Entertainment Ethics and Malpractice

Thursday, July 27, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific via ZOOM

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Earn 1 CA CLE Hour in Legal Ethics

Meet the Speakers

Neville Johnson

Senior Partner

Johnson & Johnson LLP

(Moderator)

Ellen Pansky

Partner

Pansky Markle

Marshall Cole

Managing Partner

Nemecek & Cole

About the Program

This panel of top attorneys in malpractice and ethics will discuss the complicated issues in fee agreements, including:

Contingent fees of 50% or more
Changing fee amounts mid-stream
Can a contingent fee ever be increased after the initial K is entered?
Taking a percentage of the client’s income in perpetuity (despite new counsel, new K having been negotiated, and other change of circumstances, can this be shoehorned into an unconscionability argument?)
Nuances of referral fees; best practices for handling fee disputes
Requirement of observing MFAA in B&P Code before compelling contractual arbitration
Arbitration agreements
When and what do you have to tell the client to seek independent counsel before agreeing (e.g., waiver of a jury trial is an essential right that needs to be carefully considered; that the loser in litigation may pay attorney’s fees)

This program is presented by the Entertainment Law section, chaired by John R. Baldivia and Matthew Hobbs. Find out more about the section at www.bhba.org.

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CLE CREDIT: This activity has been approved for participatory Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount shown above and the Beverly Hills Bar Association certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.