Law Talk helps foreign lawyers understand and work with American legal concepts. Law Talk delivers that understanding quickly, freeing up lawyer time for higher-value activities.
A foreign lawyer could of course obtain the understanding alone, using the knowledge base and research skills common to all laywers. However, self-instruction would take much, much longer.
For a lawyer in a law firm, the need to better understand and work with American legal concepts might relate to business development: when pitching to an American company or attending an international conference, it’s useful to explain France-based experience and skills in a way that’s easily understood to a counterpart operating within an American law framework. Alternately, the need might relate to an open client matter: a France-based transaction or dispute might involve issues of American law; or if the client or cooperating counsel is American, then ongoing communication will be facilitated by making France-based issues and analysis easily understood within an American law framework.
For an in-house company lawyer (or administrative and finance director with legal oversight responsibilities), the need to better understand and work with American legal concepts arises in two areas: managing an international or American law firm for US-related matters; and negotiating and otherwise communicating with American suppliers, clients, and partners.
In these situations, the need goes beyond simple English grammar and vocabulary: what’s needed is a higher-level understanding of American legal doctrine.
Law Talk training can be customized to meet precise needs, addressing the specific points most relevant for the situation. Training can be one-on-one or in groups. In a group training, everyone can be from the same organization, or the training can be a workshop combining lawyers from different organizations. There’s a solution for every need.
Some of the Law Talk training topics are listed below. This list isn’t exhaustive. Click here to schedule a training at your office. Or if you prefer a group workshop, then click here to indicate which topics interest you, and we’ll contact you when we’re organizing a group workshop on a topic of interest to you.
Administrative law
Bankruptcy Bond financing Civil procedure Competition (antitrust) Conflict of laws Constitutional law Consumer protection Contract drafting Contract law Corporate/companies law Courts (federal and state) Discovery Employment and labor law Enforcement of foreign judgments Environmental protection
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Evidence
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Immigration Income tax Insurance Intellectual property IPOs Leasing and landlord-tenant law Legal ethics Legislative process Loans (secured and unsecured) Lobbying and government relations Mergers and acquisitions Non-disclosure and non-compete agreements Nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations Partnerships and joint ventures
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Personal injury liability (torts)
Privacy Private equity placements Property acquisition and development Property tax Public-private partnerships Real estate finance Real property Remedies Sale of goods (the UCC) Sarbanes-Oxley Securities regulation Telecom, broadcast, and Internet Trade secrets Trusts US legal system
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