Events
Law Enforcement Use Of Force & Liability Conference
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesCo-presented by the Public Law and Litigation sections. Earn up to 6.5 Hours MCLE Credit Thursday, January 24, 2019 UC Berkeley Boalt Hall 225 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720
Webinar: Environmental Legislative and Regulation Update: Trends, Directions, & Developments
This webinar will capture new California environmental legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments and includes implications of the Wheeler US EPA. This webinar the current state of US EPA policies, programs, and enforcement and evaluate the interplay with the California regulatory framework, EPA Region IX priorities, State Attorney General initiatives, and NGO-related citizen suits.
Webinar Replay: Attacking and Defending Experts After Sargon
An estimated 80% of all cases that go to trial in California involve one or more experts. The California Supreme Court’s decision in Sargon v. University of Southern California significantly changed the standards for the admissibility of expert opinion in California trial courts.
Webinar: The New Rules of Professional Conduct
This presentation discusses the comprehensive set of new Rules of Professional Conduct that were approved by the California Supreme Court on May 10, 2018. These 69 new Rules, which went into effect on November 1, 2018, replaced the 46 Rules of Professional Conduct that previously governed the conduct of attorneys in California. This presentation focuses on those Rules that implement controversial or important changes to the current Rules or impose new obligations in California. All attorneys in the State should be aware of these changes.
Webinar: Upping the Game in China: Litigation Tips and Tactics for a Successful Outcome
The webinar will focus on the best way to leverage your litigation resources. As China continues to grow, the increased number of infringement cases bring our attention towards its court practice and litigation system. In this webinar, we will provide an overview on effective enforcement and litigation strategies for intellectual property cases, including administrative actions, evidence collection, court proceedings and litigation tactics.
Webinar Replay: Discovery Competence: Mobile Devices
Formal Opinion No. 2015-193 of the Standing Committee On Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the California State Bar (“Committee Opinion”) opines that an attorney may violate ethical duties of competence by failing to understand and perform e-discovery skills. The Committee Opinion set out a list of nine e-discovery tasks that “attorneys handling e-discovery should be able to perform (either by themselves or in association with competent counsel or expert consultants).”
Employment Law 101 – Fundamentals for the New Employment Practitioner
Southwestern Law School 3050 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGiven the voluminous number of employment laws that are applicable to California employers, representing clients or working as an employment practitioner can be extremely challenging. In this conference, management and employee-side attorneys will cover the fundamentals of a variety of employment laws, including: discrimination, harassment, leaves of absences, wage and hour as well as employment agreements and alternative ways of resolving employment disputes.
We are committed to accessibility! Virtual events are equipped with closed captioning. To request an in-person accommodation, send us a note at accessibility@calawyers.org or contact us at 916-516-1760 for assistance.