More, More, More: The Future of Lawyer Regulation in California By David C. Carr As flowers follow spring rain, scandal involving government regulation (or a lack of regulation) inevitably creates more regulation. So it is...
Artificial Intelligence and the Copyright Dilemma Over the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken center stage in the development of creative works. Creators can now enter prompts into AI platforms like ChatGPT,...
NLD Spotlight: Jake Zindulka Jake Zindulka is the immediate past chair of the NLD. He has called San Diego home since 2015 and does not see himself returning to the Northeast. Jake is a...
Message from the NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair Happy April NLD Members, As the New Lawyer Division’s Community Outreach Co-Chair, I could not be any more excited to be writing this month’s message from the...
Message from Community Outreach Co-Chair Hi NLD Members, I’m excited to be writing this message as Co-Chair of the Community Outreach subcommittee of the New Lawyer Division (NLD) Executive Committee, with Claudia Salinas. If...
Conflicts – More Than Just Adverse Parties The State Bar of California just released two separate and sobering reports about its own failure to open any public discipline investigation of Los Angeles attorney Thomas...
A Possible Blow Coming to Consumers of Previously Owned Vehicles: Looming Changes to the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act A recent appellate opinion from the Fourth District, Division Two, Rodriguez v. FCA US LLC (2022)...
So You’ve Just Finished Taking the Bar Exam … Now What? Five minutes remained. The second hand on my watch stubbornly kept turning, along with my stomach. Three quarters of the California Bar Exam were finished,...
The Impact of Billing on An Attorney’s Practice Can an attorney’s rate be likened to the value of a Pablo Picasso painting? How you monetarily value your time as an attorney can change the...
NLD Event Recap: Federal Court Practice Series On February 15, 2023, the New Lawyer Division was honored to be joined by Chief Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern...