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The California Lawyers Foundation has launched a comic book, “What Do Lawyers and Judges Do” to engage students at an early age about the role of the justice system in our society. Read more

When it comes to stress and problem-drinking among lawyers, there are significant differences between the risk factors for men and women in the profession, according to a research study done last year with the cooperation of CLA members. Read more

As businesses begin opening for in-person service following a year of pandemic closures, we look around and see that despite the many personal and professional challenges of the past year, so many of us have made it through. Read more

Boshernitsan v. Bach (2021) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2021 WL 936580: The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's order sustaining defendants' demurrer, without leave to amend, to plaintiff's complaint for unlawful detainer seeking to evict the defendant tenants under a provision of San Francisco's rent control ordinance allowing a landlord to evict renters from a unit to make the unit available for a close relative of the landlord (the family move-in provision; Rent Ord., § 37.9, subd. (a)(8)(ii)). Read more

On or about September 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (“AB”) 3088. Read more

When in the throes of protracted lease negotiations, frustrated clients often ask me whether a proposed term is truly necessary to the contemplated transaction. Read more

The Litigation Section formed the Racial Justice Committee in June 2020 in response to the police killing of George Floyd and other unarmed African Americans, and the committee was quickly expanded into a CLA-wide group based on the outpouring of support from other members and committees. Read more

On March 25, the Federal Courts Committee of the California Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association’s Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire, and Northern District of California chapters hosted a webinar about Covid-19’s impact on federal court operations.  The webinar featured four distinguished panelists representing all four federal districts in the state: U.S. District Court Judges Anthony J. Battaglia (S.D. Cal.), Philip S. Gutierrez (C.D. Cal.), John A. Mendez (E.D. Cal.), and William H.… Read more

1.         What are the key functions of a federal magistrate judge? Magistrate judges in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California are authorized to perform the full range of duties provided for magistrate judges under Title 28 U.S.C § 636. The court encourages civil litigants to consent to the jurisdiction of magistrate judges for all purposes up to and including bench or jury trial and final judgment, with any appeal directly to the Ninth Circuit Court… Read more

California’s winter lockdown is easing, and California’s federal courts are again reopening.  Practitioners and judges wondering about the future can look to the Southern District of California for guidance on potential next steps.  The Southern District designed a Covid-19 safety protocol that allowed the District to safely hold many in-person jury trials during a three-month period in 2020 and to again resume safe in-person jury trials on March 8, 2021. We sat down with Judge Anthony J. Battaglia—who led the… Read more