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Technology has seen remarkable advances in recent years. In a short time, we have gone from dictation, typewriters, and fax machines to the ability to research and draft entire legal pleadings on a device that can be held in your hand. Read more

I have been involved as an applicant’s attorney, judge pro-tem, arbitrator, mediator, writer, lecturer and volunteer in this system since 1974. I have represented uninsured employers and have advised the Legislature regarding reform and legislation. I am currently the incoming Chair of the California Lawyers’ Association Workers’ Compensation Section’s Executive Committee. I care deeply about the integrity and reputation of our area of legal practice and of the practitioners involved in the daily processing and litigation of Workers Compensation cases. Read more

My one-year position as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) comes to an end at the conclusion of the CLA Annual Meeting in Monterey on Saturday, October 12. Although I am sad this chapter of my life is ending, I am grateful I was given the chance to serve in this capacity. Read more

The California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA) represents a quantum leap in US privacy, and the core of that change is the expansive concept of personal information. Read more

Recent Family Law Cases (current through 9/24/19)
By: Stephen D. Hamilton, CFLS Read more

And now, the end is nearAnd so I face the final curtainMy friend, I'll say it clearI'll state my case, of which I'm certain. Paul Anka - My Way Writing this message made me sad. It also gave me a great sense of relief. My final message as Chair also afforded me one last opportunity to tout the efforts of FLEXCOM. The Sadness The sadness comes from the feeling I will now drift back into obscurity. Although a past chair… Read more

With the widespread use of social media among all generations, vast amounts of publicly available data exist that automated bots can scrape information from and provide to other companies Read more

On September 10, 2019 the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to counter-defendant Intellectual Ventures by district courts in Maryland and Virginia. Read more

Courtesy of CEB, we are bringing you selected legal developments in areas of California business law that are covered by CEB’s publications. This month’s feature is from the August 2019 update to Drafting Business Contracts: Principles, Techniques & Forms. References are to the book’s section numbers. See CEB’s BLS Landing Page for special discounts for Business Law Section members. Read more

Taking place September 11-13 at the L.A. Grand Hotel Downtown, the CMCP’s Annual Business Conference brought together over 500 business attorneys, from law firm associates to managing partners, to in-house and general counsel, from throughout California and the nation. T Read more