This program is a comprehensive update and overview of law and practice involving sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination claims in California. It’s not often that a single one-day seminar will give you both a procedural overview of the process but also substantive tips on how to write briefs, take and defend depositions, use expert testimony, make your case before a jury, and position your case so as to maximize the chances of obtaining a favorable outcome. This unique program will walk attendees through a case from beginning to end. This program is designed for attorneys and corporate counsel.

This program is a comprehensive update and overview of law and practice involving sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination claims in California. It’s not often that a single one-day seminar will give you both a procedural overview of the process but also substantive tips on how to write briefs, take and defend depositions, use expert testimony, make your case before a jury, and position your case so as to maximize the chances of obtaining a favorable outcome. This unique program will walk attendees through a case from beginning to end. This program is designed for attorneys and corporate counsel.

The ability to plan and take outstanding depositions determines the value of your case, the outcome of dispositive motions, and who wins at trial. From developing the big picture down to formulating the narrowest questions, learn from a faculty of noted trial attorneys that has conducted more than 5,000 depositions. For many clients, your depositions are their only day in court. Make every question count! Learn techniques used by the best trial lawyers to get the most out of every deposition.

Because trade secrets are a fundamental building block of California’s and the U.S. economy that help drive investment, innovation and economic growth, trade secret litigation and employee mobility cases are the hottest areas of intellectual property and employment litigation. Employees are getting laid off in record numbers, more and more senior level executives and employees are leaving one company to start or join a direct competitor. This program will provide participants with advice on how to protect company trade secrets, guard against employee raids, recruit from competitors without getting sued, and deal with the important issues that arise when employees leave to compete with their former employers.

Because trade secrets are a fundamental building block of California’s and the U.S. economy that help drive investment, innovation and economic growth, trade secret litigation and employee mobility cases are the hottest areas of intellectual property and employment litigation. Employees are getting laid off in record numbers, more and more senior level executives and employees are leaving one company to start or join a direct competitor. This program will provide participants with advice on how to protect company trade secrets, guard against employee raids, recruit from competitors without getting sued, and deal with the important issues that arise when employees leave to compete with their former employers.

The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2014 and 2015, and 2016 offers more of the same. Arbitration, rigorous inquiry, nationwide class certification, marketing reliance, actual injury and market remedial actions are all issues that dominated class action orders and opinions.  This program is chaired by Ben Barnow of Barnow and Associates, P.C. and Bethany Gayle Lukitsch of McGuireWoods LLP.

Most civil actions involve several pre-trial motions. This program will cover procedural and practical basics of pre-trial motion practice and offer practice-proven strategies. Notice will be paid to local, state and federal courts as expert panelists will share their strategies and techniques for getting it right the first time and winning your pre-trial motions or successfully opposing them.

The ability to plan and take outstanding depositions determines the value of your case, the outcome of dispositive motions, and who wins at trial. From developing the big picture down to formulating the narrowest questions, learn from a faculty of noted trial attorneys that has conducted more than 5,000 depositions. For many clients, your depositions are their only day in court. Make every question count! Learn techniques used by the best trial lawyers to get the most out of every deposition.

The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2014 and 2015, and 2016 promises more of the same. Arbitration, rigorous inquiry, nationwide class certification, marketing reliance, actual injury and market remedial actions are all issues that dominated class action orders and opinions.  Developments in economic product defect, market misrepresentation, privacy and pure omissions class actions impact most class action practitioners currently prosecuting or defending these cases.  For those who dedicate their practice to class actions, whether plaintiff or defense, there is much to review and discuss from the past year.  This program, which is geared for the advanced practitioner, will cover the latest developments in the law of federal class actions as well as procedural advice from leaders in the field. This timely conference will include a discussion of the development of recent major class actions cases and decisions as well as a look at upcoming cases and current practice. The conference is chaired by Robert J. Herrington, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris Law Firm.

Bridgeport’s annual Wage & Hour Update explores and explains in-depth, the critical and changing aspects of Wage & Hour litigation.  This year's program will focus on the ever increasing use of PAGA in wage and hour litigation; key developments in the case law such as Duran; Iskanian; Ayala, interpreting the white collar exemptions, and the enforcement and litigation of arbitration agreements.   The unique format for the program will feature an explanation and then discussion of the aforementioned topics. The program is co-chaired by Timothy J. Long of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Eric Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley.