As nearly every state has legalized or decriminalized cannabis in some form, possession and cultivation of marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Employers are faced with many difficult questions relating to employee use of cannabis products. This course will discuss the impact of cannabis legalization on screening and hiring employees, enacting drug-free workplace policies, and avoiding litigation risk including from negligent hiring, vicarious liability, employment discrimination and wrongful termination claims. We will explore current scientific limitations on testing for impairment, and the causes of false positive drug test results. You will learn about the movement to legalize cannabis, how to track developments in the law and where to find practical guidance for adapting your employment policies and practices as this area of the law continues to evolve.

•Identify and understand the current state of HIPAA, including the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Rules; HIPAA violation investigations; penalties; and detect compliance best practices. •Pinpoint HIPAA trends, regulations, and understand recent enforcement actions taken by the OCR. •Discover the tools to stay up to date on HIPAA and the evolving HIPAA landscape.

Staying ahead of key developments across the broad and rapidly evolving legal, regulatory, and political landscape of U.S. environmental law can be a challenging task. This 60-minute seminar will provide an overview of key environmental practice areas, an update on several recent significant legislative, regulatory, and judicial actions and demonstrate effective methods to stay up-to-date as events and issues unfold.

With data breaches and security incidents happening daily, it is not a matter of IF you will experience a cybersecurity incident, but WHEN. Cybersecurity threats are growing in scale and complexity and virtually every company in all industries face growing cyber risks. As cybersecurity laws and regulations unfold and consumer lawsuits become the norm, cybersecurity remains a top concern for businesses, including the C-suite.

Legal professionals have a duty to provide competent representation to their clients. In the past, that meant an attorney was competent based on their experience and knowledge of the law. Today, however, the concept of competence has evolved to include a duty of technological competence. Attorneys today use a wide variety of technology – from email to Word to Artificial Intelligence tools. This session will address the ethical obligations that arise from the use of technology in the practice of law.

This seminar will depart from the standard CLE lecture format to provide an update on key corporate law developments through a highly interactive ‘Jeopardy’-style game format. Attendees will compete by answering a series of questions designed to provide a comprehensive review of critical happenings in corporate law. Topics will vary but will generally cover subjects such as noteworthy Delaware Court of Chancery caselaw, concepts ranging from piercing the corporate veil to the business judgment rule, ethical issues for corporate attorneys, M&A deal terms, and SEC rules and regulations (as appropriate for firms with public company practices). The moderator/presenter will provide comprehensive answers to each question to ensure that attendees are well versed on current issues in corporate law.

With over 70% of U.S. adults on social media, workplace implications of social media activity present countless opportunities and pitfalls to employers. Aside from potential reputational damage, there are practical concerns when it comes to hiring practices, implementing social media policies, monitoring social media use, avoiding discrimination and harassment liability, and triggering NLRA issues. This CLE uses real-world examples of employment-related social media activity that “went viral” and provides best practices to avoid legal exposure that can come quickly and unexpectedly.

This course will review recent developments in intellectual property law and practice from trends in litigation and major verdicts to new and pending legislation and regulatory guidance. We will review fundamental legal concepts pertaining to the covered events and how to research related legal matters. The selected emerging issues will be drawn from copyright, trademark and trade secret news with the goal of helping attorneys stay up to date on current awareness and trends in their fields.

Staying current with the latest developments in antitrust law in an evolving regulatory and political climate can be a challenging task. This course will provide an update on several key judicial and regulatory actions to monitor this year and also survey a range of effective methods to stay up to date

Securities practice requires the ability to seamlessly navigate a broader variety of resources than perhaps any other area of law. This course will leverage substantive examples ranging from the use of Non-GAAP financial metrics in financial disclosures to cybersecurity risk factors and even hot topics in SEC enforcement for purposes of equipping attendees with the skills they need to effectively approach any securities research task with confidence.