Events
Webinar: Partnership Basics II: Drafting Partnership Allocations
Partnerships are an important part of United States tax administration and a major tax planning vehicle. This webinar is the second in a four-part series that will be a valuable introductory course on the partnership lifecycle. For experienced tax professionals seeking to grow their skills, this course will also be useful as a refresher course to partnership mechanics.
Webinar: How to effectively advocate in International Arbitrations seated in Europe
This webinar will provide useful advocacy techniques to use in an international arbitration seated in Europe. Topics include how to prepare your client for an international arbitration, how to effectively present evidence, civil law style direct and cross examinations techniques, delivering opening and closing statements, demeanor and credibility of your client and yourself as an advocate, arbitrator selection and disclosure issues in the civil law systems, and comparison of U.S. discovery methods with civil law style document production, meaningful alternatives to US style summary adjudication procedures, and common pitfalls regarding compliance with local ethical rules and bar association requirements.
Webinar: Until Death Do Us Part: Marital Property Characterization in the Postmortem Setting
Property characterization is frequently among the most hotly contested issues when a marriage ends in divorce. However, it is often glossed over when a marriage is instead ended by death. This program examines the authority relating to property characterization in the postmortem setting, including legislative history which reveals that the rules are not as clear-cut as some would believe.
Webinar: What’s Up! News, Reviews and Interviews
This is a free webinar. You must register in advance to participate. Conversation between Real Property section e-bulletin editor and section Co-chair about RPLS events, and interview with prominent real…
Webinar: E-Ethics: Successfully Navigating Social Media and Technology in Marketing Your Practice and Representing Clients
This program will discuss the application of California’s ethics rules to social media and technology, including issues with artificial intelligence, electronic discovery, electronic advertising and the use of social media evidence.
Webinar Replay: Core Skills Program: E-Discovery on a Shoestring
E-discovery costs are exploding. Â Learn how to navigate the technical jargon and special e-discovery rules to make smart decisions to reduce the costs of digital discovery.
Webinar: Assessing Capacity: What You Need to Know as a Trusts and Estates Litigator
Capacity issues are at the core of many trust and estate disputes.  There are different types of capacity to consider when assessing an individual’s ability to make a certain decision or perform a given task, whether it be entering into a contract, making a will, managing a complex trust, or making day-to-day decisions concerning one’s financial affairs or self-care.  This presentation will cover the standards for assessing capacity, and provide an overview of statutory authority and case law relevant to such issues.
Webinar: Driving Excellence in Your Business & Client Services: Diversity, Inclusion, and Interruption of Implicit Bias and the Effective Strategies for Interviewing, Hiring, and On-boarding
CLA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative presents a 2-part series that dives into tactics to address implicit bias. This webinar is part 1 of the 2-part series. Although there has been a lot of dialogue on implicit and unconscious bias, unpacking this concept to understand the myriad of “mental shortcuts” that we take that impact how we work with and value others is critical to the diversity and inclusion journey of any organization.
Webinar Replay: Conducting and Evaluating Environmental Due Diligence for Real Estate Transactions
This program offers 1.5 Participatory MCLE Credits Several cases over the past few years have determined that improperly prepared environmental due diligence will not serve as a shield to environmental…
Webinar: Workplace Investigations: To Cooperate or Not to Cooperate, That is the Question
The panel will discuss the conflicting factors considered by plaintiff and defense counsel in making the decision to cooperate in a workplace investigation. They will discuss their respective POVs where a claimant is represented by counsel and the employer wants to conduct an investigation.
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