Legal Ethics for New Attorneys

Internet-Based Marketing Programs: Be Selective

Jennifer Gilman
Attorney at Law

On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court approved a comprehensive set of New Rules of Professional Conduct for California (New Rules) lawyers, which take effect November 1, 2018. Many attorneys are contemplating what the New Rules will mean for them in their everyday practice. 

Tips from the Bench

Q&A with Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil

Phillip Simpler
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP

Since 2007, the Honorable Joel R. Wohlfeil has been a San Diego Superior Court judge. He presides over Department 73 and handles mostly civil cases. It was an honor to sit down with Judge Wohlfeil for Tips from the Bench series.

Tips from the Pros

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....” (aka Why Finding a Hobby is Good For Your Health)

Jeffrey Chinn
Director of Career Services, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

At Comic Con 2018, I sat through a panel titled “Judges on the Law of the Last Jedi and Solo” including with Judge John B. Owens of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, and (San Diego’s own) Magistrate Judge Mitch Dembin. Each showed pictures of their chambers with displays of Star Wars-related memorabilia.

Features

No BK for You! Cannabis Enterprise Kicked Out of Ch. 11 Line

Tyler McQuillan
Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP

Those familiar with the blossoming cannabis industry are readily familiar with certain limitations imposed upon the “legal” cannabis business.

California Legislature Reacts to Supreme Court’s Blow Against Unions

Jason Fischbein
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP

Joss Teal
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan, & Connaughton

On June 27, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued perhaps the most significant decision to impact collective bargaining this century in Janus v. American Federation of State, City, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 (AFSCME).

Bartering for Business

Elizabeth Blust
Attorney at Law

In the opening scene of the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird” — and in a later scene in the book by Harper Lee — client Walter Cunningham brings a bag of hickory nuts to lawyer Atticus Finch as payment for the latter’s help with the former’s entailment. Now that I am a lawyer myself, I understand not only what entailment is [...] but also the value of accepting barter as a means of payment for legal services.

Scene At

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