Texas (TX) Commercial Practice CLE Course Catalog

This panel of legal and business experts will examine the ripple effects of the COVID pandemic on the real estate world, including its impact on office buildings, retail, hospitality and lending.

This session will review the unique issues involved with early and quick ? 363 sales in chapter 11 cases, including financing the case, how to get the sale approved, and what happens to the case after the sale closes.

More and more cases are being submitted to arbitration as a result of pre-dispute contractual clauses. Sometimes, the clause is very basic and simply provides for arbitration in the event of a dispute. Learn how to create an arbitration clause that is detailed and specifies a variety of terms.

Technology has driven transformation for many areas of the legal profession aiding with tools covering contract management and e-discovery to cloud based systems and big data and analytics. Yet, dispute resolution has yet to feel the full impact of this transformation. What stage are we currently facing? Where will this take us in the next five years?

The pandemic has forced companies to deal with an abundance of contractual challenges across the supply chain and with vendors. With the challenges not likely to disappear for 2020, how can General Counsel successfully navigate these novel contractual issues from force majeure, public disclosure to global supply chain disruption? Collaboration with external advisors and partners will be key to securing successful outcomes, yet for many General Counsel reservations still stand with security fears ranking top of the list.

In this session, we will discuss the most recent developments and explore whether the provisions set forth in the different bills offer the same level of protection.

In times of crisis, people are often said to come together. Collaborating with other companies can put in a much stronger position to ride out the storm. However, businesses must remain cautious and vigilant of partnering with rivals. The Department of Justice has strengthened its focus on the enforcement of antitrust laws during these times and particularly with markets feeling the greatest impact from the economic crisis.

Learn the key areas to focus on from financial management, human resources, analytics, and data and which strategies yield the optimum results for the legal department.

In this panel, we hear from women who have grappled with these questions every day as they share how they have adapted to meet these challenges in 2020 in a variety of areas of legal department operations.