Featured Philadelphia Bar Association CLE
CLE - Nursing Home Litigation 101 Aug. 4
As the aging population in our country continues to grow at a steady pace, many of us will have family members living in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities because of their physical or mental condition.
This CLE presentation will cover the basics of nursing home litigation from both the plaintiff and defense perspective. Expert practitioners will offer guidance regarding documentation issues that are unique to nursing home litigation, common themes and defenses in typical nursing home litigation and a discussion of strategy concerning expert retention.
This program will outline the following topics:
Pre-Suit/Documentation
- Documents to request/preserve
- Hybrid electronic/paper charts
- Incident reports, 24 hour reports, staffing documents
- Admissions documents, including arbitration agreement and power of attorney
- Powers of attorney, raising estates
Arbitration Agreements
- Are they enforceable?
- Authority
- Wrongful death
Common Claims
Wound case
- Practice standards
- Interventions
- Significant co-morbidities and unavoidable wounds
Fall case
- Interventions
- Recovery/Impact on Quality of Life
Corporate negligence
- Staffing claims
- State regulation regarding staffing, 2.7 PPD
Expert Retention
- Nursing experts
- Geriatrician
- Specialist?
- Economist
Distribution of funds from recovery
- Medical and Estate liens
- Death petitions and special needs trusts
This program will provide attendees with basic tools to successfully litigate these challenging cases.
Nursing Home Litigation 101
2 SUB
12-2:15 p.m. Lunch and registration begin at 11:30 a.m.
CLE - So, Have You Updated Your Construction Contract Forms? Aug. 10
Happy Hour hosted by the Construction law Committee
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 As a result, they rely on form contracts that contain indemnification and insurance provisions that are out-of-date or were poorly drafted in the first place.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. Registartion begins at 3:30 p.m.
CLE - Discovery in a Digital World - Modern Investigative Techniques: Cybersecurity Through Computer Forensics Aug. 17
Happy Hour CLE presented by PRECISE, Inc.
The exponential growth of data creation in modern society continually impacts litigation from cyber exposure risk management to computer forensics best practices. The proliferation of mobile devices, new communication methods, and web-based platforms presents opportunities for hackers to steal data and creates discovery situations best left to computer forensics experts to assist with.
Our featured speakers will examine, in detail, the following issues affecting data discovery:
Cybersecurity Risk Management
- Security audits
- Breaches and attacks
- Ransomware
- Data breach lifecycle
Computer Forensics
The Modern Digital Environment
- Social Media
- Smart Phones
- Cloud-Based Data
- Internet of Things (IoT)
This CLE presentation will explore cybersecurity risk management and cover some of the most interesting areas of electronic data sources that have changed the landscape of investigations and provide interesting stories of how those have had implications on real-world cases.
Discovery in a Digital World - Modern Investigative Techniques: Cybersecurity Through Computer Forensics
2 SUB
4-6:15 p.m. Registration begins at 3:30 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.
