Texas Institute of CLE

Welcome to the online learning lab for the Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education (TICLE). TICLE partners with Sections of the State Bar of Texas and other legal related organizations to produce high quality and timely educational programs for attorneys all over the country. Currently we offer online seminars in the areas of Taxation Law, Construction Law, and Insurance Law.


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Previously Recorded Seminars Available On-Demand
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(1 Seminar)
Construction Section – Managing Risk in an Uncertain Environment  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of the legal, business, and operating problems facing contractors and owners in the current unfavorable economic climate, and the practices necessary for survival. What are the appropriate legal risks to take in an atmosphere of reduced rewards, and what are the available risk management tools? Review and consider new perspectives on specific Texas statutory and legal rights, and remedies available to the parties for their protection.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: .75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law (21 Seminars)
Tax Law - A Fistful of Allocations - For a Few Dollars More?  $75 MORE INFO
An analysis of the perceived ease of target allocations and the uncomfortable reality of questions involving PIP, service partners, retiring partners, nonrecourse deductions, etc. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Basic Taxation of Financial Instruments  $75 MORE INFO
An overview of the complex financial instruments tax practitioners increasingly face in every day practice. Ms. Carlisle will present a primer on the taxation of financial instruments such as forward contracts, options, straddles and notional principal contracts (such as swaps). Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Current Corporate Tax Developments  $75 MORE INFO
An analysis of recent corporate tax developments, including items from Mr. Rizzi's regular column. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Current Developments in Partnerships and Real Estate Taxation  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of the tax issues and planning opportunities in partnerships seeking to utilize economic losses in the current market


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-12-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Current Topics in Corporate Taxation  $75 MORE INFO
Well known author on corporate tax matters discusses interesting corporate tax developments of the past year


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Drop and Swaps -- Planning Issues and Opportunities  $50 MORE INFO
Originally presented at the 24th Annual Federal Tax Institute, this presentation will give a summary of the structure of drop and swap transactions, teh Section 1031 issues, and the current risks of various transaction structures.
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 10-16-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Economic Substance in Corporate Transactions  $50 MORE INFO
Sponsored by the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas
Originally presented at the 24th Annual Federal Tax Institute, this program will give an analysis of the economic substance doctrine as applied to corporate transactions; impact of Coltec Case; legislative efforts to codify the economic substance doctrine.
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 10-02-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Evolving Issues in Type D and F Reorganizations  $75 MORE INFO
An overview of the D reorganization rules and their application to seemingly routine transactions. Mr. Solomon will cover the recent guidance on all-cash D reorganizations, the basis consequences (including the treatment of deemed nominal share issuances) and the overlap between D reorganizations and other types of reorganizations (primarily F reorganizations). Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Evolving Standards of Tax Practice - Opinions, Preparers and Uncertain Tax Positions  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion about the intersection of Circular 230, Section 6694 and Announcement 2010-9 regarding the disclosure of uncertain tax positions as each affects CPAs' and attorneys' ethical obligations and review procedures for opinions and tax returns. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Tax Law - Harvest Time: Ways To Reap the Losses Clients Have Sown  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of the tax issues and planning opportunities in partnerships seeking to utilize economic losses in the current market.


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-12-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Meltdowns in the Section 1031 Neighborhood  $75 MORE INFO
Bankrupt qualified intermediaries and tenant-in-common sponsors, as well as distressed real estate deals themselves, have presented many unique tax issues in the like kind exchange context. Where is the money? What are the remedies? Can the exchange be salvaged? Can a foreclosure be returned into a qualifying exchange? These and other issues will be explored by this panel.


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-12-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Partnerships and LLCs in Consolidated Groups  $75 MORE INFO
National experts analyze the use of partnerships and LLCs in consolidated groups, including use of disregarded entities, triggering and deferring intercompany gains and impact of partnerships on tax-free reorganizations.


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Pitfalls and Opportunities in Partnership and Real Estate Workouts  $75 MORE INFO
A review of tax planning opportunities and pitfalls in workouts, including sale treatment, debt cancellation and debt modification with recourse and nonrecourse debt, plus new deferral elections for COD income and tax planning tools for eliminating COD income amid special partnership consideration.


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-12-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - Section 704(c) - A Primer, Practical Applications and Three Pitfalls to Avoid  $75 MORE INFO
This panel will focus on certain mechanics of Section 704(c) allocations of built-in gain and loss with special attention to the three most frequent mistakes practitioners make when negotiating allocations with institutional partners. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.25 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - The Final Loss Disallowance Rules and Other Consolidated Return Development  $75 MORE INFO
After over 20 years of drama, the consolidated loss disallowance rules are final; also a discussion of the final regulations on intercompany obligations.


This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - The Good, the (Not So) Bad, and the Ugly - Castle Harbour, Virginia Historic Tax Credit Fund and GI Holdings  $75 MORE INFO
A review and analysis of what three recent, significant cases tell us about disguised sales, who is a partner and economic risk of loss. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - The Taxation of Carried Interests- Round Two  $75 MORE INFO
Draconian changes in the taxation of carried interests are once again being considered by Congress. This panel will explore the status of the Administrations legislative initiatives, the problems and the complexity created by taxing legislation, and various planning opportunities presented.



This presentation is an audio only conference
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-12-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law - The View from the Chair  $75 MORE INFO
 This is an audio only presentation
Formats Available: CD-ROM (Win), Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Tax Law - There's More to Circular 230 Than Section 10.35  $75 MORE INFO
Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Tax Law - Things Change - The Evolving Nature of Partnership Workouts  $75 MORE INFO
In these difficult economic times, debt workouts for partnerships are common. The business practices and tax rules relating to these transactions are constantly evolving. This presentation will focus on the tools that practitioners need in evaluating these transactions, with a particular emphasis on recent developments, including the enactment of, and follow on guidance relating to, Section 108(i). Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-11-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Tax Law – Current Issues in Consolidated Returns  $75 MORE INFO
Review of recent consolidated return developments, including the latest on the stimulus provisions (e.g. five year NOL carry back), unified loss rules, and intercompany transaction issues. Originally presented at the 26th Annual Texas Federal Tax Institute.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 06-10-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Law (44 Seminars)
Construction and Insurance Sections - The Supreme Court of Texas Adopts Injury-In-Fact Trigger (Don's Building Supply, Inc. v. OneBeacon Ins. Company)   $75 MORE INFO

The Supreme Court of Texas, in a case of first impression, rejected the manifestation trigger for property damage cases and, in doing so, changed the landscape of how construction defect cases will be adjusted and handled by commercial general liability carriers. 

The panel will discuss the implications of OneBeacon and the issues that it left unanswered.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 09-15-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.25 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - A1A A201 2007- The Rules Have Changed  $30 MORE INFO
 2007 brought dramatic changes to the AIA contract documents. Industry trade groups no longer endorse these documents. Let the paper "chase" begin?

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Arbitration Panel  $75 MORE INFO
Three knowledgeable and experienced arbitrators will share their views on a variety of topics that arise in arbitration, including what constitutes effective arbitration presentation, the role of dispositive motions, limiting discovery and running a cost effective and efficient process and what persuades arbitrators. Conference participants will be invited to submit questions for the panel to review.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Arbitration/Waiver of Jury Trial  $75 MORE INFO
Contractual waiver of jury trial, contractually imposed standards of review for arbitration awards, unconscionable arbitration clauses, and integrated dispute review clauses.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - BIM- Building Information Modeling Processes- Legal and Practical Considerations  $75 MORE INFO
An overview of the collaborative environment required to effectively move beyond 3D modeling into viable BIM Processes sets the stage for this program. Key contract provisions that foster the collaboration necessary to maximize the usefulness of this powerful, emerging tool will be identified and discussed. _ is program will include an engineering practitioner's practical primer on BIM Processes currently in use. Examples of BIM-based building projects will evince the potential to transform the way supply-chain partners work together to improve design and construction delivery by enabling increased efficiencies and early identification and removal of construction problems.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Builder's Risk  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of builder's risk requirements and strategies.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Case Law Update  $75 MORE INFO
Recent case law and other developments impacting the construction industry.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Causes of Action for a Construction Defect Claim in 2008: What Owners And General Contractors Can and Can't Do And Why  $30 MORE INFO
What are the viable causes of action for a modern construction defect claim, taken from the perspective of the Owner and General Contractor? What effect will recent case law regarding "economic loss" and implied warranties have on these causes of action?

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Consequential and Damages for Delay  $75 MORE INFO
A review of contractual devices to waive, limit, or to liquidate damages, including legal and practical limitations on their use.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Construction Law Update  $75 MORE INFO
Recent case law and other developments impacting the construction industry.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Contract Closeout - If you Build It, Will They Pay?  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of construction contract closeout requirements and “hot buttons” from the contractor’s perspective. 

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Defending the American Dream  $75 MORE INFO
With home sales down and foreclosures up, builders and homeowners find themselves in a fierce battle to protect the American Dream of home ownership from an onslaught of federal, state and local regulatory action. The controversy over TRCC Sunset, novel attempts to impose impact fees, mutable limitations theories, expensive additions to the IRC, and new HUD rules are just a few of the battles that will be highlighted in this survey of residential construction law.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Doing the Right Thing or Open-Ended Liability Architectural Barriers and Accessibility Standards in Texas  $75 MORE INFO
A primer on accessibility requirements for Texas projects and the impact on Texas arising from a changing landscape on the federal level.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Down and Dirty Agreements  $75 MORE INFO
Design and Construction Contracts for "Small Projects". Contracting for smaller projects can pose unique problems for owners, design professionals and contractors. The risk/reward ratio is quite different for smaller projects because the "risks" are not necessarily tied to the monetary size of the contract, but the "rewards" are. This paper will discuss design and construction contracts for smaller projects from an owner's perspective that are appropriate in scale and fairly allocate risk – for both sides of the respective contract.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Effects of Bankruptcy on the Construction Industry  $75 MORE INFO
When bankruptcy or insolvency affects a construction project, you need to know about, and proactively deal with, issues including property of the estate (think contract balances), executory contracts, the injunction that impacts everyone involved (the automatic stay), recourse to guarantors/sureties, avoidance actions, and other issues.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Ethical Insomnia- Construction Law Ethical Situations That Keep You Awake At Night  $30 MORE INFO
Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.

 

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Following the Money- Managing The Risk of Owner Non-Payment Under the New Texas Statutory Restrictions on Contingent Payment Clauses  $30 MORE INFO
Born out of legislative compromise between General Contractors and Subcontractors, Texas has adopted a new law that now governs contingent payment clauses. Practitioners need to help their General Contractor and Subcontractor clients understand when and how to be prepared to enforce, or block the enforcement, of a contingent payment clause. Owner clients need to understand the importance of furnishing to a General Contractor certain information for Subcontractors about the Owner’s ability to fund the project.

Speaker: Richard L. Reed, Coats Reed

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.


Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Getting the Business  $75 MORE INFO
The ethics of marketing, advertising, and rainmaking in a down economy.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Construction Section - Immigration Law for Construction Lawyers  $75 MORE INFO
This timely topic will provide important advice to Owners, Contractors and Subcontractors in the proper management of the risk of hiring undocumented workers while providing guidance through the maze of enforcement laws to better ensure compliance on their construction projects.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Insurance Law Update  $75 MORE INFO
This topic will discuss significant insurance coverage developments that affect the construction industry, their impact on the various players, and what remains pending that could impact insurance coverage for construction-related damages.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Insurance Products for Contractors  $30 MORE INFO
This topic will discuss the insurance "shell game" and the recent trend of invisible exclusions and limitations. Direction will be provided regarding drafting of coverage requirements and restrictions to enhance transparency and avoid gaps.

This seminar features live Q&A with Charles E. Comiskey of Brady, Chapman, Holland, & Associates, Inc.

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Insurance Programs Out of Control  $30 MORE INFO
How a bit of knowledge of the coverages, relationships and theories can help restore control to OCIPS and CCIPS. 

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit:
Construction Section - Insurance Update (2010)  $75 MORE INFO
An update on the top insurance cases of 2009 that affect construction law practitioners as well as a discussion of important cases that are in the pipeline.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-25-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Insurance: What Should You Have in the Contract  $75 MORE INFO
 A discussion of the changes in the marketplace from a broker's perspective, security of insurance companies, and current issues that could affect your clients. Recommendations will be provided regarding drafting of enforceable insurance requirements.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Jury Charge  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of issues relating to the drafting of and arguing the charge in a construction case. There will be a discussion of the latest cases impacting the jury charge, suggestions for drafting special questions and instructions.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Legislative Update (2009)  $75 MORE INFO
An update on the bills filed, and construction related issues before, the 81st Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. Although the Legislature does not convene until January 13, 2009, topics likely to be before the Legislature, include: residential construction licensing; limitations on the use of broad form indemnities, and amendments to the public works alternative delivery laws.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Legistlative Update (2010)  $75 MORE INFO
Update on legislation of interest to the construction industry that either passed or failed in the last Texas Legislative Session: Trust Fund Statute Revisions, Attorneys’ Fees
Recovery against Public Owners, Demise of the Texas Residential Real Estate Commission, and a discussion of the Anti-Indemnity Bill and Alternative Delivery bills that didn’t make it and will probably be seen again.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Mechanic's Liens - From Cradle to Grave  $75 MORE INFO
A discussion of the mechanic’s lien laws focusing on inception and the relation back doctrine and the actual foreclosure process. The discussion will also address what materials qualify as removables, how to foreclose them and what rights they afford a claimant.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Multi Party Property Damage  $75 MORE INFO
Issues related to multiparty property damage claims from the perspective of Owner, Contractor, Subcontractor, and Design Professional; including forum selection, joinder, responsible third parties, res judicata/collateral estoppel, certificate of merit, indemnity, subrogation, additional insured, pass through clauses, and contractual comparative causation.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Pleading and Proving Subcontractor Claims  $75 MORE INFO
This presentation will focus on the pleading, proof and jury questions required of a subcontractor to prevail against a general contractor, owner or surety on various claims including lien, bond and trust fund claims.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Residential Construction Law Update  $75 MORE INFO
It’s a new old world out there: The Legislature has sent the TRCCA off into the sunset.
However, did the Act end at midnight of 8/31/09; will it come to an end at midnight of 8/31/2010; or some combination? The Chair of the TRCC will share his thoughts on the current status of residential construction law.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Scheduling and Schedule Related Claims- The Basics  $75 MORE INFO

This is topic will essentially cover topically areas, all involving project schedules, their adjustment to analyze claims and the damages associated with schedule related claims. We will review CPM schedules and their basic components and types; the standard methods of schedule adjustment (how to establish the number of days of delay) to support claims; delay related claims in terms of attaching dollars to the days; and non-delay, schedule related claims.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 3-31-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Small Business Programs, Domestic Preference and Labor Policies in Federal and State Procurement  $75 MORE INFO
How does the Small Business Administration Minority/Small Business Program Work? Is the Texas Historically Underutilized Business Program similar? What is the Buy American Act? Does it have a counterpart in Texas public procurement? What is the Davis Bacon Act? A survey of current statutes and authority provide a basic understanding of the various federal and Texas programs dealing with small or minority-owned businesses, how the Buy America Act works and prevailing wage labor rates for various federal and Texas public procurements. 

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - So You Thought You Were Just A Contractor  $75 MORE INFO
Performance specs; Shop Drawings; Value Engineering; Failure to catch design errors by architect; Compliance with laws (i.e. building codes) which could be argued to exceed means methods; insurance coverage; suggested limitation of liability clauses. 

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Subcontract Clauses- Finding Common Ground  $30 MORE INFO
 A selection of contract clauses will be examined from both the perspective of the general contractor and subcontractor with the goal of finding potential opportunities for compromise between parties with very different interests. A strategy for negotiating for either party will also be discussed.

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Construction Section - The Ethics Buffet  $75 MORE INFO
A luncheon discussion serving small portions of ethics information covering a tasty variety of topics for the construction lawyer. All you can eat. Antacids will be available.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours and 1.0 Ethics. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Construction Section - The Owner - Architect Contract and Negotiations  $75 MORE INFO
Take a guided tour through a typical negotiation of an owner-architect agreement, with a discussion of key issues and clauses, and rationales for positions and viewpoints.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Tips from the Bench  $75 MORE INFO
Want to know what experienced judges think of your advocacy skills? Listen up! Hear tips and traps of trying a construction case, as seen from the bench.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.0 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Top 5 (or So) Insurance Coverage Decisions that Every Construction Law Should Know  $75 MORE INFO
The cases discussed, other than Lamar Homes, will not necessarily address what is covered and what is not, but rather will address collateral issues that practitioners face on a daily basis (e.g., scope of the eight corners rule, the right to independent counsel, which policy or policies are triggered by a claim, notice/prejudice, etc.)

This seminar features live Q&A with the speaker, Lee H. Shidlofsky of Visser Shidlofsky LLP.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 5-31-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours  
Construction Section - Top Tips on Getting the Best Results in Construction Mediations  $30 MORE INFO

Insights, from the mediators' viewpoint, into all-too common mediation mistakes made by lawyers, and the steps to avoid them.

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Construction Section - Trial vs. Arbitration  $30 MORE INFO

You may be an experienced trial lawyer, but are now headed for arbitration. The difference between advocacy from the podium and from the conference table.

Approved Credit: This course is no longer approved for CLE credit.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-28-2008
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Construction Section - Unintended Consequences of Government Regulation  $75 MORE INFO
Local governments frequently pass new regulations. Some are to make neighborhoods look nice, some to create affordable housing, and some to save lives. Due to behavioral responses that are rarely if ever considered, the objectives in the new laws are often not achieved. In every case, however, the new regulations raise new and existing house prices, reduce affordability and increase sprawl. This presentation will explain why this happens and how best to design regulations to prevent these undesired effects.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.25 hours Total General Hours and 1.0 hours Ethics. Accreditation for this course expires on 9-30-2010. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 02-06-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 1.25 hours Total General Hours, 1 hours Including Ethics  
Construction Section - Worksite Tragedies  $75 MORE INFO
Guiding a client through the aftermath of a worksite tragedy: How to coordinate multiple legal disciplines involving often-conflicting principles of tort, contract and employment law, insurance coverage, safety, health and environmental regulatory enforcement actions and criminal investigations; Attention to ethical dilemmas that frequently arise, and ways to deal with them.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.75 hours Total General Hours, 0.75 hours Including Ethics  
Construction Section – Negligent Misrepresentation Claims against Design   $75 MORE INFO
When does bad design become a negligent misrepresentation? Survey of current authority on a contractor's right to seek recourse against design professionals under the theory of negligent misrepresentation. Discussion will also cover elements of the negligent misrepresentation cause of action, applicability of the economic loss doctrine, comparative negligence and recoverable damages.

Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.50 hours Total General Hours and .25 Ethics. Accreditation for this course expires on 2-28-2011. You must complete the course and report your credit hours prior to this date to receive credit.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 03-31-2010
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
Approved Credit: TX Bar: 0.5 hours Total General Hours, 0.25 hours Including Ethics  
Miscellaneous CLE (6 Seminars)
Business Succession Planning  $30 MORE INFO
Business succession planning today is a priority for tomorrow’s economic success. In this program, an experienced panel of attorneys and financial planners will provide you with the resources, information, and tools you need to succeed in Business Succession Planning.

Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-21-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Business Succession Planning Package 1  $145 MORE INFO
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-21-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Business Succession Planning Package 2  $105 MORE INFO
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-21-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Lincoln on Profesionalism  $150 MORE INFO
Using an engaging documentary-style format, Lincoln's exemplary qualities of legal and personal professionalism will come to life - the qualities he demonstrated day in and day out in his law practice. This documentary will be coupled with a discussion among a stellar panel of judges and lawyers to provide a current and modern context to the model of professionalism that Lincoln provides.

For more information about licensing Lincoln to use in your organization, please visit www.LincolnOnProfessionalism.com.
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-22-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Lincoln on Profesionalism - Judges Roundtable  $60 MORE INFO
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-22-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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Lincoln on Profesionalism - Morning Session  $120 MORE INFO
Formats Available: Streaming
Original Seminar Date: 05-22-2009
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now
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