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Join us this summer as we meet in person at Kiawah Island for the 44th Annual Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Program. This program, also offered by Live Webcast,...

Employers are required to provide leave to employees and often reinstate them to the same job category when they return. The FMLA, ADA and other federal statues...

Representing two or more clients in a business or commercial transaction is full of potential ethical traps. It's essential that clients understand the potential for...

Landlords (and their lenders) want nothing more than certainty in the stream of rental payments from tenants. When risks are involved – because of the profile of...

Paralegals are often essential for lawyers to successfully practice law. Paralegals conduct basic legal research, help review and prepare documents, and sometimes...

This annual ethics update covers a wide range of ethical developments important to your civil litigation practice. The program provides detailed coverage of...

This annual ethics update covers a wide range of ethical developments important to your civil litigation practice. The program provides detailed coverage of...

Indemnity agreements are central to the risk allocation and limitation of liability system built into most transactionalarrangements. The indemnitor agrees to...

Lawyers must always be truthful in their representations. Yet they must be zealous in representing clients. The tension between these two principles is perhaps...

Guarantees undergird most real estate transactions. Lenders, investors and others are often unwilling or unable to finance or otherwise support a real estate...

Ethics rules, the principles of professionalism, and sanctionable conduct are interrelated. Lawyers have a duty to zealously represent their clients, but they do...

Most employees carry with them powerful devices – smartphone and tablets – that they use for mixed personal and professional use. These devices can enhance or...

There is rarely a liquid market for the sale or exchange of ownership interests in closely-held companies. Buy/sell agreements fix that problem by creating a market...

There is rarely a liquid market for the sale or exchange of ownership interests in closely-held companies. Buy/sell agreements fix that problem by creating a market...

One of the bedrock principles of business law is limited liability. The individual owners of an entity – shareholders of a corporation or members of a limited...