Columns - CAALA President

From the diversity of speakers’ voices to the family-friendly Kids Club, CAALA Vegas reflected our strength as a legal community and how we have changed since 1983

Ibiere N. Seck

From Issue: 2024 October

Plaintiffs can still find ways to deduct legal fees from taxable income

No plaintiff believes that it is fair to pay taxes on portions of their recovery paid directly to their lawyer that they never see

Robert W. Wood

From Issue: 2026 January

One simple and powerful sentence

The jury system is the purest form of democracy

Ricardo Echeverria

From Issue: 2017 February

Now more than ever, we must be united with CAOC and AAJ

Every day we are reminded that the battles are not limited to Sacramento

Ricardo Echeverria

From Issue: 2017 June

Nonlawyers practicing law

The State Bar is back at it with a Blue Ribbon commission, and the “access to justice” they seek would likely get messy for the legal profession

Danny Abir

From Issue: 2023 November

New California law protects sexual assault/ harrassment survivors from retaliatory lawsuits

A litigator’s guide to leveraging Civil Code section 47.1

Barbara E. Cowan
Robert J.A. Fordiani

From Issue: 2026 June