Author: San Diego County Bar Association
Are you meeting your ethical obligation of supervision? Do the policies and procedures in your firm meet the requirements defined in the new California Rules of Professional Conduct? How does your firm ensure that new lawyers and nonlawyers comply with ethical standards?
This article is intended to provide guidance to litigation counsel concerning the payment by a lawyer of costs or expenses incurred by or on behalf of a client that relates to the attorney’s representation of the client.
As a lawyer, you may find that the expert you’re deposing has been deposed many more times than you have taken a deposition.
While the Bar Center is closed, the SDCBA staff is maintaining normal business hours, working remotely to bring you informative CLE events via webinar and continuing to support the important work of our Sections, Committees, and Board, via either Zoom meeting or conference call.
The safe harbor from having to report to the State Bar any discovery sanction is now partially potentially gone.