Illinois attorneys must complete 30 credit hours every 2 years, including 6 hours of professional responsibility. Attorneys in Illinois with the last names A-M should have completed the required IL MCLE by June 30. Don’t panic if you missed the Illinois CLE deadline. If you did not complete the required IL CLE your best option is to report non-compliance to the Illinois…
“Experienced” New York attorneys must complete a minimum of 24 New York CLE credit hours each two-year NY CLE reporting cycle.[1] At least 4 of these NY CLE credit hours must be in the Ethics and Professionalism category and the remaining credit hours may be in any category of credit – Areas of Professional Practice, Skills or Law Practice Management. NY CLE Ethics…
Monday, July 11, was an extremely busy day. The phone started ringing around 8:00 a.m. and it was busy until we finished up around 5:00 p.m. Why would it be so busy in the middle of July when many states don’t have deadlines until the end of the year??? It was so busy because the State Bar of California sent out over…
Members of the Florida Bar are subject to the CLER. Florida attorneys must complete and report 30 total FL CLE credit hours every three-year reporting cycle to fulfill the CLER.[1] This compliance and reporting requirement is called the Continuing Legal Education Requirement (CLER) in Florida. Florida does NOT allow CLER credit hours to be carried over from one compliance period to the…
Spearheaded by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), leaders and governments have sought to monitor and suppress money laundering and terrorism financing around the globe. This became even more pressing here at home after the 9/11 terror attacks. Due to our legal system and the use of anonymous entities like LLCs, the United States is an easy place to hide money and…
Very soon there will be as many drones in the sky as flies…. that may be a stretch, but you get the picture of how popular drones have become. Every year millions of drones are bought used for everything from conducting surveillance and crop science to filming weddings, bar mitzvahs and other celebrations. But what happens when the drone your 12 year-old…
Texas attorneys that have been licensed for two years or more must complete fifteen (15) TX CLE credit hours each annual compliance period.[1] The Texas MCLE compliance year is a one-year period that begins on the first day of the month you were born. The compliance year ends one year later on the last day of the month that precedes the month of…
Illinois attorneys with the last names A-M should have completed 30 credit hours of IL CLE by June 30. However, do not fret if you did not complete the required IL MCLE. If your last name begins with A-M and you did not complete the required 30 IL CLE hours by June 30 you have until September 30 to cure your deficiency.…
Prior art research should be concluded early on in the patent process before time, money and resources are expended on the construction of the patent and the application. Prior art research will identify those patent publications that may prevent the innovation in question from being patented and can provide a type of road map in the early stages of development that can…
Drones are one of the hottest new technologies on the market. They are available online for as little as $89.00 and they can be flown legally under an altitude of 400 feet with certain weight restrictions. Very soon, millions of drones will be filling our skies on a daily basis for fun, to deliver pizzas, to drop off your latest purchase…. and spying…