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Join us from noon until 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 19 for "Deciphering the Federal Guidelines on the Paycheck Protection Program: What Every Attorney Should Know about Eligibility, Investigation, and Forgiveness."
Join us from noon until 1 p.m. on Friday, November 13 to learn how to communicate better with clients, employees, and law firm colleagues with this in-depth discussion that explores different ways to build strong working relationships. Discover how to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable saying what they’re really thinking, how to build collaborative teams that are motivated to produce the highest quality work, how to promote flexible thinking, how to develop trust in a credible way, and much more.
Join us from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 for this online look at how the pandemic has impacted the landlord-tenant landscape, including the new requirements for rental housing, the governor’s executive order, and the new Rule 139 regarding practice and procedures in eviction proceedings that were recently issued by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Join us from 1:30 until 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 5 for "Construction Law Primer for Young Attorneys and General Practitioners—Part 2."
Illinois real estate enjoys robust health with continuing new residential and commercial construction, the remodeling of existing residential and commercial construction, and the improvement and construction of highways, roads, and bridges. Schools, universities, and wastewater treatment plants are also being constructed or improved. With so much ongoing construction taking place, it’s likely that Illinois practitioners will eventually be confronted with one or more construction matter. Don’t miss part two of this two-part series that examines the various issues that can arise in construction law cases and offers guidance on how to navigate these issues. Attorney with basic practice experience who attend this seminar will better understand: the basic steps for closing out of construction projects; the specialized issues, including Buy American requirements and workforce diversity requirements, that can affect construction projects; construction claims and how to process them; labor laws and prevailing wage issues that can impact a construction project; how arbitration and mediation can help your next construction law dispute; and how to identify and address the ethical issues that you may encounter throughout a construction law case.
Join us from 9 until 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4 for part two of this two-part online series that examines a number of key real estate issues, recent caselaw updates, and legislative changes that affect your client. Listen to experienced real estate attorneys as they discuss foreclosures, forbearances, and real estate-related bankruptcy issues. Learn about condominium issues in the COVID (and post-COVID) pandemic. Understand reassessment of property valuations, as well as incentives given to developers for rebuilding. Engage with a panel of distinguished attorneys as they discuss the hot topics in real estate, including the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of law involving real estate.
Join us from 8:55 until 11:45 a.m. on Friday, October 23 for part one of this two-part program that examines a number of key real estate issues, recent caselaw updates and legislative changes that affect your client. Listen to experienced real estate attorneys as they discuss foreclosures, forbearances and real estate-related bankruptcy issues. Learn about condominium issues in the COVID (and post-COVID) pandemic. Understand reassessment of property valuations, as well as incentives given to developers for rebuilding. Engage with a panel of distinguished attorneys as they discuss the hot topics in real estate, including the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of law involving real estate.
Join us from noon until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21 for "Workers’ Compensation and COVID-19 Rebuttable Presumption." Come ready with questions as we have a lively discussion with a respondent’s and petitioner’s attorney about the new law providing a rebuttable presumption of compensability under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act for a COVID-19 diagnosis. The panel will debate the new law’s effectiveness and strategy for handling a COVID-19 claim. The panelists will also discuss the impact on non-COVID-19 cases and whether a different remedy exists outside of workers’ compensation.
Join us from 1:30 until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7 for "Workers’ Compensation Update—Virtual Edition, Part 2." Get the information you need to protect your practice from the ethical pitfalls that can arise when representing a workers’ compensation case, the case law updates you need to effectively represent your clients, and the insight you need regarding occupational accidents in light of today’s pandemic with this information program.
Trade secrets such as the Coca-Cola recipe may seem out of reach for many companies, but there are more things to protect than just the obvious—consumer lists and processes, to name a few. Join us from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, to learn about confidentiality agreements and how they can help keep your clients’ secrets safe. Learn how to draft confidentiality agreements, how to avoid having the agreement upended by courts, and under what circumstances an employee should be required to sign the agreement. A discussion on whether or not blanket agreements can survive a court challenge is also included.
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia was the landmark case decided June 15, 2020 by the U.S. Supreme Court establishing that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal. Don’t miss this in-depth look at how this case will impact future anti-discrimination laws, as well how the underpinning tensions of statutory interpretation and judicial philosophies brought a conservative justice to a surprising conclusion.