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Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, or a fully interactive videoconference. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information about transitional and non-transitional courses, please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.
Unmasking Changes: New Issues in Workers’ Compensation-EWC201113
Cost
Member - FREE
Product ID: EWC201113
Webinar Date: November 13, 2020
CLE Credit Hours.
Original Seminar Course Length: 4.0 Hours. General
Original Seminar Course Length: 4.0 Hours. General
Governor Lamont’s executive orders have created novel legal issues for workers’ compensation practitioners. Challenges to the validity of those orders, and the Commission’s implementation of them, are already here. This seminar is designed to assist practitioners in litigating specific controversies in this uncertain legal landscape.
Description
Presented by the Workers’ Compensation Section
CBA members must log in to the CBA website to access the self-study complimentary on-demand resources. These products are audio/video recordings and course materials from live CLE seminars that are three or more years old.
Non-members should call (844)469-2221 to learn how to become a member to gain access to these free member resources.
Complimentary On-demand Product Disclaimer:
Information contained in this audio/video complimentary on-demand product may be outdated and may not meet the criteria for CLE credit. Accordingly, the CBA is not automatically certifying any Connecticut or New York CLE credits for this complimentary on-demand product. CBA members who view/listen to this complimentary on-demand product may claim Connecticut CLE credit on their own as self-study if they determine that the information provided by the on-demand product is timely and relevant and otherwise meets the criteria in CT MCLE rule 2-27A.You Will Learn
- The history of executive orders in Connecticut, past challenges, the enabling statutes and their construction, constitutionality, legal arguments for and against the validity of the orders and the validity of agency actions based on them, and current cases challenging these orders in Connecticut
- How the executive orders are affecting and may affect workers’ compensation practice, including the ramifications of legislative and/or Supreme Court ratification or invalidation
- The history of the COVID-19 presumption, and the potential for ratification by the legislature, and whether ratification is likely to apply retroactively
- About existing statutory presumptions, how they have been applied, and how that body of law may translate to COVID-19 presumption cases
- Developments in other New England states regarding some of these issues
Who Should Purchase
Workers’ compensation practitioners will benefit from this seminar.
Speakers
Rep. Christine M. Conley Francis X. Drapeau
Connecticut House of Representatives Leighton Katz & Drapeau,
District 40; Embry Neusner Arscott & Shafner LLC, Rockville, CT
Groton, CT
Katherine M. DuBaldo Christopher A. Klimmek
Morrison Mahoney LLP, Day Pitney LLP,
Hartford, CT Hartford, CT
David J. Morrissey Joseph J. Passaretti Jr.
Morrissey Morrissey & Rydzik, Montstream Law Group,
Naugatuck, CT Glastonbury, CT
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for transitional and non-transitional CLE credits.
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