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Civil Action with Brian & Shant — 98 episodes
Episode 76: What Your Expert Witnesses Want You to Know
Episode 75: Tort Reform, Ron DeSantis, Remote Appearance, and AI
Episode 74: Starting Your Own Firm with Alexandra Steele Cooper.
Episode 73: Dr. Sohee Jun on Women and Imposter Syndrome in the Law
Episode 72: Court Reporter Crisis and Disney v. DeSantis
Episode 71: Working with Victims of Sexual Abuse
Episode 70: Annie Martin-McDonough Talks the Tort of Seduction
Episode 69: Gender Bias: A Conversation with Anastasia Mazzella and Marina Pacheco
Episode 68: Figuring Out Insurance Policy Limits In Your PI Case with Stephanie Charlin.
Episode 67: Can you pop the Lid On a UM/UIM Policy?
Episode 66: Sexual Abuse Case Filing Process for Statute 340.1
Episode 65: Why Corporate America Wants a Conservative Supreme Court.
Episode 64: PAGA - What just happened here?
63: Harry Plotkin Shares His Thoughts On the Significance of Proper Jury Selection to Win Cases.
62: The Future of Law School: A Conversation With Michael Waterstone, Dean of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
61: What a PI Lawyer Needs To Know About Family Law. A conversation with Ron Brot.
60: Is PAGA in Trouble?
59: Popping the Policy – Developments in Insurance Bad Faith Law
58. Civil Procedure Cases Pt. 4
57. Insurance Cases Pt. 2
56. Vandalism & Civil Unrest
55. Personal Injury Cases Pt. 2
54. Attorney Fees Cases
53. Arbitration Cases
52. Insurance Fear Mongering w/ Michael Childress
51. Consumer Protection Cases Pt. 2
50. Civil Procedure Cases Pt. 3
49. Insurance Cases
48. Personal Injury Cases
47. Civil Procedure Cases Pt. 2
46. Civil Procedure Cases Pt. 1
45. Consumer Protection Cases Pt. 1
44. Guest Interview w/ Attorney & Arbitrator Lee Straus
43. Guest Interview w/ Attorney Ellen Pansky
42. Guest Interview w/ Restaurateur Philip Camino
41. COVID-19 and Its Impact on the July 2020 CA Bar Exam
40. Browsewrap Arbitration Agreements; Finding a 3rd Party Beneficiary; the Inability to Use an Arbitration Award in a Previous Matter; Condo Associations, Arbitration Provisions & Unconscionability.
39. Consumer Cases – False Advertising; Debt Fairness Act; Lemon Laws; The Privacy Act
38. Past Recollection Recorded; a Unique Exception to the Hearsay Rule; Sister State Money Judgment Act & Res Judicata; Attorney Fees & When an Allocation is Appealable
37. Discussion with Harry Chamberlain II
37. Civil Procedure – Personal Jurisdiction and Choice of Law; Childhood Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations; Appealing a Statement of Decision; Relief Under 473b and its Limitations
36. Defense Perspective from Dana Fox and Eddie Ward of Lewis Brisbois
35. COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
34. Tort Cases – Substantial Factor Test; Primary Assumption of Risk Doctrine; Going and Coming Rule and An Exception; Immunity for Police Officers Engaged in a High-Speed Pursuit
33. Meal & Rest Breaks; Replacement Class Representative; Classification Exemptions; Objection to Class Settlements
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Niall McCarthy at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Minh Nguyen at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Greg Bentley at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
32. The Perils of Litigation Funding
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Craig Peters at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Ray Boucher at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
31. Trail Immunity; Standard for Gross Negligence; The Discovery Rule and Fair Debt Collections Act; Single Employer Doctrine
30. Difficult Clients; Fee Arbitration Between Lawyers & Clients; DocuSign; Reducing Punitive Damages
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Steve Vartarzarian at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
29. Attorney Fees in a Class Action; Waiver of a Jury Trial in an Agreement; Service on Government Entities; Interest Rates, Usury Laws, Referendums & How they Interact
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Bill Shapiro at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Casey Johnson at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
28. Involuntary Releases in Class Actions; The Death Knell Doctrine; Phelps Factors; Assembly Bill 9
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Mary Alexander at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
27. Arbitration Agreements; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Standing Under Article III; Right to Administrative Remedies; Distinctions Between Procedural & Substantive Unconscionability
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Andy Speilberger at the 2019 CAOC Convention in San Francisco
26. Attorney Referral Services; Release of Liability in Self-Storage Facilities; Motion for Reconsideration Re Choice of Law; Joint Employer Doctrine
25. Design Immunity; The Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) and Who Qualifies as a Consumer; Standing to Appeal a Judgment in a Class Action; Attorney Fees & the Cost of Litigation
24. CIGA and the Impact on Medicare Payments; Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA); Indemnification of Additional Insurers; Legislative Difference Between “Rate of Compensation” and “Rate of Pay”
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Taylor Rayfield at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
23. Legal Malpractice Cases; The Joint Employer Doctrine; The Future of Dynamex and the Gig Economy
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Michael Childress at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
22. Lawyers Trying to Fend Off Bad Reviews; Narrowing of the Joint Employer Doctrine; Challenges in Certifying a Class
21. A Dramatic Reading of Steinbeck; An Evangelist Grandmother’s Relationship with Her Granddaughter; Compelling Arbitration and Judicial Reference; Honolulu Discount; The Five-Year Trial Rule
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Jake Courtney at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
20. Procedural & Substantive Unconscionability of Arbitration Agreements; California Homeowners Bill of Rights; Class Action “Fairness” Act; Reversing Award of Attorney fees; Litigation Privilege
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Holly Boyer at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Geoff Wells at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Elise Sanguinetti at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
19. Armenian Genocide Insurance Litigation: Bad Faith Lawsuits Brought In The Wake Of The First Genocide of the 20th Century
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with James DeSimone at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Christine Spagnoli at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
18. More Bad Decisions Regarding Arbitration
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Genie Harrison at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
BONUS CONTENT: Interview with Robert Simon at the 2019 CAALA Convention in Las Vegas
17. The End of Labor Code Section 558; Bad News for California Employees
16. Notice Prejudice Case; Removal Case; Privacy Rights; Driver Privacy Protection Act; Arbitration of UCL Claim; Trail Immunity
15. Small Inflatable Pools; Good News For Lawyers Handling Consumer Class Actions.
14. Beating MSJ in a Discrimination Case; Successfully Fending Off Arbitration By Arguing Waiver
13. Breach of Confidentiality Clause; J&J Talc Case; Personal Injury Case; A Rogue Juror; Abuse Case; Insurance Case & Interpreting Contracts
12. FEHA; Attorneys Fees in Lemon Law Cases; Medicare in Personal Injury Cases; Attorney Fees in Civil Rights Action; RFAs; Burden of Proof for Reducing Future Damage Awarded
11. Facebook & The Telephone Consumer Protection Act; Lawyers Getting Petty; Professional Negligence & CPAs; Clarifying Rule 4-2; Manhattan Community Access Corp Case
10. Case Certification; Insurance Case; Decertification and Standing; UCL Claim; Civility and the Law
9. Waiving Right to Arbitration; Handling Insurance Company Claim; 9th Circuit Court of Appeal Arbitration; CAFA; SoCal Gas Leak Case; Mandatory Fee Arbitrations Over Attorney Fees
8. Class Action Fairness Act; Treble Damages Under Penal Code; Failure to Prosecute; Picking Off Class Representatives; One-Way Attorney Fee Statute
7. Arbitration; Primary Assumption of Risk; Insurance Cases
6. Juror Misconduct & Collateral Source Rule; Forum Selection Clauses; 5 Year Rule in A "Death Knell" Doctrine; Uninsured Motorists Within an Umbrella Policy; PAGA & Claim Splitting
5. Good News in Trucking Employment Cases; Cautionary Tales About Deadlines
4. SCOTUS Ruling in Epic Systems in PAGA Cases; Denying Class Certification; Religious Org. Exemption; Relief Under CCP 473b; Elder Abuse Cases; Deadlines for Removing Fed. Court Case
3. Cy Pres; Default Judgment PAGA Cases; Declarations in Malpractice; DQ of Lawyers in Partnership Disputes; Self-Insured Retention & Coverage; Liability of a Fraternity
2. Equitable Tolling; Piece Rate Work & Meal Breaks; Application of Forum Selection Clauses; Seeking Disqualification of Lawyers; Post-PAGA Actions
1. Enforcing Arbitration Clauses; Challenging Judges; Expert Declarations; False Advertising Claims; Construction Defect Class Actions
Introducing: Civil Action with Brian & Shant