• Apr. 24, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend PLI’s Illinois Professional Responsibility MCLE Marathon 2018 is designed to help experienced attorneys practicing in Illinois meet their MCLE professional responsibility requirements, including one hour of Diversity and Inclusion and one hour of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. The program will include discussion of best practices and new and emerging professionalism and ethical issues. If your last name begins with ...

• Apr. 30. - May. 1, 2018 Chicago, IL

Please note that "ethics" in the program title refers to the “Compliance and Ethics Program” used in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations. It does not specifically refer to legal ethics. This program may not offer legal ethics credit in your jurisdiction. Please check the credit calculator to the right for credit information for your jurisdiction. Why You Should Attend Compliance and ethics programs are critical to ...

• May. 1 - 3, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend This three-day program has been designed to ensure that all attendees will benefit, from beginners to experts. The first two days will present a logical and comprehensive study of the basic framework and many important intricacies of Subchapter K, an area of the tax law that many believe can be understood only in its totality. The third day will focus on the application of partnership taxation to specific industries, including ...

• May. 7 - 8, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently celebrated its sixth anniversary and the consumer financial services industry is working to keep pace with the CFPB’s extraordinary number of regulatory and enforcement initiatives. At the same time, other federal and state regulators and attorneys general are ramping up their activity and threatening to fill any void if the successor to CFPB Director Cordray is less ...

• May. 8 - 10, 2018 Chicago, IL

Please note that this is an approved New York transitional program. Why You Should Attend This program is directed to patent prosecuting and litigating attorneys and patent agents with or without a Patent Office registration number and with little or no patent experience. The program will focus on teaching the basics of claim drafting, patent application preparation and prosecution, and also provide a review of recent developments in the law. A ...

• May. 10 - 11, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend 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, ...

• May. 14, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend This program will serve both as a refresher of ethical obligations, and also review recent developments impacting the professional responsibilities of attorneys in private practice, as well as those who serve as inside counsel.    Who Should Attend This program is intended for attorneys at all levels of experience both in private practice and in-house.   Special Features Convenient two-hour format Earn two hours ...

• May. 21 - 22, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Learn how to successfully apply and use the new revenue recognition model in ASC 606 to ensure your implementation plan is complete.  Through interactive lecture, case studies and review of examples and experiences of early adopters, Workshop participants will learn how the new revenue recognition standard changes revenue recognition accounting and affects the related estimates and judgments required.  Participants ...

• May. 23 - 24, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend A hands-on Workshop designed to give participants a mastery of the Form 10-K requirements, and takeaways on how to improve 10-K disclosures. Interactive discussions involving example 10-Ks will enhance your understanding of each item, with particular focus given to the Management’s Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) section. Workshop leaders will guide Participants through Form 10-K item-by-item, using PLI’s SEC ...

• May. 31. - Jun. 1, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Whether you are a litigator or a transactional attorney, knowing the numbers behind the law will only help you in your practice.  You may be litigating an accounting fraud or conducting due diligence for a merger – in either case, the numbers will come up.  Understanding basic accounting will equip you with a working knowledge of how to decipher the numbers on the page and connect the law with the accounting before ...

• Jun. 6, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend From commencement to conclusion, lawyers face numerous issues when conducting an internal investigation. Allegations by a whistleblower, ethical dilemmas, and managing the costs of an investigation are just some of the challenges that may arise. Companies and their counsel must anticipate potential risks and quickly resolve all issues that arise before, during, and after the investigation. At this program, an expert faculty will ...

• Jun. 6 - 7, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend At this perennial favorite, our experienced faculty will walk you through all of the steps associated with acquiring and selling a privately held company, whether it is a large independent corporation, a division or subsidiary of a large public company, or a smaller venture capital-backed or family-owned entrepreneurial enterprise. You will learn about the special issues that apply when a private equity firm is the buyer or ...

• Jun. 11 - 12, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend      This program focuses on the current critical issues of information privacy, cybersecurity and data protection faced by all companies.  The Internet and evolving mobile and virtualized information technologies, wired and wireless, have prompted the development of powerful tools for the collection, processing, storage, and use of personal information.   More than ever, businesses are ...

• Jun. 13, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Recent years showcased the range of novel challenges copyright law still faces as technology spawns revolutionary ways to create, share, consume and display copyrightable works.  In many cases, fledgling tech upstarts have rose up to become the new media establishment in just a few years, first pushing at the bounds of copyright law to now stand as the figurative Goliath in some copyright law matters.  This program ...

• Jun. 14, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Trademark holders benefit from the increased exposure that social media and the internet, generally, affords them.  Yet, with greater exposure follows the heightened need to police trademarks and carry out necessary enforcement, whether domestically or abroad. Adding to the growing complexity in policing trademarks, the law itself continues to evolve with 2017 delivering pivotal case law on disparaging marks and claryfing ...

• Jul. 24 - 28, 2018 Chicago, IL

Please note: You MUST use a .edu email address as your primary email address in order to get the student discount automatically. By doing so, you certify that you are a currently enrolled student and that you are not buying the course for someone who is not currently a student. If you have any questions in this regard or would like to ask about a discount even though you are not a student (e.g., unemployed, government attorney), do not hesitate to ...

• Sep. 5, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Sep. 13 - 14, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Sep. 14, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Sep. 26 - 27, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Whether you are new to the field or seeking a quick refresher or an update, this is the securities law primer that you won’t want to miss. This program will provide an overview and discussion of the basic aspects of the U.S. federal securities laws by leading in-house and law firm practitioners as well as SEC staff.  Emphasis will be placed on the interplay among the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange ...

• Sep. 27 - 28, 2018 Chicago, IL

This advanced program is designed for corporate and other in-house practitioners or outside counsel with patent experience who wish to improve their patent preparation and prosecution skills including drafting the specification and claims for U.S. and foreign patent applications, conducting examiner interviews, and drafting effective Office Action responses. By way of homework and classroom sample problems and solutions, attendees will have the opportunity ...

• Oct. 1, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Oct. 1 - 2, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Oct. 17 - 18, 2018 Chicago, IL

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• Oct. 22 - 23, 2018 Chicago, IL

Why You Should Attend Designed for accounting and financial reporting professionals, this Workshop will help you build the foundational knowledge and practical experience necessary to prepare and review the SEC’s periodic and current reporting forms. Participants will learn the structure and details of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, with particular emphasis on challenging and complex disclosures and how to effectively use the SEC’s ...