Monday, July 4, 2016

The Use of Forms in Legal Drafting - July 7 or 14, 2016

Avoiding the Million Dollar Comma: The Use of Forms in Legal Drafting

Overcoming Substance Abuse - July 13 or 20, 2016

Answering the Call: Overcoming Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession

Sponsored by LexisNexis

LexisNexis® is a global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets.

LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis is part of RELX Group and serves customers in more than 100 countries with more than 15,000 employees worldwide.

FREE!

Total CLE = One unit Comptence ( Substance Abuse)

Online

July 13, 2016, 9:00 am to 10:00 am PT
July 20, 2016, 9:00 am to 10:00 am PT

For further information see:

http://www.lexisnexis.com/university/Catalogue.aspx?product=LexisNexis%u00ae+CLE+and+CPE&solutionline=0

Working with a Cybersecurity Expert - July 14, 2016

Working with a Cybersecurity Expert on Cybercrime Cases: A Guide for Attorneys

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

The TASA Group, in conjunction with accounting and financial crime expert Marie Susan Lee, will present a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Working with a Cyber Security Expert on Cybercrime Cases: A Guide for Attorneys, for all legal professionals.

During this presentation, Ms. Lee will discuss:

Types of cybercrime cases in which to use a cyber security expert
Cyber security laws
Uses for a cyber security expert - "Follow the money!"
Objectivity
Key rules, standards, codes, and oaths
The 10 phases in hiring and working with a cyber security expert
Cyber security testing tools
Notable Cases

Speaker:

Marie Susan Lee has more than 20 years’ experience as a forensic accountant advising on complex litigation involving financial fraud and cybercrime matters. Her key competence is making the complex easy. Marie has worked on more than 187 case counts totaling more than $14.5M and 1.6M pages of discovery.

FREE!

Online - Participatory

Total CLE = one General unit

July 14, 2016, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

For further information see:

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1196056&sessionid=1&key=DB5478BF93C92A657C4E1B4645A24BAC&regTag=&sourcepage=register

Effective Estate Tax Planning Techniques - July 14, 2016

Basic, But Effective Estate Tax Planning Techniques and How the IRS May Look at These

Sponsored by Bloomberg BNA

When should clients use family limited partnerships, LLCs, and other entities? What challenges may the IRS assert regarding the use of SCINs? What savings may result from transferring discounted interests in entities? These are just some of the questions that will be answered in this webinar which will also take a look at IRS filing requirements, the penalties clients face for failure to report items properly, and when to use an offshore trust versus a domestic asset protection trust.

Educational Objectives:
• Understand the benefits of using family limited partnerships, LLCs, and other entities which allow clients to take a discount
• Review the challenges that the IRS may assert related to the use of self-cancelling installment notes
• Gain better insights into using discounted interests by either making sales or gifts to intentionally defective grantor trusts and the benefits that can arise from such planning

Speaker:

John Porter - a Senior Partner and Partner-In-Charge of the Houston Office of Baker Botts. He handles federal gift, estate and income tax litigation and controversy work. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in representing taxpayers before and against the Internal Revenue Service in estate and gift tax controversies, especially those involving hard-to-value assets such as interests in family limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

FREE!

Total Credits: 1.00 unit Genral

Online - Participatory

July 14, 2016, 9:30 am - 10:30 am PDT

For further information see:

http://www.bna.com/basic-effective-estate-m57982065293/?utm_campaign=CP_TWEB_LEGAL_Omnibus_070116&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=b9be0c56503347d5bcae4ac30a4e7202&elq=b00efab26dda482a93755df4d8bd645e&elqaid=5584&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=3309

Note: May require a promotion code

Consumer Law Basics 2016 - Live in SF or online - July 22, 2016

Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics 2016

Sponsored by Practising Law Institute

PLI is pleased to have Program Chair Robert W. Murphy back again this year, and he has brought together consumer law experts from across the country to share real-world tips for successful consumer representation. Attend this program to learn the basics of consumer law so that you can competently represent a client in need and learn new advocacy skills.

Key Topics Will Include:

Overview of State and Federal Restraints on Debt Collection
Introduction to Fair Credit Reporting Act
A Primer on Automobile Fraud
Representing the Unsecured Debtor
Mortgage Servicer Litigation
Assisting Student Loan Borrowers
Developing a Working Relationship with Legal Services Organizations

Speakers:

Robert W. Murphy – Murphy Law Firm - Moderator

Ronald L. Burdge ~ Burdge Law Office

Joshua Cohen ~ Cohen Consumer Law

Lynn Drysdale ~ Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc.

Jennifer T. Harley ~ Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc.

Catherine J. Jones ~ LegalNinja, LLC

Ian B. Lyngklip ~ Lyngklip & Associates Consumer Law Center, PLC

Dale W. Pittman ~ The Law Office of Dale W. Pittman, P.C.

FREE!

Online or
Live:

PLI California Center
685 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105

Total CLE credits = 6-1/4 units General

July 22, 2016, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm PT (check the times)

For further information see:

http://www.pli.edu/Content/Seminar/Representing_the_Pro_Bono_Client_Consumer/_/N-4kZ1z11i75?ID=259714&tab=0&t=NKP6_8AEM1&utm_source=8AEM1&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=NKP6

or call (800) 260-4754

The Art and Practice of the Meet and Confer - Live in Oakland - July 27, 2016

The Art and Practice of the Meet and Confer

Sponsored by the Northern District Practice Program

An informal brown bag lunch session with Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu and Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore.

Register as soon as possible - space is limited!

This informal session is an opportunity, especially for younger attorneys, to improve their practical skills for meeting and conferring with opposing counsel prior to the initial Case Management Conference. Learn what a judge wants and does not want to hear from attorneys during the CMC.

Speakers:

Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu has presided over consent cases in a wide variety of fields, including commercial disputes, patent and other intellectual property, employment, civil rights, insurance, personal injury, environmental, maritime, and constitutional law. She conducts settlement conferences in all major practice areas, and manages discovery in complex matters, including multi-district litigation. Judge Ryu has served on numerous court committees, including Local Rules, Subcommittee on E-Discovery, and Pro Bono Projects, among others.

Prior to taking the bench in 2010, Judge Ryu was a Clinical Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings, and before that at Golden Gate University Law School. Her courses included instruction in negotiation, pretrial and trial techniques, employment law, and legal ethics.

Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore was appointed as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2012. She is assigned to the Oakland Division. Judge Westmore served as a law clerk with the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office before beginning her legal career at an Oakland-based boutique law firm specializing in plaintiffs’ civil rights litigation. Judge Westmore joined the Oakland City Attorney’s Office in 1999 as a Deputy City Attorney. During her 13 year tenure with the City, she advised City agencies and litigated code enforcement and drug nuisance abatement cases. She also served in the Litigation Division as both a trial attorney and a law and motion attorney.

Judge Westmore received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989, and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1997, all while working full-time and being a wife and mother of two young children.

FREE!

Total Credits: 1.00 unit General

Live:

Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

1301 Clay Street

Oakland, California, 94612

July 27, 2016, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT

For further information see:

http://northerndistrictpracticeprogram.org/events/the-art-and-practice-of-the-meet-and-confer-oak/

Patent Litigation from an Expert's Point of View - July 28, 2016

Patent Litigation from an Expert's Point of View

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

The TASA Group, in conjunction with inventor Dr. Harry Direen, will present a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Patent Litigation from an Expert's Point of View, for all legal professionals.

Speaker:

Dr. Harry Direen has more than 30 years of experience as an engineer designing and developing products in the electronics and software industry. He has worked in the areas of control systems; embedded systems design and development; control of UAVs/Drones; product reverse engineering, and as a testifying expert in patent infringement cases

FREE!

Online - Participatory

Total CLE = one General unit

July 28, 2016, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

For further information see:

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1205115&sessionid=1&key=44C69DAFE7CB2F78A5C4AEB06E71648B&regTag=&sourcepage=register

Elimination of Bias - 1 1/2 units - Self Study

Trends in Workplace Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims: Minimizing Your Exposure

Sponsored by Miller Law Group

This activity is classified as Self Study as the activity or provider had been previously approved for California CLE credit. Please see http://mcle.calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/EducationOptions.aspx

This webinar was originally made available February 29, 2016. There is no assurance as to how long access will be available.

A competent litigator will solve problems, investigate facts, research law, negotiate effectively, and win when it’s important. Does that litigator have the skills to navigate the ethics minefield of electronic discovery?
In every aspect of relationships with client, Court and opposing counsel, eDiscovery triggers ethical obligations. How do best practices in eDiscovery make it easy to exercise the requisite diligence and professional responsibility?
Panelists discuss attorneys’ ethical obligation to understand their client’s use of technology, as it relates to investigation, preservation, and analysis of data during discovery.

Watch this webinar to explore the ethics considerations of the following:

Competence to identify and filter the right information
Negotiating a proportionate scope of discovery
Supervision of lawyers, vendors, and staff
Using technology to manage costs
Balancing fairness with “zealous advocacy”

- See more at: http://d4discovery.com/discover-more/2015/5/ethics-in-ediscovery-do-you-meet-expectations-of-competence-cle-webinar#sthash.u4cw0USp.dpuf

Watch this webinar to explore the ethics considerations of the following:

Competence to identify and filter the right information
Negotiating a proportionate scope of discovery
Supervision of lawyers, vendors, and staff
Using technology to manage costs
Balancing fairness with “zealous advocacy”

- See more at: http://d4discovery.com/discover-more/2015/5/ethics-in-ediscovery-do-you-meet-expectations-of-competence-cle-webinar#sthash.u4cw0USp.dpuf

Retaliation is the most common type of charge filed against private-sector employers with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, inching up to 44.5 percent of all charges filed in 2015. At the same time, whistleblower retaliation claims are on the uptick, fueled by court developments and frequent headlines announcing multimillion-dollar whistleblower awards. In this webinar, we'll cover the latest retaliation and whistleblower developments under California and federal law, including new cases and regulatory changes. We'll also discuss best practices employers can implement to prevent claims and stay out of court.

FREE!

Total Credits: 1.50 unit - Elimination of Bias

Online - Self Study

For further information contact Miller Law Group at ddl@millerlawgroup.com

How the Amendments Change the E-discovery Process - Self Study

How the Amendments Change the E-discovery Process

Investigating Online: Conducting Pre-Interview Research - Self Study

Investigating Online: Conducting Pre-Interview Research