Live Webinars

This webinar will cover an array of issues faced by litigants and practitioners where alter ego or successor liability theories are advanced during litigation.  Among other things, the webinar will explore the contours of the alter ego and successor liability doctrines; proper pleading of these doctrines; discovery strategies for both plaintiffs and defendants; proof issues faced by both sides when these doctrines are at play; trial issues on who decides these equitable issues; post-judgment attorney’s fees claims and defenses; and post-judgment efforts to amend a judgment to include alter egos and successors as additional judgment debtors.

PAGA remains the hottest topic in the California Wage & Hour landscape.  Wage & Hour practitioners have fittingly labeled PAGA “the Wild West” and the saga continues.  Employees are increasingly relying upon PAGA when foreclosed from pursuing class action litigation and employers are left trying to figure out how to deal with PAGA when they are very-quickly looking down the barrel of millions of dollars in potential exposure.  Like PAGA, the FCRA is quickly becoming another powerful vehicle with the Wage & Hour bar seeing a huge uptick in class action filings.  Bridgeport’s mid-year Wage & Hour Update explores and explains in-depth, the critical and changing aspects of Wage & Hour litigation.  This year's program will focus on key developments in the case law such as Syed; the impact the Kim v. Reins decision will likely have on wage and hour litigation; the Esparza/Lawson split; the aftermath of Williams v. Superior Court;; and the enforcement and litigation of arbitration agreements.   The unique format for the webinar will feature an explanation and then discussion of the aforementioned topics.

California Attorneys Fees: 2018
This program will focus on tips for claiming and obtaining California attorney’s fees in both California state and federal courts.  It will cover these topics:  (1) bases for requesting attorney’s fees; (2) how to structure fee petitions/motions; (3) how to attack fee petitions/motions; (4) how to develop the record in fee proceedings and what type of orders to request/fashion for future appeal; (5) tips for arguing fee issues before California state appellate courts/the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and (5) selected issues of importance in the arbitration, SLAPP, civil rights, family law, private attorney general, and class action areas.

As cybersecurity and economic espionage increasingly occupy headlines and C-suite meetings, trade secret disputes that once were dealt with mainly through civil litigation are ever more likely to turn into criminal investigations.  Joshua Robbins, a former federal cybercrime prosecutor, will discuss the substantive and strategic aspects of criminal trade secrets cases, with an emphasis on hidden dangers that may catch even experienced intellectual property litigators unaware.

This Webinar will provide an overview of the major coverages afforded by the standard comprehensive general liability form (CGL) used in insurance policies issued by insurance companies in California.  In particular, the Webinar will address “Coverage A – Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability” and “Coverage B – Personal and Advertising Injury Liability.”  The Webinar will highlight issues which are at the forefront of coverage disputes in California.