James Glickman of the U.S. Department of Labor gives an overview of the federal wage and hour and related laws affecting independent contractors. This lecture from the 11/7/2018 MCLE program, Independent Contractor v. Employee, looks at important recent cases and changes to the regulatory guidelines.

John F. Cohan of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, PC, in Boston examines negotiation points in select key provisions: representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions in this lecture from the 11/7/2018 program MCLE, Contract Review, Negotiation & Analysis.

ADA Audrey C. Mark and public defender Shannon Hinegardner discuss when you need a psychological expert and how to cross examine them in MCLE’s Handling Sexual Assault Cases, recorded on 12/4/2018. They focus on cases involving the process of disclosure, child abuse accommodation syndrome, and memory.

The panel (Tyler E. Chapman, Sarah B. Herlihy, Scarlett M. Rajbanshi, and Peter I. Resnick) discusses how best to prepare and protect your expert witness through the discovery process. They look at some of the common missteps and suggest solutions for this potential minefield in this lecture from the 11/9/2018 MCLE program,

Selecting, Protecting & Dethroning Experts.

Edmund Williams from the Land Court lays out the process involved. This excerpt from the 10/25/2018 MCLE program, Inner Workings of the Land Court: Registration, Surveys & Tax Liens, walks you through registering condominiums and withdrawing them from registration; amending master deeds; “S” petitions, and how to file them; along with showing when and how to withdraw land from registration.

Ellen J. Messing of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, looks at the ethical and HR considerations when wrapping up the lawyer-firm relationship, with a focus on client contact and access to firm information in this excerpt from MCLE’s HR Issues for Law Firms & Legal Departments recorded on 10/14/2018.

Judge Jay D. Blitzman of the Juvenile Court kicks off a panel discussion with UTEC in this excerpt from MCLE’s 19th Annual Juvenile Delinquency & Child Welfare Law Conference held on 12/14/2018.

Leo J. Cushing, Todd E. Lutsky, and Lisa M. Neeley conduct a Q&A regarding Medicaid and healthcare planning and strategies in this excerpt from the 5/8/2018 MCLE program, Medicaid & Healthcare Planning Update 2018.

Jaclyn Kugell, Ellen Messing, and Gretchen Pratt examine staffing issues in law firms from an HR perspective in this excerpt from the 10/24/2018 MCLE program, HR Issues for Law Firms & Legal Departments. They look at the employment law and human resource management issues affecting lawyers and law firm staff.

Hear Robert Baute, Jr., of Locke Lord LLP explain how to set up and operate an LLC and a corporation to minimize the likelihood of exposure in this lecture from the 10/19/2018 MCLE program, LLC Liability Loopholes & Piercing the Corporate Veil.