Vermont (VT) Contracts CLE Course Catalog

In the next installment of this popular series, Peter Afrasiabi asks a simple question: Are you ready for some football? For more than 150 years, the game of football has occupied a unique position in the United States in terms of the legal regime that governs teams and the leagues in which they play. Peter discusses the antitrust decisions and other key developments that have allowed American football to become the global powerhouse it is today.

Clients in the middle of the supply chain face unique challenges that can be exacerbated in times of product shortages. This program evaluates their potential remedies under contract and antitrust law, to enable practicing attorneys to evaluate liability and potential damages in these cases.

Are your clients protected? Learn the basics of ensuring their IP doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

It’s time to write contracts differently! Stuart Teicher, Esq (the “CLE Performer”) uses his unique style to explain why lawyers need to break free from the restrictions of the past — those dreaded forms. Learn about how to “think” and “organize” a transaction, explore the different parts of an agreement, get some details on financing contingencies, and explore plain English a bit as well.

Through the exploration of a typical EPC contract, you can identify common customs compliance challenges to better manage and mitigate costly risks. This program expands on customs concepts such as classification, valuation, and origin and highlights how proactive planning can help your clients avoid delays, additional tariff costs, and potential contract disputes.

This CLE will discuss applications of non-fungible tokens to competitive video games including: why and how they may be used, what benefits they may bring, and what intellectual property and contract issues they may create.

The construction industry faces new and different challenges to addressing COVID-19 impacts as this pandemic continues. How do you segregate COVID-19 impacts from other impacts that occurred simultaneously? To what extent are secondary impacts and risks such as price escalation, supply chain shortages, and workforce availability a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what does that mean to parties in a dispute? What changes to procedures implemented during the pandemic can be maintained long-term to mitigate risk in future contracts?

Whether you have a microbrewery within your book of business or are looking to break into the field, join our faculty as they provide an overview of the legal issues to be aware of when starting a brewery.

The ins-and-outs of Comic Book Industry, legal issues practitioners likely to encounter.