Often emails contain information (conference details, directions, notes) that are better suited on your calendar. Instead of creating a new appointment and retyping or copying and pasting information from an email, you can drag and drop an email onto the Calendar icon in the navigation pane. Outlook will convert the subject and body of the email to an appointment that you can update or edit with full details. Read More
By Ernest “Ernie” Dronenburg Jr.
You may have noticed a major increase in recording fees for your law firm and clients. In 2017, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 2 (SB-2), authored by Senator Atkins, that went into effect on January 1, 2018. SB-2 added an additional $75 recording fee for each recorded instrument with a cap of $225 of the SB-2 fees per each real estate transaction. Read More
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By Edward McIntyre
Come November 1, 2018, life will change for all of us. Read More
By Tyler McQuillan
In the transactional context, it is easy to overlook issues of privilege under the Evidence Code in place of salient deal points. It is possible that those who entered into a transactional practice did so to avoid the burdens of the Code and its cousin, the Code of Civil Procedure. Read More
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