programs will continue
~.I.C=;.~.~. N~WS By Claibourne W. Patty, Jr. 1985 Banking Law Seminar
This year's biennial Banking Law Seminar, co-sponsored with the Association's Banking Law Committee was held March 22-23 at the Sheraton Inn, Hot Springs. The program, chaired by Mark Lester, tackled usury, one of the oldest problems for Arkansas lawyers, and the Organized Crime Controf Act (RICO), and bankruptcy, one of the fastest growing problems. A panel composed of Martin Gilbert. Baker Currus, Chris Barrier and Steve Watson discussed usury problems; Professor Glenn Pasvogel. Jill Jackoway, bankruptcy judges Robert Fussell and James Mixon, David Po;"'ell and W. E. Ayers discussed bankruptcy problems, and Jerry Jones and John Lisle discussed RfCO issues. The program was attended by 73 persons, two thirds of whom were lawyers, with the remaining
one
more Arkansas lawyers realize this unique opportunity to attend lirst class CLE programming with a minimum
licers of local labor unions and state and federal employees. A number of people attended from Southern Missouri. Western Tennessee, Mississippi.
expense
Louisiana,
to increase as more and
third
bankers. TV Satellite Programs Two t.v. satellite pro-
in
time and
travel. Other t.v. satellite programs were on buying and using computers in law offices, May 8; evaluating a personal injury case - the brain damaged child, May 14; UCC strategies under Articles Two and Nine, May 15; and Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, June II. Labor Law Institute The Labor Law Institute, jointly sponsored with the Association's Labor Law Section, Region 26 of the National Labor Relations Board, UALR Labor Education Program and the American Arbitration Association, was held April 1920 at DeGray Lodge, Arkadelphia. The ISO registrants represented attorneys specializing in
various
areas
of
labor law and employment discrimination, personnel
managers,
business agents and of-
Texas
and
Oklahoma. Topics included refusal of unsafe work; sex
discrimination;
duty of fair representation; arbitration; wage determination and comporable worth; plant closures and the duty to bargain; public sector bargaining; "hot issues under the National Labor Relations Act; employment at will; current trends in
collective bargaining and the Fair Labor Standard Act. Judge Richard Arnold made a presentation on
the update of relevant labor in em ploymen t relations decisions in the Eighth Circuit. Tax Awareness Institute The 7th annual Tax Awareness
Institute.
jointly sponsored by the Association's
Taxation
Section was held at the UALR Conference Center in Little Rock on April 26. This year's program, chaired by John
C. Lessel. of Little Rock, focused on the following topics: real estate transactions; divorce; time value of money
concepts; tax shelters; income shifting/splitting, and compliance and record keeping. Ray Keenan, director of the Internal Revenue Service Center for the Southeast Region in Memphis, spoke on the transition of IRS jurisdiction over Arkansas
from Southwest to Southeast regions. This program was enthusias-
tically received by 100 registrants.
Irving Younger Returns AICLE and the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association are jointly sponsoring a one day seminar featuring Pro-
fessor Irving Younger on Friday, September 6 at the UALR Conference Center. Professor Younger's topics will include hearsay in the morning and credibility and crossexamination afternoon.
anti-trust
laws,
were
presented simultaneously at Little Rock and Fayetteville on February 26, March 26 and March 20. Approximately 40 people total have attended these programs. It is antici-
pated that attendance at these t.v. satellite 140/Arkansas Lawyer/July 1985
the
Don't miss this rare opportuni ty to attend a "live" one day session with Professor Young[] er.
TOM M. FERSTl, MAl, SREA
grams on computer law
and real estate planning for aged and incapacitated clients, and another on governmental liability under
in
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