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Co-sponsored by the Business Law and Tax Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association
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October 2014
Colorado Business Law Institute 2014
Co-sponsored by the Business Law and Tax Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association
Program Description:
Take two days and get updated on the latest in new laws, new cases and new developments affecting your business law practice. During those same two days, choose from 21 different breakout sessions and get invaluable information on topics of greatest interest to you, AND receive materials from ALL breakout sessions whether you attend them or not.
The Institute is the "can't miss" business law event of the year. It offers you an intense learning experience plus opportunities to network with your colleagues and an expert faculty, and materials that you will benefit from for months and years to come.
Program Highlights:
Plenary Sessions Include:
- Case Law and Legislative Recent Developments
- Update from the Secretary of State's Office
- LIGHTNING ROUND: Tips and Traps for Business Lawyers from the Perspectives of Tax, Creditor, Debtor, and Real Estate Attorneys
- Cloud-y, with a Chance of Data Leakage
- Fiduciary Duties of Officers, Directors, Members, Managers, and their Counsel: Avoiding
- Personal Liability …. and Lawyer Liability for Aiding and Abetting Fiduciary Breaches
Plus, Choose from the Following Break-Out Session Topics:
- Changes in the Patent World
- Impact of Divorce on a Business Partner
- Drafting Business Acquisition Documents: Confidentiality Agreements, Term Sheets/Letters of Intent, Due Diligence, Purchase Agreements
- Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: How to Keep Former Employees from Disclosing, Soliciting and Competing
- EB5 Financing and Foreign Investors
- Mediation and Arbitration: Drafting Clauses and Provisions, Including Best Practices and Practical Tips
- The SEC and General Solicitation Funding: A Brave New World
- LLC Conversions, Mergers and Dissolutions
- Drafting LLC Operating Agreements: Dealing with the 4Ds (Death, Disability, Departure, Disagreement of Members)
- The Affordable Care Act's Impact on Businesses
- Select State and Local Tax Issues Applicable to Entity Formation, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Drop & Swap: Dissolution of Partnerships in a 1031 Exchange
- Antitrust/Vertical Price Restrictions: Colgate Doctrine, MSRP, Minimum Advertised Price Policies
- Three Pretzels in a Lease: Sorting Through Intertwined Provisions
- Transferring Partnership Interests: IRC Section 751 (Hot Asset Rules), Section 754 Elections and More
- Advising Clients on Labor and Employment Issues in Germany, Mexico, and Canada
- UCC Article 9 Basics and Update
- Using a Series of a Series LLC in Colorado and Other Non-series States
- Taxable S Corporation Sales and New Section 336(e)
- The Ethical Minefield of Advising Family-owned Businesses
Thank You 2014 Business Law Institute Sponsors!
Co-sponsors:
Business Law and Tax Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - DAY ONE
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Introduction and Welcome
Gary Abrams, Executive Director, Colorado Bar Association
Gary Abrams, Executive Director, Colorado Bar Association
PLENARY SESSIONS
9:10am
Case Law and Legislative Recent Developments
Presented by Mark Loewenstein, Monfort Professor of Commercial Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, and Herrick Lidstone, Jr., Esq.
10:10am
Morning Networking Break
10:25am
Update from the Secretary of State's Office
Presented by Mark Hardin, Business and Licensing Division Director
10:55am (.5 Ethics Credit)
LIGHTNING ROUND: TIPS AND TRAPS FOR BUSINESS LAWYERS
From the Perspective of Tax Attorneys
Presented by Henri "Hank" Vanderhage, Esq.
From the Perspective of Creditor Counsel
Presented by Deanna Westfall, Esq.
From the Perspective of Debtor Counsel
Presented by Jeffrey Brinen, Esq.
From the Perspective of Real Estate Attorneys
Presented by Frederick Skillern, Esq.
12:10pm
Lunch on Your Own
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose sessions)
SESSION 1
1:20-2:10pm
Changes in the Patent World
Presented by Henry L. Smith, Jr., Esq.
Changes in the Patent World
Presented by Henry L. Smith, Jr., Esq.
SESSION 2
1:20-2:10pm
Impact of Divorce on a Business Partner
Impact of Divorce on a Business Partner
Presented by Diana Powell, Esq.
SESSION 3
1:20-2:10 pm
Drafting Business Acquisition Documents: The Ins and Outs (Part One)
Drafting Business Acquisition Documents: The Ins and Outs (Part One)
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Term Sheets/Letters of Intent
Presented by Chris Groll, Esq., and Sam Edwards, Esq.
SESSION 4
2:15-3:05pm
Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: How to Keep Former Employees from Disclosing, Soliciting and Competing
Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: How to Keep Former Employees from Disclosing, Soliciting and Competing
Presented by Matthew Rita, Esq.
SESSION 5
2:15-3:05pm
EB5 Financing and Foreign Investors
EB5 Financing and Foreign Investors
Presented by Robert Ahrenholz, Esq., and Gil Rosenthal, Esq.
SESSION 6
2:15-3:05pm
Drafting Business Acquisition Documents: The Ins and Outs (Part Two)
Drafting Business Acquisition Documents: The Ins and Outs (Part Two)
- Due Diligence
- Purchase Agreement
Presented by Chris Groll, Esq., and Sam Edwards, Esq.
3:05-3:20pm
Afternoon Networking Break
BREAKOUT SESSIONS Continued...
SESSION 7
3:20-4:10pm
Mediation and Arbitration: Drafting Clauses and Provisions, Including Best Practices and Practical Tips
Presented by Honorable James Miller, and Collie Norman, Esq,, Mediators and Arbitrators, JAMS
Mediation and Arbitration: Drafting Clauses and Provisions, Including Best Practices and Practical Tips
Presented by Honorable James Miller, and Collie Norman, Esq,, Mediators and Arbitrators, JAMS
SESSION 8
3:20-4:10pm
The SEC and General Solicitation Funding: A Brave New World
The SEC and General Solicitation Funding: A Brave New World
Presented by Reid Godbolt, Esq.
SESSION 9
3:20-4:10pm
LLC Conversions, Mergers and Dissolutions
Presented by Henri "Hank" Vanderhage, Esq.
LLC Conversions, Mergers and Dissolutions
Presented by Henri "Hank" Vanderhage, Esq.
SESSION 10
4:15-5:05pm
Drafting LLC Operating Agreements: Dealing with the 4Ds (Death, Disability, Departure, Disagreement of Members)
Drafting LLC Operating Agreements: Dealing with the 4Ds (Death, Disability, Departure, Disagreement of Members)
Presented by Jonathan Langer, Esq.
SESSION 11
4:15-5:05pm
The Affordable Care Act's Impact on Businesses
The Affordable Care Act's Impact on Businesses
Presented by Donald Allen, Esq., and Steven Rider, Esq.
SESSION 12
4:15-5:05pm
Select State and Local Tax Issues Applicable to Entity Formation, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Select State and Local Tax Issues Applicable to Entity Formation, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Presented by Peter Rose, Esq.
5:10pm
Adjourn to Networking Reception
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - DAY TWO
8:30am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome Back
PLENARY SESSIONS
9:10am (1 Ethics Credit)
Ethics: Cloud-y, with a Chance of Data Leakage
Presented by Charles Luce, Jr., Esq.
Presented by Charles Luce, Jr., Esq.
10:00am
Morning Networking Break
10:15am (1 Ethics Credit)
A Panel Presentation
Fiduciary Duties of Officers, Directors, Members, Managers, and their Counsel: Avoiding Personal Liability… and Lawyer Liability for Aiding and Abetting Fiduciary Breaches
Panelists: Michael McConnell, Esq.
John (Jack) Tanner, Esq.
Fiduciary Duties of Officers, Directors, Members, Managers, and their Counsel: Avoiding Personal Liability… and Lawyer Liability for Aiding and Abetting Fiduciary Breaches
Panelists: Michael McConnell, Esq.
John (Jack) Tanner, Esq.
Monica Loseman, Esq.
Moderated by Josiah Hatch, Esq.
Moderated by Josiah Hatch, Esq.
12:05pm
Lunch on Your Own
DAY 2
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSION 13
1:20-2:10 pm
Drop & Swap: Dissolution of Partnerships in a 1031 Exchange
Presented by Douglas Becker, Esq., and Trevor Crow, Esq.
SESSION 14
1:20-2:10pm
Antitrust/Vertical Price Restrictions: Colgate Doctrine, MSRP, Minimum Advertised Price Policies
Presented by Todd Seelman, Esq.
SESSION 15
1:20-2:10pm
Three Pretzels in a Lease: Sorting Through Intertwined Provisions: Insurance, Exculpation and Indemnification. Tenant Improvement, Maintenance, Casualty Loss and Surrender. Operating Expense Inclusions, Exclusions and Obligations.
Three Pretzels in a Lease: Sorting Through Intertwined Provisions: Insurance, Exculpation and Indemnification. Tenant Improvement, Maintenance, Casualty Loss and Surrender. Operating Expense Inclusions, Exclusions and Obligations.
Presented by Beat Steiner, Esq.
SESSION 16
2:15-3:05pm
Transferring Partnership Interests: IRC Section 751 (Hot Asset Rules), Section 754 Elections and More
Presented by Eric Zinn, Esq.
Transferring Partnership Interests: IRC Section 751 (Hot Asset Rules), Section 754 Elections and More
Presented by Eric Zinn, Esq.
SESSION 17
2:15-3:05pm
Advising Clients on Labor and Employment Issues in Germany, Mexico, and Canada
Presented by Judith (Jude) Biggs, Esq., Jörg Rehder, German Attorney at Law, Attorney at Law (Maryland and Minnesota), and Solicitor (England and Wales), and Oscar De la Vega, Mexican Attorney at Law, and Lisa Bolton, Canadian Attorney at Law
SESSION 18
2:15-3:05pm
UCC Article 9 Basics and Update
Presented by John McCabe, Esq.
Presented by John McCabe, Esq.
3:05-3:20
Afternoon Networking Break
SESSION 19
3:20-4:10pm
Using a Series of a Series LLC in Colorado and Other Non-series States
Presented by Allen Sparkman, Esq.
SESSION 20
3:20-4:10 pm
Taxable S Corporation Sales and New Section 336(e) - A review of the newly created Section 336(e) election and how it relates to other corporate sales and structuring techniques. In 1986, Congress fundamentally altered corporate taxation by repealing the General Utilities rule. But Congress also created special tax elections that allowed corporate stock sales to be treated as assets sales. After many years, the Treasury Department recently issued final regulations describing the Section 336(e) election.
Presented by James Walker, Esq.
SESSION 21
3:20-4:10pm - ( 1 Ethics Credit)
The Ethical Minefield of Advising Family-owned Businesses
Presented by Karen Brady, Esq
4:10pm
Adjourn
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $649.00 USD
- Member Price $569.00 USD
- General Credits 27.00
- Ethics Credits 3.50
- EDI Credits