Associated Press

January 5, 2019

By Don Thompson

 

 

 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the advantages of being in government for 50 years, says California Gov. Jerry Brown, is “you get to make mistakes that you then get to correct.”

 

 

 https://apnews.com/03754e6d72884e2fb2b45b55fed6d836

 

 

 

ABA Journal

January 2019

 

"The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is the strictest consumer data protection law in the country. The law applies to any company that does business in California and has gross revenues above $25 million; annually buys, receives or sells personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households or devices; or derives 50 percent or more of its annual revenue from selling personal information."

 

 

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/gdpr_california_data_privacy_law

 

 

 

ABA Journal

January 2019

 

 “What kind of a lawyer would tape a client?” tweeted President Donald J. Trump upon learning his former counsel Michael Cohen had taped a 2016 conversation between the two of them that dealt with many subjects, including payments to a former Playboy model who alleged a past sexual liaison with the president.

  

 

 http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/is_recording_others_legal_and_is_it_ethical

 

 

 

CEBBLOG

January 4, 2018

By Julie Brook, ESQ.

 

"Were you able to keep track of the new legislative changes that affect California employers and employment lawyers? Don’t worry, we did and here are some of the key statutory changes you need to know about."

 

 

 https://blog.ceb.com/2019/01/04/new-year-new-laws-for-employment-lawyers-5/#more-22003

 

 

 

Courthouse News Service

January 3, 2019

 

 "Bookending a combined four terms in office, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday swore in longtime legal adviser Joshua Groban to the California Supreme Court."

 

 

 https://www.courthousenews.com/newest-california-supreme-court-justice-takes-oath-of-office/

 

 

San Diego Union Tribune

December 31, 2018

 

 

"Six months after a state Supreme Court ruling that forced local courts to provide court reporters in civil cases involving poor litigants, the courts are working to hire scores of reporters while state court administrators are gearing up to ask for additional funding in 2019."

 

 

 

 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-court-reporters-20181231-story.html

 

 

 

Los Angeles Times

January 1, 2019

 

"For minimum-wage earners, port truckers, farm laborers, sexual harassment victims, nursing mothers, high-powered female executives and workers injured on the job, 2019 offers reason to celebrate."

 

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-workplace-laws-20190101-story.html

 

 

 

ABA Journal News

January 3, 2019

 

"The government shutdown caused by a stalemate over border wall funding has halted many proceedings in immigration courts and could soon impact federal courts."

 

 

 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/shutdown-halts-many-immigration-hearings-federal-courts-could-be-affected-after-next-week/?icn=most_read

 

 

 

 

New York Times

December 29, 2018

 

"This coming year marks the first time in two decades that a large body of copyrighted works will lose their protected status — a shift that will have profound consequences for publishers and literary estates, which stand to lose both money and creative control."

 

 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/books/copyright-extension-literature-public-domain.html

 

 

 

Bar Association of San Francisco

January 23, 2019: 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
MCLE Credits - 1 H, in Legal Ethics
Lunch will be provided.

 

 

Speakers
John Sullivan
Partner, Long & Levit, LLP

Matthew S. Kahn
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

 

Moderator
Jennifer Becker
Partner, Long & Levit, LLP

 

Topics
• Ethics issues affecting attorney's fees
• Conflicts and disqualification
• Anti-SLAPP
• New Rules of Professional Conduct
• Legal malpractice Standard of care; Causation

 

 

 

 http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=G196101/G196101