New Jersey Education Forum
Legal Education for Lawyers and Other Business Professionals
NEW JERSEY
EDUCATION FORUM
K&L Gates’ New Jersey Education Forum (NJEF) provides New Jersey in-house counsel
with complimentary continuing legal education across diverse areas of law. Through
our NJEF programs, we help you fulfill your CLE credit requirements while keeping you
abreast of the latest legal topics impacting your business locally, nationally and globally.
NJEF offers in-house counsel customized on-site and off-site
CLE seminars and training series. We also provide in-house
counsel with CLE programs and regular educational seminars
in partnership with New Jersey trade associations.
QUALITY SPEAKERS
Our lawyers are recognized in the marketplace for their
industry know-how and experience in specific areas of
law. Across the K&L Gates platform, we count more than a
GENERAL PROGRAMS
dozen Securities and Exchange Commission alumni, 25
We have a number of programs readily available to assist
advanced degrees and more than 25 LEED Accredited
New Jersey in-house counsel in fulfilling their training
Professionals, among others. As a result, we can provide you
requirements. We cover topics ranging from contracts and
with an insider’s view into today’s legal issues and evolving
negotiations, corporate mergers and acquisitions, labor and
regulatory landscape.
prior Department of Justice lawyers, 110 lawyers with
employment, and intellectual property to regulatory and
public policy, litigation and dispute resolution, environmental
and energy, and real estate.
THE NON-LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
We realize that non-legal professionals can benefit from
CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS
educational programs covering topical issues. As such,
We understand that no two businesses are the same. That’s
accounting departments, boards of directors, banks,
why we offer tailored educational programs to legal depart-
and insurance brokerage firms, among others.
NJEF provides tailored legal programs to finance and
ments and business teams. As part of developing a customized curriculum to meet internal objectives, we perform a
needs assessment to learn more about your organization’s
training requirements and objectives, as well as the legal and
business issues important to your organization.
Our lawyers are recognized
in the marketplace for
their industry know-how
and experience in specific
areas of law.
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REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Antitrust
•A
re You Protecting Your Intellectual
Property or Illegally Restraining
Competition? Lessons from
Groundbreaking Avaya v. TLI Case
•A
ntitrust Issues Involved in Forming
and Implementing Joint Ventures
•E
merging Law of Vertical
Price Controls
•A
ntitrust Issues in IP Licensing and
Patent Procurement
Corporate
• An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a
Pound of Cure: Best Practices for
Third-Party/Business Partner Contracts
• Navigating the Paths of a Merger
and Acquisition Transaction
•H
andling Intellectual Property Issues in
Business Transactions – Acquisitions
and Spin-Offs
• Global Trends in Regulating E-Commerce
Employee Benefits
•E
quity Plans for Public Companies
•C
afeteria Plan and Flexible Spending
Account Compliance
•C
orrection of 409A Documentary
and Payment Violations
Environmental
•N
ew Jersey’s Site Remediation
Reform Act: Proposed Revisions
to the Administrative & Technical
Requirements for Site Remediation
•C
limate Change and Sustainability:
Selected Issues Regarding Risk
Management, Liability and Insurance
•N
ew Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection and the
Administrative Procedure Act
FDA
• USDA Biotechnology Regulations:
Issues and Outlook
• FDA’s Reportable Food Registry and
Other Reporting Obligations
• Off-Label Promotion and FDA Criminal
Enforcement
Health Care
• Emerging Issues in Health
Care Litigation
• Threat or Opportunity:
The New Frontier of ACOs
• Health Care Fraud & Abuse: From Stark
and AKS Compliance to Government
and Contractor Investigations
• Medicare & Medicaid Contractors
Insurance Coverage
• Hidden Landmines in Insurance
Coverage Policies
• Legal Tips on Procuring and Renewing
Insurance Policies
• Cyber Liability: The Inherent Risks
and Protections
• Risk Transfer Through Insurance
and Indemnification
Intellectual Property
• Social Media Marketing-Advertising
Laws and Other Considerations
• Ethics in Trademark Prosecution
• Privacy Issues After U.S. v Jones
• Drafting License Agreements
• Damages in Trademark
Infringement Actions
Restructuring and Bankruptcy
• §1111(b) – A Primer and REMIC Basics
• Real Estate and Insolvency Issues
• Note Sales – Current Issues
International Law
• Important Issues Companies Need to
Know About Doing Business in the
European Union
• China Antibribery Compliance Practice:
Nuts and Bolts of Conducting Internal
Investigations and Responding to
Enforcement Actions in the PRC
• Derivatives Documentation
in the UK and U.S.
• Arbitration in India
• Infrastructure Projects in Central
America & the Dominican Republic
Litigation
• Limits on Limits: Current Trends
in Law Regarding Management of
Class Action Exposure
• Are Your Arbitration Provisions
Enforceable?
• Appellate Strategy: What the Rules
Don’t Tell You About How to Get the
Best Result on Appeal
Labor and Employment
• Assessing Independent Contractor
Relationships: Can They Survive the
USDOL’s Interpretation?
•R
ecent Developments: National
Labor Relations Board and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
• Reductions in Force: Strategies for
Minimizing Legal Risks in Downsizing
• Background Checks: What to Do, What
Not to Do and the Gray Areas in the Law
Real Estate
• Best Practices in Green Design,
Construction and Leasing
• Solar and Wind Energy Development
for Real Estate Practitioners
• Tax Law Implications for Real
Estate Law
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