California Lawyers Association  

 

Litigation Section:

 

Discovery Competence: Mobile Devices

 

 

Credit(s):	1 Participatory MCLE Credits 1 Ethics
Course Number:	LIT_4-5-17
Original Program Date:	April 4, 2017
Duration:	1 hour 2 minutes
Access:	Available for 3 months after purchase
Date:	August 20, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:02 PM (Pacific)

 

Description:

 

 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).”

 

 

The nine skills from the Committee Opinion are:

1.       Initially assess e-discovery needs and issues, if any;

2.       Implement/cause to implement appropriate ESI preservation procedures;

3.       Analyze and understand a client’s ESI systems and storage;

4.       Advise the client on available options for collection and preservation of ESI;

5.       Identify custodians of potentially relevant ESI;

6.       Engage in competent and meaningful meet and confer with opposing counsel concerning an e-discovery plan;

7.       Perform data searches;

8.       Collect responsive ESI in a manner that preserves the integrity of the ESI; and

9.       Produce responsive non-privileged ESI in a recognized and appropriate manner.

 

Performing many of these skills competently requires understanding mobile device discovery

 

Mobile devices have become globally ubiquitous, both for personal and professional use.  Increasingly, organizations need

 to consider their mobile device and application use when executing internal investigations and responding to Discovery requests.  

 

 This webinar will address the following questions counsel should ask when considering mobile devices in discovery:

•       What types of devices are within scope? 

•       What data sources from those devices are within scope? 

•       Where are the data located?

•       How can the data be collected and what are some challenges?

•       Issues that arise in cross-border matters?

•       Are corporate policies and or systems in place?

•       After collection, how is the mobile device data handled for eDiscovery review and production?

 

Faculty:

 

Kathleen McConnell  

Kathleen McConnell is senior counsel in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  Her practice focuses on issues associated with electronic discovery, information governance, and data privacy.  She regularly assists clients by developing cost-effective strategies for the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information, including for cross-border matters.  She has also advised clients on record retention and information management.

 

Mark Michels, Moderator

 

Director, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics, LLP, assists clients with managing complex litigation and ediscovery matters.  Before joining Deloitte he spent 11 years at Cisco Systems where he focused on litigation management and electronic discovery.  Prior to joining Cisco, Mark was an attorney at McKenna and Cuneo where he supervised fraud subpoena responses; conducted multiple internal investigations; performed government contract, regulatory compliance reviews; and prepared responses to government investigations.  Mark is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.

  

Damon Reissman 

Deloitte Advisory, is a Senior Manager in the San Francisco Deloitte Discovery practice.  He has over 15 years of experience working in Computer Forensics and Electronic Discovery, assisting clients with the management of their response to major incidents, litigation, and internal and regulatory investigations.

 

 

Contact us at (877) 880-1335

 

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California Lawyers Association 

 

Criminal Law Section   Juvenile Practice Part 1: Basics   Credit(s): 1 Legal Specialization in Criminal Law 1 Participatory MCLE Credits Course Number: CL_8-14-18 Original Program Date: August 14, 2018 Duration: 1 hour Access: Available for 3 months after purchase Date: August 14, 2018 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

 

Description:

 

California State Bar Guidelines require 12 hours of Juvenile Training before representing a minor in juvenile court.  Part 1, of the Criminal Law Section Series on Juvenile Practice, will explain what to expect when handling a case in juvenile court; how juvenile court differs from adult criminal court; and the specific language/codes/procedures used. What every lawyer who represents minors in juvenile court should know.

 

Faculty:

 

Mark Wynn

Mark Wynn is a senior trial attorney for the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender’s Office. He graduated from UC San Diego in 1993 and California Western Law School in 1996.  After graduation, he worked legal affairs in the entertainment field, including MGM and Paramount Studios. In 2000, he became a Deputy Public Defender in Los Angeles. As a public defender, he tried numerous cases from misdemeanors to felonies, including death penalty cases.  He currently represents children in delinquency matters at the Inglewood Juvenile Court.  He has lectured on jury selection in capital cases at the PD/APD Capital Case Seminar and to law students at UCLA Law School.  He has volunteered as a coach and judge with the Constitutional Rights Foundation Mock Trial and as a judge for the NBTA Tournament of Champions Law School Mock Trial.

 

Maureen Pacheco, Moderator

Maureen Pacheco is the Trainer for the Juvenile Division of the Alternate Public Defenders Office in Los Angeles and handles the office’s juvenile life without parole resentencing cases.  After graduation from Georgetown Law School in 1986, she became a public defender. From 2010-2013, Maureen was the Assistant Director at Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, where she cofounded and taught the Juvenile Innocence and Fair Sentencing Clinic. She is the cofounder of the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center’s Amicus group and is the juvenile legislative liaison for the California Public Defenders Association. She authored the first bill in the nation to provide for the automatic sealing of juvenile records and has testified as a juvenile law expert before various committees of the California Legislature. Maureen serves on the Advisory Board for the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, is Chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Juvenile Justice Committee, and co-author of Guidelines for Los Angeles Delinquency Practitioners.  She was awarded the Juvenile Defender of the Year in 2015 by the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and was honored as 2017 Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

 

 

Contact us at (877) 880-1335

 

 

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Contra Costa County Bar Association 

 

Intellectual Property Section is sponsoring:
Pleading and Proof Issues in Trade Dress Litigation

Thursday, August 16, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
 

      

 

Speaker

Jeffrey T. Lindgren, Esq.—Partner | Vasquez Benisek & Lindgren LLP

Litigating trade dress claims can present some challenging pleading and proof issues.  Court decisions on pleading standards and the proof required to prevail at the summary judgment or trial levels have gaps and leave open questions that can impact how you need to plead or prove your cause of action. This presentation will review some of the difficulties you can face when pleading your trade dress claim and address different strategies to prove your trade dress allegations.

 

Biography

 

 Jeff Lindgren is an IP and business attorney. Jeff represents a wide range of companies, from venture backed start-ups to large publicly traded technology companies, on all types of intellectual property matters, including IP licensing and contracts, trademark and copyright prosecution, IP-related transactions, general IP counseling, and patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, technology and business litigation matters. He also provides clients with strategic advice and assistance on many day-to-day business matters. Prior to founding Vasquez Benisek & Lindgren LLP, Jeff worked at Cooley Godward LLP and Morgan Miller Blair, where his practice focused in intellectual property, corporate and white collar crime matters. While at Cooley Godward, Jeff served a 3-month stint in the Alameda County District Attorney’s office as part of the firm’s pro bono DA program.

 

Lunch is included.

 

 The Contra Costa County Bar Association certifies that this activity has been approved for 1 hour of General MCLE credit by the State Bar of California, Provider #393.

 

MCLE Credits

General 1 hour

 

Cost

Members: When you register, we’ll calculate the best price based on your membership level and section membership. Not a member? Join today to take advantage of discounted pricing on all CCCBA events.

 

	Full Price	Early Bird Price
Section Member Special Pricing
Barristers Section (10 yrs or less)	$15.00	—
Intellectual Property Section	$15.00	—
Special Member Pricing
Law Student	$10.00	—
Members	$20.00	—
Non-Members	$25.00	—

 

Location

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
2175 North California, Suite 600
Walnut Creek CA 94596

 

 

Sonoma County Bar Association

 

How to Avoid Landmines in Buy-Sell Agreements: A Business Valuation Expert’s Perspective

 

Essential for attorneys that work with buy-sell agreements (BSA’s), this workshop identifies common problems with valuation provisions and recommends practical solutions that attorneys can use to prepare precise and unambiguous agreements that, when triggered, will function as intended and be fair to all concerned, affordable and trouble-free.

 

Participants Will Learn:

~ Valuation concepts, standards, terminology, and discounts
~ Attorneys’ use of various BSA provisions (from a study of 20 agreements selected at random)
~ Pros and cons of the 3 primary approaches to pricing shares for buy-sell
~ Common BSA problems, illustrated through 9 case studies
~ Recommended solutions

 

 

Al Statz, ASA, CBA
Exit Strategies Group, Inc.

 

Mr. Statz is President of Exit Strategies Group, Inc., a mid-size business valuation and M&A brokerage firm with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento area and Orange County. Founded by Al in 2002, Exit Strategies appraises $1-50 million revenue closely-held businesses and fractional interests for buy-sell, management buyout, ESOP, estate and gift tax, dissolution proceedings, succession planning and other uses. Mr. Statz holds an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) credential from the American Society of Appraisers and is a Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) through the Institute of Business Appraisers. He is also a Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) through M&A Source. Al advises clients on business sales and recapitalizations and serves on the board of the California Association of Business Brokers.

 

Thank You to Our Sponsor: Homa Rassouli, HECM/Reverse Mortgage Specialist!

Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018

 

Time: Check-In: 11:45 am; Presentation: 12:00—1:00 pm

 

Presenter(s):
Al Statz, ASA, CBA, Exit Strategies Group, Inc.

 

Place: SCBA Office, 111 Santa Rosa Ave., Ste. 222, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.

Parking for this seminar is ONLY available in the Public Parking Garage at 555 First Street. Do not park in the parking lot at 111 Santa Rosa Avenue.

 

MCLE: 1.0 Unit Participatory Credit in General Law

 

Registration Fee: $60–SCBA Members; $75–Public;

Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.)

 

Click Here to Register

Click Here to Download The Registration Flyer

 

 

 

 

Marin County Bar Association 

 

Section | Labor and Employment Law

SECTION MEETING

Tue | Aug 14 | 12:00-1:30P

 

Speaker:

Kevin Kish | Director, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)

Mark your calendars!

 
Kevin Kish, Director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, will be speaking at the Labor & Employment section meeting.

The topic is DFEH Agency’s Top Priorities for 2018/2019 and an Update on the Technological Advancements the Agency is Making

This is a must-attend program for anyone who deals with the DFEH in any respect, which includes every attorney that does any employment work. This program also will be important for those mediators who have ADR cases involving employment matters. It is not often that we have an Agency representative available to speak in a small group setting so this promises to be a well attended program. Please sign up asap so that we know how many will attend.

 

1.0 CLE | General

 

Brown Bag Lunch

 

Contact

Kiersten Ross | Email
Mee Mee Wong | Email 

 

 

Registration

Member Registration

 

Non-member Registration

 

Registration ends Aug 13, 2018

Members: $20
Non-Members: $25

 

$10 Labor & Employment Law & ADR Section Members (apply discount during registration)

 

 

Date and Location

Tuesday | August 14, 2018
12:00-1:30P

Ragghianti Freitas LLP
1101 Fifth Avenue
Suite 100
San Rafael, CA 94901

 

 

ABA Journal  

By Lee Rawles

Posted July 24, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

 

 

Cynthia E. Tobisman and her novel Proof, which has been awarded the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. (Photo and book cover courtesy of the author.)

 

 

Cynthia E. Tobisman has won the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for her second published novel, Proof.

 

“I am honored, humbled, and frankly, totally stunned,” Tobisman said in a press release. “The spirit of To Kill A Mockingbird is the spirit of one person’s ability to make the world a little more fair. That the selection committee saw that spirit in my book is something that I will treasure forever.”

 

Tobisman is a partner with Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland in San Francisco, where she practices appellate law. Under the name C. E. Tobisman, she has published two novels, Doubt and Proof, and a comic book series, Inside the Loop.

 

The Harper Lee Prize is awarded by the ABA Journal and the University of Alabama School of Law each year to a novel-length work of fiction that best that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change. Proof is the second book to feature young lawyer Caroline Auden, who is drawn into high-level local government intrigue when she looks into a potential elder abuse case involving her late grandmother. The two other nominees this year were Lisa Scottoline for her book Exposed and Scott Turow for Testimony.

 

“Proof best captures the spirit of iconic characters, role of the legal profession in addressing social issues, and the concluding legal monologue of To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman,” said Dr. Hilary Green, an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama, and one of the four judges who selected the winning novel. “Caroline Auden is the perfect cross between lawyer Atticus Finch and the grown-up Scout.”

 

Jini Koh, an attorney and University of Alabama School of Law alum; Tony Mauro, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for Law.com and the National Law Journal; and Dr. Sena Jeter Naslund, author, co-founder and former program director of the Spalding University MFA in Writing were the other judges. The results of a public poll, in which Exposed placed first and Proof placed second, were used as a fifth vote.

 

“It’s exciting see to this award go a practicing attorney who’s relatively new to the fiction scene,” says Molly McDonough, editor and publisher of the ABA Journal. “We also love seeing attention being drawn to the important field of elder law. We look forward to seeing what Cindy Tobisman will bring to the genre of legal fiction.”

 

The Harper Lee Prize will be presented to Tobisman in a ceremony Aug. 30 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to coincide with the National Book Festival. She will receive a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird signed by Harper Lee, who approved the creation of the award in 2010 to mark the 50th anniversary of her famous novel.

 

Past authors of Harper Lee Prize-winning books include John Grisham (in 2011 and 2014), Michael Connelly, Paul Goldstein, Deborah Johnson, Attica Locke and James Grippando.

 

 

 

 http://www.abajournal.com/books/article/appellate_attorney_wins_2018_harper_lee_prize_for_legal_fiction

 

 

 

 

Volunteers Needed for REAF Gala!       Sunday, August 19, 2018 Herbst Theatre, SF   The AIDS Legal Referral Panel is a proud beneficiary of the REAF 'Help Is On The Way XXIV" Gala! In order to receive a portion of the fair proceeds, we need your help as a volunteer! Have fun and raise money for ALRP's low-cost legal services for people living with HIV/AIDS.   **Free Gala tickets available for volunteers!!**   Check out the star-studded lineup HERE.     Sign up to Volunteer now!     Contact ALRP Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Center at hannah@alrp.org or (415) 701-1200 ext 303.   Available volunteer shifts below:         Volunteer Shifts:   Morning Set-Up/Unload - 8:45am - 12:45pm  -          Requires lifting   VIP Reception/Breakdown - 4:30pm - 9:00pm   Volunteer Dinner - 5:00pm - 8:00pm - Volunteers needed to set up/man the complimentary volunteer dinner area   After Party Set-Up/Breakdown - 8:00pm - 1:00am -          Requires lifting        We need ~40 Volunteers so PLEASE sign up!   Questions? Contact ALRP Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Center at  hannah@alrp.org or (415) 701-1200 ext 303.

AIDS Legal Referral Panel, 1663 Mission Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94103

 

Webcast Air Date: July 26, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT

Interested in taking a closer look at Exterro's e-discovery software? Our 30-minute live demos are a great way to experience first-hand the ease of use and features that come with Exterro's e-discovery software suite. Demos are offered monthly.

The live demo includes a:

• Live look at Exterro's software in action
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Joe Mulenex
Director - Solution Team Consultants;
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Michael Hamilton, J.D.
Director of Marketing Programs;
Exterro

 

 

 

Register at:  https://www.exterro.com/resources/exterro-live-demo-webcast/

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

 

Paint Nite Fundraiser for SFLPA to help raise funds for 2019 November LSI Conference in San Francisco

 

Join San Francisco Legal Professionals Association as we raise glasses and funds for a worthy cause! The event will take place at the Hotel Majestic at 1500 Sutter Street. A turn-of-the-century masterpiece with vintage Edwardian décor and architecture as well as luxury accommodations, the Hotel Majestic is one of the premier hotels in San Francisco, California. Located near the Victorian neighborhoods of the Pacific Heights, it is one of the rare San Francisco buildings to survive the Great Earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent fire. This boutique hotel is one of a kind and even has a few ghost stories.

Our fundraiser is raising the funds to support the upcoming 2019 SFLPA November LSI Conference that San Francisco Legal Professionals Association will be hosting at the Hilton in San Francisco, Financial District. So come on out Wednesday, August 1st at 6:30 p.m. for a fun evening of painting, food and drink and let your creative side out. Bring friends, family and co-workers. You are guaranteed to have a great time!

When you buy a ticket to this event, $15 will be donated to our help SFLPA fund the conference. Feel good about giving as our local artist guides us through two hours of painting, drinking, and laughing ‘til your cheeks hurt. The best part? You don’t have to be an artist to have an amazing time. To purchase tickets and see the painting I selected please go to this link:

Click here to register

 

 

https://www.sflpa.org/events-calendar/

 

 

 

On August 8th at noon, log in to the Goal Academy webinar “Put your paralegal career into second gear – become certified!” Kristine Custodio, ACP, Nita Serrano, RP and Nancy Logue, ACP will offer their individual insight into the process of certification and discuss requirements/differences of individual paralegal certification exams. National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) CP exam, National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) RP exam and California Alliance of Paralegal Associations (CAPA) CCP exam introduced in one webinar!

 

 

 Wednesday, August 08, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT