It's become a pattern for me to break out of my blogging retirement every year in January to promote the annual UCL Institute organized by the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the California Lawyers Association (formerly of the State Bar of California). This year's Institute has an expanded focus on broader areas of consumer protection law, and it will also "feature the inaugural presentation of the Consumer and Unfair Competition Law Award, a new annual award recognizing outstanding achievement in the practice of consumer and unfair competition law."
The Institute will take place this Friday, January 31, 2025, starting at 9:00 a.m. at the City Club in Los Angeles. Thinking about Los Angeles, my heart goes out to everyone impacted by the devastating fires. The organizers of this year's Institute shared these thoughts:
We in the Section recognize that it is a difficult time in Los Angeles and so many folks have been affected by the catastrophic fires. We share our deepest concerns with those who have been impacted and offer our condolences for the lives lost and to the communities experiencing this devastation. We plan to move forward with the conference in solidarity with the LA community but are actively monitoring the situation.
In connection with the conference, we are partnering with local organizations to provide support to those in need. We will have resources and donation opportunities available at the conference itself, and a portion of the registration fee will go to support organizations providing help to those affected.
In a similar vein, the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board recently issued a statement encouraging groups with events scheduled to take place in Los Angeles to go ahead, noting that such groups “can best support recovery efforts by keeping their meetings & events in LA .... It has never been more important to support our City of Angels."
Click here to register for the Institute. Here's an overview of the schedule:
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