Every year more than 1,000 attorneys and senior executives attend Bridgeport programs. We are proud to be the largest California-based commercial provider of continuing legal education.
We have been a provider of professional continuing education programs throughout the western United States since 1997. Our conferences and seminars focus on emerging legal issues of vital import to attorneys, real estate professionals, accountants, consultants and government enforcement agencies. Each conference is chaired by a distinguished faculty. The presentations are richly augmented with written materials, including the latest in pending or passed legislation affecting practitioners or clients active in the topic area. The programs includes
Annual Mid Year Wage & Hour Conference
San Diego, CA
June 7, 2013
Bridgeport’s Annual Wage & Hour one day program brings together leading practitioners to explore and explain in-depth the critical aspects of Wage & Hour litigation. This year's program will focus on the ever increasing use of PAGA in wage and hour litigation; key developments in the case law interpeting the white collar exemptions, the enforcement of arbitration agreements and the rules for settling
2013 Class Action Litigation & Management Conference
San Francisco, CA
August 22 - 23, 2013
The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2012 and early 2013. Arbitration, rigorous inquiry, nationwide class certification, marketing reliance, actual injury and market remedial actions are all issues that dominated class action orders and opinions. Developments in economic product defect, market misrepresentation, privacy and pure omissions class actions impact
Trade Secrets and Cybersecurity: What every attorney should know
Los Angeles, CA
May 17, 2013
Trade secret litigation and employee mobility cases are the hottest areas of intellectual property and employment litigation. Employees are getting laid off in record numbers, more and more senior level executives and employees are leaving one company to start or join a direct competitor. This program will provide participants with advice on how to protect company trade secrets, guard against employee
Business Damages Analysis and Modeling
Litigating & Proving Damages
San Francisco, CA
May 10, 2013
This course will explore the legal criteria for proving damages as well as the measures of monetary damages. A more detailed discussion of commonly-accepted methods of estimating consequential damages will be reviewed, including a discussion on common data issues that arise and how implicit and explicit assumptions made by damages experts can be challenged.
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2013 National Consumer Class Action Litigation & Management Conference
Chicago, IL
June 27 - 28, 2013
The class action landscape continued to evolve dramatically in 2012 and early 2013. Arbitration, rigorous inquiry, nationwide class certification, marketing reliance, actual injury and market remedial actions are all issues that dominated class action orders and opinions. Developments in economic product defect, market misrepresentation, privacy and pure omissions class actions
Litigating Discrimination & Harassment Claims
Los Angeles, CA
June 14, 2013
This program is designed for attorneys and corporate counsel. This program is a comprehensive update and overview of law and practice involving sexual harassment and discrimination claims in California. It’s not often that a single one-day seminar will give you both a procedural overview of the process but also substantive tips on how to write briefs, take and defend depositions, use expert testimony, make your