Alaska (AK) Business Law CLE Course Catalog

The panel will discuss the impacts of the pandemic on international supply chains, including business interruption and force majeure claims, closure orders and related logistics challenges, government contracting issues, the handling of the pandemic in the UK and the EU, the regulation of international trade, and the aftermath – the longer term impacts of the pandemic on international commerce.

Securities lawyers are getting to grips with the breadth of the impact of COVID-19. From annual meeting timings and format to seeking relief from the SEC for public companies affected by COVID-19, this program provides you with the information you need about securities law in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Retailers and restaurants are filing for bankruptcy protection at increasing rates, primarily because of changing consumer preferences away from brick-and-mortar establishments and toward online shopping and food delivery services. This program, presented by a retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge and an experienced franchise practitioner, will analyze the key issues that arise when bankruptcy and franchise law intersect.

This program focused on the unique aspects of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus and the challenges it poses to business operations.

This program is for 0-3 year attorneys who have never experienced transactional law (and maybe even never worked in a law office) to rethink the "litigation-first" perspective that gets ingrained during law school. For a large number of law students interested in working with business transactions, as in-house counsel, in IP prosecution, licensing, etc., we want to provide guidance for what you should be thinking about on your first day of an internship, your first day at a job, or your first day running your own firm. These are tips to distinguish yourself on your first day even if you don't have any direct transactional experience.

Join experts in the health care insolvency field as they discuss a host of issues looming for the industry due to the fallout from the ongoing pandemic, factoring in the current landscape for providers, Polsinelli's Distressed Health Care Index, and the sectors that have been most affected thus far and in what ways.

Please join a distinguished panel who will share their thoughts on how best to safely and gradually re-open business across America.

Given the huge increase in filings lately and the increase in the debt limit after the passage of the Family Farmer Relief Act, the webinar would like to provide more information to consumer and small business lawyers who might be interested in expanding into Chapter 12 practice.

The panel will explore the new requirements for filing and confirming a small business case under the new Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, which became effective on February 19, 2020, and will address the potential issues you and your clients are likely to confront in seeking to successfully effectuate a reorganization thereunder.