Please see below for a listing of MPP's upcoming legal events to add to your calendar. Many of these events occur at or near our offices in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. We also have events in other parts of the United States, and around the world.
MPP partner Creighton Sebra will present this topic to AIA|LA from 9:30 - 11:30AM on Friday, June 1, 2012.
Description: In these difficult economic times, ensuring that you receive compensation for the services provided on a construction project is paramount. In the design and construction industry, a mechanic’s lien and stop notice can be powerful legal tools to obtain payment. However, California law will be significantly revised, commencing on July 1, 2012. This seminar will give you a solid understanding of these changes, including:
MPP partner David Brandon will speak on this topic at ACI's Advanced Forum on LPL/Legal Malpractice and Litigation in New York, from 12:45-1:45PM on June 1, 2012.
In these difficult economic times, ensuring that you receive compensation for your work and labor provided on a construction project is paramount. In the construction industry, a mechanic’s lien and stop notice can be powerful legal tools to obtain payment. However, California law will be significantly revised, commencing on July 1, 2012. This seminar will give you a solid understanding of these changes, including:
Even if you have already attended a seminar on mechanic’s liens, stop notices and payment bonds, you may not have all of the information you need to know in order to make sure your business complies with these changes. Presented by: D. Creighton Sebra, Esq. Timothy M. Flaherty, Esq. Audience: This complimentary seminar will provide useful insight for any professional in the construction industry, including general contractors, subcontractors, and material and equipment suppliers.Details: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 600 Townsend Building 600 Townsend Street, Suite 110W San Francisco, CA 94103 Registration/Lunch: 12:30PM - 1:00PM Seminar: 1:00PM - 2:30PM Business Card Draw for the chance to win one of three 4GB Flash Drives: 2:30PMRSVP:Jessy Asfahan at 213.417.5113 or Please RSVP by Monday, June 11
In these difficult economic times, ensuring that you receive compensation for the services provided on a construction project is paramount. In the design and construction industry, a mechanic’s lien and stop notice can be powerful legal tools to obtain payment. However, California law will be significantly revised, commencing on July 1, 2012. This seminar will give you a solid understanding of these changes, including:
Even if you have already attended a seminar on mechanic’s liens, stop notices and payment bonds, you may not have all of the information you need to know in order to make sure your business complies with these changes. Presented by: D. Creighton Sebra, Esq. Mehrdad Farivar, FAIA, Esq.Audience: This complimentary seminar will provide useful insight for any design professional in the construction industry, including architects, engineers, designers, and land surveyors.Details: Thursday, June 14, 2012 600 Townsend Building 600 Townsend Street, Suite 110W San Francisco, CA 94103 Registration: 10:00AM - 10:30AM Seminar: 10:30AM - 12:00PM Business Card Draw for the chance to win one of three 4GB Flash Drives: 12:00PM Lunch: 12:00PM - 1:00PM RSVP: Jessy Asfahan at 213.417.5113 or Please RSVP by Tuesday, June 12
In these difficult economic times, ensuring that your Project is adequately protected from potential mechanic’s lien and stop notice claims is paramount. In the construction industry, a mechanic’s lien and stop notice can be powerful legal tools for subcontractors, suppliers, and contractors to obtain payment. However, a solid understanding of the lien and stop notice processes is necessary to ensure minimal impact to the Project. This seminar will give you a solid understanding of the significant changes to California law in 2012, and what will now be required for claimants to enforce a valid mechanic’s lien and stop notice, including:
Even if you have already attended a seminar on mechanic’s liens and stop notices, you may not have the information you need to know regarding these changes, commencing on July 1, 2012. Presented by: D. Creighton Sebra, Esq.Jeffrey H. Belote, Esq. Audience: This complimentary seminar will provide useful insight for any owner or developer in the construction industry.Details: Thursday, June 14, 2012 600 Townsend Building 600 Townsend Street, Suite 110W San Francisco, CA 94103 Registration/Lunch: 12:00PM - 1:00PM Seminar: 1:00PM - 2:30PM Business Card Draw for the chance to win one of three 4GB Flash Drives: 2:30PM RSVP: Jessy Asfahan at 213.417.5113 or Please RSVP by Tuesday, June 12
MPP attorneys Scott Freedman and Christian Carrillo will serve as leaders of this seminar for the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) - Southern California Chapter. The seminar will take place a the Grand Conference Center in Long Beach, California, from 8:00 - 10:30AM.Description: As we rely increasingly on the Internet to gather the latest news, events and to keep in touch, social media is becoming the preferred method to communicate ideas, promote our businesses and stay in touch with our world. Social media presents vast new opportunities to grow your business, to connect with clients, and to enhance your profits. However, social media brings risks. When businesses and their employees use social media, the business may be both responsible for the actions of their employees and at the same time powerless to police the social media their own employees’ use. This seminar will talk about how social media can benefit your company while at the same time inform employers of the hidden dangers.
MPP partner Steven Hoch will discuss this topic at the 2012 American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Summer Conference on Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Resources II: Research, Engineering and Community Action, being held in Denver, Colorado. Steven's session will take place on Tuesday, June 26, from 10:30AM - 12:00PM.