Author: San Diego County Bar Association
By Eric Deitz The utility, portability and convenience of laptops, tablets and smartphones make them an integral part of our daily practice lives, but our reliance upon and the ubiquity of these devices requires...
Apple’s latest OS release (Sierra) comes with some cool and useful new features including “Night Shift”. The “blue light” emitted by our devices is known to interfere with sleeping patterns. Our brains have been wired...
By Lauren Doucette For many transactional attorneys, reusing an old operating agreement template or a buy-sell agreement from a prior deal years back is more appealing than starting from scratch. But after hours of working...
Implementing small precautionary steps can help protect you against the potentially enormous consequences of getting caught by a phishing scam. Phishing is the malicious practice of gathering personal information, such as bank account and...
By Kelly Knepper-Stephens Providing legal counsel to a California marijuana dispensary is a tricky business given the existing conflict between state and federal law.[1] The issues facing the marijuana industry require the same type of...
By Farah Hansen You’ve been practicing law for five years. You’re sitting at your desk, working on a motion when you look out the window and think to yourself, “I’ve spent five years investing...
By Julie Houth Cryptocurrency has recently caught the attention of the public and government regulators. Since then, most people have heard the term cryptocurrency and more specifically, Bitcoin. There are some people who believe...
By John Gomez Tip #1: Get all the Opinions One good thing about deposing an expert is that you can do it, in theory, with virtually no preparation. All you need to ask is,...
In San Diego County, 17,000 domestic violence incidents are reported to law enforcement every year, according to the San Diego Domestic Violence Council. If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship,...
By David Carr Most attorneys are familiar with the ethical rules that govern our professional conduct to some degree. Most attorneys, however, don’t pay much attention to the processes that create ethical rules. There may...