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Beverly Hills Bar Association

Listen to Beverly Hills Bar Association"s nationally recognized CLE content, featuring timely topics and speakers from across the country. You don’t need to be an attorney to tune in, but if you are, you’ll get CLE credit while you listen! Full details at www.bhba.org/podcasts.

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67:45

Preparing Clients for Their Deposition:...

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2025/12/08

In the fast-paced, fact-intensive realm of litigation, depositions often become the decisive stage where outcomes are shaped and where evidence later used at trial (or in mediation) develops. Given the stakes, preparing clients thoroughly is critical. This program brings together seasoned litigators who will share practical strategies and real-world insights to ensure clients are ready when it matters most.Our panel will offer perspectives from both the plaintiff and defense sides, highlighting best

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66:55

Sexual Assault Litigation in Entertainment and Fashion

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2025/12/05

This panel will explore the legal landscape of sexual assault litigation in the entertainment and fashion sectors. It will shed light on the systemic forces that can foster abusive behavior—such as entrenched power hierarchies, industry gatekeeping, loosely regulated environments, and pervasive silence. Through carefully selected case studies, the panelists will dissect the most common legal claims, outline the structural anatomy of these lawsuits, and provide a nuanced understanding of how such

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59:30

Advanced Trial Tactics: Tips From the Experts on...

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2025/12/04

Jay Spillane, Hon. Randolph M. Hammock, Paul R. Kiesel

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61:33

Trial Tutorials: Opening Statements

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2025/12/03

Opening statements don't have to be a dry, recited outline of expected facts. In this Trial Tutorial, Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP will deliver his own opening statement and demonstrate how to craft and convey openings that grabs the jury's attention through persuasive storytelling, strategic themes, and purposeful structure. Following the demonstration, Mr. Chu will provide his analysis and commentary on the strategic choices made during the opening statement. This session will highlight

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65:03

AI in the Legal World: Ethics, Limits, and Practical Use

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2025/12/02

This presentation explores how artificial intelligence can be used effectively and ethically in the legal field. Topics include confirmation bias, token limits, hallucinations, context bleed, and personalization. Perhaps most controversial, how AI impacts work product, privilege, and client confidentiality. Learn AI’s best practices for safely integrating it into your legal work without compromising ethics or security.

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60:42

Briefly Focused: Communicate Effectively and Get More...

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2025/12/01

This program is designed specifically for attorneys who want to communicate more effectively, manage demanding workloads, and better serve their clients—without burning out.Attorneys will learn to:Stay sharply focused so you can draft, analyze, and advocate more efficiently under pressureDelegate tasks with precision and accountability, whether to staff, colleagues, or co-counselManage cases and projects to meet critical deadlines and requirementsImprove listening and clarity in meetings and

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65:12

Conflicts, Clients, and Credits: Ethical Traps in...

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2025/11/28

This program will explore common ethical challenges facing entertainment attorneys, with a particular focus on conflicts of interest, duties to current and former clients, and multiple-party representation in the practice of entertainment law. Panelists Dana Ulise and Annie Thompson of Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company will examine key provisions of the California Rules of Professional Conduct—including Rule 1.7 (current client conflicts), Rule 1.9 (duties to former clients), and Rule 1.18 (duties

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60:23

Trial Tutorials: Examination of Expert Witnesses

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2025/11/26

Expert witnesses can provide powerful testimony at trial but mishandling the direct or cross examination of expert witnesses can completely derail a case.In this Trial Tutorial, Michael Geibelson will demonstrate exactly how to harness and not squander that powerful expert testimony. Mr. Geibelson will demonstrate how to qualify expert witnesses, call expert credibility into question, lay foundation, address bias and impeachment, and perhaps most importantly, how to elicit expert testimony jurors

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65:09

One Big Beautiful Bill: Private Client and...

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2025/11/25

It is big, but is it beautiful? If that is a question you have on the new tax law, this is a program not to be missed. Let this presentation provide you with a solid understanding of the One Big Beautiful Bill, with a particular emphasis on provisions relevant to private clients and international planning.Like it or not, beautiful or not, it is likely to remain the law for the next several years and your clients will be asking how it impacts their personal situations. The presenters will emphasize

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61:44

Medicare and Medicare Supplemental Plans in 2026:...

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2025/11/24

Is your client turning 65 and navigating an Individual Family Health Plan or an Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plan? Are your clients asking about Medicare, and you’re wondering how to guide them?Join Barry Sikov, Senior Health Plan Advisor with Belair Insurance Services, for a comprehensive overview tailored for attorneys.This program will cover:A legal method for employers to cover all Medicare costs.An attorney-focused breakdown of Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D.Upcoming changes to Medicare Part

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64:20

The First Amendment and the Late-Night Fallout: Legal...

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2025/11/21

Recent disruptions involving Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have sparked urgent legal questions about the boundaries of government influence over media organizations. Are public officials crossing the constitutional line? Has the First Amendment shifted to allow the government to curtail speech without issuing direct orders? This panel brings together Eugene Volokh (Professor, UCLA School of Law), Doug Mirell (Partner, Nolan Heimann), and David Loy (Legal Director, First Amendment Coalition) to

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59:48

A Discussion of the Rule of Law and Judicial...

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2025/11/20

Join former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for an in-depth discussion of the Trump administration's challenges to the rule of law and judicial independence. Now Dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law at Belmont College of Law, Dean Gonzales-who is the only former U.S. Attorney General to have also served as White House Counsel- will be interviewed by Prof. Vince Farhat. This conversation between two former DOJ lawyers will examine recent legal developments and executive actions

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60:21

How Will the Recently-Enacted Partition of Real...

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2025/11/19

The recently-enacted Partition of Real Property Act creates new procedures for properties held as a tenancy in common. In the absence of published appellate cases interpreting the new statute, what are the best practices for navigating the new procedural requirements? Join real property/partition litigator Curtis Holdsworth, partition referee and attorney Matthew Taylor, and the Hon. Elizabeth Feffer (Ret.), as they provide an overview of California’s long-established partition statutory scheme, and

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62:06

Gray Areas Hitting Crypto Clients Now: Staking,...

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2025/11/18

Not everything is enforcement—some of the hardest calls are technical gray zones. In this presentation, Philipp Behrendt of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. will walk attendees through expected areas of guidance under the new administration. Whether it is staking, the tax result of “wrapping” and “unwrapping,” whether crypto lending can track § 1058 nonrecognition, and a possible de minimis approach for tiny receipts (airdrops, small staking rewards, forks). Furthermore, we invite attendees to

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58:31

Securing Your Firm's Future: ISO 27001 Advantages

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2025/11/17

In this program, join Nelly Spieler and Will Liu as they demystify the complexities of information security and show why building a strong security posture is not only essential to compliance but also to client trust. Attorneys will learn how to identify and mitigate the unique risks facing law firms, explore the fundamentals of building a scalable Information Security Management System (ISMS), and understand the role of ISO 27001 as the international standard for demonstrating security excellence

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68:02

Show Me the Money: Financial Clarity in Mediation

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2025/11/14

Defendants often claim an inability to pay, while plaintiffs frequently dismiss those claims as yet another “cry wolf”—especially when those same companies are publicly promoting their success.Mediator Eric Wannon of ResolveWannon combines his experience as both an attorney and business leader to deliver practical, real-world strategies for assessing a defendant’s true financial capacity in mediation.In this program, Eric will show attendees how to evaluate a party’s financial health—beginning with

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63:34

AI Chats Aren’t Privileged: What California Lawyers...

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2025/11/13

Usama Kahf, CIPP/US and Partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, breaks down the urgent privacy and ethics concerns raised by attorneys using generative AI tools like ChatGPT. This program explores why AI chats fall outside the scope of attorney-client privilege and may be discoverable, putting confidential information—and your license—at risk. Kahf will walk attorneys through California’s applicable Evidence Code, Business & Professions Code, and CCPA protections, and provide a five-step action

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59:17

Parenting Plan Assessments (PPAs): LA County Practice...

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2025/11/12

Hon. Shelley L. Kaufman, Supervising Judge of Family Law at LASC, and Susan Thrall, Senior Administrator of Family Court Services, provide a practical overview of Parenting Plan Assessments (PPAs) as administered by Los Angeles Family Court Services. The session will cover payment procedures, document preparation, collateral submissions, and hearing expectations, including the role of the FCS Specialist and cross-examination protocol. Attorneys will leave with a clear understanding of how to guide

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66:54

Trial Tutorials: Persuasive Storytelling

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2025/11/11

Trial is your client's penultimate opportunity to tell their story, and they are entrusting you to shepherd and present that story in a manner that is authentic, engaging, and impactful.In this Trial Tutorial, veteran trial attorneys and master storytellers, Scott Glovsky and Elizabeth Hernandez demonstrate how to craft a persuasive story that serves your client and their case. They will discuss and demonstrate theories and tools for persuasive storytelling, including approaches to humanize your

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59:14

The Nuts and Bolts of Design Defect Cases

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2025/11/10

In design defect cases, defendant manufacturers and plaintiffs are frequently confronted with the issue of whether a product’s design complies with industry customs and standards or government regulations. This presentation will focus on how to use industry customs and standards, as well as government regulations, during discovery. We will examine admissibility issues surrounding such evidence.

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