ABTL Report

• Summer 2025 (Full Report PDF)
  • Cross-Examination Revisited by Jay Spillane
  • Embracing AI: Implications to Legal Services & Client Value by Shahrokh Sheik and Sofya Harutyunyan
  • President’s Message by Kahn Scolnick
  • Staying Judgments Pending Appeal: A Practical Overview by Laura Lim
  • California Supreme Court Limits the Availability of the One-Year Statute of Limitations for Claims by Nonclients Against Attorneys by AnnaMarie Van Hoesen and Effiong Dampha
  • Young Lawyers Division Update by Dylan Noceda, Matthew Kaiser, and Andrew Figueras

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Winter 2024/2025 (Full Report PDF)

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• Spring 2024

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• Things That Work by Justice John L. Segal
• What?! Business Cases on Contingency by Christian Nickerson
• President’s Message by Michael Mallow
• Will Your Summary Judgment Stick? Summar Judgment Reversal Rates in the California Court of Appeal by Eric Boorstin and Arianna Lopez
• Jury De-Selection by Jay Spillane
• Young Lawyers Division Update by Dylan Noceda, Nalani Crisologo, and Matthew Kaiser
• Summer 2023

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• A Constitutional Crisis – That Has a Ready Solution by Judges Samantha P. Jessner and Lawrence P. Riff
• ESG Litigation Trends by Johnjerica Hodge and India D. Williams
• President’s Message by Kevin R. Boyle
• Judicial Estoppel Can Bar a Former Debtor from Recovering for Meritorious Litigation Claims by Michael Galdes, Michael Reiss and Morgan Schneer
• Maxim-izing Results: How to Use Maxims of Jurisprudence to Persuade by Gary Wax
• Young Lawyers Division Update by Robert Glassman, Nalani Crisologo and Dylan Noceda
• Spring 2022

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• What’s Next for ABTL? by Justice Brian S. Currey
• New Judge, New Rulings? by Judge David J. Cowan and Eric S. Boorstin
• President’s Message by Manuel F. Cachan
• Experts: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them by Gary Wax
• Your Client Has Used Far More Space Than Permitted Under a lease for Over a Decade, Does the Continuous Accrual Doctrine Apply or is the Claim Time Barred? by David Graeler and Maya Hamouie
• Privilege and Confidentiality Issues with Online Translators by Alyssa Mahatme and Ryan Malloy
• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Threatens to Erode California’s Universal Truth – that Ambiguities in Policy Language are Resolved in Favor of Coverage by Steven Knott, Matt Brady and Lisseth Ochoa-Chavarria
• Young Lawyers Division Update by Christina Maria Assi, Robert Glassman and Nalani Crisologo
• Summer 2021

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• Hitting the Pause Button: Stays Pending Appeal by Alana H. Rotter
• The Post-AMG Landscape: FTC Enforcement Under Section 13(b) by Michael L. Mallow and Colm A. Moran
• President’s Message by Susan K. Leader
• Young Lawyers Division Update
• Best Practices for Remote Depositions by Samuel Cortina
• U.S. Supreme Court Update: Cases of Interest in October Term 2020 (Part 2) by John F. Querio and Selene Houlis
• Spring 2021

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• Crafting Appellate Jurisdiction Without Artifice by Kent L. Richland
• From the Trenches: Using Evidence of a Felony Conviction by Robert Glassman
• President’s Message by Susan K. Leader
• Young Lawyers Division Update
• The Three Types of Deposition Errata: “That’s Not What I Said,” “That’s Not What I Meant,” and “Let Me Just Change My Answer” by Alexander Vitruk
• U.S. Supreme Court Update: Cases of Interest in October Term 2020 by John F. Querio
• Remote Bench Trials: Key Considerations in Preparing and Conduction Them by Daniel G. Murphy
• Fall 2020

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• Introduction by Hon. Debre Katz Weintraub (Ret.)
• Virtual Mediation – Lessons Learned from a Pandemic by Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.) and Mark Loeterman
• The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Mandatory Settlement Conference Program in the Time of the Pandemic by Hon. Zaven V. Sinanian
• “It’s a Wrap”: Using Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 to Bolster Your Settlement by Philip Cook
• What to Expect When You are in a Mandatory Fee Arbitration by T. John Fitzgibbons
• The Disappearing “Ink” Signature by David M. Axelrad, Garen Bostanian, and Jessica M. Leano
• Escaping the COVID-19 Backlog: Arbitration by Phillip Shaverdian and Jeremy Rosen
• Turning the Tables: Using Public Policy Against Arbitration by Jeffrey E. Raskin
• Escaping the COVID-19 Backlog: Judicial References by Robin Meadow
• Winter 2020

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• Abracadabra: The Magic in Special Verdicts by Hon. Brian M. Hoffstadt
• Pirate’s Booty – Johnny Depp’s Lawyers Walk the Plank: A Cautionary Tale for All Entertainment Lawyers by Michael P. McNamara, Kirsten Hicks Spira, and Brian Adesman
• President’s Message by Valerie M. Goo
• U.S. Supreme Court Update: Cases of Interest in October Term 2019 by John F. Querio
• Statements of Decision Part Deux by Hon. John L. Segal and Robin Meadow
• YLD Update by Andrew Holmer and Jonathan Slowik
• Summer 2019

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• Presidents Message by Sabrina H. Strong
• Civility Report Introduction by Michael L. Mallow
• A Civility Roundtable – The 2019 ABTL Board Retreat by Robin Meadow
• Breaking the Cycle of Incivility Through Well-Being by Bree Buchanan
• Seven Things Judges Can Do to Promote Civility Outside the Courtroom by Hon. Brian S. Curry and Hon. Judge Keven C. Brazile
• Incivility as a Problem of Law Firm Risk Management by T. John Fitzgibbons
• Teaching Civility by Allen Lanstra
• Gender Equality is Part of the Civility Issue by Hon. Lee Smalley Edmon and Hon. Samantha P. Jessner
• Winning Through Cooperation by Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl
• Strengthening Resilience Through Mindfulness by Hon. Paul A. Bacigalupo
• A Civility Checklist by Hon. Suzanne H. Segal
• Winter 2019

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• Should You Seek Writ Review? California and Federal Standards for Granting Madnamus Relief by Alana Rotter
• From the Trenches: The Spontaneous Statement Exception to the Hearsay Rule by Robert Glassman and Nathan Werksman
• President’s Message by Sabrina Strong
• Statements of Decision: Your Chance to Tell and Preserve the Story – Part 1: The Basics by Hon. John L. Segal and Robin Meadow
• Enforcement and Interpretation of the California Automatic Renewal Law by Dale Giali and Grant Miller
• A Lack of Closure on Bot Disclosure by Richard A. Schwartz
• Policies Behind the Heightened Pleading Standard Under FRCP 9(B) by Maximillian W. Hirsch
• YLD Update by Jen Cardelus and Andrew Holmer
• Summer/Fall 2018

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• "Perpetual" Contracts Under California Law by Olivia Powar
• Some Thoughts About Oral Argument in the California Court of Appeal by David M. Axelrad
• President’s Message by Sabrina H. Strong
• From Courtroom to Classroom: An Alternative Approach to Trial Advocacy by Michael D. Stein
• Sanchez – Two Years Later by Gary Wax
• YLD Update by Jen Cardelus
• Spring 2018

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• U.S. Supreme Court Update: Pending Cases of Interest in October Term 2017 (Part 2) by John F. Querio and Melissa B. Edelson
• President’s Report by Michael P. McNamara
• Ascertainability in California Class Actions: A Split in Federal and State Courts by Christian Adriatico
• Hey, Judge, Did You Happen to Notice…? by Judge Lawrence Riff
• Takeaways from the Ninth Circuit’s Recent Opinion on the Corporate Citizenship of a Holding Company by Ashley Phillips
• YLD Update by Jeffrey A. Atteberry and Jen Cardelus
• Winter 2018

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• The State of the Supreme Court’s Anti-Slapp Docket by Jeff Raskin
• U.S. Supreme Court Update: Pending Cases of Interest in October Term 2017 (Part 1) by John F. Querio and Melissa B. Edelson
• Ethical Screens in California: An Emerging Trend by Michael P. McNamara and Elizabeth Capel
• Summer 2017

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• Mock Oral Arguments by Justice Patti Kitching (Ret.)
• Stay Clear of the Kennemur Objection by Hon. Lawrence Riff
• Courts Move Closer to Allowing "E-Service" of Process by David Fuad
• Handling Potentially Privileged Documents and Managing Disqualification Risk After Mcdermottwill & Emery LLP v. Superior Court by Jim Ham
• New Warp-Speed Appellate Process for Elder Abuse Cases by Marc J. Poster
• Are Communications with a Law Firm’s In-House Counsel Privileged? by Kirsten Hicks Spira and Alex Smith
• Unanswered Questions – The Arbitrability of Public Injunctive Relief by Kelsey Leeker
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