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New California Law Requires Client Consent Prior to Mediation and Could Affect Confidentiality
On January 1, 2019, a new California law will take effect that will require lawyers to make sure their clients understand the implications of California’s legal protections for mediation communications, BEFORE the client agrees to mediation. Note: If the client has already agreed to mediation before seeking counsel then informed consent will be required as […]
Ripple and R3 End Year-Long Legal Dispute Over Tokens
“Ripple” was a low-end fortified wine produced by E & J Gallo Winery that was popular in the United States, particularly in the 1970s and that’s how many people know the term. But blockchain firms Ripple and R3 have decided to raise a fortified glass together and put an end to an ongoing legal dispute concerning tokens. In […]
Will Blockchain Contracts Kill Us?
Wanna hear something really scary? What if (in the very near future) our newfangled blockchain networks actually developed enough intelligence to make human-like dumb mistakes? Adam Kolber, a Brooklyn Law School professor, has shared a chilling vision of a not-so-distant future, in which humans live under threat of blockchain-based overlords. He even coined a […]
44 Investors Sue for Damages from OC Ponzi Scheme
Well, who doesn’t love a good scheme caper, right? Probably the 44 investors who recently sued Dan Harkey and his entities, National Financial Lending LLC (“NFL”) and Point Center Financial, Inc. (“PCF”), for damages arising from a brazen scheme. After a lengthy jury trial, Harkey, PCF and NFL were found to be alter-egos engaged in […]
The Case of the Fake Farmer on the Election Ballot
When you’re a kid, you have all sorts of different dreams and ideas about what you want to be when you grow up. For California Reps. Jeff Denham and Devin Nunes, clearly, it was to be a farmer. After all, they do say they’re farmers, and that’s how they’re going to be described on this fall’s California […]
In-N-Out Lawyers Have Fun with Cease and Desist Letter
If you can’t have fun with the law, then what good is it? Well, beloved (and always crowded) burger chain In-N-Out seemed to get a laugh over San Francisco brewery Seven Stills’ new can offering, a “neapolitan” milk stout called, irreverently, In-N-Stout. And before the amusement subsided, In-N-Out’s lawyers drew up a cease and desist […]
Legal Battle over Nazi-Looted Art Ends in Favor of California Museum
The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif, will retain its ownership rights to two large-scale paintings of Adam and Eve by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder after an 11-year legal dispute with a descendant of the Dutch artist. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the sixteenth-century works were purchased by the Jewish, Amsterdam-based […]
LA Pays More in Legal Disputes and Payouts than City Services
According to The LA Times, the City of Angels has spent soaring amounts in recent years to end legal disputes over dangerous roads, police misconduct and other alleged wrongdoing, depriving the city of money that could fund other pressing needs. Last budget year, the city paid out more than $200 million in legal settlements and […]
Recognizing Annette Abbott Adams
According to the LA Times, about 100 years ago, Annette Abbott Adams became the first female U.S. district attorney in San Francisco. It was just one of her many firsts in the field of law: the first female assistant attorney general of the United States, the first appointed to the California appellate court and the […]
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