Coblentz partner Fred Alvarez will be a panelist for the session “DEI at the Top: Closing the Leadership Gap for Women and Diverse Attorneys” during World Services Group’s 2022 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. For more details, please click here.

Coblentz partner Tim Crudo will moderate “Digital Assets Regulation and Enforcement” on April 6 from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. The virtual program will be hosted by the Criminal Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco and will offer a brief background on digital assets, the status of current regulatory proposals and potential future regulation, and enforcement efforts by the SEC, CFTC, and the Department of Justice. For more details and to register, please click here.

Although many businesses are still struggling to become compliant with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) – a ballot initiative that goes into effect on January 1, 2023 – has additional requirements that businesses will need to understand and comply with. Notably, some of the CPRA’s provisions apply to personal information collected as of January 1, 2022, so it is essential that businesses covered by the statute become familiar with new requirements and restrictions on their collection, use, and disclosure of personal information now.

Join Coblentz attorneys Scott Hall and Mari Clifford for a discussion about the changes to the CCPA as a result of the CPRA and guidance on steps your business can take now to prepare. To register, please click here.

Coblentz partner Skye Langs will present “Survey of Significant 2021 Real Estate Cases” on January 19 from noon to 2pm. The virtual program will be hosted by the Real Property Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco and will cover significant 2021 real estate cases and laws affecting real property owners, sellers, buyers, brokers, borrowers, lenders, contractors and others. For more details and to register, please click here.

Coblentz partner Danna Kozerski will present during the Practising Law Institute’s 23rd Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute on November 15. Her session will focus on purchases, sales, and closing. For more details and to register, please click here.

Coblentz attorney Christopher Wiener will present on “Trademark Parody vs. Copyright Parody” during the Practising Law Institute’s Intellectual Property Law Institute 2021 on October 19, 2021. His presentation will cover:

• Trademark Parody after Jack Daniels, and its implications on Trademark and Dilution Law
• Copyright Parody vs. Satire under the Dr. Seuss cases

For more details, please click here.

Coblentz litigation partner Mark Hejinian will moderate the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Continuing Legal Education program, “The Right Way To Select The Right Jury,” to be held on June 21 from 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm.

The program will cover the best methods to pick a jury, approaches to avoid, and upcoming changes in state court that will impact how you are able to select your jurors. Attendees will also learn about the ethics of jury research in the age of social media and professional networking. For more details and to register, please click here.

Coblentz real estate partner Alan Gennis will moderate the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Continuing Legal Education program, “The Future of Commercial Leasing – After the Pandemic,” to be held on May 25 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm.

The program will cover the current state of commercial leasing, including how to handle defaulting tenants, paying the costs of COVID-time operations, and what provisions future leases may include.

For more details and to register, please click here.

Coblentz partner Jeffrey Knowles will present during the Marin County Bar Association’s virtual webinar “Recent Developments In Music Copyright Law,” to be held on May 11 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm.

Recent years have seen major developments in the law of music copyright. Legislatively, the enactment of the Music Modernization Act in 2018 was a major milestone that dramatically altered the landscape for licensing of musical works and, for the first time, extended federal protection to pre-1972 sound recordings. Case law developments have been equally dramatic, especially in the Ninth Circuit. After first lowering the bar for establishing infringement of musical works in the 2018 and 2019 “Blurred Lines” and “Stairway to Heaven” decisions — setting off a wave of challenges to major recording artists — the  Ninth Circuit reversed course in 2020. Overturning a number of earlier decisions, including the 2019 panel decision in the “Stairway to Heaven” case, the court sitting en banc once again raised the bar for establishing infringement of musical works. Jeff Knowles will be joined by Judith Finell and David Kostiner to walk attendees through these developments.

For more details and to register, please click here.