Malosack Berjis, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Berjis | Myers, unpacks the legal and medical significance of motorcycle helmets in personal injury cases. This session explores the evolution of helmet laws, modern helmet technology, and the key factors attorneys must evaluate when handling injury cases involving motorcyclists. Learn how helmet use—or lack thereof—can influence liability, damages, and comparative fault, especially in cases involving traumatic brain injuries.

This presentation is intended to provide attorneys, whether acting as professional fiduciaries or advising them, with an overview of issues related to satisfying certain types of gifts, to support the proper and efficient administration of an estate or trust. This presentation will initially explain and illustrate the different types of gifts. Next, the presentation will summarize what the donee receives in addition to the gift itself, if anything, such as income or interest. Third, the presentation will discuss the tax ramifications of satisfying the different types of gifts, including which gifts carry out distributable net income (DNI) of an estate or trust, marital deduction issues, and the generation-skipping transfer tax consequences of certain gifts.

Even seasoned litigators can find themselves on shaky ground when a case involves California real estate. Drawing on real-world mediation experiences and case law, this course will demystify zoning and land use rules, highlight the hidden risks associated with relying too heavily on title reports, and provide practical strategies for approaching partition disputes. You’ll also gain clarity on California’s expansive disclosure obligations and how they can tip the scales in mediation when properly understood—or completely blow up a case when they’re not.

Whether you’ve taken a handful of property cases or are suddenly faced with one involving an inherited duplex, hillside drainage issues, or a CEQA-triggered land use mess, this program will help you spot and avoid the most common—and costly—pitfalls. By the end of this session, you’ll leave with a better sense of when to dig deeper, when to call in subject-matter experts, and how to guide your client toward resolution without getting derailed by outdated assumptions or faulty litigation strategies.

The rapid growth of AI systems is colliding with complex legal questions that cut across industries. Eugene Volokh (Hoover Institution; UCLA School of Law), Mark MacCarthy (Brookings Institution; Georgetown University; Author of Regulating Digital Platforms), Jess Miers (University of Akron School of Law), and moderator Jonathan Cohen (Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP) will examine pressing issues on the horizon—who bears responsibility for harmful or inaccurate generative AI outputs, how laws may apply to AI used in entertainment content, the evolving legal landscape for AI in autonomous vehicles, and the fast-evolving AI regulatory environment.

As artificial intelligence continues to transform creative industries, the legal landscape is racing to catch up. Join entertainment attorney Sky Moore for a discussion on the key intellectual property, licensing, and liability issues surrounding AI-generated content, including legal developments involving copyright, trademark, right of publicity, defamation, unfair competition, and the guilds.

When substance abuse enters a custody dispute, the legal and emotional stakes escalate dramatically. Hon. Harry L. Powazek (Ret.) of Signature Resolution draws from decades on the family bench and his experience in drug court to examine the statutory tools available to address substance abuse—such as Family Code §3041.5 testing orders, supervised visitation protocols, and the use of trained custody evaluators.

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of trust taxation in California, focusing on the rules governing fiduciary income tax, residency considerations, and the allocation of income between beneficiaries and trusts. Attendees will gain insight into how California determines trust residency and the implications for multistate trusts. Key compliance requirements and recent legal developments will also be discussed to help trustees, practitioners and advisors navigate this complex area of the law.

The world of AI litigation recently entered a whole new phase when for the first time two major Hollywood studios -- Disney and NBCUniversal -- jumped into the fray and filed their game-changing and conceptually novel lawsuit against Midjourney. This program is hosted by David Shraga, a Hollywood insider with 20+ years of experience as an entertainment litigator and Business & Legal Affairs studio executive, who will offer insights from the Studio's perspective on the complex legal, business and existential dynamics that are woven through this case. It's about much more than copyright issues for Studios that are simultaneously racing to protect their valuable IP libraries and support new creative programming on multiple plarforms as they navigate through the world of rapidly evolving AI technology.