Join Alex Preve on September 30, 2024, for the Bar Association of San Francisco panel “Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence,” sponsored by the International Law and Practice Section. This virtual program will cover challenges that AI poses to the international human rights regime, environmental harms caused by Generative AI data centers, the use of AI to spread and disseminate disinformation, the need for responsible deployment of AI by tech companies, and the need for responsible deployment of AI by governments. More details are available here.

Join Coblentz partner Jennifer Scharre on September 24, 2024 for the California Lawyers Association MCLE webinar “Estate and Gift Tax – Current Developments with IRS and Tax Court.” Jennifer will discuss new tax law, including the recent tax cases Connelly and Anenberg, and will discuss upcoming tax legislation and potential proposals. For more details and to register, please click here.

2024 has been another big year for privacy, with significant developments happening almost daily. Several new state privacy laws are going into effect, with several more coming in 2025, and discussions surrounding a potential federal privacy law that could reshape the privacy landscape nationwide continue to intensify. Meanwhile, threats and litigation against companies for alleged privacy violations continue to push and test the boundaries of various laws. Issues such as the protection of health data and minors’ data are hot topics for legislation and litigation. And federal and state regulators across the country are ramping up enforcement efforts for privacy violations. Additionally, the intersection of privacy with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence is becoming a critical area of focus.

In our 2024 Privacy Overview webinar, Scott Hall and members of the Coblentz Data Privacy Team will cover some of the most important privacy developments for the coming year and provide insights on how businesses can prepare for what is ahead.

To register, please click here. 

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Time: 10:00am – 11:15am PDT

Format: Join us via webinar

This program is eligible for 1.0 Technology in the Practice of Law California MCLE credit. CLE is earned by both viewing and listening to this program for no less than 50 minutes. Dial-in only participants will not earn credit. Virtual attendance will be tracked and logged. CLE certificates of attendance will be made available via email in the days following the presentation.

Join Coblentz partner Jennifer Scharre on July 9, 2024 for the California Lawyers Association MCLE webinar “What To Do With All Those Schedules: Form 706 and Form 709 Tips And Tricks.” Jennifer will cover all schedules on a Form 706 and 709, pitfalls in reporting that often occur in trust administrations, and planning opportunities that present themselves through the administration process. For more details and to register, please click here.

Join Coblentz partner Jennifer Scharre on June 18, 2024 for the California Lawyers Association MCLE webinar “Property Taxes: Just When You Think You’ve Planned For Everything.” Jennifer will discuss how property tax can impact an estate plan, things practitioners should watch out for, and strategies that planners can use to optimize property tax planning both during life and at death and what to do when the planning was not done. For more details and to register, please click here.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Coblentz litigation partner Scott Hall will co-present the Prighter webinar, “US Privacy laws – What to look out for in 2024.”

The US regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly complex with state and federal laws being passed or bills being discussed together with various vertical regulations dealing with data protection. One of the landmarks in 2024 is the enforcement of the CPRA’s amendments to the CCPA from March 29, 2024.

During this webinar, Scott and his co-presenters will cover the following topics:

• Evolving US privacy regulative landscape: state, federal and vertical regulations
• Enforcement of CPRA: what to expect from March 29, 2024
• New data subject rights under CPRA: what you need to know
• Proposed Regulatory Framework for Automated Decision Making Technology
• Operationalizing Privacy Laws: the role of an external DPO in the US
• Global Outlook: extraterritorial scope and the effect on international businesses

For more details and to register, please click here.

Coblentz partner Frank Busch will be a speaker during the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) program “Fiduciary Representation and Ethical Landmines” on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Frank will discuss ethical issues that can arise when representing fiduciaries under the Probate Code, helping to identify common land mines in this area and provide practical strategies to navigate around them. For more details and to register, please click here.