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Thursday, December 11, 2025 Live Webcast

Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers (E2512113)

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:30 AM EST

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8 CPE Credits in BL

OVERVIEW

This course covers basic legal principles that every accountant should be familiar with to avoid common legal disputes and costly litigation. By analyzing business law issues from the standpoint and background of accountants and auditors, this course will help you develop an approach to client and practice issues with a sensitivity and appreciation for potential legal ramifications.

This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.

DESIGNED FOR

All practitioners and controllers who want a better understanding of how the law can impact their practice and their clients

BENEFITS

  • Identify the most common legal issues arising in the business context
  • State the general legal rules applicable to business situations
  • Recognize the role that accountants can play in identifying and resolving legal problems
  • Identify compliance aspects of different entity types

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Contract principles
  • Partnerships and limited liability entities
  • Legal issues related to various types of business organizations
  • Worker classification
  • Employee rights and the duties of employers
  • Intellectual property
  • Real property law
  • Bankruptcy basics
  • Environmental Law
  • Merger Basics

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Curtis Quickel

Curtis J. Quickel, CPA

AICPA/Professional Development Institute

Curtis J. Quickel, CPA Fayetteville, Arkansas Curtis Quickel is an individual practitioner in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Before establishing his own practice, he worked several years in the industry as a corporate controller. As a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves, he taught courses at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He also completed three combat tours in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. He is a past president of the Central Chapter of the Arkansas Society of CPAs and Past Chairman of the Industry and Commerce Committee. Curt is the current recipient of the Arkansas Society of CPAs Outstanding CPE Speaker Award and a past recipient of the Arkansas Society of CPAs Outstanding CPA in Government Award. He has been a Continuing Professional Education discussion leader since 1998.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$449.00 - Nonmember

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