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THIS MONTH: Lyrics and Litigation: A Case Study on Drake's Legal Claims • Combining Storytelling and Themes for Successful Outcome • Mortgage Lending and the Economy • Protecting the Client and Their Plans from Interlopers and Do-Gooders • Indemnification Provisions in Private Company M&A • Readable Legal Writing

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides

  • Total Credit Hours:
  • 4.00 | 1.00 ethics
  • Credit Info
  • TX, CA, PA
  • TX MCLE credit expires: 12/31/2026

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1. Lyrics and Litigation: A Case Study on Drake's Legal Claims Against UMG Recordings, Inc. (Oct 2025)

Megan Dunn

0.75 0.25 0.00 0.75 | 0.25 ethics
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42 mins
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42 mins
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6 pgs

Session 1 —42 mins 0.75 | 0.25 ethics

Lyrics and Litigation: A Case Study on Drake's Legal Claims Against UMG Recordings, Inc. (Oct 2025)

From the recording studio to the courtroom, discuss the legal claims arising from feuds between well-known recording artists. 

Originally presented: Sep 2025 Entertainment Law Institute

Megan Dunn, Megan Dunn Law, PLLC - Dallas, TX

2. Combining Storytelling and Themes for Successful Outcomes (Oct 2025)

Will Moye

0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50
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33 mins
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32 mins
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18 pgs
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8 pgs

Session 2 —33 mins 0.50

Combining Storytelling and Themes for Successful Outcomes (Oct 2025)

Review strategies for storytelling that resonate with the jury and judges and aligns with legal principles of negligence, liability, and compensation.

Originally presented: Aug 2025 The Car Crash Seminar

Will Moye, Moye Law Firm - Houston, TX

3. Mortgage Lending and the Economy  (Oct 2025)

Mark Fitzgerald

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28 mins
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27 mins
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16 pgs

Session 3 —28 mins 0.50

Mortgage Lending and the Economy  (Oct 2025)

Hear how a rapidly shifting economic and policy environment is impacting the housing sector and mortgage market.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 Mortgage Lending Institute

Mark Fitzgerald, Affinius Capital - San Antonio, TX

4. Protecting the Client and Their Plan from Interlopers and Do-Gooders (Sep 2025)

John Mark Comuzzie, Bernard E. ("Barney") Jones

0.75 0.50 0.00 0.75 | 0.50 ethics
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47 mins
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47 mins
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21 pgs

Session 4 —47 mins 0.75 | 0.50 ethics

Protecting the Client and Their Plan from Interlopers and Do-Gooders (Sep 2025)

When other advisors, family, and friends involve themselves in the estate planning process they may help or interfere, or both. This presentation addresses the ethical and practical issues that result and offers real world solutions that put the client's interests and goals first.

Originally presented: Jul 2025 Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference

John Mark Comuzzie, Jackson Walker LLP - San Antonio, TX
Bernard E. ("Barney") Jones, Attorney at Law - Houston, TX

5. Indemnification Provisions in Private Company M&A: How Would Your Provision Hold up in Court? (Dec 2025)

Glenn D. West, Joel I. Greenberg, Lisa J. Hedrick

1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
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56 mins
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56 mins
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339 pgs
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12 pgs

Session 5 —56 mins 1.00

Indemnification Provisions in Private Company M&A: How Would Your Provision Hold up in Court? (Dec 2025)

Despite the proliferation of no-indemnity deals, particularly in private equity transactions, indemnification remains a frequently utilized means of providing the buyer either the sole or a supplemental remedy for a seller’s breach of the bargained-for representations and warranties made in a private company acquisition agreement. This panel addresses some of the surprising issues that can arise when seeking to enforce these provisions.

Originally presented: Oct 2025 Mergers and Acquisitions Institute

Glenn D. West, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP - Dallas, TX
Joel I. Greenberg, Arnold & Porter - New York, NY
Lisa J. Hedrick, Hirschler - Richmond, VA

6. Readable Legal Writing (Nov 2025)

Kayla Oliver

0.50 0.25 0.00 0.50 | 0.25 ethics
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30 mins
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29 mins
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19 pgs

Session 6 —30 mins 0.50 | 0.25 ethics

Readable Legal Writing (Nov 2025)

Draw on empirical research to identify 10 strategies for making legal writing more concise, readable, and interesting. Those strategies include plainer prose, clearer transitions, and better use of narrative techniques. Look at examples of the 10 strategies and consider straightforward ways to integrate them into our own writing.

Originally presented: Sep 2025 Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar

Kayla Oliver, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX