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HBA/CLE Seminars are held on Thursday
mornings in the West Loop area and on Friday afternoons in the Harris
County Jury Assembly Room. Each seminar is approved for 1.5 hours of
MCLE credit, and many also have ethics credit. These seminars are free
to HBA members and provide over 100 hours of MCLE credit at no cost each
year. Written materials are available for $15. Non-members may attend
for $25, including written materials. Please view the brochures for a
schedule of the upcoming seminars. No pre-registration is required.
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Thursday mornings
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oaks
Lane
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Friday afternoons
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Harris County Jury Assembly Room, 1019
Congress.
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2010-2011 Fall/Winter Seminar Schedule
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Friday, September 10,
2010
Property Tax Appeals: A
Primer for Lawyers
A review and
examination of administrative rules and procedures for protesting and
appealing appraisal appeals. This seminar will include a discussion of
recent legislative changes and court cases.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Thursday,
September 16, 2010
Labor and Employment Law
Major
changes in labor & employment law are impacting the workplace, and more
are on the way. We will give an update on these changes, provide insight
on some that are on the horizon, and discuss ethics issues confronting
lawyers who practice employment law. We also will discuss ethical
challenges that confront both plaintiff and defendant counsel in
workplace disputes, such as what employees the plaintiff can contact and
clarifying the scope of representation.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Thursday,
September 23, 2010
A Hearing Officer’s View
on How to Win Your TWC Appeal
This seminar
will cover what a hearing officer considers important when ruling on a
Texas Workforce Appeal for unemployment benefits and what pitfalls you
need to avoid.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Friday,
September 24, 2010
Things Every Lawyer
Should Know About Taxes
This seminar
will be a primer on tax protests, tax scams and how to avoid getting
involved in them along with entity choice, as well as the tax appeals
system.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
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Friday,
October 1, 2010
Post Judgments
Tools and
techniques to collect and enforce judgments including investigations of
assets, abstracts, writ of execution,
garnishment
and post-judgment discovery.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Thursday,
October 7, 2010
What You Need to Know in
Federal Court
A practical
guide to practice in Federal Court and some of the differences compared
to State Court practice.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Friday,
October 8, 2010
An Overview of Seamen’s
Personal Injury Claims
This will be
an overview of the three primary personal injury claims available to
seamen: maintenance and cure, negligence under the Jones Act, and
un-seaworthiness under general maritime law. The presentation will
include a general discussion of each claim, defenses, and recent case
law from the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court by a maritime defense
attorney.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Thursday,
October 14, 2010
Social Media: How to
Use, Risks & Ethics
Developing a
plan to handle a crisis for a client can be the difference between a
social blunder and disaster. Having a social media team will help you
investigate, solve and understand how to find what was actually said
about your client on the Internet. This presentation will provide online
examples of how to monitor social media ethically and effectively.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Friday,
October 22, 2010
Dealing with Difficult
Clients
At this
seminar you will learn techniques to prepare clients for deposition and
trial when case subject matter and/or client personality challenge your
advocacy and trial preparation abilities. Learn techniques to maximize
your client’s believability and trustworthiness on direct and “bomb
proofing” for cross examination.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
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Friday,
November 5, 2010
US v. Skilling: Is this
Reversal the Death of Honest Services?
This seminar
will examine the Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. vs. Jeffrey
Skilling and the ramifications of that decision. The Court reversed
the case and narrowed the scope under which federal prosecutors can now
charge an individual with violating the honest services statute in
U.S.C. Section 1346. The decision is far from being the end of the story
for
Skilling however, as the lower courts will now have to re-examine
the case in light of the ruling and still must decide the prosecutorial
misconduct issues asserted by the defense team against the Enron Task
Force.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Thursday,
November 11, 2010
Regulation of Hospitals
Healthcare
is one of the most regulated industries in the United States. Hospitals
must comply with a vast array of state and federal laws and regulations.
In this program two hospital lawyers will provide an overview of the
federal regulatory environment, the agencies involved, and related
issues faced by hospital legal and compliance programs.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Friday,
November 12, 2010
Litigation & Divorce Tax
Traps & Tips
Learn how to
avoid causing clients’ tax problems, avoid liability for your clients’
tax, how to draft settlements and judgements to avoid tax problems and
knowing when clients need tax help.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A Shingle and a Laptop: Starting Your Own Firm
From Scratch
Whether due to an entrepreneurial streak or a contracting job
market, many attorneys are striking out on their own. This practical
guide will discuss the steps needed for both novice and seasoned
attorneys to start and grow a law practice on a shoestring budget.
1.5 hours MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
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Thursday,
December 2, 2010
Family Law Extravaganza
Learn from
the family law experts about temporary orders, default divorces and
divorce from a child’s point of view (what you need to know and do).
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Friday,
December 3, 2010
Practical Tips in
Handling Workplace Investigations
It can
happen to a client or to your own law firm – a report of harassment,
discrimination, threats, embezzlement or drug use! What to do? Workplace
investigations involve a multitude of legal and practical issues. Hear
the latest tips from an experienced investigator and employment lawyer.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Thursday, December 9,
2010
Practicing Before the
1st and 14th Courts of Appeals: The Clerks’ Perspective
This seminar
will provide insight into how the Houston Courts of Appeals operate as a
case moves from the Notice of Appeal to issuance of Mandate. The clerks
for the Houston Appellate Courts will discuss case management,
legislative performance measures, e-filing, and best practices to assist
the clerk’s office as a case moves through the appellate process.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Friday,
December 10, 2010
Disability Benefits In a
Nutshell
This course
will be a survey of the three primary types of disability benefit claims
available to claimants, including social security disability, long-term
disability insurance and veterans’ disability claims. The course will
compare and contrast the administrative and legal process for each type
of claim as well as the disability standard for each.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Thursday,
December 16, 2010
The OPA and Business
Interruption Claims
The speaker
will address The Oil Pollution Act and it’s applicability to business
interruption claims in the wake of the BP oil spill disaster.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
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Friday,
January 7, 2011
Mechanic’s and
Materialmen’s Liens: Perspectives from the Contractor, the Owner and the
Lender.
A discussion
of mechanic’s lien laws and case law interpreting the same. Whether you
represent a general contractor, subcontractor or supplier, the lien laws
affect your client. A discussion will focus on the various mechanics
lien statutes and the relation back doctrine and foreclosure process.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
Thursday,
January 13, 2011
Hot Topics in
Environmental Law
This seminar
will update the audience on trends in environmental law, feature a
discussion on environmental ethics and provide an overview of various
environmental issues that may impact practitioners in other practice
areas.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
Friday,
January 14, 2011
Can You Keep it Secret?
– A Lawyer’s Guide to Data Privacy
Every lawyer
and client has more and more electronic data stored on desktop and
laptop computers, servers, PDAs, mobile telephones, flash drives, CDs,
DVDs, and even in photocopiers. The data includes everything from
shopping lists to trade secrets to credit card information to social
security numbers. Many lawyers and clients do not know where all their
electronic data is or how to protect it. Yet major liability can result
from failing to guard private data from wrongdoers. This seminar will
review risks, requirements and recommendations.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .5 hours ethics credit.
Friday,
January 21, 2011
Immigration Enforcement
in the Workplace
This seminar
will cover employment authorization requirements (Form 1-9 and/or
E-Verify) and H-1 B visa requirements, what an employer should expect if
it receives an audit notice, what the audit involves and how the
employer should respond and protect itself from potential penalties
and/or criminal liability.
1.5 hours
MCLE credit, including .25 hours ethics credit.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
How to
Collect e-Data – Efficiently and Legally
This seminar will take you through the case
law and the current thinking in determining what eData collection method
is appropriate for your client’s lawsuit - be it allowing your client to
self collect or physically witnessing an employee’s computer being
forensically imaged. This CLE will give you some practical decision
making factors and tools to collect your documents in a method that is
economical for your client but will hold up in court should there be a
question.
1.5 hours MCLE credit, including .25
hours ethics credit.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Corporate
Governance, Ponzi Schemes and Fraud
This seminar will present a free-wheeling
discussion of the increased role of the government in its oversight of
corporations and the effect of such oversight on individuals. The
speakers will present examples of recent case histories and discuss
current initiatives of the Department of Justice and the Securities &
Exchange Commission. Discussion will focus on trends in prosecutions and
how to deal with the self-reporting dilemma.
1.5 hours MCLE credit, no ethics credit.
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