E-DISCOVERY DAY! - 5 units - December 1, 2015 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

E-Discovery Day is an industry-wide initiative aimed at promoting e-discovery awareness and education. E-Discovery Day will bring together a diverse set of professionals to share experiences, discuss key trends, and offer best practices over a variety of mediums with the goal of facilitating and promoting e-discovery education to the entire legal and business community.

2015 E-Discovery Case Law: Sanction Cases You Need to Know

8:30am - 9:30am PT

Presented By EXTERRO

Taking Advantage of the New FRCP E-Discovery Amendments

10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Presented By EXTERRO

Amendments to Federal E-Discovery Rules Take Effect December 1: Are You Ready?

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT

Presented By M. LEE SMITH PUBLISHERS/BLR

Make Your Job Easier with E-Discovery Technology

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PT
Presented By EXTERRO

3 E-Discovery Trends You Need to Prepare for in 2016

2:30pm - 3:30pm PT

Presented By EXTERRO

For more information, go to:

http://www.e-discoveryday.com/

The holiday you've been waiting for! E-DISCOVERY DAY! December 1, 2015

E-DISCOVERY DAY

DECEMBER 1. 2015

Celebrating e-discovery’s vital and growing role in the legal process.

Featured speakers:
George Socha - Co-founder, EDRM
David Yerich -Director of E-Discovery, UnitedHealth Group
Bob Rohlf - Counsel, Exterro 

In today’s digital world, e-discovery not only impacts legal risk but increasingly influences a company’s bottom line. Despite these high stakes, industry surveys continue to reveal that e-discovery competency, skill and confidence among legal practitioners and business leaders alike remains alarmingly low.

E-Discovery Day is an industry wide initiative aimed at promoting e-discovery awareness and education. E-Discovery Day will bring together a diverse set of professionals to share experiences, discuss key trends and offer best practices over a variety of mediums with the goal of facilitating and promoting e-discovery education to the entire legal and business community.

(Look for special free CLEs.)

Tractor-Trailer Accident Investigation - November 3, 2015

Tractor-Trailer Accident Investigation and Reconstruction

Sponsored by the TASA Group Inc. - California MCLE provider number 15439

Frank Costanzo is a traffic accident reconstruction specialist that has worked on over 1,900 full-scale collision investigations and reconstructions. He is a certified court expert with more than 30 years of experience in collision investigations and reconstructions, scene documentation/diagramming, 3D laser scanning, truck and vehicle computer downloads, and forensic vehicle inspections.

FREE!

Total CLE = 1 unit

Online

November 3, 2015, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1063206&sessionid=1&key=A87D3EBF3B6936D7E9601AC469010767&regTag=&sourcepage=register

ESI Ethics & Social Media - 1-1/2 units - November 4, 2015

ESI Ethics & Social Media: What Have We Learned Since 2014?

Sponsored by Bloomberg BNA

As the legal use of social media has expanded, so have issues of ethical quandaries.

This webinar will discuss how social media has impacted the legal profession and what steps the profession might take to use social media in an ethical manner.  The program will explore problems that attorneys have encountered in their social media use and how these problems might be minimized or eliminated.

Educational Objectives:
• Understand what “competence” means in the context of social media use
• Appreciate how social media may be used to advertise
• Recognize what might or might not be appropriate advice to clients with regard to their social media use
• Understand how social media usage can be consistent with the protection of confidential communications
• Learn how social media can be used to investigate witnesses and jurors
• Appreciate the restrictions on communications with judges over social media

Who would benefit most from attending this program?
Any attorney – whether a litigator, in-house counsel, or a transactional attorney – will benefit from this webinar, as well as any legal support professional who assists attorneys in creating, maintaining, or using social media.

Speakers:

Ronald J. Hedges (moderator) - Ronald J. Hedges LLC

Hon. Timothy Sean Driscoll - Justice of the New York State Supreme Court

Mark Berman - Partner, Ganfer & Shore LLP

Ignatius Grande - Senior Discovery Attorney/Director of Practice Support, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Lori Leskin - Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP

FREE!

Total Credits:  1.50 units Ethics

Online

November 4, 2015, 8:00 am - 9:30 am PDT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/esi-ethics-social-m17179935038/?elq=9b1b597d253e4e7cb4d75633e10a4815&elqCampaignId=1457&elqaid=2500&elqat=1&elqTrackId=c82a36e4e3624cea8bea9f08f8168f8c

Note:  May require a promotion code

Class Actions and Multidistrict Litigation - November 5, 2015

Class Actions and Multidistrict Litigation

Sponsored by Dechert LLP - California MCLE provider number 11508

This program will introduce participants to:

• The purposes of multidistrict litigation;
• enabling legislation;
• how an MDL is actually organized and functions.

If you are interested in attending this program please email your name, title, company, contact information and whether you are interested in attending the videoconference in the San Francisco, Silicon Valley or Los Angeles locations to Lynn Billings at Dechert LLP:  lynn.billings@dechert.com.  We will contact you during the week prior to the program to confirm registration.

Speakers:

Neil A. Steiner, Partner - Neil A. Steiner has extensive experience representing hedge funds, investment advisers, corporations and their senior executives in white collar defense matters; SEC, New York Attorney General and other regulatory investigations; internal investigations; securities litigation; and complex commercial disputes. 

• Joni S. Jacobsen, Partner - Joni S. Jacobsen defends publicly traded companies and their directors and officers entangled in complex securities class action litigation, derivative litigation, SEC investigations, and corporate governance disputes.

FREE!

Online

Total CLEs:  One unit General

November 5, 2015, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://www.dechert.com/Class_Actions_and_Multidistrict_Litigation_11-05-2015/

California Service of Process - November 10, 2015

Who is at the Door? Successfully Serving Summonses and Subpoenas

Sponsored by the OneLegal Online Court Services

This one hour course focuses on California service of process statutes and process serving methodology. 

You'll learn:

• The definition of service of process
• How most California process servers operate
• Basic requirements for legal process service
• Methods of service
• Most common legal documents served.

This overview will help not only the legal secretary or legal assistant, but attorneys too.

FREE!

Online

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

November 10, 2015, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

For further information see:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/7284077982411450370

eDiscovery, Mobile Devices, and ESI - November 10, 2015

eDiscovery, Mobile Devices, and ESI:  What Every Firm Needs to Know 

Sponsored by AccessData

If you have not had a matter that called for collection and review of mobile device data, chances are you will soon. The mobile explosion – including both bring your own device (BYOD) and Internet of Things (IoT) phenomena have led to the explosive growth of discoverable data on mobile devices of all kinds, from tablet to smartphone to Fitbit. Additionally, new FRCP rule changes taking effect on December 1 will have a big impact on e-discovery and ESI. How will this impact your firm?

Attend this complimentary CLE-eligible webinar to hear the results of a recent mobile data survey sponsored by Access Data and fielded by ALM and to hear our expert panelists including discuss how firms like yours are dealing with mobile ESI collection and analysis.

Attendees will learn:

• How prevalent mobile data collection is today
• What policies and procedures are in place to deal with mobile data
• Attorney and firm attitudes around mobile data and BYOD
• Levels of concern around IoT
• Mobile device security and privacy policies

Speakers:

Michael Krieger - CEO, MRK Technology Services
Michael’s career in technology has spanned over four decades as developer, marketer and executive. He launched industry-leading server products for Hitachi, CommVision and AST, was a Cloud computing pioneer at ASP FutureLink, and spend over a dozen years as technology analyst for Ziff David before launching his consultancy in the early 2000s. 

Nadine Weiskopf - Vice President of Product Management, AccessData
Nadine joined AccessData following a nine-year career at LexisNexis, where she was director of product management for various litigation software products and service offerings at the company. Prior to that, she was a litigator for eight years at law firms in San Francisco and Seattle. She is a licensed attorney in the state of California.

Brad Drewett - Director of Litigation Support, Miller & Martin PLLC
Brad is a seasoned legal technology professional with 14 years of litigation experience and 9 years of information technology experience providing wide-ranging technology-based legal services for large law firms and corporations. 

FREE!

Total CLE credit:  1 unit

November 10, 2015, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=1078944&sessionid=1&key=BB50704BF403E85971609F80174A791C&partnerref=102915&sourcepage=register

Real World Use of Technology-Assisted Review - November 10, 2015

Real World Use of Technology-Assisted Review and Simplified ESI Protocols

Sponsored by Bloomberg BNA

Technology Assisted Review, when properly utilized, offers increased efficiency and cost predictability.  However, when TAR becomes the focus of litigation, these benefits are lost.  The session will provide specific project management, budgetary, and ESI protocol actions necessary to reap the benefits of TAR.

Educational Objectives:
• How to budget for TAR
• Logistical steps associated with deploying TAR
• Components and considerations of ESI protocol
• Updates on recent case law regarding TAR
• Overview of local rules and template ESI protocols

Who would benefit most from attending this program?
In-house litigation counsel managing cost; compliance attorneys structuring investigation protocols; outside counsel responsible for managing review.

Speakers:

Wendy Butler Curtis - eDiscovery of Counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
                       

Shannon Capone Kirk - eDiscovery Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP

FREE!

Total Credits:  1.00 unit

Online

November 10, 2015, 9:00 am - 10:00 am PDT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/real-world-technologyassisted-m57982058475/?elq=42a427c9c7cd4a79b16234a09c59a603&elqCampaignId=1822&elqaid=3089&elqat=1&elqTrackId=82df032ca4414ad0988893e35b72903e

Note:  May require a promotion code

Critical Thoughts on Drafting Contracts - 1-1/2 units - November 11, 2015

Let's Round Up the Usual Clauses: Critical Thoughts on Drafting Contracts

Sponsored by Dechert LLP - California MCLE provider number 11508

Join us for a straightforward approach to the nuts and bolts of contract drafting.  This will include thinking critically about the elements of a contract including understanding the big picture.

If you are interested in attending this program, please email your name, title, company, contact information and whether you are interested in attending the videoconference in the San Francisco, Silicon Vally or Los Angeles locations to Lynn Billings at Dechert LLP:  lynn.billings@dechert.com.  We will contact you during the week prior to the program to confirm registration.

Speakers:

Geneva C. Brown, Associate - Geneva C. Brown focuses her practice on corporate and securities matters, with significant experience on mergers and acquisitions within the life sciences and health care industry.

• Christian A. Matarese, Associate - Christian Matarese focuses his practice on domestic, cross-border, private and public mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on private equity, venture capital and joint venture transactions as well as general corporate matters.  In 2015, Mr. Matarese was named an “associate to watch” for nationwide private equity buyouts by Chambers USA.

Barton J. Winokur, Partner - Barton J. Winokur, who joined Dechert in 1965, has been a corporate partner for more than forty years and is the Immediate Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Throughout his career, he has served as chair of Dechert’s mergers and acquisitions and international law groups, and was the resident partner of the London office from 1975 to 1979. 

FREE!

Total CLEs: 1-1/2 units General

November 11, 2015, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://www.dechert.com/Lets_Round_Up_the_Usual_Clauses_Critical_Thoughts_on_Drafting_Contracts/

Legal Marketing Regulations - Ethics - November 12, 2015

The Cargo Cult of Legal Marketing Regulations

Sponsored by Avvo Ignite

“Cargo Cults” of the Pacific attempted to bring back the material abundance islanders had enjoyed during WWII by replicating the circumstances associated with those outcomes. Similarly, attorney regulators often enforce outdated legal marketing regulations despite the abscence of harm that those regulations were originally designed to prevent.

Lawyers who attend this webinar will learn:

How historic prohibitions on “runners and cappers” are being used to squelch performance-based advertising methods.

The prevalence of mechanically applying rules in situations where there is no risk of consumer harm.

A new approach bars could use to protect consumers AND the free speech rights of attorneys.

FREE!

Total Credits:  1.00 unit Ethics

Online

November 12, 2015, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

For further information see:

http://lawyernomics.avvo.com/webinars/the-cargo-cult-of-legal-marketing-regulations-1hr-ethics-cle-in-pawacafliltx-2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=webinar&utm_campaign=newsletter_pro

About Insurance Agents & Brokers - November 12, 2015

Insurance Agents & Brokers: Standard of Care 

Sponsored by the TASA Group Inc. - California MCLE provider number 15439

Ivan Cohen has 38 years of experience as an insurance agent and broker. He is the president of The Cohen-Putnam Agency, Ltd. Mr. Cohen was a senior adjunct professor of insurance for thirteen years at Westchester Community College. He is currently a subject matter expert for the New York State Department of Financial Services and is on the Insurance Exam Review Committee.

During this presentation, Mr. Cohen will discuss:

• The basis of E & O claims
• The difference between an agent and broker
• How to identify the relationship(s) between the agent and/or broker and the insured
• The features and potential duties that an agent or broker may owe to an insured based on the type of relationship and specific circumstances that formulate the standard of care

FREE!

Total CLE = 1 unit

Online

November 12, 2015, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT

For further information see:

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1074722&sessionid=1&key=0091FC4C6FF547E48B04CB1170B22DED&regTag=&sourcepage=register

Proposition 47: Criminal Justice Reform Initiative - 6-1/2 units - November 17, 2015

Prop 47: The Lawyer’s Role in Implementing California’s Landmark Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Sponsored by Practising Law Institute

Item #150945

Voters overwhelmingly approved California’s landmark Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act, on November 4, 2014, making California the first state in the nation to end felony sentencing for possessing small quantities of drugs and for petty theft. The law took effect on November 5^th and had an immediate impact on tens of thousands of pending cases. Proposition 47 also allows Californians with past low-level non-violent felony convictions to clean up their records, removing obstacles that block them from education and career success. However, most eligible individuals have only until November 2017 to petition for retroactive relief.

At the time of Prop 47’s passage, as many as 10,000 incarcerated Californians were eligible to apply for resentencing, and hundreds of thousands of Californians immediately became eligible to seek a reclassification of a previous felony conviction to a misdemeanor. Since then, thousands of resentencing petitions have been filed and judges have resentenced and released more than 4,000 people from state prison. At the local level, Public Defenders and reentry legal service providers around the state have mobilized to provide relief to as many eligible people as possible, but the clock is ticking and more legal services are needed.

What You Will Learn

• Content and impact of Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act
• How Prop 47 resentencing works in practice, including case law updates
• Nuts and bolts on petitioning for resentencing and filing for reclassification
• How to read a California Department of Justice RAP sheet
• An overview of California reentry record remedies, including Penal Code section 1203.4 set aside and dismissal (“expungement”) and Certificate of Rehabilitation
• An overview of the impact of Prop 47 and other new California laws on immigrants with conviction histories
• The benefits and limits of Prop 47 relief with respect to immigration consequences, professional licensing, employment, voting, jury service and gun rights
• How to work with clients with conviction histories
• Where to direct low-income clients for reentry legal services and other support
• How attorneys can plug into pro bono networks to provide Prop 47 legal services in underserved areas
• How pro bono managers can create their own Prop 47 program

Chairperson:

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli ~ Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Director, ACLU of California

Speakers:

Hillary Blout ~ Statewide Proposition 47 Implementation Director, Californians for Safety and Justice

Rose Cahn ~ Senior Soros Justice Fellow and Director, Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief Project, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

Susan L. Champion ~ Staff Attorney, Three Strikes Project, Stanford University Law School

Nora C. Cregan ~ Pro Bono Attorney Network Manager, Californians for Safety and Justice

Karen Flynn ~ Chief Assistant Public Defender, Sacramento County Public Defender

Eliza Hersh ~ Director, Clean Slate, East Bay Community Law Center

Kathleen T. Howard ~ Executive Director, Board of State and Community Corrections

Dana Isaac ~ Thurgood Marshall Fellow, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

Jonathan Laba ~ Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County Public Defender's Office

Cassandra E. Licker ~ Attorney, Watsonville Law Center & Santa Cruz County Public Defender's Office

Nayantara Mehta ~ Senior Staff Attorney, National Employment Law Project

Zachary Norris ~ Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Vonya Quarles ~ Executive Director, Attorney, Starting Over, Inc.

Endria Richardson ~ Staff Attorney, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

CT Turney ~ Senior Staff Attorney and Reentry Legal Clinic Supervising Attorney, A New Way of Life Reentry Project

FREE!

Total CLE Credits:  6.50
  Elimination of Bias:  1.00
  General:  5.50

Online

November 17, 2015, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PT

For additional information:

http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/Prop_47_The_Lawyer_s_Role_in_Implementing/_/N-4kZ1z11hox?Npp=100&Ns=sort_date%7c0&ID=260103

eDiscovery Gotchas and Tactics to Combat Them - November 17, 2015

eDiscovery Gotchas: Frequent Headaches that Give You the Most Pain in eDiscovery and Tactics to Combat It

Sponsored by Bloomberg BNA

As the legal use of social media has expanded, so have issues of ethical quandaries.

The scene is familiar – you’re neck deep in discovery, data is multiplying faster than you can blink, and help is nowhere to be found. Sometimes, help could be continents away as eDiscovery becomes global. Join eDiscovery experts as they discuss the common blunders that befall litigation teams.  From tips to save on monthly data hosting costs and avoid over-collection to knowing what de-duplication protocol to follow, this webinar will share tactical, practical examples of eDiscovery situations gone wrong and how the issue could have been better resolved.

Educational Objectives:
Attendees should expect to learn from these practical situations and more:
• Six months into an eDiscovery project you determine that a significant portion of the data you loaded into the review tool is not likely to be used.  What can you do to avoid paying fees for the unnecessary data?
• It is the start of another case, and many of the same employees that are identified as custodians in previous matters are a part of this matter too.  What are some tools of the trade to ease collection and review?
• Over the past decade, your company has grown globally through acquisition; however, very little has been done to integrate the various data management policies and procedures across the locations. Legal hold practices are awry.  How do you go about de-cluttering but keeping necessary data?
Speakers:

Ross M. Gotler
E-Discovery Counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
                       

Jonathan Sachs
Director, Strategic Markets for Legal Technologies, Kroll Ontrack

FREE!

Total Credits:  1.00 unit Ethics

Online

November 17, 2015, 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/ediscovery-gotchas-frequent-m57982059203/?elq=42a427c9c7cd4a79b16234a09c59a603&elqCampaignId=1822&elqaid=3089&elqat=1&elqTrackId=b7126e2bc9494d75ba816ebaf5c0ef68

Note:  May require a promotion code

Persuasive Speaking Skills - On Demand

Persuasive Speaking Skills 2009

Sponsored by The Rutter Group

Effective public speaking skills are essential to a lawyer’s success both inside and outside the courthouse. This program will help you give more powerful presentations to clients, judges, juries and audiences of all types. This webinar is offered as an enticement to enroll in Rutter's MCLE programs.  There is no guarantee as to how long this offer is available.

Highlights:

•   Capturing the Attention of Your Audience  •   Winning the Potential Client "Beauty Contest"  •   Storytelling to Courts and Juries  •   Creation of Engaging Visual Aids  •   Organizing Your Presentations  •   Powerful Speech Delivery  •   Getting From "No" to "Yes"  •   Powerful Oral Arguments  •   Answering Questions With Authority

Speaker:

James M. Wagstaffe -- Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP

FREE!

Total CLEs:  One unit General

On Demand 

For further information see:

http://www.rutteronline.com/index.cfm?p=4&lectureid=274

Pro Bono Standards - 3 units - On Demand - EXPIRES SOON 11/27/2015

The New Pro Bono Standards: Update on the 2013 Revisions

Sponsored by Practising Law Institute

The American Bar Association has just released updated Standards for Pro Bono Legal Services Programs.  Learn about what the Standards provide, and how you might use them to improve or build on your program.

Lecture Topics 

Overview of the Pro Bono Standards
Tiela Chalmers, Sharon E Goldsmith, Cheryl Zalenski

The New Pro Bono Standards - Application of the Standards
Tiela Chalmers, Sharon E Goldsmith, Cheryl Zalenski

Controversial Issues
Tiela Chalmers, Sharon E Goldsmith, Cheryl Zalenski

FREE!

CLE Credit:   3.00
  Ethics:  1.00
  General:  2.00

Online

On Demand

For additional information:

http://www.pli.edu/Content/OnDemand/The_New_Pro_Bono_Standards_Update_on_the/_/N-4nZ1z12mnl?ID=167735&t=CHZ4_8AEM1&utm_source=8AEM1&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=CHZ4