Firm Sponsors CLE Seminar: Chemical Dependency and the Law
Date :
Jun
10 ,
2009
Address :
Radisson Plaza Hotel
New Sweden Conference Room (skyway level)
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Nicole Brand, a partner in the Minneapolis office, is hosting a Meagher & Geer-sponsored seminar, Chemical Dependency and the Law: Selected Intersections and Biases. Michael Braman, a licensed Minnesota attorney as well as a licensed chemical dependency counselor, will be presenting a three-hour CLE covering the following topics:
- Prevalence of chemical dependency and its economic impact
- Protections given chemically-dependent persons
- The Americans with Disabilities Act and bias under the ADA
- Federal Fair Housing Act and bias under the FFHA
- Privilege and confidentiality issues in counseling and group therapy – plus exceptions
- What is the duty to warn?
- Mandatory reporting of pre-natal exposure to chemicals
- Chemically-dependent persons and commitment proceedings
- Special problems with business transactions and unemployment compensation issues
- Ethical issues related to chemical dependency
- The Hijacked Brain- a short film showing how addiction affects the brain
Three CLE credits, including two elimination of bias credits, will be awarded to attendees.
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