Webinar

From the statue of Frauds, to the Notice of Compensation, to the recording of activity at the property to sellers' signatures, when a real estate broker takes a listing of residential property many of the terms need to satisfy legal or regulatory requirements. C.A.R's senior legal adviser to its Standard Forms committee will go over those items in the listing contract that have legal implications. Read more

Verbal discussion between e-bulletin coordinator and co-chair- of RPLS highlighting important statutory and case law developments, upcoming RPLS sponsored events and featuring interviews with prominent Ex-Com members, CLA leaders and others. Read more

Co-presented by the International and Litigation Sections This program offers 1 hour participatory MCLE credit.  This webinar will feature speakers from Japan, France and the U.S. focusing on mediation issues for disputes involving parties from more than one country. Topics will include privilege, ethics and strategies when dealing with persons from different cultures and legal systems. Moderator: Jeffery J. Daar Speakers: Anne Paoletti Brodbecker, Kazuhiko Nishihara, William Peterson. Read more

Litigators often find themselves representing clients in arbitration, but don’t have the necessary training or experience to fully take advantage of the process for their clients’ optimal benefit. Read more

The webinar will focus on the best way to leverage your litigation resources. As China continues to grow, the increased number of infringement cases bring our attention towards its court practice and litigation system. In this webinar, we will provide an overview on effective enforcement and litigation strategies for intellectual property cases, including administrative actions, evidence collection, court proceedings and litigation tactics. Read more

This program surveys the rules governing contact with represented and unrepresented parties, current and former employees, information subject to non-disclosure agreements, inadvertently produced information, and information procured through self-help by clients. Current and proposed California Rules and the ABA Model Rules will be covered. Read more

California Superior Court Judges will discuss civility in litigation practice, including legal requirements and best practices. Topics covered will include: why civility is important, how civility is legally mandated, and best practices in discovery, deposition, oral argument, and motion practice. Read more

Formal Opinion No. 2015-193 of the Standing Committee On Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the California State Bar (“Committee Opinion”) opines that an attorney may violate ethical duties of competence by failing to understand and perform e-discovery skills. The Committee Opinion set out a list of nine e-discovery tasks that “attorneys handling e-discovery should be able to perform (either by themselves or in association with competent counsel or expert consultants).” Read more

An estimated 80% of all cases that go to trial in California involve one or more experts. The California Supreme Court’s decision in Sargon v. University of Southern California significantly changed the standards for the admissibility of expert opinion in California trial courts. Read more

This presentation discusses the comprehensive set of new Rules of Professional Conduct that were approved by the California Supreme Court on May 10, 2018. These 69 new Rules, which went into effect on November 1, 2018, replaced the 46 Rules of Professional Conduct that previously governed the conduct of attorneys in California. This presentation focuses on those Rules that implement controversial or important changes to the current Rules or impose new obligations in California. All attorneys in the State should be aware of these changes. Read more