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(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz

(January) - 10 Steps for Financing Your Company in the New Economy

(March) - Enforcement and Compliance Tips under Digital Millenium Copyright Act

(August-September) - What You Need to Know about Using Names & Likeness in Entertainment and Advertising Mediums

(December) - How to Protect Yourself from Others Who May Steal Your Name or other Intellectual Property

(March) - What You Need to Know About Executive Entertainment Compensation Agreements

(February) - How To Stop the Strike

(June) - The Next Wave of Film Financing After the Demise of the German Public Stock Market. Discussion will cover the business, legal, and tax implications of this financing wave, putting it into an historical perspective.

(September/October) - Putting the Brakes on the RIght of Publicity

(May/June) - The Media, Advertising, Children and The First Amendment

(November-December) - Everything You Need to Know about Product Placement

(January) - Crisis Management -- Lessons in Handling Environmental Disasters

(March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation

(June) - Risk Avoidance - Lessons Learned from Product Stewardship

(November- December, 2001) - A Practical Guide to Implementing the Polanco Act for Redevelopment Area Brownfields

(May) - Alert! The New Supreme Court Ruling on "Isolated Waters"

(September/October) - The Drastic Effects of Senate Bill 497 on the Subdivision Map Act

(August) - Analysis of Water Supply Issues
(October) - Trial Court Invalidation of CEQA Guidelines

(February/March) - Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act

(January) - Bernal Case Fallout - Limits on Fish & Wildlife Service Authority
(April) - Limits of Federal And State Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Wetlands and Other Waters: Implications of The Supreme Court's SWANCC Decision

(March) - Essential Tips To Become A Permanent Resident Of The U.S

(May) - How To Become A Citizen Of The U.S.

(February) - How to Avoid Uncertainty in Implementing Cross Border Immigration Strategies between Canada and US

(August) - Suggest a Topic

(January) - Crisis Management -- Lessons in Handling Environmental Disasters

(March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation

(June) - Risk Avoidance - Lessons Learned from Product Stewardship

(March) - Enforcement and Compliance Tips under Digital Millenium Copyright Act

(June) - What You Need to Know about Using Names & Likeness in Entertainment and Advertising Mediums

(August) - How to Deal with IP & Privacy Issues on the Internet

(November) - How to Protect Yourself from Others Who May Steal Your Name or other Intellectual Property

(January) - 10 Steps for Financing Your Company in the New Economy

(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz

Jon Meer
Catherine Conway & Brett Thomas

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

(May) - 10 Things to Do When Served with an Employment-Related Lawsuit or Claim

Analysis of Compensation Trends in the Legal Community (Click Here To Get This Discussion NOW for MCLE Credit)

(July) - Partner Compensation - What You Need to Know

(August) - Maximizing Profit for your Law Firm

(11/29/01) (Live) 2001 Law Firm Compensation Seminar
For info: droberts@legalelite.com

Robert Kehr
Kehr, Schiff & Crane, LLP

Conflict of Interest, Part I-- How to Protect Yourself
(Click Here To Get This Discussion NOW for MCLE Credit)

Litigation Join Group! Ask a Question

(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz

(March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation

Real Estate - Construction Join Group! Ask a Question

(June) - Changes: Actual, Constructive and Cardinal

(November) - Essential Pointers on Changes: Part 2

Gordon Hunt
Hunt Ortmann, et al, a Professional Corp.

(March) - Essential Pointers on Design Builds

(August-September) - Don't Cash that Check!

(December) - "Pay if Paid" Clauses Unenforceable - Where Do We Go From Here?

Ken Gibbs
Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner LLP

(May) - Statutory Releases: Is the Construction Industry Living in a "Fools" Paradise?

(September-October) - Single Biggest Mistake an Insured Can Make at a Construction Defect Mediation

(October) - Negotiating Consequential Damages Waivers

Real Estate - Land Use Join Group! Ask a Question

(June) - Does The California Coastal Commission Overstep Its Authority?

(September/October) - The Drastic Effects of Senate Bill 497 on the Subdivision Map Act

(April) - Battling Sprawl Through Initiatives and Referenda
(November) - Battling Sprawl Through Initiatives and Referenda

(March) - Affordable Housing: State Goals v. Local Reality

(July) - How to Analyze Energy Impacts in an EIR in Light of the current California Energy Crisis

(June) -Bankruptcy & State Law Limitations Affecting Landlord Recoveries

(November) - Tips on Credit Enhancement Instruments You Should Use with High-Tech Tenants

(July) - Sublease Negotiating Issues and Techniques;
Now More Than Ever

(January) - Working With The American Industrial Real Estate Association Standard Forms of Lease

(October) - Letter of Intents

(April) - Disabled Access Law Update: New Suits & Settlements
(October) - Defending Claims Under The Fair Housing Act
(December) - Sharing The Risk of Disabled Access Suits: Insurance Coverage & Indemnity

2001 Law Firm Compensation Seminar

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To participate in any of the following Discussions, Subscribe (it's free) to the practice groups listed below. [Discussions are approved for California Participatory MCLE Credit] 1. Discussions are solely via Email. You will receive an Email with the Elites tips which you can reply to with your questions. The follow up Email sent later, will contain the answers to the best questions asked. To get more details on participating in a Discussion, click here. 2. To ask a question before a Discussion begins, send an Email to questions@legalelite.com with the title of the Discussion and Legal Elite name. Questions will be answered during the scheduled Discussion month. 3. To suggest a topic, send an Email to: topics@legalelite.com 4. Participation in the discussions is subject to our Disclaimer. 5. Legal Elite Online is California State Bar approved provider of MCLE. 6. To get participatory MCLE credit, send us an email with the title of the discussion.

TOPICS FOR 2001 To see the topics for 2002, click here
Arbitration Join Group! Ask a Question
Judge Lawrence Waddington	(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz
Bankruptcy Join Group! Ask a Question
Rob Morrison Pillsbury Winthrop LLP	Suggest a Topic
Corporate Join Group! Ask a Question
Allen Sussman (High Tech companies) Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP	(January) - 10 Steps for Financing Your Company in the New Economy
John Bogush & Stan Anders KPMG	Suggest a Topic
Entertainment Join Group! Ask a Question
John Genga (Copyright/Trademark) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP	(March) - Enforcement and Compliance Tips under Digital Millenium Copyright Act (August-September) - What You Need to Know about Using Names & Likeness in Entertainment and Advertising Mediums (December) - How to Protect Yourself from Others Who May Steal Your Name or other Intellectual Property
Robert Marshall Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger LLP	(March) - What You Need to Know About Executive Entertainment Compensation Agreements
Schuyler Moore Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP	(February) - How To Stop the Strike (June) - The Next Wave of Film Financing After the Demise of the German Public Stock Market. Discussion will cover the business, legal, and tax implications of this financing wave, putting it into an historical perspective. (September/October) - Putting the Brakes on the RIght of Publicity
Pierce O'Donnell & John Shaeffer O'Donnell & Shaeffer LLP	(May/June) - The Media, Advertising, Children and The First Amendment (November-December) - Everything You Need to Know about Product Placement Suggest More Topics
Environment Join Group! Ask a Question
James Bruen Farella Braun + Martel LLP	(January) - Crisis Management -- Lessons in Handling Environmental Disasters (March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation (June) - Risk Avoidance - Lessons Learned from Product Stewardship
Jennifer Hernandez Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.	(November- December, 2001) - A Practical Guide to Implementing the Polanco Act for Redevelopment Area Brownfields
Robert Wyatt & James Burroughs Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(May) - Alert! The New Supreme Court Ruling on "Isolated Waters"
Michael Durkee & David Blackwell Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(September/October) - The Drastic Effects of Senate Bill 497 on the Subdivision Map Act
Stephen Kostka & Marie Cooper McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP	(August) - Analysis of Water Supply Issues (October) - Trial Court Invalidation of CEQA Guidelines
David Moser McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP	(February/March) - Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act
Clark Morrison Morrison & Foerster LLP	(January) - Bernal Case Fallout - Limits on Fish & Wildlife Service Authority (April) - Limits of Federal And State Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Wetlands and Other Waters: Implications of The Supreme Court's SWANCC Decision
Immigration Join Group! Ask a Question
Carl Shusterman Law Offices of Carl Shusterman	(March) - Essential Tips To Become A Permanent Resident Of The U.S (May) - How To Become A Citizen Of The U.S.
Ronald Zisman & Terry Preshaw Preshaw & Zisman	(February) - How to Avoid Uncertainty in Implementing Cross Border Immigration Strategies between Canada and US (August) - Suggest a Topic
Insurance & Risk Management Join Group! Ask a Question
James Bruen Farella Braun + Martel LLP	(January) - Crisis Management -- Lessons in Handling Environmental Disasters (March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation (June) - Risk Avoidance - Lessons Learned from Product Stewardship
Kirk Pasich & Linda Kornfeld Howrey Simon Arnold & White	Suggest a Topic
Intellectual Property Join Group! Ask a Question
John Genga (Copyright/Trademark) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP	(March) - Enforcement and Compliance Tips under Digital Millenium Copyright Act (June) - What You Need to Know about Using Names & Likeness in Entertainment and Advertising Mediums (August) - How to Deal with IP & Privacy Issues on the Internet (November) - How to Protect Yourself from Others Who May Steal Your Name or other Intellectual Property
Internet Join Group! Ask a Question
Allen Sussman (High Tech companies) Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP	(January) - 10 Steps for Financing Your Company in the New Economy
Labor Join Group! Ask a Question
Nancy Abell Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP	(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz
Jon Meer Catherine Conway & Brett Thomas Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.	(May) - 10 Things to Do When Served with an Employment-Related Lawsuit or Claim
Law Practice Management (MCLE Required) Join Group! Ask a Question
David Roberts, CPA RBZ, LLP	Analysis of Compensation Trends in the Legal Community (Click Here To Get This Discussion NOW for MCLE Credit) (July) - Partner Compensation - What You Need to Know (August) - Maximizing Profit for your Law Firm (11/29/01) (Live) 2001 Law Firm Compensation Seminar For info: droberts@legalelite.com
Legal Ethics (MCLE Required) Join Group!
Robert Kehr Kehr, Schiff & Crane, LLP	Conflict of Interest, Part I-- How to Protect Yourself (Click Here To Get This Discussion NOW for MCLE Credit)
Litigation Join Group! Ask a Question
Judge Lawrence Waddington	(March) - Update on Arbitration Agreements since the Landmark Decision in Armendariz
James Bruen Farella Braun + Martel LLP	(March) - Risk Management – Lessons Learned Avoiding Environmental Litigation
Real Estate - Construction Join Group! Ask a Question
Richard Holderness Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson and Ron Shumway & Steve Walker Bechtel Corporation	(June) - Changes: Actual, Constructive and Cardinal (November) - Essential Pointers on Changes: Part 2
Gordon Hunt Hunt Ortmann, et al, a Professional Corp.	(March) - Essential Pointers on Design Builds (August-September) - Don't Cash that Check! (December) - "Pay if Paid" Clauses Unenforceable - Where Do We Go From Here?
Ken Gibbs Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner LLP	(May) - Statutory Releases: Is the Construction Industry Living in a "Fools" Paradise? (September-October) - Single Biggest Mistake an Insured Can Make at a Construction Defect Mediation
Charles Sink Farella Braun + Martel LLP	(October) - Negotiating Consequential Damages Waivers
Real Estate - Land Use Join Group! Ask a Question
Clare Bronowski & Elizabeth Giffen Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP	(June) - Does The California Coastal Commission Overstep Its Authority?
Michael Durkee & David Blackwell Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(September/October) - The Drastic Effects of Senate Bill 497 on the Subdivision Map Act
Dan Curtin, Jr. & Cecily Talbert McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP	(April) - Battling Sprawl Through Initiatives and Referenda (November) - Battling Sprawl Through Initiatives and Referenda
Steve Weston & Tom Cohen Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava MacCuish LLP	(March) - Affordable Housing: State Goals v. Local Reality
Steve Weston & Barbara J. Higgins Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava MacCuish LLP	(July) - How to Analyze Energy Impacts in an EIR in Light of the current California Energy Crisis
Real Estate - Leasing Join Group! Ask a Question
Tony Natsis Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(June) -Bankruptcy & State Law Limitations Affecting Landlord Recoveries
Tony Natsis Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(November) - Tips on Credit Enhancement Instruments You Should Use with High-Tech Tenants
Rick Mallory Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory LLP	(July) - Sublease Negotiating Issues and Techniques; Now More Than Ever (January) - Working With The American Industrial Real Estate Association Standard Forms of Lease
Mike Meyer Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP	(October) - Letter of Intents
Real Estate - Retail Join Group! Ask a Question
Gregory Hurley Kutak Rock	(April) - Disabled Access Law Update: New Suits & Settlements (October) - Defending Claims Under The Fair Housing Act (December) - Sharing The Risk of Disabled Access Suits: Insurance Coverage & Indemnity
Tax Join Group! Ask a Question
David Roberts, CPA RBZ, Inc.	2001 Law Firm Compensation Seminar
John Bonn Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	Suggest a Topic
Trusts & Estates & Probate Join Group! Ask a Question
John Gallo Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger LLP	Suggest a Topic