KEEPING UP WITH SEO AND SOCIAL MEDIA: AUGUST ROUNDUP

It seems the more people write about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) the more misconceptions and confusion there is surrounding the subject. This was highlighted in August as multiple respected SEO blogs and marketers chimed in with posts looking to dispel some of the most common SEO myths, clarify how to use social media properly, and […]

Bay Area Employers Must Comply with a New Commuter Benefits Program

Bay Area Commuter Benefits  By Jamie Rudman, Sanchez & Amador, LLP The new Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program (CBP) goes into effect September 30, 2014. The CBP is a pilot program that extends through December 2016.  Covered employers have until September 30 to: (1) select at least one of four commuter benefit options, (2) notify employees […]

Winners of the 10th Annual Barristers Golf Classic

Thank you to all who came out to the Tenth Annual ACBA Barristers Golf Classic! We’ve had 10 great tournaments – and this year was no exception. The sunny skies, beautiful weather and TGIF attitude provided a fun and upbeat day out on the green. The day began with the entertaining Put with a Gavel contest […]

ACBA Members in the News

2014 Super Lawyers Congratulations to ACBA members Monica Dell’Osso (Burnham Brown), Kathryn Burkett Dickson (Dickson Geesman), Jon B. Eisenberg (Horvitz & Levy), Shane R. Ford (Ford Family Law), Margaret M. Hand (Hand & Little), Charles A. Hansen (Wendel Rosen), John A. Hartog (Hartog & Baer), and Stephen M. Murphy (Law Office of Stephen M. Murphy) for being named […]

Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles

Class Actions, Private Attorneys General Act Claims and the Federal Arbitration Act By Patrick Kitchin, Kitchin Legal APC On June 23, 2014 the California Supreme Court continued its ongoing reassessment of the relationship between the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and California’s laws and public policies. In Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles (S204032), the Court held that […]