Litigation Section

A monthly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

How can you properly authenticate social media, text messages, and email at trial? What is the “original writing” of electronically stored information? How do you overcome hearsay objections to social media status messages? Read more

Jon B. Eisenberg has nearly four decades of experience in appellate litigation. He is the author of the leading treatise on California civil appellate practice, The Rutter Group’s “California Practice Guide: Civil Appeals and Writs,” and is a Past-President of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Read more

A monthly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

This course canvases some of the most recent and significant cases and legislative developments in mediation and arbitration– at state and federal level - and puts them into historical perspective.  Read more

A monthly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

Why don’t more cases settle in mediation?  Surely, mediation can be more successful than it usually is.  Few situations re more uncomfortable than driving away from a mediation with your client in the car, after a case didn’t settle.  This webinar looks at what attorneys can do in mediation, when advocating for their clients, to increase the probability that their mediations actually settle. Seasoned mediators have taken hundreds of hours of classes and workshops in mediation and negotiation strategy, and have facilitated hundreds or thousands of negotiations.  Most attorneys never get to see all of the skills a mediator has because they never make the mediator work hard enough to see their mediator to utilize those skills. Read more

A monthly publication of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

2018 has offered up some earthquakes in Labor & Employment.  As we take a look at these decisions, their immediate impact, and the ripples following in their wakes, we look ahead to 2019 and a newly constituted US Supreme Court and California Supreme Court. Read more

What actually goes on in our brains in a distracted world? Brains are primed to process incoming stimuli for survival – but not for today’s “wired” technological world of smartphones, email, and instant communications. With overwhelming amounts of information and distractions, it is hard to give focus to critical cognitive tasks. And, those distractions increase our stress and may increase depression and anxiety. We’ll discuss how to improve our competence as attorneys by better understanding how to conquer distractions, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve our communication and decision making. Read more