MCLE News for Texas Attorneys: New Programs Accredited for TX Participatory Credit Effective May 1; Upcoming June 30 Expirations for Some Existing TX-Accredited Programs

Boca Raton, FL, May 05, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Celesq® AttorneysEd Center today announced some timely reminders and news for attorneys admitted to practice in Texas.

Celesq®’s new online MCLE programs available for participatory MCLE credit in Texas effective May 1, 2009.

These programs, which cover Ethics and Hot Topics in Employment and Labor Law, Environmental Law and Green Technology, Intellectual Property Law and Open Source, Corporate and Securities Law and White Collar, Litigation Skills, and more, are:

Planning and Implementing Workforce Reductions (1847EL)
Best Practices for Managing the Electronic Workplace (1848EL)
Workplace Investigations: Why, When and How to Do Them Right (1849EL)
Celesq®-West IP Master Series: 2008 Open Source Enforcement and Litigation Update (1857IP)
Engel on Asset Protection-2008: Recent Developments in Asset Protection Planning: An Overview (1866)
Preparing a Great Appellate Brief (1870)
Mistakes to Avoid on Appeal (1872)
The Ethics of Outsourcing: An Update on ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 (1885)
You Talking To Me? What Lawyers Can Say to—and about—Judges (1886)
Waiving Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection after FRE 502 (1892)
Appellate Law for Trial Lawyers (1902)
Celesq®-West IP Master Series: Ethical Considerations for Intellectual Property Attorneys—An Important Update (1906IP)
The New FMLA Regulations: How Employers Can Avail Themselves of the New Tools for Curbing Abuse, While Ensuring Compliance with New Obligations (1908EL)
Current Trends in SEC Enforcement-2009 (1912)
Operating Sustainably: Legal Issues concerning Green Building, including Green Leases and Sustainable Development (1934)

Upcoming June 30, 2009 expirations of accreditation in Texas for some existing Texas-accredited online MCLE programs

Last chance to take the following online programs, currently available for participatory MCLE credit in Texas:

1. Climate Change: New Legal Developments (1803E)
2. Challenges and Strategies for Compartmentalizing Environmental Liabilities in Multi-Affiliate Business Organizations (1804E)
3. International Ediscovery: The Privacy Implications (1809)
4. Ethics in Alternative Dispute Resolution (1810)
5. FCPA Enforcement: Renewed Emphasis by the SEC and DOJ (1811)
6. Celesq®-West IP Master Series: Hot Topics in Open Source Software-2008 (1813IP)
7. Celesq®-West IP Master Series: Bankruptcy & Intellectual Property: The Jagged Edge (1815IP)
8. U.S. v. Sulzbach—A Warning to In-House Counsel and Compliance Officers (1816)
9. Ethical Challenges in the Electronic Discovery Age (1817)
10. Stoneridge: The Ruling by the Supreme Court and its Impact (1818)
11. Ethics for In-House Counsel: A NAWL Event Presented by Celesq® (1819)
12. SEC Enforcement Trends and Priorities 2008: Key Considerations for Issuers and their Employees and Counsel (1823)
13. Celesq®-West IP Master Series: Hot Topics in IP for Corporate Counsel (1734IP)

For a listing of all of Celesq® online programs currently approved for participatory MCLE credit in Texas go to www.celesq.com.

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About Celesq® AttorneysEd Center
Celesq® AttorneysEd Center (www.celesq.com) is a premier provider of high-quality, cutting-edge continuing legal education programs to attorneys throughout the United States. Focusing on the hottest topics and latest trends in practice areas of particular interest to outside and in-house corporate attorneys and litigators, Celesq® offers its programs in a variety of convenient formats, including live web casts, online streaming audio or video, and CDs. Contact Sharon Levine Mirsky, Esq., at (561) 241-1919 or slmirsky@celesq.com for more information