Bar Association of San Francisco

January 10, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, in Elimination of Bias.

 

 

 

 The Housing Crisis: An Access Crisis for People with Disabilities

During this panel, attendees will learn about barriers to accessible housing confronting people with disabilities living in the Bay Area. The housing crisis affects us all, but panelists will discuss its particular impact on tenants and homeowners with disabilities. Attendees will also learn about how disability rights activists worked with Airbnb to improve access to the sharing economy for travelers with disabilities.

Topics will include:
• Learn about antidiscrimination laws that apply to tenants and homeowners with disabilities
• Analysis of disability access challenges prominent in the Bay Area, and efforts to address these access barriers
• Discussion of access to housing accommodations in the sharing economy for travelers with disabilities

 

 

http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G191604/G191604

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 9, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, in Estate Planning & Probate Trust Specialization Credit

 

Speakers
Michael G. Desmarais
Law Offices of Michael G. Desmarais

Patrick A. Kohlmann
Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP

John W. Prokey
Ramsbacher Prokey Leonard LLP

Learn about the latest developments in case law and legislation that impact your estate planning and administration practice

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G190501/G190501

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 8, 2019: 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, Sponsored Reception Immediately Follows.

 

 The Changing Landscape of Class Action Settlement Approval Under FRCP 23

Speakers
Honorable Edward M. Chen
United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Jocelyn Larkin
Impact Fund

Jennie Lee Anderson
Andrus Anderson LLP

Michael W. Scarborough
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Moderator
Lauren C. Capurro
Trump, Alioto, Trump & Prescott, LLP

Topics
• Overview of the recent amendments to Rule 23 including electronic notice to Rule 23(b)(3) classes, the new requirement that courts consider the likelihood of final approval before giving notice, and the additional factors courts must consider in evaluating whether a settlement is "fair, reasonable and adequate"
• The new requirement that settlement objectors state their objection "with specificity" and objectors' counsel must obtain court approval to receive payment in connection with withdrawing an objection or dismissing an appeal
• The new rule that there can be no appeals of an order to give notice under Rule 23(e)(1)
• Overview of the Northern District of California's recently amended Procedural Guidance for Class Action Settlements, published on November 1, 2018.

 

 

http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G191301/G191301

 

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 8, 2019: 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H

  

 Topics
- Must every Grinius refi breed the bizarre “Branco Bump”?
- How were our Supreme Court’s IRMO Moore pro tanto fractions informed by the fractions the Court had adopted only 82 days earlier in IRMO Lucas?
- When representing the Separatizer, can you cite authority supporting your contention that the property’s date-of-marriage value, not its lower purchase price, should comprise the pro tanto denominators?-
- When representing the Non-Separatizer, can you cite authority supporting your contention that the pro tanto fractions should ignore the unpaid mortgage balance

 

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G190902/G190902

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 8, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law

 

 

Annual Review of the Probate and Trust Appellate Decisions

 

Speaker
Andrew Zabronsky
Shareholder, Evans, Latham & Campisi

 

Topics
  - Disinherited beneficiary may not file a contest under Section 17200 (Barefoot vs. Jennings – (2018) 27 CA5th 1)
- Further inroads into the trustee’s attorney-client privilege (Morgan v Superior Court (2018) 23 Cal.App.5th 1026)
-When does a trustee abuse her discretion in making distributions? (Scott v McDonald (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 463)
- Beneficiary’s entitlement to trust records under attack? (Powell v Tagami (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 219)

 

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G190502/G190502

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 8, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, Lunch will be provided.

 

Speaker
Honorable Charles Novack
United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California

Topics
• Agenda and goals of the incoming Chief Judge
• Status of court filings in the Northern District
• Recent and anticipated changes to the consumer and Chapter 11 practice
• Efforts to standardize practice with other districts (particularly the Eastern District)
• Current expectations about cost-cutting pressures; consolidation of staff, courthouses, or divisions; and adding new judges

 

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G191901/G191901

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 4, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:05 pm 

 

Topic
With #metoo, Time's Up, and record numbers of first-time female candidates running for office, 2018 has been hailed as the "Year of the Woman." But what about women in the courtroom? Our panel this year will discuss the role of gender in jury trials and the courtroom, addressing successes, persistent struggles, and how it all shakes out in the jury room and with the Court. After the panel presentation, members of the bench and the bar engage in small table discussions.

 

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=R190003/R180099

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 3, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

 

 

This in-depth presentation explores the hidden conversation of body language. Learn how to read between the spoken words to gain an understanding of hidden communication. Discover the difference between what someone says and how they might really feel. Explore how this hidden communication can have dramatic and predictable outcomes.

 

This video-based session explores:
• Darwin and the evolution of lie-spotting
• How to look and listen for potential tells of deceptive behavior
• How to read body language, what it says, and how it can predict future behavior.

 

 

http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=R190002/G171621

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 2, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

 

 

Topics
• How California is leading the charge to restrict suffering of puppies for sale
• The national battle over farm animal welfare - cage free vs. cruelty free
• What will happen to America's horses - food for foreigners, or protection at home?
• Pet custody and companion animal bite litigation

 

 

https://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=R190001/G184103

 

 

 

California Lawyers Association

January 30, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific) 

 

Description:

 On September 14, 2018, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 909, the Uniform Trust Decanting Act (the “Decanting Act”). The Decanting Act is effective January 1, 2019, and located at Probate Code section 19501 et seq.  

The Decanting Act is an important development in California probate law.  Planners and litigators alike should become familiar with the new law because our clients will have more planning options, and a new body of litigation will develop in the coming years.

This presentation will provide a general overview of the new law.  The presentation will include an explanation of the history of California decanting, how to decant under the new legislation, what trusts can be decanted, decanting under “expanded distributive discretion,” decanting under “limited distributive discretion,” decanting limitations, and the procedural and potential litigation aspects of the new law.

 

 

 https://cla.inreachce.com/Details/Information/e62a3872-d822-4730-9580-b11aead3fdcf