 | The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 gives financially distressed small businesses and individuals a new lifeline in Bankruptcy Court. Under the new Subchapter V of Chapter 11, taking effect in February 2020, Congress has created a procedural mechanism for a new streamlined and simplified restructuring plan to be approved by bankruptcy courts to provide relief to the many small business owners who find themselves struggling to keep afloat. We will cover basic procedures for these new Small Business Subchapter V bankruptcies, try to anticipate how the court will administer these cases and try to identify those types of cases that would most benefit from this all-new opportunity for restructuring. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 11, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 gives financially distressed small businesses and individuals a new lifeline in Bankruptcy Court. Under the new Subchapter V of Chapter 11, taking effect in February 2020, Congress has created a procedural mechanism for a new streamlined and simplified restructuring plan to be approved by bankruptcy courts to provide relief to the many small business owners who find themselves struggling to keep afloat. We will cover basic procedures for these new Small Business Subchapter V bankruptcies, try to anticipate how the court will administer these cases and try to identify those types of cases that would most benefit from this all-new opportunity for restructuring. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 11, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | How comfortable are you with working capital concepts in M&A transactions? In a due diligence review of a company's financial statements, can you identify and recognize working capital issues? How well can you address working capital issues when drafting transaction agreements? How should working capital adjustments be structured? This program seeks answers to those questions and more by discussing issues related to working capital in the transactional setting. In particular, the program will touch on the following topics: * Vocabulary of terms * Typical working capital adjustments and considerations * Financial statements due diligence with an eye toward identifying working capital issues, and drafting for them accordingly in the governing documents * Industry specific considerations that may affect purchase price adjustments * A discussion of traps for the unwary | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 30, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | SUMMARY PARAGRAPH:
- Methods of valuing a closely-held enterprise and valuation mechanics.
- Tax implications of buy/sell provisions and valuation methods.
- Litigation perspective on drafting buy/sell provisions.
ATTENDEE TAKEAWAYS: Types of entities; payment methods; redemption vs. cross purchase; issues related to insurance owned by the entity;
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: - Business law attorneys
- Commercial litigators
- Tax practitioners
MCLE: 2.0 Professional Practice Appropriate for both newly admitted & experienced attorneys
| Formats Available: On-Demand, Webcast + Archive
| Original Seminar Date: March 27, 2013
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | If you have considered joining a non-profit board this is a program that will help you make the right decision. This CLE will provide participants with a general overview of practical and ethical issues that should be taken into consideration when joining a board. Topics explored will include how to select an organization, the roles and responsibilities of board members, your role as an attorney on the board, and how to handle ethical issues arising from board membership (including ethical conflicts of interest). | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 30, 2017
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This CLE will provide business and transactional attorneys with best practices involving software license agreements, including an understanding and overview of the critical elements in a software license agreement, and the common challenges that often arise during the course of drafting and negotiating those agreements.
Topics include:
* Key provisions that should be included in every software agreement, including risk allocation provisions (indemnification, representations and warranties, and limitations of liability)
* An overview and tips regarding specific types of agreements, including EULAs (end-user license agreements) and SaaS (software as a service) agreements
* Intellectual property issues
* Protecting IP with software escrow - why, when and how?
The presentation will emphasize solutions and suggestions for transactional attorneys, drawing on the presenter's experience and in-depth knowledge. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 28, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Learn about various legal and business issues that should be considered when counseling business owners on their exit strategy concerning their business ownership. Topics will include valuation, financial, insurance, and estate planning considerations as well as ESOP transfers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 29, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This program will provide an overview of several commonly negotiated provisions found in supplier contracts. After that, a local in-house attorney will do a deeper dive into a sample supplier contract, and will provide drafting and negotiating insight. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 13, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Join us for a discussion about the elements of force majeure clauses and how clients may be able to invike these provisions to excuse contractual performance as a result of COVID-19. Find out how insurers are responding to billions of dollars worth of business interruption claims. Continue the discussion about landlord and tenant considerations in connection with commercial spaces as a result of COVID-19 and government ordered shutdowns. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 06, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 16, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 0.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Topics include cases involving: - Patent Prosecution
- Trademark Law
- Copyright Law
MCLE: 2.5 Professional Practice Appropriate for experienced attorneys only; not new admittees | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 10, 2013
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.50 hours Total CLE Hours, 2.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This CLE will provide business and transactional attorneys with a litigator's perspective on drafting and litigating buy-sell agreements among business owners. Specific topics to be discussed include:
* Dangers of relying on boilerplate provisions.
* Determining if and when to commence litigation over a buy-sell agreement.
* Litigation considerations when drafting buy-sell agreement provisions, such as valuation, deadlock resolution, and management following an operative event, such as death or termination of employment.
* Fiduciary duties owed by a managing owner to non-managing owners.
The presentation will emphasize solutions and suggestions for transactional attorneys, drawing on the presenter's experience and in-depth knowledge. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 31, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This two-part seminar focuses on negotiating, drafting and working with bank loan documents. Presented by Jennifer Chadwick and Collin Doane, session one will explore the impact of negotiating certain loan document provisions in the event of a loan workout or litigation. After lunch, Nicholas Gatto and Jeffrey Morse will provide tips and practical solutions to help better understand subordination and intercreditor agreements and the issues that may arise in negotiating these documents for your clients. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 05, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Learn about the basics of preparing governance and policy documents for New York not-for-profit organizations, including preparing annual filings, and recent updates to Federal and New York law. This session will hit the highlights of various governance policies and IRS Forms 1023 and 990 from legal and accounting perspectives. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 27, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | The resources available to nonprofit governing boards in New York are intended to allow independent, well-meaning volunteers to assess community need and adjust their institutional response accordingly. The current composite of crises has accelerated the pace of change and forced a level of engagement not seen for decades. Join us to learn what has changed, and what remains.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 05, 2020
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 | This program will review the second round of legislation regarding Payroll Protection Program loans. The new legislation includes expanded eligibility allowing 501(c)(6) organizations to obtain PPP loans. And it offers existing PPP borrowers to obtain a second PPP loan. It also provides a new forgiveness application for small loans. Panelists will also review the deductibility of business expenses paid with PPP loan proceeds and examine changes to the employee retention tax credit.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 28, 2021
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | This webinar will cover updates to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”), including how to calculate loan forgiveness, updates to eligibility, and an overview of the changes to the programs.panel - composed of lawyers and a banker - will provide real life tips and insights for applicants and borrowers utilizing these programs. If you are participating in either PPP or EIDL, or even thinking of doing so, you will not want to miss this timely seminar! Business Law Section Moderator: Steven R. Gersz, Underberg Kessler Panelists: Emily Cohen, Harter Secrest & Emery & Virgil Joseph, M&T Bank | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: June 04, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Topics Include: * Latest issues related to SAFE, KISS and convertible promissory note form documents * Securities Law compliance issues related to Regulation D, crowdfunding and State Securities Law * Internet coin offerings - What the heck is an Internet coin? * Ethical issues for attorneys seeking to invest in or alongside clients, and accepting equity in consideration for legal fees | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 26, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Topics Included: - Private Placements
- Public Company Compliance
- Ramifications of Non-Compliance
- Recent Developments in Securities Law / Crowdsourcing / JOBS Act
MCLE: 4.0 Professional Practice Appropriate for only experienced attorneys, NOT New Admittees | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 05, 2013
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 4.00 hours Total CLE Hours, 4.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This program will tell you what you need to know about the CARES Act loan program to benefit your clients and your own law firm. Panelists will sort out the alphabet soup of EIDL and PPP loans, examine how to pick among the available relief program alternatives, and provide you with an understanding of the mechanics of the loan application process. The program includes: 1. An overview of EIDL and PPP 2. Which of the CARES Act programs is right for me? Comparing and contrasting the EIDL and PPP loan programs, and benefits available under other CARES Act tax credits 3. Tips for preparing the EIDL loan application & the EIDL loan advance 4. Tips for preparing the PPP loan application | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 13, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 1 hour New York (Skills)
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 | Numerous commentators have concluded that tax reform has upended many of the traditional considerations in choosing an entity. But, has it? This CLE will review the tax considerations in choosing a form of business organization in light of tax reform. It will also include a detailed review of recently proposed regulations related to the partnership pass-through deduction. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 23, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Law firms have leaned on hourly billing since there have been law firms. But legal consumers view that as problematic, because the model promotes inefficiency and uncapped fees. That means that law firms are starting to develop alternative pricing models that respond to downward pressure from consumers related to cost, while still providing quality service. We’ll run down all the options.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 27, 2020
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 | Commercial litigators often face a challenge over hastily concocted corporate, limited liability or partnership agreements. Eager principals want a quick agreement, “down-and-dirty.” But these same agreements spawn inevitable litigation when the participants seek to divide handsome profits or escape strangling debts. This panel - the district’s commercial division judge, an experienced litigator and an equally experienced draftswoman - will guide attorneys through the pitfalls of these agreements.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 10, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills)
| MORE INFO |
 | The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 gives financially distressed small businesses and individuals a new lifeline in Bankruptcy Court. Under the new Subchapter V of Chapter 11, taking effect in February 2020, Congress has created a procedural mechanism for a new streamlined and simplified restructuring plan to be approved by bankruptcy courts to provide relief to the many small business owners who find themselves struggling to keep afloat. We will cover basic procedures for these new Small Business Subchapter V bankruptcies, try to anticipate how the court will administer these cases and try to identify those types of cases that would most benefit from this all-new opportunity for restructuring. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 11, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
| MORE INFO |
 | Join us for a discussion about the elements of force majeure clauses and how clients may be able to invike these provisions to excuse contractual performance as a result of COVID-19. Find out how insurers are responding to billions of dollars worth of business interruption claims. Continue the discussion about landlord and tenant considerations in connection with commercial spaces as a result of COVID-19 and government ordered shutdowns. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 06, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
| MORE INFO |
 | The resources available to nonprofit governing boards in New York are intended to allow independent, well-meaning volunteers to assess community need and adjust their institutional response accordingly. The current composite of crises has accelerated the pace of change and forced a level of engagement not seen for decades. Join us to learn what has changed, and what remains.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 05, 2020
| MORE INFO |
 | Commercial litigators often face a challenge over hastily concocted corporate, limited liability or partnership agreements. Eager principals want a quick agreement, “down-and-dirty.” But these same agreements spawn inevitable litigation when the participants seek to divide handsome profits or escape strangling debts. This panel - the district’s commercial division judge, an experienced litigator and an equally experienced draftswoman - will guide attorneys through the pitfalls of these agreements.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 10, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Presented by the MCBA Young Lawyers Section this CLE program is specifically designed for criminal defense and civil rights attorneys called "Defending Rochester: Overview of Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation in Protest-Related Cases." Led by moderator Victoria Bahl, the panel, including civil rights attorney Elliot Dolby Shields, as well as experienced criminal defense attorneys Jessica Naclerio, will provide an overview of the law as it applies to protest-related criminal cases and the groundwork to challenge criminal charges under state and federal law.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 04, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | MORE INFO |
 | Join Fourth Department Clerk Mark Bennett and Deputy Clerk Alan Ross as they discuss e-filing in the Fourth Department, including the new rules, effective July 1, governing e-filing in criminal and Family Court appeals. Our panelists will discuss the origin and mechanics of e-filing in the Fourth Department, the way the rules that apply to criminal and Family Court appeals were conceived and will continue to evolve and plans for expanding e-filing in the future. They will also answer any questions and respond to any concerns about the new rules. If you practice in the Fourth Department, you will not want to miss this timely program. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: July 21, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Take a break from the summer heat to join Associate Justice Stephen K. Lindley for his review of key 4th Department criminal decisions from 2019 and 2020. What key facts drove these decisions? How do they fit with other trends at the court, in both the 4th Department and elsewhere? What issues were decided, and which ones were not? What practice pointers can be taken from the decisions? How will these decisions affect your criminal trial practice or your appellate practice?
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: July 30, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Back by popular demand! Associate Justice Stephen K. Lindley returns with Part Two of his Fourth Department Criminal Update, this time focusing on cases involving suppression issues, procedural issues arising at trial, disqualification and recusal issues, and issues relating to guilty pleas, among others.” Justice Lindley’s candor and insights into the processes of the court and the thinking of the judges are invaluable. How will these decisions, and the light Justice Lindley sheds on them, affect your criminal trial practice or your appellate practice?
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: August 19, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Changes in the criminal law and in the operation of county courts have been numerous and frequent since our two new county court judges took office only a few months ago. Join us for a conversation with Hon. Karen Bailey Turner and Hon. Michael Dollinger on these changes and how they affect the business of the courts today. Learn about our new judges and how their chambers operate, about bail reform, discovery reform, virtual appearances, and designated judges. This will be an eye-opening and practical program you won’t want to miss. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: June 18, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Learn about the importance of bloodstain pattern analysis from an internationally recognized forensics expert who uses hands-on experiments to help participants develop their own blood stain standards. This unique CLE will cover BSPA basics, its usage in criminal and civil cases, evaluating expert credentials and the ethics of working with them, as well as demonstrative evidence options and courtroom support.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 15, 2019
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours New York (Skills), 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | This is the number one most requested topic received at the MCBA. To answer these requests we have asked two of Rochester's most accomplished and experienced criminal defense attorneys to provide the nuts and bolts of criminal defense work. If this is an area of practice that interests you, this is the CLE you don't want to miss. Learn the basics of handling a criminal case from client contact to handling court appearances, negotiations with the prosecution and court and how to assess a case. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 30, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Presentation and discussion with Timothy Donaher, the Monroe County Public Defender and Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter. Mr. Donaher and Sheriff Baxter will discuss the recent proposals of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association to make eight changes to New York law by making Resisting Arrest a felony, adding a felony of failure to retreat from an officer engaged in performance of duties, and adding several new felony level crimes designed to protect police officers. Sheriff Baxter will also discuss programs available to inmates at the Monroe County Jail.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: August 27, 2020
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 | This program, part of a continuing collaboration between the University of Buffalo Law School Alumni Association and the Monroe County Bar Association, focuses on two of the critical portions of any criminal trial; the opening statement and the closing argument. The experienced panel will provide practical tips for crafting and presenting effective opening statements and closing arguments. In addition, there will be discussion about how to identify prosecutorial misconduct and objectionable statements in opening or closing arguments and how to identify and preserve objectionable matters during trial for the purpose of a later appellate review. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 13, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Statutory changes in New York Law, with respect to the age of criminal responsibility, will be presented, followed by a panel discussion of the new Raise the Age Law, effective dates and the affect on existing Criminal and Family Law - now and in the near future. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 30, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | For those who handle criminal cases, you may have heard that the grand jury will not be convening in the coming weeks. That means that if prosecutors want to hold someone in custody after 144 hours, they will have to do a preliminary hearing. Not as uncommon as a unicorn, preliminary hearings have been infrequent in recent years as the prosecutors in Monroe County engaged in more robust grand jury practice.Unsure of how to do a preliminary hearing? Join us for a live CLE via fully interactive webcast. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 26, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to the practice of labor and employment law. This program will cover important legal developments, while also providing practical advice for employers. The program will explore the current state of the law and examine important pieces of legislation affecting employment issues arising from the pandemic. Much of our focus will be on considerations for employers as employees return to work, including working with employees who are ill or exposed to COVID-19, health screenings for employees, cleaning and sanitation protocols, as well as a discussion of relevant guidance from the EEOC, CDC, and OSHA. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 07, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) is different than other civil rights laws, as it places affirmative obligations on employers, public entities and places of accommodation. Your clients may be discriminating against people with disabilities without even knowing it. Join us for a two hour CLE in which we go over the basics of the ADA, dispel myths about people with disabilities, and discuss common scenarios we see as plaintiff-side discrimination lawyers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 28, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity, 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Under new state laws, ALL employers can now be liable for sexual harassment in the workplace. They must have a written prevention policy and train all employees annually. Mandatory arbitration and mandatory nondisclosure provisions are prohibited. This program will address these and related new laws so that counsel for employees, employers and unions will understand their rights and obligations. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 16, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 1 hour New York (Skills)
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 | In 2018, New York adopted anti-sexual harassment legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo described as the "strongest and most comprehensive" in the country. In 2019, another package of anti-discrimination and anti-harassment measures were signed into law, expanding the sexual harassment reforms from the prior year. The laws impose new requirements on employers and will significantly change the course of litigation of sexual harassment claims. There have also been other changes in the Human Rights Law, affecting all employment claims, such as attorney fees, coverage of contractors, and size of employers. In this program, panelists who represent employees and employers - along with Julia Day, the regional director of the Rochester office of the New York State Division of Human Rights that will investigate and adjudicate these claims - will provide insight from their respective areas on the new laws and anticipated changes. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 22, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Disabled parents are the only distinct community of parents who must struggle to retain custody of their children solely due to their distinction of being disabled. In all too many cases, the mere existence of a disability is used against the parent without regard to how that individual is actually capable of parenting safely and successfully. Disabled parents have their children removed in welfare cases at a higher rate than non-disabled parents and generally have a more difficult time getting the children returned to them. This program will examine the laws in place which can be used to protect disabled parents and the strategies to address the biases which are present in the courtroom. Our panel includes an expert on disability rights, a former Family Court practitioner with 18 years experience, and a parent whose disability was used against him in child welfare proceedings. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: June 07, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity, 1 hour New York (Skills)
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 | The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has already significantly changed the way law firms practice; and, those changes will be long lasting and far reaching, even as the outbreak is eventually controlled, and we all return to normal life.
If you’re now being forced to operate a virtual law practice, when your law firm had previously existed as a traditional business, you’re likely scrambling to get up to speed as quarantines take place across the world, and populations affirmatively engage in social distancing. Without
another option, you’re left to adopt a virtual law practice model, or risk the continuity of your business.
In this webinar, we’ll show you how to get ramped up to a virtual law firm business model (both from a marketing, as well as a technology
perspective) as quickly as possible, with discrete tasks you can engage as soon as this week. It’s not as hard as you think; but, you have to start somewhere -- start here.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 20, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | The last four years have brought systematic roll-backs of hard-won federal protections for LGBTQ+ people across the country. So far, 2020 -- a year of clarity in the now rather than retrospectively -- has been a roller coaster ride in myriad ways, including the realm of LGBTQ+ federal rights. In a pleasantly surprising Bostock decision this summer, the US Supreme Court declared LGBTQ+ employees are protected under Title VII. But now SCOTUS is considering Fulton v. Philadelphia, a case that weighs religious freedoms against the right of LGBTQ+ people to foster children -- all with the Court's newly minted conservative majority. In this virtual CLE program, expert legal practitioners involved in these cases will explore where LGBTQ+ federal rights stand today and what may be in store for us with Fulton and the new makeup of the US Supreme Court.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 16, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Diversity
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 | CLE: Deconstructing Defund: What Does Defund the Police Mean and What are its Implications? Moderated by Erin Elmouji, Esq., Woods Oviatt Gilman, LLP, this will be a panel discussion featuring Duwaine Bascoe, Esq., Abrams Fensterman LLP; AJ Durwin, Esq.,; Ashley Gantt, New York Civil Liberties Union; and Chief David Catholdi, Brighton Police Department.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: August 06, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity
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 | The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) is different than other civil rights laws, as it places affirmative obligations on employers, public entities and places of accommodation. Your clients may be discriminating against people with disabilities without even knowing it. Join us for a two hour CLE in which we go over the basics of the ADA, dispel myths about people with disabilities, and discuss common scenarios we see as plaintiff-side discrimination lawyers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 28, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity, 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Our workplace is fraught with the dynamics of interpersonal relationships between lawyer and lawyer, lawyer and employee, and lawyer and client. This CLE will focus on the meaning and implications of Rule 8.4(g) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which bars discrimination in the practice of law and lays out the requirements of reporting such discrimmination, based upon the necessity for diversity in the profession. The panelists will explore the implications of the rule through the use of hypothetical examples of discrimination in the workplace, including:
* Discrimination by lawyers against clients;
* Discrimination by clients against lawyers; and
* Discrimination by lawyers in hiring and firing.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 18, 2018
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 | Google "women in the legal profession" and dozens of articles, blogs and surveys appear discussing sexism, disrespectful behavior, pay inequality and outright harassment of female attorneys. We have assembled an outstanding panel of highly successful female attorneys to discuss how they have addressed and dealt with these types of issues as well as to offer their suggestions to attorneys who may be confronting these same matters in their careers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 14, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Diversity
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 | A distinguished panel of experts explores the legal issues relating to criminal and civil liability of law enforcement in the discharge of their duties. The panel will explore the legal issues of qualified immunity, personal and employer liability for police conduct, civil rights implications and other topics in this controversial area.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 04, 2021
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours Diversity
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 | Join us for a two hour CLE in which we learn about implicit bias and microaggression in the legal workplace. We will explore the interactions among attorneys and our colleagues, our support staff, our clients and others in our legal environment, that constitute implicit bias and microaggressions, and how we can work toward eliminating them. We will also discuss how to communicate effectively with our coworkers and others about them. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 19, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Diversity
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 | In January 2016, the NYS Division of Human Rights (DHR) adopted final regulations clarifying non-discrimination protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming people under the state's Human Rights Law in employment, housing, access to credit, education, and public accommodations. New York's approach for addressing statewide these protections is unique among other states. This CLE will provide an overview of the new regulations, their importance in relation to protecting a very vulnerable population, the availability of attorney's fees for bringing certain cases under the Human Rights Law, and details on the process of filing administrative complaints with the DHR on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming clients. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 18, 2017
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, where transgender, gay and bisexual people heroically fought back against police harassment and violence over the course of several days. This sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement we know today, and its ripple effect continues to be seen around the world. This panel proudly features living legends of the upstate New York LGBTQ+ legal communities who share their experiences of how being LGBTQ+ in our profession has changed since Stonewall, wisdom of hard lessons learned along the way toward equality, and vision of where the Rainbow Road may take us next. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: July 22, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Diversity
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 | Join us for what promises to be an enlightening and educational program moderated by Duwaine Bascoe, Esq., that examines the history of racial inequity in our health care systems, current racial inequities in delivery of health care, and solutions for the future. A panel of regional and nationally recognized experts will discuss the following topics: Dr. Daryll Dykes - Dr. Dykes, the Chief Diversity Officer at Upstate Medical Center, who also has a J.D.,will discuss the historical framework of health disparities from a legal and regulatory perspective. Melanie Funchess - Ms. Funchess, Director of Community Engagement for the Mental Health Association of Rochester/ Monroe County, will discuss historical and system-based trauma that create and contribute to health disparities and their traumatic impact on mental health of communities of color, including how these traumas contribute to distrust of health care systems. Wade Norwood - Mr. Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health, will discuss the history of racism in delivery of health care and its relationship to education, housing and employment. Dr. Mahala Schlagman - Dr. Schlagman will discuss her experiences and observations of health disparities locally including how historical oppression can influence individual choices surrounding the COVID vaccine. She will also discuss work being done toward institutional change through multi-sector partnerships. Shane Wiegand - Mr. Wiegand, a community advocate, will address the local history that contributed to racial inequity in delivery of health care, including redlining. After each panelist speaks there will be a period of panel discussion and a Q and A with audience members
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 03, 2021
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Diversity
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 | Susan B. Anthony and the Law: A Case Study! Featuring Deborah Hughes, President & CEO of the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, and Kimberly Harding, the program provided an interactive Q&A about on how Susan B. Anthony used the law to advance women’s rights and the suffrage movement. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 30, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity
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 | Maintaining the dignity and autonomy of older adults should be a cornerstone for any law practice that represents older clients. This program will help attorneys identify myths and perceptions surrounding older adults. The panelists will also address legal issues that arise from these myths and perceptions, and provide best practices when representing an older client. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 13, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity
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 | This program will include a Medicaid/Elder Law update including a review of recent court decisions, fair hearing decisions and proposed new laws and regulations. In addition, tranfer rebuttals in nursing home cses will be discussed including strategies to employ and avoid and how to prepare for a fair hearing. The panelists will also conduct a roundtable discussion of nursing home placement and discharge issues and new regulations regarding patient rights. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 04, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Join us for a Medicaid update which will include a review of recent case law, Fair Hearing Decisions, Administrative Directives and proposed federal and state legislation. Also included will be an overview regarding nursing home admissions from the perspective of counsel for nursing homes, and a discussion of crisis planning for nursing home admissions. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 22, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Join us for a Medicaid and Elder Law update that will include a review of recent case law, updates regarding spousal support cases, recent county challenges to eligibility and planning, and nursing home admissions. We will also cover crisis planning techniques for asset protection planning and the new issues arising in executing and justifying these techniques to the Medicaid program. Time will be left for questions and answers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 23, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Join us for the annual Medicaid and Elder Law Update that will include: 1. A review of recent case law, fair hearing decisions and policy updates from the New York State Department of Health, including a review of the impact of state budget cuts on Medicaid providers and consumers; 2. A discussion about how to defend lawsuits brought by nursing homes against family members of the nursing home resident, and; 3. Recent trends in adult guardianship law, including a closer look at how local courts are handling adult guardianship petitions. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 23, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Elder abuse is a growing concern locally as well as nationally. In this CLE, we will focus on many facets and types of elder abuse and the professional responsibilities of physicians, attorneys, and caregivers when faced with signs of abuse. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 24, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | This CLE addresses the commencement of actions, defenses, discovery and trial preparation, settlement and post-trial issues, as well as provides insight into the future of this litigation. Specific topics to be examined include coverage questions, "the 'all reasonable care' defense," and Medicare/Medicaid liens. The panel will discuss this litigation from both public and private facility perspective. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 29, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Maintaining the dignity and autonomy of older adults should be a cornerstone for any law practice that represents older clients. This program will help attorneys identify myths and perceptions surrounding older adults. The panelists will also address legal issues that arise from these myths and perceptions, and provide best practices when representing an older client. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 13, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Diversity
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 | Major Topics: - Environmental liability update, including Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser defense to CERCLA liability;
- Environmental due diligence for real estate purchases;
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessments under the new ASTM 1527-13 Standard and Phase II Studies; and,
- Brownfield Cleanup Program Update – 2015 sunset and possible future changes.
MCLE: 1.5 Professional Practice; 0.5 Skills Appropriate for experienced attorneys only; not new admittees
| Formats Available: On-Demand, Webcast + Archive
| Original Seminar Date: January 09, 2014
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 0.50 hours Ethics Credits, 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 2.00 hours Total CLE Hours
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 | This CLE will explore ethical issues faced by attorneys related to environmental matters, including challenges associated with rapidly expanding scientific understanding, increased media attention and shifting regulatory priorities. The tension between protecting confidential information and complying with environmental laws will be discussed. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 23, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | How to keep your practice going by getting paid. Designed to help attorneys collect their receivables, this CLE will review the workflow process of a collection matter from initial demand letter through judgement enforcement proceedings. Applicable state and federal statutes will be discussed as they apply to collection matters as well as pitfalls to avoid and strategies for liquidating judgements. In addition, there will be a discussion of the Monroe County Bar Association's Fee Arbitration Program which is another means of collecting fees you have earned.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 09, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Practice Management Credits
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 | Topics Include:- What Can (Or Should) the Financial Statements Tell You
- Interested Parties
- Important Considerations
- The Income Statement
- Profitability Ratio
- Motives to Overstate Income?
- Statement of Retained Earnings
- The Statement of Cash Flows
- The Balance Sheet
- Liquidity
- Solvency
- How is Fraud Found
- When My Red Flags Fly
- Hiding the Assets
- Ratio & Trend Analysis
- Payroll Schemes
- Shell Companies & Non-accomplice Vendors
- Adjustments and Suspense Accounts
- Travel and Entertainment Fraud
- Joint Venture and Subsidiary Governance
MCLE: 2.0 Skills Appropriate for only experienced attorneys, NOT New Admittees | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: August 14, 2013
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Total CLE Hours, 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Learn about the basics of preparing governance and policy documents for New York not-for-profit organizations, including preparing annual filings, and recent updates to Federal and New York law. This session will hit the highlights of various governance policies and IRS Forms 1023 and 990 from legal and accounting perspectives. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 27, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This program will review the second round of legislation regarding Payroll Protection Program loans. The new legislation includes expanded eligibility allowing 501(c)(6) organizations to obtain PPP loans. And it offers existing PPP borrowers to obtain a second PPP loan. It also provides a new forgiveness application for small loans. Panelists will also review the deductibility of business expenses paid with PPP loan proceeds and examine changes to the employee retention tax credit.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 28, 2021
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | As our Nation again approaches a critical election day, a swirl of legal and practical issues loom surrounding the voting process including questions on determining eligible voters, the process of mail ballots, the counting of votes by the states and the federal Constitution limitations. In practical terms, the New York election process has seen considerable changes: early voting, wider circulation of mail ballots and other changes. Our panel has just the skills to answer these questions and others. Daan Braveman, Esq., the former Dean of the Syracuse University College of Law, President-emeritus of Nazareth College and now with Harter Secrest & Emery will explore the myriad state and federal legal challenges facing the voting process in 2020, including reference to Supreme Court cases on voting issues from 2000 to date. James E. Long, Esq., a commissioner of the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission, has decades of experience as an election lawyer in New York and is familiar with the changes to our voting system. Moderated by Justice Richard A. Dollinger, New York Court of Claims JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RIGHT AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR VOTES.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 20, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Is your client a public (especially school) or private employer unsure whether to ask employees where they will travel within the next few weeks? Are you an employee-side attorney in need of guidance of whether your client breaking a COVID-19 quarantine is a punishable offense? Come to this panel discussion addressing these issues and others. Featured Speaker: Dr. Michael D. Mendoza Includes attorney panelists from the Labor & Employment Committee and Education Law Committee | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 16, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This program is perfect for attorneys who are new to employment law and want to learn the ins and outs of employer defense. The program will cover all phases of an employment discrimination claim before an administrative agency, from first receipt of the complaint to conducting a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. Experienced practitioners will guide you through applicable procedural rules and will offer advice on strategy development. Through MCBA's partnership with GVC SHRM, the program includes a HR professional who will advise how to improve counsel - HR collaboration throughout the process. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 22, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | In 2018, New York adopted anti-sexual harassment legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo described as the "strongest and most comprehensive" in the country. In 2019, another package of anti-discrimination and anti-harassment measures were signed into law, expanding the sexual harassment reforms from the prior year. The laws impose new requirements on employers and will significantly change the course of litigation of sexual harassment claims. There have also been other changes in the Human Rights Law, affecting all employment claims, such as attorney fees, coverage of contractors, and size of employers. In this program, panelists who represent employees and employers - along with Julia Day, the regional director of the Rochester office of the New York State Division of Human Rights that will investigate and adjudicate these claims - will provide insight from their respective areas on the new laws and anticipated changes. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 22, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Municipal boards in New York are being impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic and the requirements of social distancing. This program will explore the background of the New York Open Meetings Law, the recent Executive Order suspending portions of the Open Meetings Law, and best practices for complying with the Executive Order and social distancing standards. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 20, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Our panel of experts will discuss recent developments occurring in Monroe County to deal with abandoned homes affecting both urban and suburban neighborhoods. Abandoned homes not only create blight, but are magnets for crime and destabilize property values. We will review foreclosure updates, as well as New York State's new Zombie Home legislation. The process of acquiring title, rehabbing, and financing vacant properties will be reviewed. An overview of SONYMA's Neighborhood Revitalization Program will also be presented. The Finger Lakes Region is the only upstate region participating in this mortgage financing. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 31, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Don't become a breach story. Attorneys in Rochester and other areas have been targeted by cyber criminals, breaching their email security and duping clients into wiring money to the criminals. Learn what to do to avoid this nightmare, how to protect your clients and practice, and what happens if you are a victim of a security breach. * Cybersecurity in the real estate world - learn about threats. * How to recognize an attack. * Strategies to defend against spoofing, phishing, pharming and more. * Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act - Are you in compliance? Next deadline is March 21, 2020. * IOLA and escrow accounts - Are you always required to use one or the other? * Are subaccounts permissible for the benefit of individual clients? * Use of electronically signed trust checks. * What is Check 21 again? | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 06, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 0.50 hours Ethics Credits, 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Are property maintenance issues getting lost in your 47th Java update? This program introduces the Monroe County Clerk's Office's brand new records management software that completely revamps how lawyers and municipalities can search for property records. Learn how to use the new search interface to better determine current owners, which properties are in foreclosure, lien status and more. Our panel will also discuss new and proposed statutes to help lawyers and municipalities address distressed properties.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 29, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | All estate planners need to consider beneficiary designations for non-probate assets. In this CLE, we will discuss 1) the assets controlled by beneficiary designations, and the impact of beneficiary designation assets on estate planning, 2) special considerations for certain beneficiary designation assets, including life insurance and retirement accounts, and 3) best practices for drafting beneficiary designations. Featuring special guest Hon. John Owens with farewell remarks.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 03, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | MORE INFO |
 | Major Topics:
As an update to the prior presentation on commercial real estate transactions, this program will discuss the attorney's role and responsibilities in the due diligence and assessment of the client's risks along with related topics such as:
- Contract negotiation and structuring;
- Environmental and tenant clauses;
- The Opinion Letter;
- Lending issues and finance documentation;
- Title insurance and the role of the title company to complete the closing.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: November 25, 2014
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | In today's world, as more estate planners work from home, cybersecurity risks are increasing and are ever-present. The good news is that there are steps you can take to protect your firm and maintain data privacy. During this seminar you'll learn: 1) how to avoid phishing lures and other cyberattacks, 2) what the largest risks criminal and mercenary activities pose to your systems and data, and 3) the steps you will need to take to educate your employees in order to minimize risks to your data and systems
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 30, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | At the end of the highly successful first part of this program in October 2016, many attendees requested that the panel present additional material on this topic. You ask, we deliver!
Topics for this program will include representing the Board (handling homeowner disputes; dealing with the bankrupt or foreclosed sponsor), representing the home owner (getting the Board to enforce the rules, modifications or exclusions to the Declaration) and changing of the guard - when the newly elected HOA Board modifies the rules. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 23, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | A review of Part G, Part M and Part O of the statute. Learn about the recently passed tenant protection laws and how they impact applications, tenant selection criteria forms, leases, notices to quit, notices to terminate, eviction forms and time frames. A must for attorneys in the landlord-tenant arena, including the changes to manufactured home park laws.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: August 29, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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Major Topics
Landlord and tenant perspectives along with the Judge's viewpoint. This program will focus on evictions and the process.
1.5 Professional Practice; 0.5 Skills Appropriate for both newly admitted & experienced attorneys
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 23, 2013
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 0.50 hours New York (Skills), 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Code of Practice for Land Surveys: - Policy governing preparation of title surveys;
- Certification;
- Re-survey;
- Survey and map;
- Suggested title standards for treating discrepancies revealed by surveys.
MCLE: 1.0 Law Practice Management Appropriate for only experienced attorneys, NOT New Admittees
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 18, 2013
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Total CLE Hours, 1 hour Law Practice Management
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 | Topics include: the purchase and sale contract, buyer/seller considerations, permits, attorney approvals and engagement letters, and seller's first steps. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 06, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Topics include: title clearance, title endorsements, reading an abstract, how to read a survey, surveys and marking up title. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 05, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Topics include: lender requirements at closing, scheduling the closing, closing adjustments, IOLA accounts, the CD, review of standard loan documents. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 10, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Join your Real Estate Section colleagues as we gather during the holiday season to learn about the latest revisions to the section’s purchase and sale contracts and forms.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 15, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Major Topics: - Qualifying to be a Referee;
- Role of the Referee;
- The New Foreclosure Action Surplus Money Form;
- Other Miscellaneous Foreclosure Updates
MCLE: 1.5 Professional Practice; 0.5 Ethics Appropriate for experienced attorneys only; not new admittees
| Formats Available: On-Demand, Webcast + Archive
| Original Seminar Date: January 15, 2014
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 0.50 hours Ethics Credits, 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 2.00 hours Total CLE Hours
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 | This program will provide attendees with an updated overview of the foreclosure process from initial placement on calendar to settlement conferences and eventual sale process. Justice Doyle, the Supreme Court Justice overseeing foreclosures in Monroe County, will provide a perspective from the bench and counsel from both sides of the procedure will participate om the discussion. In addition, there will be information provided about opportunities to assist people who are in the process of foreclosure. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 08, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This program is all about the basics of title insurance in a residential real estate transaction. What is title insurance? How is title examined when preparing a title insurance report? Do you have the appropriate title curatives? Does your client really need an owner's policy? Come to this CLE for practical and sound advice to make your next real estate transaction a re-"marketable" one. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 08, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Major Topics:
- Overview of ACA as it affects individuals;
- Individual mandate and exchanges (marketplaces);
- Selected practice issues raised by the new landscape.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: July 23, 2014
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 0.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 1 hour Law Practice Management
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 | This moderated discussion features a panel of experienced trial attorneys who will share their "tricks of the trade" when it comes to all aspects of depositions. Learn how to effectively set goals, prepare for depositions, elicit testimony you most want, deal with issues that arise, and use deposition testimony in motions or at trial. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 05, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | In January 2016, the NYS Division of Human Rights (DHR) adopted final regulations clarifying non-discrimination protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming people under the state's Human Rights Law in employment, housing, access to credit, education, and public accommodations. New York's approach for addressing statewide these protections is unique among other states. This CLE will provide an overview of the new regulations, their importance in relation to protecting a very vulnerable population, the availability of attorney's fees for bringing certain cases under the Human Rights Law, and details on the process of filing administrative complaints with the DHR on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming clients. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 18, 2017
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This is a practical, realistic CLE that will focus on the process of retiring from the practice of law in Rochester. Attendees will be walked through the process in checklist fashion with clear explanation of who to contact and what procedures are necessary to close down a practice without violating ethics rules. There will be a specific focus on issues that could confront solo or small firm practitioners as they wind down a practice. In addition, the panelists will discuss the matter of whether to keep your law license active after retirement. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 12, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Practice Management Credits, 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | While it may seem like it’s a really horrible time to start a new law firm, there is always opportunity amid uncertainty - even for risk-averse attorneys. During the last recession in 2008-2009, many law firms were established, a number of which are now highly successful. The same thing is happening now. So, if you’re thinking of making that big move now, it might be a good idea. And, we can help you get there.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 14, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour Practice Management Credits
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 | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) is the first major amendment to the Internal Revenue Code since 1986. H.R. 1 represents a substantial shift in tax policy, and will impact tax compliance and planning internationally. This CLE will be a high level discussion on the changes to the Internal Revnue Code resulting from H.R. 1's implementation. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 28, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Numerous commentators have concluded that tax reform has upended many of the traditional considerations in choosing an entity. But, has it? This CLE will review the tax considerations in choosing a form of business organization in light of tax reform. It will also include a detailed review of recently proposed regulations related to the partnership pass-through deduction. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 23, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Join us for a Medicaid update which will include a review of recent case law, Fair Hearing Decisions, Administrative Directives and proposed federal and state legislation. Also included will be an overview regarding nursing home admissions from the perspective of counsel for nursing homes, and a discussion of crisis planning for nursing home admissions. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 22, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Join us for a Medicaid and Elder Law update that will include a review of recent case law, updates regarding spousal support cases, recent county challenges to eligibility and planning, and nursing home admissions. We will also cover crisis planning techniques for asset protection planning and the new issues arising in executing and justifying these techniques to the Medicaid program. Time will be left for questions and answers. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 23, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Marty will review federal and state developments in the past year, including pending legislation to reduce "Stretch IRAs," New York clawback legislation for taxable gifts, estate planning and estate administration implications of investments in qualified opportunity funds, and the planning implications of proposals to reduce significantly the amount of federal estate, gift and GST tax exemption. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: September 25, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Join us for the annual Medicaid and Elder Law Update that will include: 1. A review of recent case law, fair hearing decisions and policy updates from the New York State Department of Health, including a review of the impact of state budget cuts on Medicaid providers and consumers; 2. A discussion about how to defend lawsuits brought by nursing homes against family members of the nursing home resident, and; 3. Recent trends in adult guardianship law, including a closer look at how local courts are handling adult guardianship petitions. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 23, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Marty O’Toole is well respected locally and statewide as an expert in Trusts & Estates Law. His annual update is one of the most popular programs offered each year by the Monroe County Bar Center for Education. This annual program will discuss bills (passed by the Legislature but not yet signed by the Governor) to change laws governing powers of attorney and remote acknowledgements and witnessing, the impact of the SECURE Act on estate planning for retirement assets, proposals to do away with “step-up” in basis and (possibly) treat death as a deemed sale for capital gain purposes, and other federal and New York statutory and case law developments of note.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 16, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This program is presented jointly between the MCBA and the Monroe County Medical Society with presenters from both legal and medical fields to provide a more cmplete discussion on the issues.
Topics Include:
* Picking the right healthcare proxy
* Use of living wills
* The rise of the Family Health Care Decisions Act
* Medical orders for life sustaining treatment
* Role of the hospital/facility ethics committee
* Advance directives as to organ donation | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 17, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | All estate planners need to consider beneficiary designations for non-probate assets. In this CLE, we will discuss 1) the assets controlled by beneficiary designations, and the impact of beneficiary designation assets on estate planning, 2) special considerations for certain beneficiary designation assets, including life insurance and retirement accounts, and 3) best practices for drafting beneficiary designations. Featuring special guest Hon. John Owens with farewell remarks.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: December 03, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | MORE INFO |
 | In today's world, as more estate planners work from home, cybersecurity risks are increasing and are ever-present. The good news is that there are steps you can take to protect your firm and maintain data privacy. During this seminar you'll learn: 1) how to avoid phishing lures and other cyberattacks, 2) what the largest risks criminal and mercenary activities pose to your systems and data, and 3) the steps you will need to take to educate your employees in order to minimize risks to your data and systems
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: October 30, 2020
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | This program will provide a practical guide to trust decanting, including a discussion about the variety of changes that can be made to an exisiting trust by decanting, situations in which those changes may be useful, the transfer and income tax consequences of decanting certain trust assests, and the procedures required to preform a decanting. Ways of drafting new trusts to allow for more flexible decanting in the future will also be discussed. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: January 30, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1 hour New York (Skills), 1 hour Professional Practice Credits
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 | Instead of focusing on traditional estate planning through drafting documents, this program will explore the intricacies of annuities and long-term care insurance policies - financial instruments that are often part of a client's estate and long-term care plan. The goal is to help estate planning practitioners benefit from a more nuanced understanding of these common financial instruments. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 22, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Estimates suggest over 1 billion people use social media, and the popularity of online accounts and digital assets such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and PayPal continues to grow. On September 30. 2016, Gov. Cuomo signed into law the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act to address access to digital accounts by executors and trustees. This program will provide a context for the legislation and review details of the new law. A portion of the program will be devoted to practical considerations and ethical issues that arise when drafting estate planning documents and advising fiduciaries. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 01, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours New York (Skills), 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | Changing your residence from a high-tax state (think NY, NJ & CA) to a low, or no-tax state (think FL), can dramatically reduce the amount of state taxes you have to pay. But high-tax states don't let their residents go easily. If you continue to maintain any connection to the former residence (think snowbirds), the high-tax state may contest that you truly changed your residence. In this presentation, you will learn how New York determines a taxpayer's residency and how to make New York respect your residency change.
Highlights:
* Concrete steps necessary to change your permanent residence to Florida.
* Tips for dealing with New York's statutory residency rules.
* How do you count a "day" for purposes of NY's 183 day rule?
* Common traps for the unwary practitioner.
* Techniques used by auditors to identify and investigate residency cases. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: May 22, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This is a nuts & bolts program aimed at familiarizing the young (and young-at-heart) lawyers who may have no or limited experience practicing in Surrograte's Court. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 18, 2018
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Due to years of low interest rates, the annual costs and premiums of some life insurance policies are skyrocketing. These policies pose particular challenges to attorneys representing grantors and trustees as well as trustees administering existing ILITs. This program will address ways to add flexibility to life insurance trusts in the drafting stage as well as trustee considerations in accepting and administering ILITs. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 20, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Major Topics:
- Increase in estate tax inclusion amount;
- Falling off the estate tax "cliff";
- Inclusion of lifetime gifts;
- Income taxation on distributions to New York trust beneficiaries;
- ING trust treatment;
- Repeal of New York's GST tax.
| Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: July 15, 2014
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This program will explain the difference between advance directives and medical orders for life sustaining treatment (MOLST) including the appropriate populations for each. Topics will include a discussion of national trends, alignment with New York's approach to advance care planning, New York's MOLST and changes in the state's Public Health Law. The speakers will describe the eight step MOLST protocol (including the communication process, the ethical framework and shared, informed medical decision making for end-of-life discussions). Further discussion will involve review of case histories and an examination of the failures in following MOLST orders which have led to recommendations for improvement, including eMOLST, showing how the program improves patient safety and ensures accessibility. The program will conclude with a review of the key elements of the proposed New York eMOLST registry introduced by Assemblyman Joseph Morelle and Senator Rich Funke. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: February 07, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours Ethics Credits
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 | Even if you don't practice in trusts & estates, it is inevitable that you will come across these documents in litigation, or in the context of real estate or commercial transactions where vesting or agency concerns may arise. This CLE will provide practitioners with an in-depth look at each of the components of a will, power of attorney and health care proxy. It will utilize form documents as the basis for a deep dive into their most important clauses and discourse into best practices. This program is suitable for attorneys beginning their careers in or looking to move to trusts and estates, or practitioners outside the field of trusts and estates who would like a primer on these important documents. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 29, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | There is a new flexible spending option for financial planning for individuals with disabilities. This program will introduce the New York ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) Act and explain how to implement ABLE accounts in your clients' lives and estate plans. It will also compare ABLE accounts to traditional Supplemental Needs Trusts and discuss the impact of guardianship on both. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: April 24, 2019
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | This program covers the ability to store genetic material for future use, combined with the ability to produce an embryo via in vitro fertilization, make it possible for a child to be conceived after the death of one or both parents. What rights, if any, a child conceived after the death of a parent would have in that parent's estate, or in trusts created for the benefit of that parent and his or her "issue" is at best unclear. This program will provide guidance of these issues within amendments to the NY Estates, Powers and Trust Law (EPTL) as well as the Child-Parent Security Act. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 03, 2015
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | A basic introduction to Surrogate's Court practice for new attorneys or attorneys new to Surrogate's Court.- E-filing and specifically the "Mandatory E-File Pilot" that commences March 1, 2012;
- The basics of practice including resources, forms, and filing fees;
- The basics of contested proceedings and counsel fees.
MCLE: 2.0 Professional Practice
Appropriate for only experienced attorneys, NOT New Admittees | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 16, 2012
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits, 2.00 hours Total CLE Hours
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 | Martin O'Toole is well respected locally and state wide as an expert in Trusts and Estates law and his annual updates are one of the most popular programs offered each year by the Monroe County Bar Center for Education. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: September 27, 2017
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours New York (Skills)
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 | Martin O'Toole is well respected locally and state wide as an expert in Trusts and Estates law and his annual updates are one of the most popular programs offered each year by the Monroe County Bar Center for Education. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: September 25, 2018
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 2.00 hours Professional Practice Credits
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 | Major Topics:
On May 13, 2013 the Internal Revenue Service sent a Notice of Deficiency to the Estate of Michael J. Jackson (yes, that Michael Jackson) asserting an increase in tax approximately $505,000,000, penalties of approximately $197,000,000, or total taxes and penalties of $702,000,000, plus interest to be determined. Not surprisingly, most of the issues involved valuation.
While we generally don't have cases quite that large in Western New York, the issues are the same. The panel will be discussing recent trends in the valuation of closely-held businesses, real estate, and natural resource assets (timber, oil and gas, etc.) | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: June 03, 2014
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits, 0.50 hours New York (Skills)
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 | A thorough, yet straightforward, presentation of veterans' benefits for the new and experienced estate planning practitioner. This subject should be raised in every initial client meeting to at least determine its threshold relevancy. | Formats Available: On-Demand
| Original Seminar Date: March 24, 2020
| Approved Credit: MCBCFE: 1.50 hours Professional Practice Credits
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