20th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute

On October 21, 2010, the Antitrust section of the State Bar will hold the 20th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute.  The full day program will offer concurrent tracks for UCL and Antitrust topics.  I will be moderating the last panel of the day, on UCL Remedies and Defenses.  Anyone not already asleep by then should consume less coffee.  For more information, visit the Golden State Institute page of the State Bar website.

Video available from Federalist Society program on Business & Professions Code section 17200

On May 19, 2010, I participated in a panel discussion presented by the Federalist Society.  The theme of the panel discussion was "California's 17200 -- Its Use and Abuse."  The panelists were:

• Jeremy B. Rosen, partner, Horvitz & Levy
• William L. Stern, partner, Morrison Foerster
• Shaun Martin, Shaun Martin, Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, and,
• me

The Hon Michael Orfield (Ret.), served as the panel moderator.

Video of the panel discussion is now available on youtube here.

It was an entertaining discussion.  There was some irony in the fact that the defense-oriented panelists argued for more government enforcement and the plaintiff-oriented panelists argued for less government enforcement and more private-sector regulatory enforcement.  Fun times.

For attendees of the LACBA conference looking for the e-mail forensics software I mentioned...

it can be obtained through Paraben.  The product is currently known as Network Email Examiner (Nemex), version 3.0.  I under-priced it a bit.  It is listed currently as a $799 purchase.  Still cheap when you consider what it does.  The feature list is as follows:

• Supports GroupWise information stores up to 7.03
• Supports Microsoft Exchange information stores 5.0, 5.5, 2000, Exchange 2003 & 2007 (.EDB)
• Supports Lotus Notes information stores 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 8 (.NSF)
• Easy to use interface
• Advanced searching options
• View one or all individual e-mail accounts in information store
• View all meta-data within individual messages
• Complete Bookmarking
• Export data for review in Paraben's E-mail Examiner
• Summary HTML reporting
• Export to PST files
• NEW Output to MSG & EML format
• Supports Deleted--Deleted recovery with Exchange

Imagine the ability to view and export one complete e-mail account from a massive Exchange information store.  Brilliant! 

The product page lists "free one year subscription" with purchase, but this pertains to the right to receive free updates.  When the year is up, you can still use the version that you have. 

CLE: The Thirtieth Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium

On March 31, 2010, the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association will present the Thirtieth Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium:

The 2010 Labor and Employment Law Symposium provides practical advice and cutting-edge panel discussions on labor and employment law issues of critical importance to attorneys, judges, neutrals, government practitioners, union representatives, in-house counsel, and human resource professionals. The Symposium provides a unique intellectual experience allowing the panelists, all of whom are recognized experts in their fields, to share new perspectives, ideas and information. Each panel discussion covers opposing viewpoints, interpretations and strategies, and will encourage audience questions and participation.

The location details:

Biltmore Hotel
506 South Grand Ave. 
Los Angeles, California

I will be speaking on the panel entitled "20 Tips for Successful Navigation of e-Discovery Requirements," with Moderator Angela Robledo, Hon. Carl J. West, and Heather Morgan.

Consumer Attorneys of San Diego offers its Second Annual Class Action Symposium on October 23-24

The educational opportunities for class action practitioners in California improved greatly in recent years (oddly coincident with significant increase in the number of attorneys trying their hand at class action litigation).  One of those great new opportunities for class action CLE occurs this Friday and Saturday in San Diego's gaslamp quarter.  Consumer Attorneys of San Diego will present its 2nd Annual Class Action Symposium.  The speakers include judges, mediators, and practitioners from both sides of the "v."

The blogosphere will be well represented by speaker Kim Kralowec, The UCL Practitioner and a Partner at Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec LLP.  And speaking of The UCL Practitioner, her blog now notes that you can register for one day of the two day symposium.  If obligations on Friday prevent you from attending, consider attending on Saturday.  You can also save money by registering more than one attendee from the same firm.

If nothing else, send the youngest attorneys in your firm so they can learn first hand from the people that do it right.  Because of the special nature of representative litigation, we have an obligation to maintain the highest possible practice standards.