In today’s uncertain world, more high-net-worth Americans are exploring alternative residency or citizenship options to safeguard their wealth, create new opportunities, and secure their legacy. However, where you hold citizenship doesn’t have to limit where you live. After acquiring a second passport, tax considerations come into play. Should U.S. citizenship (or green card status) be terminated? What are the tax consequences? When considering expatriation, the focus often shifts to navigating the complex income, estate, and gift tax implications. As trusted advisors to clients seeking these alternatives, it's essential to deliver estate planning solutions that are clear, cost-effective, and designed to avoid litigation—ensuring their assets and future are fully protected.

The legal profession is facing an escalating crisis of alcoholism, substance use and mental health disorders. If you know a colleague who is struggling, staying silent can enable these issues, as well as expose your firm to liability. However, approaching a fellow lawyer in distress requires careful consideration and tact, as defensiveness and denial are common responses. Certain approaches yield greater results than others. You need to be equipped with actionable steps to provide the necessary support needed before the situation worsens.

Investing in enterprise risk management (ERM) processes and insurance helps nonprofits mitigate risk, protects resources, ensures compliance, builds stakeholder confidence, and maintains long-term stability. Embarking on an ERM assessment and procuring coverage for identified risks can be daunting but these investments are essential to maximize organizational impacts and longevity. Involving internal stakeholders, and external consultants, including well-versed brokers complete an effective ERM assessment. Register for this timely webcast to learn how to embark on an ERM process and ways to tap into broker expertise to match insurance portfolios with nonprofit needs and risk profiles!

Want to get updated on the hottest issues in legal ethics, but only have an hour to spare? This lively and substantive webcast offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of a wide variety of ethics issues impacting lawyers in all practice areas and work settings. It highlights current developments, provides real-world examples, and delivers up-to-date advice on how courts and disciplinary authorities are interpreting and applying the rules of professional conduct in claims against attorneys.

Oftentimes in LLCs and partnerships, a compensatory partnership interest is intertwined with operational issues and dependent upon performance and profit. Structuring equity compensation plans that address business success as well as tax considerations is key to avoiding common pitfalls that can lead to disastrous tax consequences and disharmony between equity members. As counsel, you must be aware of the range of scenarios and traps and know how to appropriately address these complicated compensation issues when advising on compensation income.

Trial lawyers face unique pressure to master the complexities and nuances of today’s modern litigation practices while achieving the best possible result for their clients. Providing an essential toolkit for any litigator aiming for excellence, this course combines real-world insights and helpful examples to give you the critical strategies you need to win your next case.

Drafting effective employment and separation agreements is a critical for defining the legal relationship between employers and employees. A well-crafted employment agreement that is clear, comprehensive, and tailored to specific roles serves as a powerful tool to safeguard the rights and responsibilities of all involved, as well as prevent acrimony and costly litigation stemming from legal issues and challenges.

In your fast-paced law practice, clutter can be more than just a minor nuisance—it can deteriorate your focus, efficiency, productivity, and mental health. Effective decluttering is more than just ‘cleaning up’ your physical and digital spaces. It’s about reducing anxiety and stress, as well as creating a foundation for long-term professional success.

The past year has brought a wave of federal and state court lawsuits challenging the legality and use of generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) systems and tools. While the myriad questions raised are still in debate, these cases – some, a matter of first impression – may well signal what’s on the horizon and provide guidance to policymakers working to put safeguards in place. The earliest cases against developers of GenAI technologies focused on the data used to train the models and systems – what, when, and how that data was obtained, and whether it was in violation of intellectual property or privacy rights. Later cases have shifted to pointing the finger at GenAI users, especially as these systems become more commonplace in business settings. Because this is a fluid and fast-moving landscape, the way these actions play out in the courts and in the hallways of regulatory agencies could have as much impact on how GenAI is deployed in the U.S. as any potential law ultimately passed by Congress. Join our expert panel for a concise exploration of the claims being raised and defenses used in these disputes, what trends we can predict as they move along, and the risks to yourself and your clients in the interim.

Tangible personal property, like jewelry, family heirlooms, and furniture, is often overlooked in estate planning but can cause significant family disputes if not properly managed. When advising clients during the estate planning process you need to have the necessary tools to ensure your clients' tangible personal property is thoughtfully and legally distributed, minimizing the risk of familial conflict.