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CLA’s Labor and Employment Law Section is proud to present its 39th Annual Meeting on July 14 and 15, 2023. Our Annual Meeting is all grown up and ready to share its wisdom with you! Here are the top four reasons you should attend. Read more

CLA's Privacy Law Section recently hosted the first of two webinars on litigation regarding California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code, which imposes obligations on online platforms to assess how content, contacts, and conduct on their platforms might harm children.  Read more

The ever-evolving advocate witness rule in California makes it confusing for lawyers faced with the prospect of taking the witness stand for their client in a case where they also act as counsel. A lawyer can parse the rule currently in effect, compare it to the ABA Model Rule and the previous version of the California rule, and determine that he can ethically take the stand without withdrawing as counsel. And the lawyer may be right. The lawyer also must consider, however, whether it would be wise to do so. Read more

In the legal profession and with societal norms, people are often restricted by rules, regulations, and responsibilities. Attorneys, as officers of the court, must follow the law and lead by example, particularly with our families, clients, the profession, the community, and ourselves. Attorneys must be standard bearers for good. Read more

From client prospects to case completion, law firm customer relationship management (CRM) tools can improve new lead conversions, revenue, and referrals. CRM is commonly known as a method for storing customer or client data. However, the best CRM for lawyers performs more than simple data storage.  Read more

If you ask Stuart Teicher (The CLE Performer) where is his favorite place on earth, he’s going to say: VEGAS, BABY. Everything about Las Vegas fascinates him—the crowds, the casinos, the history, and its States’ ethics rules.  You’re not gambling on a bad program here -- the CLE Performer will integrate talk of Las Vegas and the California ethics rules in a way that will make you come out a winner! Read more

The 2023 Intellectual Property in Entertainment and Media Conference, sponsored by CLA’s IP Law Section last month, was hugely successful. We want to thank all our attendees for joining us! After a forced hiatus from a conference with such a long history, it was so exciting to see attorneys passionate about the entertainment industry and entertainment law come together again in sunny Los Angeles. We also want to thank our amazing speakers, true visionaries of the industry, and experts on the cutting edge of thought when it comes to entertainment law issues. Read more

London is one of those special international cities that is timeless and modern at the same time. It brings together history, culture, and people from across the globe, sharing the present and eagerly anticipating an exciting future. Read more

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the May/June issue of NALP Bulletin+, a monthly digital magazine by the National Association of Law Placement Inc. It is reprinted here with permission. By Patrick Krill As we near the halfway point of 2023, I have both good news and bad news related to mental health and well-being in the legal profession. The good news is that over the last eight years, meaningful efforts to prioritize mental health have been underway… Read more

It’s hard to believe, but my law partner and I have had our small practice since 2005. We did not come by our firm in the typical fashion, hanging up our shingle from scratch. Instead, we inherited our firm from a preeminent trial attorney who decided to retire from private practice to public service. So we had a lease, office furniture, computers, and even a few clients, along with a large amount of debt on the books. It was a fair trade-off, but we still had our work cut out for us. Read more