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Training Sessions for Clients

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Product Liability

This session offers an essential overview of what every

manufacturer needs to know.

Areas of discussion include:

– Basics of Product Liability Law – Contract vs. Tort

– Discovery/Regulatory Obligations

– Company specific applications and questions

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Contracts

Contract Training is an effective way to educate business

units on significant traps and risks inherent in contract

negotiations.

Areas of discussion include:

– Terms and conditions

– Quotations, purchase orders, acknowledgements and other forms – Warranty

– Indemnification – Termination – Delivery

– Specifications

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E-Communication

(Preliminary Session)

E-Communication training may be approached at

different levels. Before conducting training sessions,

client should consider a preliminary session for

in-house counsel and IT personnel.

Areas of discussion include:

– Overview of issues and risks associated with e-communication – Review of corporation’s existing policies and practices

– Determination of need for updated policies and practices

The preliminary session also serves to assist with the

development of a recommended outline for the

business unit training sessions.

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E-Communication

(Business Unit Session)

Business unit training sessions can be done following a

preliminary session or independently to cover various

aspects of e-communication policies and risks.

Areas of discussion include:

– Legal risks and IT costs associated with poor e-communication habits

– Top 10 e-communication content traps

– Overview of client’s existing e-communication policies – Discussion of possible new e-communication policies – Retention and deletion

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E-Discovery

Designed for in-house counsel, human resource

professionals, IT professionals, and CFOs.

The Federal and Michigan Court Rules now mandate that

organizations take certain steps related to e-discovery

issues. Areas of discussion include:

– Overview of the new e-discovery rules

– A comparison of the federal and state rules

– What companies must know about preservation of evidence – How to follow the rules and engage in e-discovery

– Document management – what vendors can do to help

– Resources to assist without purchasing expensive software or servers

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Harassment Training

Harassment training can be effectively utilized to reduce

the risks of adverse consequences to the company.

Harassment training can be tailored to offer high-level

education or more detailed sessions.

Areas of discussion include:

– Sexual harassment – Racial or ethnic slurs – Inappropriate behavior

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Immigration

Areas of discussion include:

– Nonimmigrant Visa categories including but, not limited to, H-1B, L-1A/L-H-1B, B-1/B-2, F-1, E-1/E-2/E-3, TN, and J-1

– Immigrant Visa categories including, but not limited to EB-1 (Int'l Managers/Execs), EB-2 (Advance degree professionals) and EB-3 (Professionals and Skilled Workers)

– Immigration Compliance including I-9 policies and audits, as well as LCA File policies and audits.

Recommended time for partial session: 1 - 2 hours Recommended time for full session: 2 - 4 hours

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Immigration

Designed for all human resources professionals,

department managers, and in-house counsel.

Areas of discussion include:

– Immigration ABCs from H-1B to PERM

– Immigration aspects of hiring foreign nationals and compliance issues

– Nonimmigrant Visa categories including but, not limited to, H-1B, L-1A/L-1B, B-1/B-2, F-1, E-1/E-2/E-3, TN, and J-1

– Immigrant Visa categories including, but not limited to EB-1 (Int'l Managers/Execs), EB-2 (Advance degree professionals) and EB-3 (Professionals and Skilled Workers)

– Immigration Compliance including I-9 policies and audits, as well as LCA File policies and audits.

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Immigration

Areas of discussion for specialty topics include:

– I-9 compliance and training

– Nonimmigrant Visa overview to include H-1B, L-1, B-1, TN, F-1 and J-1

– Immigrant Visa overview to include EB-1(Int'l

Managers/Execs), EB-2 (Advance degree professionals) and EB-3 (Professionals and Skilled Workers)

– Immigration Basics and Compliance Issues to include basic immigration terminology and documentation (e.g. I-94 cards, EAD cards, etc.), and an overview for immigration

compliance including Labor Condition Application (LCA) files and I-9s.

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Canadian Law

Areas of discussion include:

– Cross Border Insolvencies and Restructuring

– Applications under Companies Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

– Supply Protection Agreements, Accommodation Agreements and Access Agreements

– Mergers and Acquisitions

– Corporate Finance and Secured Transaction – Corporate Governance and Compliance

– Real Estate Acquisition – Customs Import/Export – Immigration

– Labour, Employment and Worker’s Compensation

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Violence in the Workplace

Areas of discussion include:

– Understanding your legal duties to your employees, to the alleged perpetrator, and to the public, which are all different – Enacting policies and practices that can help you prevent and

address violence in the workplace

– Engaging in early intervention without violating non-discrimination and disability protection laws

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Antitrust

Training can be tailored to meet the educational needs of

the business units.

– Enforcement of the antitrust laws – Agreements between competitors

• The per se rule

– Price fixing – Market Division

• The rule of reason

– Restrictions in agreements with customers and suppliers

• Exclusive dealing and territories • Resale price maintenance

– Monopolization and attempts to monopolize – Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures – Price discrimination

– Industry self-regulation – Antitrust Do’s and Dont’s

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Arbitration

Description of arbitration

Law and treaties affecting arbitration

– Domestic arbitration – International arbitration

Drafting the arbitration agreement

– Defining the scope of arbitration – Selecting rules and procedures

Compelling arbitration

Enforcing and challenging arbitration awards

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Attorney-Client Privilege

Understanding the law of Attorney-Client Privilege and

the Work-Product Doctrine is paramount to availing

yourself of the protections afforded by these

often-misunderstood principles while avoiding inadvertently

waiving the privileges.

Areas of discussion include:

– Necessary elements and governing standards – Practical tips

– Waiver

– Exceptions

– Sarbanes-Oxley – Email

– The unique problems of in-house counsel

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IP Management/Protection

The overall goal of each topic session is to assist clients

in managing, using and protecting their intellectual

property.

– Trademarks

• Proper use a mark

• Protecting and registering marks • Infringement

• Combating counterfeit marks and products

– Patents

• Invention and patent application process/documentation • Infringement

– Trade Secrets

• Protecting your trade secrets

• Non-Compete/non-disclosure agreements • Combating misappropriation

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Government Investigations

Areas of discussion include:

– How Corporations (and Corporate Officers) can protect themselves from criminal liability

– How to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and other requests for information

– How to persuade the Government to investigate and prosecute crimes perpetrated against your company

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Foreign Nationals

Educating Foreign Nationals on Unique

American Criminal Sanctions

This presentation can be presented to the employer or

directly to the foreign national employee

Areas of discussion include:

– Differences in American and foreign criminal law

– Proper response if a Foreign National is investigated or accused of a crime

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Estate Planning

Privately Held Businesses

This course will review estate planning issues specific to

owners of closely-held businesses. Additionally, we will

review mechanisms of corporate structure, buy-sell

agreements, reorganization techniques, as well as traditional

estate planning documents.

Areas of discussion include:

• Wills and Trusts

• Powers of Attorney and Proxies • Voting and Irrevocable Trusts

• GRATS (Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts)

We will also examine a variety of charitable giving vehicles

having appeal for business owners contemplating selling

their business.

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The Social Networking Phenomenon:

Are you at risk?

Facebook. LinkedIn. Plaxo. My Space. YouTube. Twitter.

– The list of social networking sites keeps growing. Most of us are sharing personal and professional information and content. This course will examine the benefits and risks of such networks. We will discuss the ways social networks assist in promoting your services, how companies are using these social networks, and review the serious implications that can result by failing to

establish and follow organizational policies and set individual privacy settings.

Areas of discussion include:

– Are you Connected? – Statistics

– Terminology

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The Social Networking Phenomenon:

Are you at risk?

Legal Issues:

– Ownership + Control of Your Content – Defamation

– Criminal Activities

– Employment Practices – Litigation Impact

Advertising and Damage Control

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So Your Child is 18. Now What?

• For parents of high school students who are about to turn 18. Ready or not, they are legally responsible for their choices and actions.

• Areas of discussion include:

– The legal realities of having a student who turns 18. How it affects medical care, treatment decisions, privacy laws, and more.

– The legal responsibilities of parents for the actions of their teen.

– The difference of a student being treated as a minor or as an adult in the eyes of the law.

– The responsibilities of a parent hosting a party with minors attending, including the legal and financial consequences of permitting underage drinking.

– We encourage questions, one-on-one time following the presentation, or individual appointments. We will also examine a variety of charitable giving vehicles having appeal for business owners contemplating selling their business.

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About Our Firm

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