In a mobile society it can be expected that when couples with children separate, one member of the couple may need or choose to relocate beyond commuting distance from the other parent. Technology now adds a new twist to relocation arrangements: virtual visitation.
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As part of CEB’s commitment to bringing together California’s legal community, our blog will post a short interview with one of your fellow attorneys. This week, we profile Neil Shapiro: CEB: What is your practice area and how did you choose it? Neil: I stumbled into First Amendment law when I was asked in my first [...]
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The most common claims made against real estate brokers are for fraud and deceit. Most brokers are sued for either not providing information or misrepresenting the information they do provide. Brokers who cross the line are being aggressively pursued by California’s Department of Real Estate (DRE), despite its staff and budget shortages. In fact, the DRE has revoked 50% more licenses [...]
Filed under: Legal Topics, Public Law, Real property, Tort Law | Tagged: department of real estate, discipline, fraud, real estate brokers | Comments Off
A criminal jury’s expectations of the quality of forensic evidence has changed greatly due to a juror phenomenon known as the “CSI effect.” This phenomenon is named after the popular police television series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” which depicts forensic science as the magical key to solving grisly crimes. Jurors who watch these shows may erroneously believe [...]
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The issue of how to retain women lawyers has been mulled over and studied many times over the last couple of decades. In 2004, the ABA noted that “the number of women making partner at large law firms has lagged behind their male counterparts.” Women continue to bail out before partnership much more often than men, [...]
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The following is a guest-blog post from attorney and CEB author Michael Denison: Virtually every lawyer who is sued for legal malpractice or malicious prosecution has committed some kind of error. However, in defending such suits, it is often clear that the error is not an act or omission of legal malpractice, or conduct that would support [...]
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As part of CEB’s commitment to bringing together California’s legal community, our blog will post a short interview with one of your fellow attorneys. This week, we profile attorney Arthur Mazirow: CEB: What is your practice area and how did you choose it? Art: For many years I was a transactional real estate lawyer specializing [...]
Filed under: Legal Topics, Profiles, Real property | Tagged: Mazirow, real estate | 1 Comment »
As Corporate Counsel puts it, “[t]he day of weight discrimination as a legal matter is only dawning.” The ramifications of such laws are vast and frightening to employers. Instead of being afraid, employers, and the attorneys who represent them, need to be prepared for likely growth in this area of the law.
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For all you wannabe screenwriters out there (we know how many attorneys hold on to that secret dream!), and those who represent them, the perennial issue is how to protect great ideas for screenplays from being poached. A recent 9th Circuit took on this issue and held that two screenwriters who claimed their idea for a screenplay had [...]
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