Contra Costa County Bar Association

Friday, February 15, 7:30 am – 9:00 am

This class includes a review of the development of the “equitable easement” doctrine in California, staring with the early cases on physical encroachments by structures, all the way through the most recent cases extending the equitable easement doctrine to include access and driveway easements.

http://www.cccba.org/attorney/calendar/event.php?id=12440

Sonoma County Bar Association

February 26, 2019

It is not just the intensity of emotions that challenges the mediator in inheritance disputes. Challenges arise also from the range of interests that need to be considered, including some that might not be represented at the mediation, trying to clarify what the real issues and sources of dispute are, meeting (or ignoring) Probate Code and tax code strictures, and ethical dilemmas posed by attorney-client and multi-party tensions. By discussing these and other challenges, the speaker will also be eliciting ideas for overcoming them, before, during, and after the mediation session.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10938

Sonoma County Bar Association

February 25, 2019

Mr. English Will Discuss Forms & Procedures Pertinent to the Civil Department of the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10933

Sonoma County Bar Association

February 21, 2019

This training session is offered to all prospective and current volunteers who arbitrate attorney-client fee disputes for the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Programs through the Sonoma County Bar Association and the State Bar of California. The course will provide the basic training required to serve on a bar program’s fee arbitration panel. Non-lawyer (lay) arbitrators, in addition to attorneys, are encouraged to attend this valuable training session and join the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program.

Speakers will address recent developments in fee arbitration and other important topics such as:

~ Writing an Enforceable Award

~ Statute of Limitations

~ Effect of Conflicts of Interest

~ Arbitrator Disclosure Requirements

~ Controlling the Proceeding

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10913

Sonoma County Bar Association

February 15, 2019

Get a peek into how the civil department reviews motions. This talk will cover some common pitfalls the court sees in civil law and motion practice. Judge Chouteau and Mr. English will also provide tips on effective motion practice.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10851

Sonoma County Bar Association

February 6, 2019

This Follow-up Program to the 2018 Presentation by the Same Name Continues the Discussion on Addressing the Needs and Rights of an Undocumented Person in Immigration and Criminal Courts.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10844

Sonoma County Bar Association

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Please join us for a further discussion from the May 2018 presentation on the new tax law changes. We will review the new proposed regulations from the IRS on Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID) as well as update everyone on additional guidance on the alimony change that has or has not yet been received from the IRS.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=10836

Marin County Bar Association

January 5, 2019

Carolynn Rosenblatt

"It’s inescapable. Living in Marin will bring you into contact with older clients sooner or later. Our county has an increasing number of residents over the age of 65, which means that lawyers in every area of practice will work with them. The County’s Civil Grand Jury projected in its Marin Is Aging report (April, 2018) that nearly a third of our population will be over age 65 by 2020. What does this mean for lawyers?"

https://marinbar.org/news/article/?type=news&id=400

Legal Talk Network

On The Road

January 26, 2019

Ever wonder how to conduct legal research on a budget? In this On the Road report from the ABA Midyear Meeting 2019, host Laurence Colletti talks to Barbara Bavis about where you can research legal topics for free. She gives suggestions where to research for different types of law (state, case, civil, criminal, and international), and talks about how law blogs can be a good resource to find legal issues that aren’t fake news. Check out the Law Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov/law/.

Barbara Bavis has been the legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress since 2012.

https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/special-reports/2019/01/aba-midyear-meeting-2019-how-to-conduct-free-legal-research/

Jurist

January 24, 2019

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up an appeal in Hassell v. Bird, in which the California Supreme Court ruled that the Communication Decency Act provided that interactive websites were immune from liability for defamatory comments posted on the website.

https://www.jurist.org/news/2019/01/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-internet-libel-case/