DISCOVERY SANCTIONS The California Supreme Court reversed the appellate court in City of Los Angeles v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP1 regarding monetary discovery sanctions. The court made it clear that the trial courts have the authority to impose monetary sanctions for egregious discovery misconduct, even if it is not necessarily a clear violation ...
Kim Cheatum
Introduction “[E]ither spouse has the management and control of the community perso...
Seth Kramer
Judge Thomas Trent Lewis would often say that family law attorneys are not only lawyers bu...
Debra Frank
Our lead article for this issue of the Specialist is Kim W. Cheatum’s (Law Office of...
Lisa McCall Marjorie Fuller
What it is, when you are entitled to one, why it matters, and how to process it The...
James Dooley
In People v. Sanchez, the 2016 California Supreme Court held expert witnesses can no longe...
Jeremy J. Salvador
In April 2017, we were told that proposed federal tax reform would bring major changes. Ma...