Webinar

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a groundbreaking legislation which will go into effect in January 2020. It provides new privacy rights to California consumers and is slated to be the backdrop for a new U.S. federal privacy legislation which is currently being debated in the US Congress. Read more

This program offers 1 MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. Overview of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) and explanation of the safe harbor provisions under AB 350 (2016) and AB 2123 (2018), as well as practical guidance on counseling clients, hiring a demographer, and drawing district maps. Speaker: Naree Chan Read more

The California Supreme Court has now addressed the issue of the vested retirement benefits and the validity of the “California Rule”. For decades, the California Rule has been a strong judicially created barrier to public employers’ attempts to roll back escalating pension obligations. This webinar will discuss the California Rule, the Supreme Court’s ruling and its impacts on public employers and employees now and in the future. Read more

Every year brings changes to criminal law. The 2018 legislative session made some major changes in criminal law that went into effect on New Year’s Day. This webinar will discuss many of them, providing some analysis into the reasons for the changes and how they will affect both prosecutors and defenders. Among the changes discussed will be the changes in juvenile practice affecting who can and cannot be prosecuted, the advent of mental health diversion, and some changes in the Rules of Professional Conduct.Additionally, since the laws have been in effect for several weeks, there will be some discussion about effects that are being seen up and down the state in the early days of these changes. Read more

A general substantive and procedural look at The Hague Treaty and UCCJEA in International Custody cases. Read more

Friday, March 22, 2019, 12 noon - 1 p.m. This program offers 1 hour participatory MCLE credit; includes legal specialization in Appellate Law. You must register in advance to participate. There are many pathways to a career in appellate law. Three experienced appellate practitioners discuss the roads they and others have taken to practicing in the appellate and supreme courts. Moderator: Herb Fox. Speakers: Matthew Scherb and Sarvenaz Bahar. Read more

This program offers 1 MCLE credit; includes legal specialization in Workers’ Compensation Law. Maybe you’ve had one, maybe you haven’t, but NON-IBR Medical-Legal issues are lurking in your cases. When they pop up, you better be ready because the rules on proper handling are tricky, and if you don’t get it right, the consequences are serious. This one hour webinar offers a step by step guide to proper handling of NON-IBR Medical-Legal issues that will help you avoid pitfalls, provide… Read more

Artwork on buildings can be protected under a number of intellectual property regimes, including copyright or trade dress. Recently, graffiti artists have successfully sued property owners for millions of dollars the removal of graffiti in violation of a relatively new form of IP in the United States: "Artist Rights.” Read more

Community choice aggregation, or CCA, is the process by which cities, counties, and joint powers agencies can provide retail electricity to their residents and businesses in lieu of an investor owned utility. CCA is spreading rapidly throughout California as communities are forming individual and regional CCAs that offer rate savings, climate programs and local control to their communities. Read more

The focus of our class is the style and strategy of how to approach defending a deposition, much of this is done in the practice of defending your client, knowing when to object, the privileges to assert and when it is appropriate to end a deposition and seek a protective order. Read more