Title: YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE CALIFORNIA REGULATORY PROCESS – SEPARATING MYTH FROM FACT (WEBINAR)
- Start Time: 1:30 PM
- End Time: 3:30 PM
- Date: March 23, 2023
- Location: Online Webinar
- MCLE Credits: 2
- Instructor: Kent Gray
Misinformation about rulemaking has many dangers. Suppose rulemaking were a jungle, then misinformation is the tangled vines that grow wild throughout that jungle. It covers everything and hides the fundamental purpose of the rulemaking process.
Our speaker, Kent Gray will uncover the California Regulatory Process with its potential for common errors that can result in doing a lot of unnecessary work, which uses up already limited resources (the people and time needed for rulemaking), and underground regulations from a misunderstanding of what needs to be included and what it means to your department to “incorporate by reference” materials i.e. manuals, forms, etc.
In this webinar we will look at some of the common areas of misinformation and will also answer questions about what is and isn’t required. The challenge of rulemaking is in the many steps; whereupon misinformation slips can result from doubt, innuendo, and “that’s how we’ve always done it.” Be ready to take notes and ask questions as we trek through this jungle and work to cut back the “vines.”
Title: BREACHED! CYBERSECURITY 101 (WEBINAR)
- Start Time: 1:00 PM
- End Time: 2:00 PM
- Date: April 5, 2023
- Location: Online Webinar
- MCLE Credits: 1
- Instructor: Stephan Shields, JD
With data security incidents and data breaches happening daily, it’s important for attorneys to turn towards one reality—it’s NOT IF a breach or incident will occur—it’s WHEN. These incidents are forcing government agencies, companies, law firms, etc. to address, define, and handle these challenges. As cloud technology and big-data analytics have become the norm, cybersecurity risks have increased, and it is more important than ever to have both an avoidance and a response plan in place.
During this 60-minute CLE session, Stephan Shields, JD, Solutions Constant with LEXISNEXIS will cover (1) the latest security threats in the news and what’s being done to address/remedy them, (2) explore current data breach laws, (3) the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, and (4) how to prepare a data breach avoidance plan as well as a data breach response plan.
Title: LEGISLATIVE INTENT RESEARCH BASICS (WEBINAR)
- Start Time: 1:30 PM
- End Time: 2:30 PM
- Date: April 25, 2023
- Location: Online Webinar
- MCLE Credits: 1
- Instructor: Betsy Raymond
Statutes frequently contain ambiguous or unclear language. When this occurs, researching the Legislature’s intent in enacting a particular law often becomes necessary. In this webinar, learn how to research a California statute and gain resources to engage in basic legislative intent research yourself.
Topic includes:
– Legislative history research: what it can do and common use cases
– The process of researching legislative history
– Determining the particular session law (“chapter”) or bill number to research
– Key terms and the different types of documents that make up legislative history
Title: WHAT CALIFORNIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ESTATE PLANNING AND TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES (WEBINAR)
- Start Time: 2:30 PM
- End Time: 3:30 PM
- Date: April 28, 2023
- Location: Online Webinar
- MCLE Credits: 1
- Instructor: Brian Wyatt Teri L. Jones
Estate planning attorney Brian Wyatt and his paralegal Teri Jones will present on estate planning in California. What are the options available to plan for the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next? When a living trust is used to avoid probate, who should serve as trustee and what are their fiduciary responsibilities? How does a client plan wisely for their own incapacity? What, if anything, has changed in terms of best practices in estate planning? Our goal is to cover the essentials for attorneys and their staff, as well as for consumers looking to make the right choices.