Litigation Section

Top trial attorneys will share strategies, tactics and insights from their high-profile wins in 2015. Read more

The panel consists of a federal judge and two extremely knowledgeable advocates who will explain (1) what business records are; (2) what business records are not (and how to spot the issues); and (3) how to successfully get business records into evidence, including laying the foundation and responding to objections. Read more

The Litigation Section seeks nominations for its 2019 Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame Award. This award is bestowed upon attorneys who have excelled as trial lawyers and whose careers exemplify the highest of values and professional attainment. Read more

A monthly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

This program will cover the Supreme Court’s three arbitration-related decisions from the October, 2018 term, and discuss their implications for class and representative action litigation focusing on wage and hour disputes. Read more

Join us for our 31st year! A Week in Legal London is pleased to continue the tradition of blending exciting new opportunities for interaction with UK colleagues at exceptional legal and historic destinations. For the first time, we go to London in 2019 during the Opening Week of the Legal Year. Tradition and ceremony are on full display during this week with new experiences for both returning, and first-time participants. Participants attend sessions in the Supreme Court, the Royal Courts of Justice,… Read more

This program will cover the obligations of attorneys under California Rule of Court 3-110 (duty to act competently) as they relate to substance abuse, examining the current case law and disciplinary procedures for violations. Read more

The Litigation Section’s Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame honoree Morgan Chu will explain how to win at trial by telling a compelling story so the jury will understand your case and return a verdict for your client. Read more

This presentation discusses the proposed new and amended Rules of Professional Conduct that were recently submitted to the California Supreme Court. If approved by the Supreme Court, these 70 proposed Rules would replace the 46 Rules of Professional Conduct that currently govern the conduct of attorneys in California. Read more

Litigators are often entering a mediation or arbitration with dispute resolution clauses that are drafted too vaguely, too specifically…and sometimes are just right. Join our presenters as they will give their respective “insider’s view” into what business clients want and expect in mediation and arbitration, and what arbitrators see as frequent pitfalls – and best practices – in how ADR clauses are interpreted by outside counsel, and what litigators can and should do in the face of a problematic clause. Read more