishing agreement, and the motion picture option/purchase agreement. Facilitated by seasoned comic book publishing attorneys, attendees will get a chance to issue-spot, draft, and engage in mock negotiations. Some of the Issues explored in this second CLE: Negotiation and drafting of the artist services agreement... More Info
$1001.75General Credits -
Representing Comic Book Creator Clients: A Guide to Contractual and IP Issues
This CLE program tracks recent trends in comic book business and legal practice as it introduces lawyers to the fundamentals of representing comic book industry clients. The discussion tracks the stages of representing a client from the initial comic book concept through to the negotiation of the publishing agreement. Some of the issues explored in this CLE: Intellectual property issues in the comic book industry Service agreements and collaboration agreements What publishers... More Info
$1503General Credits -
Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policies
The vast majority of businesses sponsor a website intended to help market their goods and services. Most of these websites include a section denominated as “Terms of Use” or “Terms of Service.” The Terms of Use purport to act as a contract between website sponsor and the users. That contract can be very important to all website sponsors, but especially so for websites where goods are sold. Unfortunately, the Courts have held that Terms of Use will not be enforceable unless certain procedures a... More Info
$501General Credit -
Owners’ Agreements for Start-Ups and Relatively New Companies
Every corporation or limited liability company with more than one owner should have a written agreement that, at the very least, sets forth the agreed terms respecting governance of the company. The most obvious of these are the pre-agreed terms as to how managerial decisions will be made and by whom. Many of these agreements also include buy-sell terms, i.e. terms that apply when an owner suffers a “Buy-Sell Event” such as death, disability, retirement, loss of license, etc. This CLE p... More Info
$751.25General Credits -
Franchise Law: Representing Franchisees from Courtship to Divorce
This CLE course will explore the difficulties of representing franchisees, both pre-sale, in-term, and post-term, given the disparity in negotiating power, and the way franchise documents are drafted. The Course will look at federal and state law, and provide advice to attorneys representing franchisees nationwide. More Info
$501General Credit -
Revisions to AIA Documents
Hear from a panel of experts about the recent changes to the AIA documents, including a recent version of the A201 and how those changes will affect construction projects going forward. Topics to be discussed include: An overview on the history behind the revisions and an overall summary of the changes. A practical overview of the specific revisions that appear to be of greatest import to Owner and Contractor clients. How the AIA's push to incorporate “green” building, electronic da... More Info
$1001.75General Credits -
Persuasive Legal Writing: Be Heard on Paper
Legal writing is at the core of any legal action and effective, persuasive writing is a critical skill. This CLE course will help to improve your legal writing skills by reviewing the principles of persuasive legal writing, and how to build and structure a strong legal argument, incorporating the standard of review with a strong focus on the statement of facts. More Info
$501General Credit -
PAY OR PLAY: How to Make it Meaningful
“Pay or Play” is an important point in any negotiation for services in the Entertainment Industry. But is getting “pay or play” as part of the deal the beginning or end of the negotiation over that point? This CLE explores the myriad other issues which need to be addressed as part of “pay or play”, and looks at some of the cases and a sample agreement to give context to the importance of this presentation. More Info
$501General Credit