2023 March

Advocate Mar23 cvr EZINE

Articles in this issue:

CAOC’s 2023 agenda

Preventing elder fraud and protecting civil justice

Jacquie Serna
Saveena K. Takhar

2023 March


Employment-law intakes

Employment-law intakes

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

Ely Grinvald

2023 March


Stomping on the iron feet of oppression

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

Alyssa Kim Schabloski

2023 March


Claims, remedies, and discovery when representing undocumented workers

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

Cristal L. Cabrera

2023 March


The intersection between workers’ comp claims and employment claims

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

Janeth Arias

2023 March


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

Carmen Sabater

2023 March


Pre-litigation investigation strategies in single-plaintiff employment cases

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

Joshua Cohen Slatkin

2023 March


Getting FEHA discrimination cases past summary judgment

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

Martin I. Aarons

2023 March



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

Linda A. Lipsen

2023 March


When the defendants do not timely pay arbitration fees

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

Tilak Gupta

2023 March


Why PAGA still matters

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

Jennifer Kramer

2023 March


The theatrics of deposing employer representatives

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

Maximilian Lee

2023 March


Trial Lawyer Charities have wonderful stories to tell

Trial Lawyer Charities have wonderful stories to tell

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

Karina Lallande
Michelle M. West

2023 March



Appellate Report

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

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

2023 March


Cyberscam may cost plaintiff’s firm six figures

How to protect your firm and its clients

2023 March

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