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 ...
Vanessa Wills
Owning a piece of the California Dream can be expensive. As a result, it has become more...
Seth Kramer
There are many things about the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists that make...
Debra Frank
Welcome to our combined Summer/Fall edition of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist. My thanks...
Belinda Hanson Jeff Makoff
It’s an increasingly common scenario—you engage in multiple rounds of settleme...
James Schaefer
Have you ever noticed that forensic accountants seem to always disagree … and the m...
Greg Ellis
The right to appeal a California superior court decision is statutory.1 The principal stat...
Robert Roth
This article reviews the key rules for stays pending appeal in family law cases. Understan...
Charles Goldstein Joseph Goldstein
Every owner of a law practice has two jobs. One is practicing law and the other is running...
Rick Cohen, CFLS
ACFLS’s Amicus Committee provides a major benefit to certified family law specialist...