Compliance Group (A-G) Deadline is February 1, 2019.
The 2018 CLE-in-a-Box is approved for use through 2019.
REQUIRED SUBJECTS:
You Can't Go Wrong! Ethics + Competence + Elimination of Bias
2 hrs Ethics, 1 hr Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society and
1 hr Competence Issues
LACBA’s Immigration Section and the Southern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s program covers Ethics, Elimination of Bias, and Competence topics, including proposed new rules on trust accounting; how to draft an effective fee agreement; the ethical boundaries of using asylum as a means of getting a client into court; when/how you may run into ethical issues in the courtroom; and more.
Leading ethics experts share their insights, knowledge and scholarship on legal ethics, and update us on significant ethics opinions decided in the past year.
Originally recorded 2/25/17
Litigation Financing: Ethical Issues & Antitrust Litigation
1.5 hrs Legal Ethics
Experienced practitioners provide their insights into the important practical, legal, and ethical issues surrounding the increasing use of litigation financing in antitrust, unfair competition, and complex litigation matters.
Originally recorded 9/28/16
Collecting from the Dead
2 hrs CLE, including .5 hr Legal Ethics
How to collect when your debtor dies with debts unpaid? Learn how to obtain assets from the estates of the dead through probate and trust proceedings. The guides to this program include the Hon. David Cowan, Judge of the LASC Probate Department, Hon. James Steele (ret.), former Judge of the LASC Probate Department and current Arbitrator at ADR Services, and practitioners Jeffrey Forer, Jonathan Rosenbloom, and Mark Share.
Originally recorded 10/26/16
GENERAL SUBJECTS:
Conflicts of Interest for Real Estate Lawyers
1 hr Legal Ethics
Explore legal ethics and how to manage conflicts of interest and duties related to negotiating real estate transactions, and how pending changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct will affect these issues.
Originally recorded 12/07/16
Nobody Knew Healthcare Could Be So Complicated
2 hours CLE
Variations in healthcare coverage and the laws applicable to coverage differ dramatically from one type of coverage to the next. This presentation examines the regulatory framework for the different types of coverage and how the patchwork of federal and state laws govern such issues as mandated benefits, consumer protections, reporting and disclosure requirements, provider disputes, solvency standards, rights to continuation of coverage, and similar issues.
Originally recorded 5/18/17
2016 Trusts & Estates Symposium
3 hours CLE
The symposium examines recent changes in California and federal law that significantly impact probate litigation and estate planning, and offers a scholarly and pragmatic guide for success in seeking fee awards in probate matters.
Panel 1:
Past Imperfect: Supreme Court Greenlights the Admission of Extrinsic Evidence in Will Reformation Actions
In Estate of Duke (2015) 61 Cal.4th 871, the Supreme Court reconsidered the historical rule that extrinsic evidence is inadmissible to reform an unambiguous Will. The Supreme Court concluded that the categorical bar on extrinsic evidence in such cases -- dating back to common law and codified in the California Probate Code -– was not justified. Now, an otherwise unambiguous Will may be reformed if clear and convincing evidence establishes that the Will contained a mistake in expressing the testator's intent.
Panel 2:
Brave New (Estate Planning) World
Covers practical advice about drafting revocable trusts in light of historically high estate tax exemptions and Federal and California capital gains tax rates, including pros and cons of bypass trusts, flexibility to obtain a step-up in basis on death, revisiting formula gifts to children and grandchildren, the use of Clayton QTIPs, portability of estate tax exemption, and post-mortem fixes.
Panel 3:
Show Me the Money: Insights on Requests for Attorney's Fees
Success with fee petitions is so important to the private practitioner, but many lawyers neglect the scholarship and skimp on polished advocacy. This panel, including a private practitioner, a judge, and an attorney from the Probate Court, discuss what it takes to succeed in filing fee petitions for legal services before the court.
Originally Recorded 9/23/16
Forming and Representing Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Organizations
2 hours CLE
This program discusses the process of forming a Nonprofit Corporation in the state of California, and covers the following topics: What is a Nonprofit Corporation; Formation of a California Nonprofit; Applying for Tax-Exemption, Federal (Form 1023 and 1023-EZ) and State (Form 3500 or 3500A); and Some Compliance Issues: Maintaining Tax-Exempt Status.
Originally Recorded 5/9/17
Marijuana and California Real Estate
1 hour CLE
This program is an overview of the old and new legislation on legalization of marijuana in California with a focus on Los Angeles, and how legalization affects real estate and real estate lawyers in particular.
Originally Recorded 5/10/17
Strategies for Effective Motion Practice in Family Law
3 hours CLE
The outcome of certain motions can make or break your case. In this program, prominent family law judges and lawyers discuss strategies for important motions in family law, among them the effective use of discovery motions and related issue and evidentiary sanctions, when and how to use motions for receivership or for joinder, and what motions can or should be considered after the court has ruled on an important matter.
Originally recorded 2/04/17
First Amendment Law Roundup 2017
1 hour CLE
Three prominent First Amendment attorneys recent developments and trends in First Amendment law and their effects on entertainment, internet, digital and social media, video games, and intellectual property.
Originally Recorded 3/29/17
Lease Negotiations
1 hour CLE
Drafting and negotiating lease agreements are core skills for well-rounded real estate practitioners. Renowned real estate attorneys Michael Meyer and Eric Shelby discuss lease negotiations from both the tenant-side and landlord-side perspectives.
Originally Recorded 5/3/17
Coming to A “____” Near You; Streaming, Video, Smartphone or Theatre? How Global Interests and Technologies have Revitalized Local Motion Picture Exhibition and Distribution
1 hour CLE
Motion picture exhibition and distribution, while interdependent, are often in conflict. In addition to struggles that date back to the famous midcentury “Paramount” decrees, globalization injects new issues and technology has transformed the delivery of media to the consumer and the timing of that delivery.
Panelists for this program have experience on all sides of these complex issues; they have represented exhibitors, classes, consumers, producers, and studios in antitrust and intellectual property disputes that arise from these changes. They are often called upon to balance the interests of exhibitors and distributors and to incorporate multinational considerations in their decision-making.
Originally Recorded 5/9/17
#BrandedContent
1 hour CLE
Native ads, branded content, consumer reviews…#ad, #sponsored, #paidad, #promotion, #sponsored by….Is all of this making you see double? Are you grappling with questions about how the FTC’s Endorsement Guidelines affect your business? Whose problem is it – the talent, the agency or the brand?
Leading industry experts present an overview of the FTC Endorsement Guidelines, which require certain disclosures in paid ads and sponsored content to clarify that the messaging is promotional and that the speaker has a material connection to the brand. The panelists also discuss how the guidelines apply to social media, native advertising, affiliate marketing, branded content and consumer reviews.
Originally recorded 10/20/16
Purchase and Sale Agreements: Top Tips and Effective Negotiation Strategies
1 hour CLE
Drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements are core skills for well-rounded real estate practitioners. Speakers focus on the “must have” provisions that will enable you to achieve the best results for your clients, whether they are buyers or sellers.
Originally recorded 2/1/17
Ethical Considerations of Representing Entities (LLCs and Corporations) and Their Members and Officers in Real Estate Transactions
1 hour Legal Ethics
This program addresses several scenarios typically encountered by transactional lawyers involving possible conflicts of interest among related entities and their constituents. The panelists address the range of ethical considerations, including conflict waivers and confidentiality concerns, and appropriate resolution from a practical perspective.
Originally recorded 5/25/17