The Solo Advisor

Governor Newsom signed a number of bills this year that amended the Code of Civil Procedure.  Those bills include: S.B. 370 – Discovery:  Response to Inspection Demands:  S.B. 370 amends section 2031.280(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure.  Parties responding to an inspection demand will no longer have the option of producing the documents “as they are kept in the usual course of business.”  Instead, when produced, the documents “shall be identified with the specific request number to which the… Read more

By Julie Brook, Esq., CEB (reprinted with permission) When a contract has been breached and it’s clear that performance won’t continue, plaintiff’s counsel needs to consider what damages are recoverable before filing a complaint, and then how to prove them. First, do this analysis before deciding to file suit: Figure out what the actual damages are. Although many cases deal with the measure of damages for breach of contract, no hard and fast rules can be stated because often the… Read more

I decided to look for websites that rank or discuss legal software. I was hoping to find an unbiased site which would provide useful user information about software programs. Read more

MCLE Compliance Group 3 (N-Z):  Your Compliance Deadline Is Fast Approaching! If you are in MCLE compliance group 3 (N-Z), your compliance period ends January 31, 2020, and your deadline to report compliance is February 1, 2020.  Why wait until January to get in those last few hours of programming?  SSF offers informative, constructive, and inexpensive MCLE programs that you can take at any time, including both online CLE for participatory credit and self-study articles.  Still need some specialty credits? … Read more

Sabrina L. Green, ChairStratton & Green, ALC San Diego, CA sgreen@sglawcorp.com SSF Friends, If you are like me, it seems like 2019 started just a couple of months ago.  But here we are at the end of the year and, dare I mention, the beginning of the holiday season. Looking back now, I find it amazing what the Solo and Small Firm Section has accomplished under our now former Chair, Renee Stackhouse.  Having just been sworn in as SSF’s new Chair,… Read more

The State Bar’s Board of Trustees created a Task Force on Access through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS) which was charged with identifying “possible regulatory changes for enhancing the delivery of, and access to, legal services through the use of technology, including artificial intelligence and online legal service delivery models.”  ATILS was asked to balance two goals:  consumer protection and increased access to legal services.  In response, ATILS prepared a set of regulatory reform options, and the public has been… Read more

If you work as a contract lawyer—or if you hire contract lawyers—you will be interested in AB 5. AB 5 impacts the determination of who qualifies as an independent contractor. Read more

When it comes to job applications and pre-employment interviews, there are certain topics that are off limits. Here are seven topics to stay away from. Read more

For those who asked, the comic we debuted last month features lead character Amadis Moreno, and their support team Johnny Liu and Leondra Barton. As you might be able to tell by my choice of pronouns, Amadis is a non-binary Latinx lawyer and the diversity that they and their team bring to the legal practice “give me life” Read more

The State Bar is seeking public comment on proposals for regulatory reforms to promote access to justice developed by the Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services. The deadline to provide public comment is September 23, 2019. Read more