Virginia Live CLE Bundle 2021

Legal scholars debate whether financial institutions should not primarily serve shareholders but owe primary direct duties to creditors, insureds, and account holders. Further debates span if these institutions also owe broader fiduciary duties to the public, given the protections banks receive from taxpayers as institutions that are “too big to fail.” This has turned into an ongoing debate about the original purpose of the corporate entity and differing opinions over the lessons of precedent. This course will discuss this topic at length, reviewing recent trends for incorporating banks as benefit corporations. It will also discuss proposals for legislation to allow federally chartered banks to consider non-shareholder interests in decision-making expressly.

Attendees will learn the history of financial institutions, specifically focusing on instances of them prioritizing wealth generation over the common good. Regarding more recent times, attendees will also learn modern attempts to define and/or legislate corporate responsibilities and new perspectives towards more enhanced fiduciary duties. The course will consider the enhanced provision of services allegedly provided to stakeholders by seven benefit B Corp Banks in the U.S. and six foreign banks in the UK, Canada, and Australia. Lastly, it will discuss the legal risk assessment of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., and Wells Fargo & Co.’s not to transition to benefit corporations.

This course is ideal for attorneys at any stage in their careers interested in the trends towards enhanced fiduciary duties of financial institutions for multiple stakeholders, the incorporation of thousands of benefit corporations, and values-driven banking.

Learning Objectives:

• Evaluate the history of banks as institutions prioritizing wealth generation over the common good
• Assess the debate over reimagining corporations and financial institutions that require enhanced fiduciary duties for multiple stakeholders
• Review proposed federal legislation to align federally chartered bank priorities with the public’s interests
• Analyze the alleged provision of enhanced services of seven examples of B Corp Banks in the United States and six foreign banks in the UK, Canada, and Australia
• Evaluate the basis for rejecting big banks' proposals to convert to benefit corporations
• Assess the likelihood that large or small banks will transition into statutory Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs)

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Central Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mountain Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Pacific Time:  11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Alaska Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Saturday, December 27, 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

This presentation will cover Supreme Court cases from the past, present, and future of the Supreme Court’s docket. Attendees will be provided background on the current state of the Supreme Court, along with an understanding of how each decision is a product of the current court’s composition. Cases will be discussed from both a legal and factual perspective, so that attendees are aware of the legal issues which govern the decision and how the decision may affect the parties, lawyers, judges and legislators moving forward.  For cases that have been decided, the presentation will provide an analysis of every opinion provided by the Justices to note the differences in judicial perspectives.  For cases pending before the Court, the presenter and the attendees will discuss possible outcomes.  

This course is suitable for attorneys at all levels that are interested in learning about current Supreme Court Cases.

Learning Objectives: 

• Examine the current composition of the Supreme Court and how each Justice approaches issues based on the topic of law
• Identify each Justices’ judicial perspectives and how the most recent Supreme Court appointments have altered the composition of the Court
• Explore how the Supreme Court manages and disposes of cases from a practical perspective.  This includes learning about the types of cases that come before the Court, how often cases are overruled, and how litigants progress from the trial court stages of the Federal system through the U.S. Supreme Court
• Assess the fundamental legal elements which underlie the Supreme Court cases discussed in the lecture, which will focus on Constitutional law, Government Regulation and Civil Rights
• Analyze both broad and narrow categories of law for each case that are pertinent to the resolution of specific cases covered in the presentation
• Develop an understanding of the specific cases in the presentation to be able to formulate an understanding of the issue narrowly presented before the Court
• Predict an outcome based on the material in the presentation to better understand Supreme Court cases and likely follow along with outcomes after the presentation is concluded

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Central Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mountain Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pacific Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Alaska Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Monday, December 22, 2025

This course is designed to help attorneys better understand the role legal operations play in an in-house legal department, especially as it relates to corporate governance and compliance.

Attendees will learn about the role of legal operations as members of an in-house legal team and how they can assist with meeting the organization's overall goals in compliance. This course will also examine current corporate governance.

Any attorney, both in-house and those serving as outside counsel to business organizations, along with attorneys unfamiliar with the role of Legal Operations, are encouraged to attend this course.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the core principles of corporate governance
• Identify the role of a legal operations department within an organization
• Analyze how the legal operations department enhances an organization’s corporate obligations

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Central Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Mountain Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Pacific Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Alaska Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

This course is designed for North Carolina attorneys involved in litigation or policy responsibilities related to criminal law and procedure. Attorneys with an interest in the topic but who are not litigators or advisors are also welcome to attend.

The program will have both a substantive and skills-based approach. As to the former, recent United States Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit, and state cases will be discussed. Recent statutory changes related to criminal law and procedure will be reviewed. The skills component will involve identifying common suppression hearing issues and the best strategies to increase the chances of winning such hearings.

This program is suitable for attorneys with any amount of experience who are interested in recent changes in North Carolina state criminal procedures and statutes. Attendees will be expected to review suppression hearing-related fact patterns in advance of attending this webinar.

Learning Objectives:

1. Examine recent case law from both the United States Supreme Court and the states.
2. Evaluate the scope of and limits of law enforcement in different situations (street encounters, traffic stops, hot pursuit).
3. Review recent criminal law and procedure-related statutory changes.
4. Identify common suppression hearing issues.
5. Apply legal standards to fact patterns to determine the admissibility of evidence and potential violations.