24 Credits! New York-Assortment
 6 Course Package

 

 20 General + 4 Ethics CLE Credits

Ethics: Useful Tips For Practitioners (4 Ethics Credits)

This useful 3.3-hour December 9, 2004 presentation gives the practicing attorney helpful tips about how to handle numerous commonly encountered situations. Patrick M. Connors, an Associate Professor of Law at Albany Law School, Albany, NY, covers these important topics:

• Multijurisdictional Practice

• Charging Interest on Unpaid Legal Fees

• Taping Conversations with Clients and Third Parties

• A Client’s Rights to Files

• Model Court Rule on Insurance Disclosure

• HIPAA and the No-Contact Rule

• A Lawyer’s Obligation to Report Professional Misconduct by Another Lawyer

• Lawyer Arranging/Posting Bail for a Client

• Business Transactions between Lawyers and Clients

• More

Arbitration In New York State: A Comprehensive Explanation (4 General Credits)

This 3.3-hour October 29, 2004 program presented by Patrick M. Connors, provides a useful and valuable explanation of arbitration in New York State. Some, but not all, topics are:

• New York State is a leader in arbitration (CPLR Article 75)

• Venue; Statutes of Limitations; Jurisdiction

• Issues Court Will Address

• Cases Favor Expansion of Arbitration

• Public Policy Considerations

• Multiple Parties

• Federal Arbitration Act

• Procedure

• Application to Compel or Stay; Notice of Intention to Arbitrate

• Appointment, and Process, of Arbitrator

• Hearing; Awards Including By Confession; Modification; Confirmation; Vacating or Modifying

• Much More

Reaching (Or Protecting) The Deep Pocket: Vicarious Liability (4 General Credits)

This 3.3-hour November 18, 2004 presentation by Richard B. Graves, Esq., Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas, provides you with a practical introduction to the general principles under which one defendant can be liable for the misconduct of others. The program discusses means by which exposure to such liability can be minimized, both before and after litigation arises, and provides a helpful introduction to the nature of punitive liability, together with tactics for avoiding it (or establishing it). Constitutional limitations on its imposition are also covered.

Topics include:

 Vicarious Liability

• Agency law, employment relationships, independent contractors

• Scope of employment

• Ratification

• Apparent agency

• Specific cases

 Punitive Damages

• Definition, rationale

• Tactical issues including forum selection, choice of law, etc.

• Substantive Constitutional limitations

• Sample pleading

• State Farm

• Appellate review, jury instructions

 Much More

New York No-Fault And Serious Injury (4 General Credits)

This 3.3-hour program, presented November 19, 2004 by Michael J. Hutter, Esq., provides an analysis of caselaw since November 2002, demonstrating how New York courts have been approaching the “serious injury” threshold requirement since the Court of Appeals’ Toure and Oberly decisions. Mr. Hutter, a leading practitioner and Professor of Law at Albany Law School, discusses both the substantive requirements and procedural/evidentiary concerns confronting the practitioner in attempting to satisfy the nine serious injury threshold categories, with special emphasis on medical/chiropractic proof issues.

Topics include:

• Definition and Requirements

• “Threshold” Nature

• Significant Disfigurement

• Fracture

• Loss of Fetus

• Permanent Loss of Use

• Permanent Consequential Limitation of Use/Significant Limitations of Use

• 90/180 Days

• Emotional Psychological Injuries

• Causation

• Damages

• Summary Judgment Motions

• Much More

Disclosure In New York: Hot Topics (4 General Credits)

This 3.3-hour December 10, 2004 program, presented by Patrick M. Connors, provides a practical and useful explanation of the hot topics in disclosure under the CPLR for attorneys practicing in New York State Courts.

Topics include:

• CPLR 3101 – Scope of Disclosure

• Timing of Disclosure

• Protective Orders

• Telephone Depositions

• Demand for Address under CPLR 3118

• Electronic Disclosure

• Abuse of Non-Party Disclosure

New York Residential Real Estate Transactions And Title Issues (4 General Credits)

This 3.3-hour January 6, 2005 program, presented by Claire S. Meadow, Esq., provides a practical step-by-step explanation and demonstration of what is needed when representing buyers or sellers of residential real estate in New York State. Homes, cooperative apartments and condominium units are all covered in this helpful presentation.

Topics include:

• Pre-Contract Considerations: first interview; review estimate of closing costs, including fees to attorney, broker, title company, mortgage lender; retainer letter; income tax matters; review matters of substance of transaction

• Contract Preparation and Negotiations: standard form contract; detailed analysis of provisions; suggested riders and attachments

• Mortgage Contingency

• Reading A Survey

• Title Insurance In General

• Review Of A Title Report

• The Closing: preparation; understanding title matters; closing day

• Post-closing, Closing Statement, etc.

• Co-op and Condominium Transactions