CLE Update from Cognistar.com

1.	This Month's Featured Courses - Don't Even Go There: Avoiding Ethical Perils - Year-End Quarterly Reporting - Stock Options: Looking Back and Moving Forward
2.	Courses Coming Soon - International Intellectual Property Litigation, Licensing, and Cross Border Issues
3.	News & Features - Legal Salary Report Now Available: Recruitment Still Challenging - Companies Turn to Outside Counsel for Rising Caseloads - ABA Launches E-Commerce Consumer Site - Paper Asks, Does Law School Curriculum Affect Bar Exam Passage? - CCH Offers Privacy Law Resource

1. THIS MONTH'S FEATURED COURSES

1. Don't Even Go There: Avoiding Ethical Perils
Presented by David Keyko, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Course No. 6000
In-house counsel confronts a myriad of ethical issues when a colleague pursues a lucrative but risky deal in this scenario-based program that explores a wide range of topics, including Sarbanes-Oxley duties, representing the organization as opposed to individuals, the use of private investigators, appropriate supervision and delegation, and cooperating with investigations.

2. Year-End and Quarterly Reporting
Course No. 1490
In this course three attorneys from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati review the requirements for corporate year-end and quarterly reporting, including Form 10-K, the Annual Report, the Proxy Statement, and Form 10-Q.

3. Stock Options: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Presented by Andrew Huang, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Course No. 6040
Employee stock option grants have sparked tremendous controversy and myriad legal actions in recent years, from backdating scandals to proper tax and accounting treatment. This course addresses a number of issues surrounding the granting of employee stock options, including problems with backdating, recent changes in applicable tax law and regulations, and concerns about attorney-client privilege and advancement of attorney fees for individuals involved in government investigations.

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2. COURSES COMING SOON

International Intellectual Property Litigation, Licensing, and Cross Border Issues
Course No. 2400
An line-up of European and U.S. intellectual property experts presents a jam-packed program touching on multiple aspects of international IP practice. European attorneys discuss multijurisdictional European patent litigation and tips on patent opposition practice in Europe. A U.S. International Trade Commission judge covers the basics of litigating a case before that body under Section 337 of the Tariff Act. Corporate IP attorneys present an overview of issues and challenges in global research and development and discuss a number of questions surrounding international IP licensing. The course also includes an update on what the U.S. government is doing to enforce IP rights internationally and a discussion of the problem of products being sold through gray market channels worldwide.

3. NEWS & FEATURES

Legal Salary Report Now Available: Recruitment Still Challenging
Job candidates are more apt to ask for higher starting salaries this year, and companies, struggling to find qualified candidates, may have to up the ante to attract them.

Companies Turn to Outside Counsel for Rising Caseloads
Corporate lawyers are calling in reinforcements to tackle rising caseloads, a new survey suggests.

ABA Launches E-Commerce Consumer Site
The American Bar Association has launched a free online legal resource for individuals and small businesses interested in starting e-commerce enterprises or venturing into online sales.

Paper Asks, Does Law School Curriculum Affect Bar Examination Passage?
Professors at St. Louis Law have co-written a paper that debunks the idea that law school courseload affects students' likelihood of passing the bar.

CCH Offers Privacy Law Resource
CCH launched a new tool to help attorneys and privacy professionals manage consumers' personal data in compliance with U.S. and international privacy law developments.

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