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
Register for the Feb. 26 and the Mar. 5 webinars and get 15% off. Click Here to Register Presented by the Taxation and Trusts and Estates Sections This program offers 1 MCLE credit. 1 legal specialization in Estate Planning; Trust & Probate Law. 1 legal specialization in Taxation Law. This program will provide practitioners with an overview of the income taxation of domestic trusts, tips for minimizing taxes and avoiding traps for the unwary, and updates on recent tax reform, regulations… Read more
Presented by the Taxation and Trusts and Estates Sections Register for the Feb. 26 and the Mar. 5 webinars and get 15% off. Click Here to Register This program offers 1 MCLE credit; 1 legal specialization in Estate Planning; Trust & Probate Law. 1 legal specialization in Taxation Law. You must register in advance to participate. Estate planners who focus primarily on domestic planning often eschew international planning strategies and issues, but in a global society, it is our growing importance to be… Read more
In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit’s interpretation of the “on sale bar” — holding that “Congress did not alter the meaning of ‘on sale’ when it enacted the AIA.” In so doing, the Supreme Court answered affirmatively that a secret sale of an invention, or a sale of a technology under terms that require the invention to remain confidential, is barred under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1), thereby preventing the invention from being patented. In this webinar, our panelists will weigh in on the impact of this decision and offer practical pointers to stakeholders and practitioners when dealing with secret, on-sale offers, activities, or commercialization. Read more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ohio v. American Express, in which the Court held that AmEx’s anti-steering provisions do not violate the antitrust laws, was closely watched and elicited strong reactions on both sides. While some celebrated the decision’s recognition of two-sided “transaction platforms” as a relevant market with distinct characteristics and concerns, others criticized it as an unwarranted departure from traditional rule of reason analysis. This panel discussion will explore the treatment of two-sided markets in antitrust law, with an emphasis on how the AmEx decision has been interpreted by courts and invoked by litigants thus far and how it is likely to shape legal theories and analysis in antitrust cases going forward. Read more
This program offers 1 hour participatory MCLE credit in Competency Issues. You must register in advance to participate. This Webinar will provide the attendee with the apportionment formulae for several of the most common real property allocations in family law and related probate cases. Moderator: Kelly Robbins Speaker: Ron J. Anfuso Read more
This program covers basic federal sentencing including plea agreements, interactions with the US Probation Department, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and drafting sentencing memoranda and sentencing objections. Read more
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. Read more