Events
2020: A Tumultuous Year for California Property and Taxation
2020 was a terrible year for California property owners affected by the worst wildfires in our history and the devastating consequences of Covid-19. In November, voters narrowly approved an Amendment to our State Constitution (and narrowly defeated another) that dramatically carves back the protections of Propositions 58 & 193 for family property transfers, and whose profound consequences have not yet begun to be felt.
Courts During COVID: Challenges and Successes
There is no question that 2020 was a difficult year for the courts, lawyers and litigants.
Trials Over Zoom
There is no question that 2020 was a difficult year for the courts, lawyers and litigants.
Legislative Day
Legislative Day provides an excellent opportunity to explore legislative issues that have an impact on all attorneys and their clients and to interact directly with decision makers from all three branches of government. This year’s Legislative Day will be virtual but we are planning to return to an in-person Legislative Day in 2022.
Webinar: One Year Later: Retrospection on Sub-Chapter V Bankruptcy Practice
This webinar will examine how the new sub-chapter V has been implemented in the bankruptcy courts the past year since its effective date. The panel will discuss key provisions of sub-chapter V, and will examine best practices from the perspectives of the sub-chapter V debtor, creditor and trustee.
Business Law Section Insurance Law Symposium: Insurance Law & Regulation for Non-Insurance Lawyers
We are proud to present the 2021 Insurance Law Symposium! Join us for these three excellent programs and earn 3 hours of MCLE credit.
Webinar: Business Litigation Series: Attorneys’ Fees: Best Practices for Litigating a Motion
This webinar will go over tips for litigating attorney fee motions in business litigation, focusing on contractual attorneys’ fees and Civil Code section 1717.
Big Tech and Antitrust: Understanding Coordinated Enforcement in Tech
This program will provide a primer on recent antitrust enforcement in the technology sector for both experienced antitrust practitioners and non-antitrust specialists.
Webinar: Subordination and Recharacterization of Claims in Bankruptcy
This panel, comprised of an esteemed Bankruptcy Judge and two bankruptcy attorneys with extensive experience in such matters will discuss developments in the case law of particular interest to California practitioners, as well as some "best practices."
Webinar: Third Party Discovery: Procedural and Ethical Considerations
Judge Segal, former chief magistrate judge of the central district of California, will answer questions from moderator and audience regarding third party discovery. In particular, the discussion will focus on “custody, possession or control” and when documents are in the legal control of a party or in the custody of a third party; what type of relationship is necessary to show “legal control”; what a third party must do to object to discovery; what a party must do if he or she wants to object to third party discovery; and what are the court’s concerns when third party discovery is at issue. Judge Segal will also discuss enforcement of third-party discovery.
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