2025

Tuesday
June 24, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Session 1: International Data Transfers
Location: B-CLE
Key Speaker(s): Kaylee Cox Bankston, Morrison Foerster; Lokke Moerel, Morrison Foerster

0.75 General CLE & CPE Credit Available

Join Lokke Moerel and Kaylee Cox Bankston from Morrison Foerster to learn what you need to know about international data transfers.  Lokke and Kaylee will explore the US and EU international data transfer regimes in detail, and how lawyers and clients can best navigate these complex regimes in these changing geo-policital times. The EU data transfer regime has started out as a protection of fundamental privacy rights of individuals but is now becoming a tool in the EU’s ambition for digital sovereignty. Lokke will discuss why the EU’s digital sovereignty is under threat, what the chances are the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will be invalidated, how EU policy measures will facilitate open data spaces for AI innovation while ensuring EU sovereignty by introducing further transfer regimes (basically amounting to data localization requirements) and how Big Tech is responding with EU cloud boundaries. The session will end with recommendations for how to navigate this complex legal landscape. Don’t miss this excellent program!

May 20,
2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Panel 3: Synthetic Royalty Financings: Risks of Recharacterizing a True Sale 
Location: B-CLE
Presented by BCLT Life Sciences Law & Policy Center
Speaker(s): Allison Schmitt, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Jeffrey C. Krause, Gibson Dunn; Michael G. Farag, Gibson Dunn

This panel will address the factors that might cause a court to recharacterize purchases of royalties or synthetic royalties as a loan, rather than an outright transfer of ownership, or as a contract to convey future royalties as and when they arise, and the adverse consequences of such recharacterization if the seller/borrower becomes a debtor in a case under the Bankruptcy Code.

May 13,
2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Panel 2: Synthetic Royalty Financings and the UCC
Location: B-CLE
Presented by BCLT Life Sciences Law & Policy Center
Speaker(s): Allison Schmitt, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Jin Hee Kim, Gibson Dunn; Kali Jelen, Gibson Dunn; Anthony Hajj, Gibson Dunn

This panel will provide an overview of security interests and UCC rules that are commonly implicated in royalty finance transactions and a high level overview of intercreditor considerations.

May 6,
2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Panel 1: Royalty Finance: Structures, Trends and Synthetics
Location: B-CLE
Presented by BCLT Life Sciences Law & Policy Center
Speaker(s): Allison Schmitt, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Todd Trattner, Gibson Dunn; Ryan Murr, Gibson Dunn

This panel will provide an overview of the different types and structures of royalty finance transactions and a summary of the number of deals and economic trends over the last five years, and will conclude with an in-depth look at synthetic royalty financings, including drafting and true-sale considerations.

May 6,
2025
10:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speaker(s): Imhad Khan, Winston & Strawn; Paul Sills, Arbitra; Adriana Uson, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SAIC); Danielle Williams, Winston & Strawn

Join us for a dynamic panel discussion hosted by leading experts in intellectual property, arbitration, and international dispute resolution. As technology continues to drive global economic growth, disputes in the tech sector—from telecommunications to data services—are on the rise.

This event brings together a diverse group of professionals—arbitrators, legal specialists, and international ADR leaders—to explore the evolving landscape of technology disputes and how arbitration is playing a critical role. Don’t miss this timely conversation on the intersection of innovation, law, and global commerce.

April 11,2025
10:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Key Speaker(s): Miles Cooley, Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley

This marquee event brings together leading executives, management professionals, attorneys, athletes, talent, and students to discuss the leading topics in sports, entertainment, law, business, and cultures. The conference will address the following topics:

• Celebrity Endorsements and Social Media Advertising: FTC Compliance and Influencer Liability
• AI-Generated Content: Protecting the Rights of Creators in a New Era of Automation
• The Future of College Athletics: Beyond NIL and Towards Employment Status

Mar 25, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speaker(s): Ian Ballon, Greenberg Traurig

Join us for a webcast exploring the latest AI-related case law, litigation trends, and strategic insights. Experts will analyze key Supreme Court and circuit court rulings, including Rogers v. Grimaldi a year after V.I.P. and the evolving landscape of mass arbitration and consumer class actions. Topics include online and mobile contract formation, CPRA and privacy litigation, the intersection of the First Amendment with service providers and child protection laws, and emerging challenges in AI liability and data reuse. We’ll also discuss wiretap scams, evolving terms of service, and the potential legal landscape under a future Trump administration.

Mar 20, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Topic: Updates in AI Regulation and Enforcement: From CA to the EU
Location: B-CLE
Key Speakers: Cynthia Cole, Baker McKenzie; Rachel Ehlers, Baker McKenzie

AI Regulation comes and goes in bits and spurts. But putting it all together holistically—to see what is really going on across the world, what it means for product development, what rules are being retracted, what rules are being pushed out—everything’s in flux. This program deep dives in explaining holistically what the AI Regulation world looks like—from California to the European Union.

Mar 19, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speaker(s): Hope Anderson, White & Case; Jane Horvath, Gibson Dunn

Join us as White & Case and Gibson Dunn experts discuss recent updates in Privacy Law.

Mar 18, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speaker: Lindsey Tonsager, Covington

Join us as we explore with Covington’s global Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, Lindsey Tonsager, on the topic of Legal Developments in Child and Teen Protection. We will be exploring application thresholds and common triggers for when minor protection requirements apply; key issues and what legal requirements are most common across minor protection laws; and future developments on this topic.

Mar 3, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Key Speakers: Colleen Chien, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Catherine Crump, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Andrea Roth, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Rebecca Wexler, UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; Chesa Boudin, UC Berkeley Law Criminal Law & Justice Center; Jake Rhodes, Office of the Public Defender at Santa Clara County

Experts discuss technology’s impact on citizens in the criminal legal system.

Mar 3, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speakers: Carrie Barbee, Kilpatrick Townsend; Olivia Poppens-Schultz, Kilpatrick Townsend 

This panel discussion will explore recent updates in trademark law, including the use and distinctiveness of word marks and trade dress, proving trade dress dilution, court intervention in trademark applications, counterfeiting and cybersquatting liability, trademark damages and defenses to infringement claims, and their practical implications for protecting intellectual property.

Mar 3, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Topic: Contracting for Privacy: Handling Critical Contract Provisions Impacting Data
Location: B-CLE
Key Speakers: Cynthia Cole, Baker McKenzie; Sheila Jambekar, Dayforce

AI Regulation comes and goes in bits and spurts. But putting it all together holistically—to see what is really going on across the world, what it means for product development, what rules are being retracted, what rules are being pushed out—everything’s in flux. This program deep dives in explaining holistically what the AI Regulation world looks like—from California to the European Union.

Feb 25, 2025
1:00 p.m. (PT)

Location: B-CLE
Speakers: Jim Dempsey, Berkeley Law; Miriam Wugmeister, Morrison Foerster

Regulators continue to focus on cybersecurity issues. Data breaches can bring companies significant liability and unwanted attention. Once regulators start investigating a data breach, they also look for other data management problems. Looking for other data management issues. To explain these risks—and the best solutions—two of the country’s leading experts on cybersecurity and data breaches lead this session.