California CLE Course Catalog

During this session, our panel of experts will explore the following topics to arm you with a plan to protect the company and minimize long-term problems: - Building a crisis management team and understanding each person’s unique role -Preparedness – advance planning and assessing potential risk areas - First Response – responding in the critical first hours and days to minimize the long-term impact - Resolution Strategy – managing various actions stemming from the crisis to enable the best resolution for the company.

This seminar will look at a number of issues related to the use of medical marijuana for workers’ comp injuries, considerations and coverage questions for insurers, provide answers for employers on applying drug policies and look at other risks for employees, employers and insurers in the workplace.

This seminar will take an in-depth look at the types of coverage required by these various entities, their unique risks and the opportunities they present for insurers looking to expand their coverage products.

The panel will discuss the state of distressed and bankruptcy related investing, including where they currently see opportunities, their thoughts on the credit cycle, what may drive the next wave of bankruptcies, the potential effects and repercussions of the leveraged loan market, the role of CDS and the “empty creditor” dynamic, and the impact of BDC’s, CLO’s and direct lending firms.

This session will review best strategies for running an effective in-house department. - How to spot the skills that you need to improve as leaders - Leadership skills development/training available to you - Which skills apply to different scenarios - Suggestions to leverage technical and procedural solutions.

Historically, the GC’s role was to advise and the CEO’s role was to execute. However, those lines are blurring as more and more lawyers transition into business roles. Beyond objectively analyzing legal and ethical issues, today’s executive lawyers combine business savviness with traditional legal skills to strategize with their executives and to seek out commercial opportunities for their companies. This shift has bridged the gap between the GC and the rest of the C-suite. Our panel will explore which factors contribute most to this changing dynamic, how legal professionals can leverage their skills into executive business roles, and how they can use their legal backgrounds to excel in non-legal leadership positions.

It’s an exciting time to be in the legal industry, with the fast-paced world of technology changing almost every aspect of how legal departments are run and how services are delivered. Cryptocurrency, AI, IoT, Blockchain are more than just buzzwords, these technologies will impact the way we do business in the legal field and beyond. This session will define the technologies disrupting the industry, their capabilities, and the common misconceptions around their application.

You may have gone to law school and not business school but, that doesn’t mean you don’t need to understand important business concepts as a GC. This session will explore business skills that will enhance and sharpen your management, financial, and marketing knowledge.

This panel will discuss how to manage your organization’s reputation risk and craft an action plan for response -- from failed corporate social responsibility practices to customer service failures, to ethical lapses, to data breaches -- and everything in between.