Retiring Baby Boomers will sell or bequeath $10 trillion worth of assets over the next two decades. And many of these assets are held in over 12 million privately owned businesses that will be changing hands over the next few decades. Exit Planning for Business Owners A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that only about 27% of private businesses have done ANY…
Indiana attorneys are required to complete at least 36 hours of IN CLE each three-year Indiana CLE compliance period, including a minimum of 3 credit hours of legal ethics. The normal CLE deadline is December 31 if it’s your compliance year. Indiana CLE – Two Key Points Indiana attorneys are limited to a maximum of 9 online CLE hours of the required…
We get extremely busy around the end of the year and through January. This is due to the fact that a number of states have December 31 deadlines and California has a January 31 deadline. Once we get through our super busy period, then we switch gears and start calendaring more CLE tapings for the new year. Well, it’s that time of…
We are all biased. There is no way around it. Bias has been hardwired into our brains during our species existence on this planet. Bias stems from a biological survival response triggered by a dangerous or stressful event where a split-second judgement is required as part of the flight or fight response. Unconscious Bias Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups…
There has been a recent trend in the last few years to place greater emphasis on how substance abuse and mental health issues affects attorneys and the clients they represent. The following specific personality disorders will be discussed: paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dependent, antisocial, histrionic, borderline and narcissistic. In this course, attorney Amy Allemann will address mental health and substance…
It’s a Friday afternoon, you’re trying to wrap up all the loose ends from the week and looking forward to spending some time with your family over the weekend. Then the phone rings. It’s a long time client that runs a tow truck company. He’s decided it’s easier for him to pay all of his drivers as independent contractors… good idea??? Lawsuits…
TODAY is the day – the day for California attorneys with last names between H-M to complete their 25 hour CA CLE requirement. Once you finish your 25 hours what do you do now?[1] My State Bar Profile Tool used to report California CLE compliance Part of Cal Bar website California attorneys must report MCLE compliance through My State Bar Profile by tomorrow. Please…
Pick up the phone and call your clients, don’t “borrow” money from trust accounts, calendar every key deadline & date – the same fundamental ethics principles still hold true for the 21st century lawyer. That’s because the same traditional ethics issues continue to plague lawyers, leading to countless ethics violations and malpractice lawsuits. Lawyers & Ethics The same traditional legal ethics issues…
Just a quick reminder for California attorneys. The former Substance Abuse requirement is now called Competence Issues. The Substance Abuse category was effectively expanded to cover additional topics like mental health, stress and how it effects attorney’s competence to practice law. California attorneys must make sure to complete at least 1.0 hour of Competence Issues each three-year compliance period. Last names H-M…
Lawyers love CLE…. or at least they love our CLE because our courses and presenters are so good. And if you are California attorney with a last name H-M, we can help you love your 25 hour MCLE requirement. The reporting deadline is February 1, 2018…. so you better get on it!! California MCLE Compliance & Reporting Deadlines Last Names H-M Complete…