Available Online CLE Courses

Staying up on discovery trends and best practices - particularly those from within the local court - can make all the difference in a civil case. This program will feature a discussion with two Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judges who will discuss the latest discovery trends, practices and dynamics in Allegheny County. The judges will also offer an update on case assignment and management in the Allegheny County Commerce and Complex Litigation Center. The ACBA Civil Litigation Section holiday party will immediately follow the CLE. Close Full Description

The much talked-about tax reform is now law, and sweeping changes will impact companies and individuals beginning in the current fiscal year. Among the provisions: a lower corporate tax rate, immediate expensing of certain capital expenditures, an immediate charge for earnings and profits held overseas, increased limitations on interest deductibility, and a host of complex international tax rules and other tax reforms.  How will this impact your firms and clients? This program will discuss and provide answers. Close Full Description

Nearly every attorney has professional liability and malpractice concerns. This program will focus on some common mistakes that can lead to liability issues and ways to avoid them. Specifically, the program will discuss electronic access errors; data blunders; emerging malpractice claim trends; tips for communication with clients; and ethical pitfalls in social media use. Close Full Description

Legal controversies today are often tried in the Court of Public Opinion as much as they are in any Court of Law. Therefore, lawyers, law firms and clients have much to gain (or lose) by the way a legal controversy is positioned in both to the public and key stakeholders via both traditional media social media. It's in these arenas where reputations built up over years of good work can be shattered in an instant.  Especially in today's world of "gotcha" journalism, managing a crisis situation, long before trial, is today a necessary skill set for attorneys.  This seminar will focus on a highly-strategic approach to crisis management and crisis communications for a wide variety of situations, enabling attorneys to help their firms and clients move messages forward or mount a defense against an outraged public, unhappy customers or a sudden press onslaught. Close Full Description

Medicare is a complicated, ever-evolving world. This program will offer attorneys an overview of current Medicare-related procedures, practices and trends. The various Medicare enrollment periods and eligibility requirements will be discussed. The program also will cover when and how to enroll in Medicare and Medicare Supplemental plans, the cost of the various components of Medicare, and how Medicare interacts with employer group coverage and other types of non-Medicare coverage. Also discussed will be the various components of Medicare plans (including Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D) and the availability of special-needs plans and low-income subsidies for Medicare enrollees. In addition, the discussion will provide an overview of traditional MediGap plans as well as Medicare Advantage Plans, and Prescription Drug Plans (PDP). The program is sponsored by USI Affinity. Close Full Description