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This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit; 1 Elimination of Bias. You must register in advance to participate. Certain environmental laws explicitly provide for government-to-government consultation between California’s Native Nations and local, state and federal agencies, but what does “consultation” mean? And what role does cultural bias play in the failure to recognize tribal governments as governments? This panel will describe tribal sovereignty, explore the unbreakable link between tribal sovereignty and the government-to-government concept, and describe the respect tribal leaders… Read more

This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. Is Climate Change the next Big Tobacco? A wave of lawsuits in California seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their contribution to climate change. In 2017, the Counties of San Mateo, Marin, and Santa Cruz, and the Cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Imperial Beach, and Santa Cruz filed complaints against more than three dozen fossil fuel companies under theories including public nuisance, private nuisance,… Read more

This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. In January 2018, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Trump Administration announced a plan to allow offshore drilling along the entirety of the Pacific coast, along with the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and in the waters off Alaska. Shortly thereafter, the Administration took steps to exempt the Florida coast from the leasing plan—but federal waters along the entire West Coast will remain open to… Read more

This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. This interactive roundtable panel brings together distinguished in-house counsel from a variety of corporate sectors. Each of the panelists has environmental law expertise and responsibilities, and will discuss common aspects of their positions, as well as some of the unique challenges they confront in managing complex environmental matters. Topics will include their companies’ management of environmental affairs; examples of representative matters; an in-house counsel’s responsibilities in… Read more

We will cover pre-election litigation regarding issues like ballot designations for candidates, whether impartial analyses or ballot arguments involving initiatives or referenda are false or misleading, and pre-ballot challenges to the validity of a ballot measure. We will discuss election contests, which occur after votes have been counted and one side alleges that enough illegal votes were counted to change the outcome of the election. We will also cover libel suits over campaign materials and enforcement actions brought by the Fair Political Practices Commission or local ethics commissions regarding reporting requirements. Finally, we will touch on issues involving redistricting at the state and local level Read more

Appeals can be complicated. Ethical issues surrounding appellate practice can be too. This panel will discuss the most important ethical issues faced by attorneys who handle appeals. Read more

This program discusses 14 of the most common trial mistakes that can result in waiver, forfeiture, or other loss of arguments on appeal, such as failing to move to strike inadmissible evidence, forgetting to secure all relevant transcripts, and using an improper verdict form. The program provides background on each potential mistake and analysis of how best to avoid them in trial practice. This guidance on how to ensure the best chance at appeal is relevant to the practice of nearly any trial or appellate lawyer. The presenters are appellate practitioners with significant experience in appellate practice and the identification of trial waivers/forfeitures. Read more

How can you properly authenticate social media, text messages, and email at trial? What is the “original writing” of electronically stored information? How do you overcome hearsay objections to social media status messages? Read more

Best practices for law firms to meet modern standards of website compliance is to provide “full and equal access” and ADA accessibility to all clients. Learn how all law offices, regardless of size, are “public accommodations” under the American Disability Act (“ACA”). Read more

Solo practitioners are superbly situated to develop, maintain, and for a time to hide alcohol and substance abuse. Working in isolation on a project basis affords the solo attorney both the time and camouflage necessary to engage in the strongly repetitive cycle that begins with a bender, leads to brief recovery, then to a mad dash to meet looming deadlines, and begins again with another bender. Read more