Running a successful law practice means more than delivering excellent legal work—it also requires thoughtful, competitive, and compliant management behind the scenes. This program shines a light on an often-overlooked part of the profession: the employee benefits that help law firms attract and keep top talent.

Join seasoned financial advisors and benefits specialists as they break down what every firm owner—or future owner—needs to know. We’ll cover the landscape of employer retirement plans, the advantages they offer both employers and employees, and the key compliance considerations that keep your benefits program on solid footing. Whether you manage a growing practice, advise business owners on benefits issues, or are planning your future as a firm leader, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

Derek F. Foran and Conor Tucker of Steptoe bring their trial and appellate expertise to guide practitioners through the most significant California Supreme Court decisions of 2025. This session will highlight the most impactful rulings shaping California’s legal landscape, including developments in contract interpretation, the scope of recoverable damages, arbitration enforcement, judicial review of agency decisions, and other key areas affecting commercial and appellate practice.

Understand the entire lifecycle of a commercial arbitration. Aaron Gothelf (Vice President, Commercial Division, American Arbitration Association) and David B. Coher (Founder, Coher ADR) walk through each step—from initiating a case, selecting arbitrators, and conducting preliminary hearings to managing discovery, engaging in mediation, drafting pre-hearing briefs, handling the evidentiary hearing, and submitting post-hearing documents including attorney fee applications and Final Awards. Whether you're new to arbitration or an experienced advocate, you'll gain valuable insight into best practices for resolving commercial disputes

Here we go again! The reverberations of 2023’s dual strikes continue, yet a new negotiation cycle is already underway, with key DGA, WGA, and SAG-AFTRA agreements expiring in mid-2026. Unions and management are already sizing up the AI issues that will once again be front and center—along with sizing up each other in advance of productive talks? nail-biters? something worse?

Meanwhile, technology races ahead (Hello, Tilly Norwood! Howdy, Sora 2!), industry landscapes shift like tectonic plates, and the law, as usual, struggles to keep up. With the future of entertainment hanging in the balance, this webinar takes an essential look at where we are now and what may lie ahead as the next round of guild negotiations approaches.

California Code of Civil Procedure sections 999-999.5 and the new version of CACI 2334 have profoundly changed how insurers and legal professionals handle time-limited policy limit demands. This webinar offers an analysis of these new rules, including what constitutes a reasonable settlement demand and what is and is not unreasonable conduct of an insurer that rejects such a demand. It provides essential strategies to navigate the updated requirements for demand letters, response times and potential bad faith claims. This program also discusses whether bad faith can exist without a settlement demand.

Punitive damages—we know what they are, but how do we prove them?

Please join us for part two of our in-depth discussion on punitive damages. Our panelists will explore tips for presenting and defending punitive damage claims, focusing on case law and hypotheticals to illustrate a step-by-step approach to how such claims and awards have been reported.

In this one-hour Intro to Tapping (EFT) course, attorneys will discover a scientifically supported, easy-to-use technique to help manage stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm — both in their personal lives and in their work with clients.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), commonly referred to as Tapping, combines gentle acupressure with modern psychology to calm the body’s stress response and promote mental clarity. Backed by over 100 peer-reviewed studies, Tapping is increasingly used in clinical, workplace, and trauma-informed settings to reduce stress and improve resilience.

This session will:

• Explain the science behind EFT and its connection to the nervous system and stress regulation.
• Guide participants through a live tapping demonstration to experience its calming effects firsthand.
• Offer practical tools attorneys can use before court appearances, client meetings, or at the end of a demanding day.
• Provide insights on how lawyers can share simple EFT techniques with clients to support emotional wellbeing and improve communication.

Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to use Tapping to reduce stress and enhance focus, empathy, and decision-making — essential skills for sustainable success in the legal profession.

This interactive program explores the use of mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes in the social media industry. Led by a neutral with direct experience in representing social media platform and influencers, as well as working with technology companies, the session focuses on incorporation of mediation and arbitration into social media practices and contracts, discusses unique concerns in the social media environment, and evidence considerations in the event of a conflict. Participants will gain practical skills for addressing high-stake conflicts in an online environment.