Featured Philadelphia Bar Association CLE
CLE - So, Have You Updated Your Construction Contract Forms? Aug. 10
Happy hour CLE hosted by the Construction Law Committee
Stop pretending that you understand!
This CLE program will actually explain risk transfer provisions in construction contracts so that you can effectively protect your construction-related clients.
Due to the inherent risk in construction projects, contractual risk transfer provisions are important whether you represent owners/developers, contractors or subcontractors. Too many practitioners do not understand the importance or meaning of standard insurance requirements in construction contracts, or what constitutes an enforceable indemnification provision. As a result, they rely on form contracts that contain indemnification and insurance provisions that are out-of-date or were poorly drafted in the first place.
Hear a practical and entertaining overview of indemnification provisions and insurance requirements in construction contracts so that you can better protect your clients. Featured speaker, Jonathan Cass, will use his superior intellect, charm and handsome good looks to translate risk transfer provisions that appear to be incomprehensible gobbledygook into something akin to English.
This presentation will include:
- A discussion of the importance of indemnification provisions and how to draft them so that they are enforceable
- An analysis of different indemnification provisions including the standard AIA provisions, and an exemplar provision from a major general contractor
- Explanations of the insurance requirements that you should be including in your contracts, and what the requirements actually means in plain English
- The necessity of builders' risk insurance during construction and what it does and does not cover
So, Have You Updated Your Construction Contract Forms? 1 SUB/1 ETH
4 p.m. Registration begins at 3:30 p.m.
CLE - "I Know What You Did Last Weekend"-Social Media in WC Aug. 12
Hosted by the Workers' Compensation Section
This CLE program addresses effective use of social medical in workers' compensation cases. The program will highlight dilemmas faced by attorneys and clients, including: counsel's knowledge of a client removing content off a social media page; "friending" clients and witnesses; investigation techniques using social media; and using social media sites at trial.
Experienced faculty will examine:
- The rules of evidence
- How to discover social media information
- How to admit it into evidence from both a defense and claimant perspective
- Recent case law
- New investigation techniques regarding social media
Attendees will gain with a better understanding of the do's and don'ts of social media as it relates to litigating a workers' compensation case.
"I Know What You Did Last Weekend"-Social Media in WC 1 SUB
12:30 p.m. Lunch and registration begin at 12 p.m.
CLE - Avoiding Legal Malpractice Aug. 24, 26, 27 and 30
Thanks to an overwhelming response from our membership, the first FREE CLE date for Philadelphia Bar Association members in good standing, Aug. 24, has been filled.
Second FREE CLE for Philadelphia Bar Association Members in good standing.
This 2-hour ethics CLE will feature Shelly Lawson, vice president at USI Affinity and the head of Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) claims for CNA. Learn why lawyers are being sued for malpractice. What are the areas of practice where suits are most common? Are letters of disengagement really that important? Why shouldn't lawyers handle a real estate settlement for a friend who needs just a little bit of help? Using your cell phone and iPad for communications with clients is certainly convenient but does it expose you to liability? This two-hour ethics program will delve into the who, what, where and why of being sued for malpractice and how best to avoid it.
Avoiding Legal Malpractice
2 ETH
Aug. 26 - VIDEO ENCORE
9 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration begin at 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 27 - VIDEO ENCORE
9 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration begin at 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 30 - VIDEO ENCORE
2 p.m. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.
CLE - Ethics in Sports & Entertainment at Citizens Bank Park Aug. 31
Join your colleagues for this August compliance grand slam!
After the CLE program, experience a night of the "undead" during Zombie Night at Citizens Bank Park as the Philadelphia Phillies host the Washington Nationals. At this Phillies Theme Night, fans are encouraged to come dressed up in family-friendly Zombie attire and make-up.
This second course in the Philadelphia Bar Association Entertainment Law CLE series adds the fun factor to earning your two required ethics credits.
In the first hour, attendees will examine entertainment fee agreements using a sample hourly rate agreement and a contingent fee agreement. The featured speaker, entertainment lawyer, Bernie Resnick, will discuss the ethical requirements of fee agreements, with a focus on attorney’s fees in the sports and entertainment industry.
In the second hour, Resnick will lead a discussion of ethics issues that attorneys typically encounter in the sports and entertainment industry, highlighting Pennsylvania Disciplinary Rules 1.5, 1.7 and 1.8.
Special Notes&58;
- No walk-in registrations.
- Tuition includes CLE program, course material, buffet and game ticket.
- Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Parking is NOT included.
- For questions regarding non-attorney guest ticket, please contact Tara D. Phoenix, Director of Continuing Legal Education at 215-238-6349.
Ethics in Sports & Entertainment at Citizens Bank Park 2 ETH
4 p.m. Registration begins at 3:15 p.m.
