Live Webinars

Navigating the Minefields of Social Media: New Platforms for Liability

Social media has become one of society’s most critical communication tools. Social media platforms are used by President Trump to announce policy, by news media to provide breaking reports, by mega brands to influence consumers, and by celebrities and influencers to connect with their fans. It follows that they are fertile ground for mistakes that can lead to liability. Learn about new developments in how courts are applying to social media the doctrines that have historically arisen in the context of media and advertising, including copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, misappropriation of publicity rights, and invasion of privacy.

Wage and Hour class actions put employers at great financial peril.  They are easily filed, expensive to defend against, and expose the employer to hefty fines and penalties on top of statutory damages.  Worse, insurance companies tend to deny or severely limit coverage for them.

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.