Are you a California attorney? Does your last name start with the letters N-Z? If so, it’s time to start completing your CA MCLE!! Each three-year CA CLE compliance period California attorneys must complete a total of 25 hours of approved California CLE credit. Of those 25 required CLE hours, you must complete 4 hours of legal ethics, 1 hour on competence…
Last year the state Assembly rejected the funding for the State Bar of California, thus causing delays in the budget and certain operations of the Cal Bar. Due to the budget delays, the deadline to pay the annual State Bar fees was also delayed. This also caused some issues with CA MCLE compliance and reporting. Technically, California attorneys that are in compliance…
Mistakes in drafting a judgment of divorce/dissolution and drafting a QDRO (qualified domestic relations order) are very common and can be extremely costly for your client. Practitioners that fail to appreciate the key nuances of QDROs may commit errors that can result in loss of significant benefits to the non-employee spouse. Considering the prevalence of pitfalls, the potential impact of errors and…
An HOA (Homeowners Association) is a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association that manages a common interest real estate development. Most of us have a good idea of the tasks that HOAs perform – but what are the limits on an HOAs power? According to Community Associations Institute, over two million people in the United States serve on HOA boards or committees! Presented…
A thorough, effective and ethical internal investigation of an employee workplace complaint can help a company to avoid costly and protracted litigation, and form the foundation for a successful defense in the event that a lawsuit is eventually filed. Unfortunately, missteps are common in internal investigations and these mistakes can expose an employer to costly liability. Workplace Investigations Increasingly more employers are…
The State Bar of California requires all active California attorneys to complete 25 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) every three years in order to fulfill the mandatory CA MCLE requirement. California attorneys are allowed to take courses for two different types of credit – either self-study or participatory credit. However, the CA MCLE rules require California attorneys to complete a minimum…
The California MCLE compliance deadline for attorneys with last names A-G (Group 1) is February 1, 2016.[1] The compliance period for Group 1 attorneys runs from 2/1/13 to 1/31/16. Group 1 attorneys must complete 25 hours of CA CLE every three years, including at least 4 hours of legal ethics, 1 hour of elimination of bias in the legal profession and 1…
Do you have a client who just does not listen to you? Who constantly calls you demanding that you do something about their case? Or how about that file that you simply do not want to pick up off your desk because you wish you had never taken the case in the first place? And what about the opposing counsel that you…
The deadline for Group 1 attorneys to report their CA MCLE compliance is February 1, 2016. Those California attorneys with last names A-G are in Compliance Group 1. The compliance period for Group 1 attorneys runs from 2/1/13 to 1/31/16. CA MCLE Compliance Group 1 (A-G) Compliance Period: 2/1/13 – 1/31/16 Reporting Deadline: 2/1/2016 Starting December 1, the State Bar of California advises Group…
Over the years, the conventional patent process has become highly inefficient. This often results in low quality patents being filed and significant money being lost by the applicant. And while a record number of patents are being issued – over a quarter million were issued last year – many of those patents will not generate a dime of revenue. There is, however,…