Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog Elvis may have been about 60 years too early. This Christmas looks to be a truly Blue Christmas as the nation grapples with rising infection, hospitalization and death rates due to COVID. But there’s always 2021 to look forward to, which, of course, also means new laws impacting… Continue reading 2021 California Construction Law Update
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I Don’t Always Notice The Case Number, But When I Do, I Don’t Know What It Means
Marguerite McGowan Stringer | Butler Snow You just received a complaint filed against your client in federal court. You log in to Pacer, click the “Query” tab to search for the case, and type in the series of numbers and letters that make up the case number to find the case and review the docket.… Continue reading I Don’t Always Notice The Case Number, But When I Do, I Don’t Know What It Means
Deadlines. . . They’re Important. Project Owner Risks Losing Claim By Failing to Timely Identify “Doe” Defendant
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog Earlier this year I filed a complaint in a court which I won’t identify other than to say that it wasn’t the San Francisco Superior Court. Immediately upon filing the complaint the Court gave notice of a trial date. As counsel for the party bringing the action, I… Continue reading Deadlines. . . They’re Important. Project Owner Risks Losing Claim By Failing to Timely Identify “Doe” Defendant
Jury Duty? No Thanks, Say Many, Forcing Trials to be Delayed
Dave Collins | Claims Journal Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrook’s home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19. Philbrook and his wife, Heather Schmidt, of… Continue reading Jury Duty? No Thanks, Say Many, Forcing Trials to be Delayed
How Utah’s Judicial and State Bar Officials Worked Together for Regulatory Reform
Lyle Moran | ABA Journal When Gillian Hadfield was asked whether she would speak to a spring 2018 gathering of state court leaders about how changing the way the legal profession is regulated could strengthen access to justice, she was initially hesitant. For years, the economist and law professor, who was then based at the… Continue reading How Utah’s Judicial and State Bar Officials Worked Together for Regulatory Reform