The Unintended Consequences of AB5

California Western’s New Media Rights Assistant Director Shaun Spalding talks to Larry Buhl on the Labor Pains podcast about issues with and possible fixes to the recent AB5 employment law that took effect on January 1.

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Content Creators: Leveling the Copyright Field

Despite the enormous expansion of video content, copyright law has changed little since 1976. In a recent scholarly article published in the University of Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, California Western New Media Rights Executive Director Art Neill and Staff Attorney Erika Lee consider some options for modernizing copyright registration.

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Community Law Project Releases 2019 Report

Releasing her 2019 report, California Western’s Community Law Project Executive Director Dana Sisitsky shares the developments of the past year and how her students’ willingness to think outside the box is what puts California Western’s community education programs in a class of their own.

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California Western Hosts Lincoln High Mock Trials

Recently, over 300 teenagers from 16 high schools in San Diego County gathered at California Western to participate in the 7th Annual Lincoln High School Mock Trials Competition.

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NMR Partners with Leading Online Source for CLE

California Western’s New Media Rights (NMR) Clinic has signed a deal to partner with West LegalEdcenter, a leading online source for continuing legal education (CLE) programs, to provide CLE courses for attorneys working in transactional IP, privacy, and media law.

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