Los Angeles Alumni, join us at our upcoming happy hour on Wednesday, October 28 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM in our Los Angeles office. We hope that you will join us to reconnect, reminisce, and revel over small bites and libations with your LA LCLD Community.
Valet parking is available off 5th Street on the right-hand side in CalEdison’s parking garage.
Our attorneys are breaking down one of the most common classification questions California employers face: independent contractor or employee? Sandy Rappaport and Brenda Quintanilla will cover how to tell the difference, avoid costly misclassification mistakes, and the key provisions every Independent Contractor Agreement should include. Stick around for 10 minutes of live Q&A to get your specific questions answered.
This panel will discuss how project delivery methods have evolved over the past 25 years, both domestically and internationally – focusing on what has worked and what has not for various sectors of the construction industry. The Panel will highlight the use of common delivery methods (EPC, Design-Build, Integrated Project Delivery, P3, CMAR, and traditional design-bid-build) and how they have fared across sectors, as well as the headwinds (or tailwinds) to their continued use.
Hanson Bridgett invites you to enjoy an evening of fun, music, and shopping! Please join us for our annual Holiday Marketplace, where local women-owned small businesses will have booths featuring a variety of artisan and hand-crafted goods. We look forward to seeing you!
The nation is entering a period of unprecedented demographic change. As our population ages, the demand for care, caregivers, and community-based services is growing far faster than our current systems can respond. Unless we rethink how care is organized, delivered, and supported, families—not institutions—will increasingly shoulder the burden of caring for aging loved ones.
Public entity utility attorneys operate at the intersection of regulatory oversight, municipal governance, and public trust. This interactive presentation covers ethical compliance issues—from managing ex parte communications and defining the “true client,” to navigating complex conflict rules, sunshine laws such as open meeting and public records mandate, use of AI, and post-employment restrictions.
In this candid fireside chat, Gino Brogdon, celebrated mediator, trial lawyer, retired judge, and star of the YouTube Personal Injury Court channel, joins Merton Howard, a seasoned defense attorney recently certified as a court-appointed mediator. Together, they pull back the curtain on what really happens, and what often goes wrong, during the mediation of product liability cases. Drawing on decades of combined experience, they will walk through the most common and costly mistakes made by the defense while providing insight about what goes on in the plaintiff’s room.