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Should You Always Counter a Job Offer?

The offer stage is often likened to a chess match: Watching. Waiting. Thinking. And strategically assessing your “opponent's” moves … as well as your own. It can be a maddening period for both candidate and employer.
4 minute read

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Maintain Civility in Depositions

Litigation is often contentious by its very nature. But perhaps no aspect of litigation is more contentious than a deposition. While the parties and their counsel typically understand that a certain level of decorum must be maintained in the courtroom, some attorneys believe that anything goes when it comes to depositions.
6 minute read

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Conflicts 101: Identifying and Handling Conflicts

By combining a knowledge of the legal requirements with practical considerations, attorneys can help ensure that they don't get into hot water over conflicts issues.
6 minute read

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Make Your Own Luck. Here's How to Do It

Luck is earned. Through years of relationship building, skill development, career strategy, success, failure, crisis, perseverance, optimism and courage.
8 minute read

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Tips for Handling a Call from the FBI

Here are some tips for attorneys to navigate the complex ethical issues when the government comes calling.
6 minute read

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Foreign Discovery Hurdles in California Courts

Foreign discovery in state court litigation is never easy. Depositions of non-party witnesses in other states can require a commission in another state. Depositions of non-party witnesses in other countries can require adherence to international discovery law.
6 minute read

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Always Asking 'Why?': The Childish Trait That Marks a True Leader

As young children, we begin our quest for the answers to “Why?” It's an innocent curiosity that is present in every encounter, every conversation and every thought. And it's part of the wonder of being a child. Discovering the world and what makes it tick.
4 minute read

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Dishing on the Trump Administration's Rollback of Obama-Era Tip-Pooling Regulations

The Trump administration's Labor Department announced its intention in December to make tip pooling a legal practice. In essence, the administration stated that it will revoke the Obama administration's rule and allow restaurants to pool tips as they see fit. The change will directly impact employers in California who pay tipped employees the full federal minimum wage.
4 minute read

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Unfinished Business: The Continuing Impact of 'Jewel v Boxer'

Like any other business, law firms sometimes fail. While the failures of large law firms are well-publicized, smaller law firms can be just as or even more susceptible to failure, as the unexpected departure of the firm's most profitable partner can be devastating to a small firm.
6 minute read

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California's Adult Use of Cannabis: Cutting Through the Haze

Addressing some of the confusion surrounding California's Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
6 minute read

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