Advocate Mar23 cvr EZINE

Articles in this issue:

CAOC’s 2023 agenda

Preventing elder fraud and protecting civil justice


Third Circuit says J&J can’t create a subsidiary to unload its liabilities

Also: States aggressively push to limit corporate liability for causing harm


Appellate Report

Limits on trial court’s ability to impose sanctions for misuse of discovery



Trial Lawyer Charities have wonderful stories to tell

LATLC and OCTLC focus on education, children, survivors of abuse, persons with disabilities, and homelessness


The theatrics of deposing employer representatives

You must rehearse for every deposition as if it was the role of a lifetime, and this requires a script


Why PAGA still matters

PAGA is worth fighting to protect because it protects the working people of California


When the defendants do not timely pay arbitration fees

Using SB 707 (CCP §§ 1280, 1281) to escape arbitration: the statutes and case law



Employment-law intakes

Basic questions to ask when a potential employment client calls your office


Getting FEHA discrimination cases past summary judgment

Failure-to-accommodate cases are also disability-discrimination cases


Pre-litigation investigation strategies in single-plaintiff employment cases

Investigating your employment case after you retain the client but [[case]]before[[/case]] filing a lawsuit will help ensure you avoid common litigation pitfalls and maximize case value


Finding and using evidence to win your employment case

Evidence can be testimony about what someone saw or heard or smelled. Even someone’s opinion


The intersection between workers’ comp claims and employment claims

How the workers’ comp claim morphs into an employment action when employers violate the FEHA rules


Claims, remedies, and discovery when representing undocumented workers

Immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability for purpose of enforcing state employment and civil rights laws


Stomping on the iron feet of oppression

Defeating the Federal Railway Labor Act and Labor Management Relations Act § 301 preemption defense in state-law employment cases


Cyberscam may cost plaintiff’s firm six figures

How to protect your firm and its clients