Course Handbook from the program Winter Ethics 2017, held December, 2017.

Recorded on: Jan. 11, 2018

Taken from the Web Program Basic Negotiation Skills 2018 Recorded January 2018 in San Francisco Bargaining - Mastering Tactics of Effective Negotiating [01:00:05] Bargaining is most effective in a negotiation if other negotiators trust what you are offering and when you know who you are really bargaining with.  Each side may trade items of unequal value, but each side must trade something, otherwise a stalemate occurs.  The panelists ...

Recorded on: Jan. 16, 2018

Taken from the Web Program Mergers & Acquisitions 2018: Advanced Trends and Developments Recorded January 2018 in New York Appraisal Developments [01:30:46] The rise of appraisal arbitrage Statutory responses Interplay between appraisal and fiduciary duty litigation Chancery Court rulings including Dell, DFC Global, PetSmart, SWS and Sprint Supreme Court rulings in DFC Global and Dell Selected issues  ...

Course Handbook from the program Taxation of Financial Products and Transactions 2018, held January, 2018.

From the program: Playing Well with Others: The Necessity of Professionalism Among Lawyers

Released on: Jan. 17, 2018

Taken from the One-Hour Briefing Recorded January 2018 in New York Playing Well with Others: The Necessity of Professionalism Among Lawyers [01:02:50] Lawyers were once among the most trusted and well-regarded professionals in the country.  Over the last several decades, however, public opinion of the legal profession has declined.  Recent poll results show that only 18% of people rate the ethical standards of lawyers as "High" or "Very ...

Recorded on: Jan. 17, 2018

SPEAKER 1: It is now my pleasure briefing over to Shari Klevens. SHARI KLEVENS: Thank you very much, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. We're going to be talking about professionalism, which has become a very, very hot topic in the legal profession, in part because judges and courts have become more insistent on professionalism, but also because in the profession as a whole, there is a general public opinion of lawyers that is on the ...

From the program: Representing Modest Means Homeowners in Association Disputes: Key California Statutes and Consumer Protections (Free)

Released on: Jan. 24, 2018

This training will introduce the new practitioner to statutes governing consumer rights in three key areas: assessment collection, transparency in association financial operations, and election statutes (used not only to elect board directors, but to set certain assessments.)  The training will also benefit practitioners, who have represented homeowners in the past, but want to deepen their understanding of the complex statutes governing associations.  ...

Course Handbook from the program Doing Business in India 2018, held October 2018.

Course Handbook from the program Cybersecurity Best Practices for Legal Services Providers 2018, held January 2018.

From the program: Request for Proposal (“RFP”) Process: Structure, Substance and Additional Considerations for Corporate and Outside Counsel

Released on: Jan. 18, 2018

Taken from the One-Hour Briefing Recorded January 2018 in New York Request for Proposal (“RFP”) Process: Structure, Substance and Additional Considerations for Corporate and Outside Counsel [01:03:35] This Briefing will explore how in-house counsel can successfully master the Request for Proposal process when hiring counsel, experts, consultants, and vendors for litigation or transactions.  Our panel will guide attendees through ...

Recorded on: Jan. 18, 2018

ERIC SCHIFFER: So thank you, Marjorie, and thank you PLI for inviting me here today. The HOA election issue is an interesting one. Because as Marjorie indicated with her opening remarks, HOAs manage an awful lot of money. They're sitting on a lot of money. And when you're an entity sitting on a lot of money, and oftentimes run by members who are just laymen, who may not really know what they're doing, it's very easy to come under the manipulation ...

Recorded on: Jan. 18, 2018

MARJORIE: Our next speaker is Justin Berger, Principal at Cotchett, Pitre, and McCarthy, where he focuses on False Claims Act litigation, consumer protection, financial elder abuse, employment law, and other complex civil litigation. He has been recognized as one of the top young litigators in California. In 2016, he was named by the Daily Journal as one of the top 40 under 40 attorneys in California. We're grateful to Justin and to his law firm ...

Recorded on: Jan. 18, 2018

AMY TAUB: Hello. My name is Amy Taub. And I'm a program attorney with PLI, a nonprofit learning organization. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Request for Proposal Process-- Structure, Substance, and Additional Considerations for Corporate and Outside Counsel. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please ...

Recorded on: Jan. 18, 2018

MARJORIE MURRAY: Our first speaker is going to be Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner. He was elected commissioner in November 2010 and reelected in 2014. But before he took that post, he served in the California State Assembly from 2004 through 2010, where he chaired, among other committees, the Assembly Judiciary Committee. And while he was chair of that committee, several bills passed through that committee that we are going to be talking ...

Published: January 2018

Course Handbook from the program Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions 2018, held January 2018.

Course Handbook from the program Bridge-the-Gap I: Ethics and Skills for Newly Admitted New York Attorneys 2018, held January 2018.

From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2018

Released on: Mar. 13, 2018

Intellectual property licensing continues to grow increasingly complex with the legal, regulatory and technical landscape constantly evolving.  Building and maintaining a successful and effective practice requires that practitioners stay sharp and current in a wide variety of key areas. Whether you are using licensing to expand or create market opportunities, develop technology, or generate returns from existing assets, managing licensing transactions ...

From the program: Puerto Rico Disaster Relief 2018: FEMA Appeals

Released on: Jan. 23, 2018

To view this program with Spanish language closed-captioning, click the "CC" button at the bottom of the screen once the program has launched. As part of PLI’s commitment to the pro bono activities of the legal community, there is no fee to view this program. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria (which made landfall on September 20 2017, and was the most  powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in nearly a century), Puerto Rico continues ...

Recorded on: Jan. 23, 2018

WILLIAM FRIEDMAN: All right, great. Thanks, everyone, and I do want to echo Natasha in just expressing my gratitude at the huge amount of interest we've seen from the legal community in trying to help the many, many people who have suffered loss as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Again, it's really heartening to see the amount of interest that we have. So I'm going to be talking specifically about FEMA appeals today, appealing denials. ...

From the program: Expanding Your Practice Using Limited Scope Representation 2018 (Free)

Released on: Feb. 1, 2018

This program will provide an introduction to the rapidly changing practice of limited scope representation (often called “unbundling”) in a family law context, including all of the fee agreements, forms and other materials you will need to practice limited scope representation competently, safely and profitably. Lecture Topics [Total time 03:09:55] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.  ...

Recorded on: Jan. 25, 2018

M. SUE TALIA: OK. Let's move on to segment two of our program. And this is the risk management materials. And we're going to be spending a lot of time in your materials over the next hour. The risk management materials have a history. I drafted them when I was involved with the Access to Justice Commission Project. But actually, they started before that. When I was developing my very, very first training on limited scope representation, the very, ...

Recorded on: Jan. 25, 2018

M. SUE TALIA: --program. So let's get started. First, a show of hands. I'll pretend I can see those of you on the web. Show of hands-- raise your hand if you have all of the clients you-- you want, you love every blessed one of them, and you have zero accounts receivable. I never get a-- I never get a hand on that one. If you have all of those three things, you're in the wrong room. You do not need to expand your practice. But if you're missing ...