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CLE Courses
FSG offers a number of free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs that are designed to provide lawyers with the latest in thought leadership on topics related to litigation, regulation and recent market events. These programs are taught by our consulting experts and academic affiliates, most of whom are award winning teachers. Please review the list below for our current CLE offerings. If you do not find a topic that suits your needs, please contact us; we would be delighted to develop a customized program just for you.
Business Valuation
This CLE is tailored towards making lawyers better consumers of valuation opinions. It covers valuations using the DCF and comparables methods, explains the drivers of financial performance, and common mistakes that practitioners make when performing valuations.
Brand Valuation
This CLE focuses on the importance of valuing brands, the methodologies used to value brands and the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology.
Securitization and the Sub-Prime Crisis
The CLE covers the securitization process and players involved, how the sub-prime crisis developed and the likely effects of the crises. We also cover litigation that we see in this area, and potential areas for litigation.
Mark-to-Market Accounting
Exaggerate or Mitigate Challenges in the Market? This CLE covers one of the currently hotly debated topics in accounting. We go through the traps and treasures of fair value accounting, recent notable events, stability vs. accuracy in reporting losses, differences between write-downs and cash flow, fair value when liquidity evaporates and fair value of mortgage securities.
The Basics of Fair Value Accounting
This CLE reviews the background of Fair Value Accounting, highlights the GAAP rules that govern it, discusses the pros and cons of Fair Value Accounting, and provides some case studies to illustrate where and when it applies.
Understanding Financial Statements
This CLE covers the basic relationships between the various financial statements, teaches attorneys where to look for information in the financial statements, covers the basics of ratio analyses and discusses current issues.
Valuation of Long-term Energy Supply Agreements
This CLE introduces valuation issues methods and issues for common characteristics of energy supply contracts, including the role of discounting, counterparty risk, price forecasts and formulae, and price caps/floors. Sources of information required to reliably value supply contracts are also addressed. The program addresses issues common to many types of contracts or assets, such as oil and gas supply agreements, LNG contracts, tolling agreements, reserve valuations, and other arrangements.
Using Statistics in Damages Calculations
This CLE focuses on how to properly utilize statistics in damages quantification. Additionally, it provides tools that attorneys can use to spot data manipulation and other common mistakes used by damages practitioners.
Using Marketing Experts in Litigation
This CLE is designed to demonstrate the topics that marketing experts can cover in a litigation setting, particularly as distinct from economists. It also illustrates some of the differences between the approaches taken by marketers vs. those taken by economists.
Customer Valuation Models
This CLE identifies the reasons for using a model of customer valuation, distinguishes among the various approaches and suggest the most robust of these approaches. It outlines the various components of the models, describes the data required to populate the models, and discusses how to acquire and/or appropriately estimate the data.
Working with Experts
This CLE covers the differences between working with academics and professionals, choosing the right expert for a case, common mistakes in choosing experts, and managing and working with experts.