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.
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October 6, 2020 | CLE
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September 30, 2020 | CLE
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.
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September 24, 2020 | CLE
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.
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September 21, 2020 | CLE
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.
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September 15, 2020 | CLE
Join us from the comfort of your home or office from 12:55 until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30 for this online program that explores chancery and equitable remedy issues, including injunctive relief, receiverships, temporary restraining orders, equitable accounting, ejectment, the judicial perspective on each of these issues, and much more.
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September 9, 2020 |
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Registration is now open for the ISBA's Solo and Small Firm Conference 2020, which will be held remotely on October 29-30.
The theme of this year's conference is "Finding Your Path to Success." It is sponsored by the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company.
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September 8, 2020 | CLE
Join us from the comfort of your home or office on Friday, October 2 for this half-day online seminar that explores DUI defenses for the litigator. Traffic law attorneys, public defenders, and state’s attorneys with all levels of practice experience who attend this live webcast will better understand: the recent changes and updates to existing Illinois traffic law; what to do when your client is apprehended through a roadside safety check; common issues with Illinois State Police regulations; the newest cannabis legislation and how it affects traffic law; the pros and cons of how Drug Recognition Evaluators and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement are trained; and how to create an effective closing argument for your next traffic law case.
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August 27, 2020 | CLE
Join us online from noon until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22 to learn how to use Outlook’s feature set to efficiently store, organize email and attachments, and successfully deal with high email volume. We'll also show you how to fix Outlook’s default settings for email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. Finally, we’ll explain many amazing and useful Outlook features which most users don't even know are there.
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August 24, 2020 |
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Due to popular demand, registration is now closed for the fall semester of Fred Lane's ISBA Trial Technique Institute.
The fall semester begins September 8.
You may email Joyce Williams to be added to a waiting list for the fall semester or to get information about the 2021 spring semester.
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August 24, 2020 | CLE
Join us online from 10 until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23 to learn what documentation is needed for your client to get paid on their construction project. Topics include the importance of sworn owner’s and contractor’s statements, lien waivers, and construction disbursing escrow; Illinois’ proper payment system and the documentation required to limit the owner’s exposure; the reasons for needing additional information by title companies; and what a contractor and subcontractor need to provide in order to get paid.