Trial Evidence Part 7: Competence and Opinion
by Tim Hallahan Competence Competence relates to witnesses, not to evidence. Two issues arise: (1) Is the witness competent to testify about a particular subject? (2) Is she competent to testify at all? Competence as to Subject Matter The offering party must provide sufficient evidence of a witness’s personal knowledge of the facts about which […]
February 2015 Upcoming Programs and Events
February 5, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Tribune Tavern) ACBA and BALIF LGBT Mixer at the Tribune Tavern – FREE! Please join us for the first joint social of the ACBA and BALIF at the Tribune Tavern. It will be a fun evening of networking and socializing with East Bay LGBT lawyers, friends, family and […]
Keeping Up With SEO and Social Media: January Roundup
With most of us already settling back into a post-holiday routine, there’s a 25% chance that even the most well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned. Fortunately, if your goal was to bone up on marketing knowledge and start growing your firm’s web presence there’s hope for you yet. Because, after a bit of December slacking, […]
Phone Scams Continue to be Serious Threat, Remain on IRS “Dirty Dozen” List of Tax Scams for the 2015 Filing Season
We’ve already had two scammers attempt to contact ACBA staff – don’t let yourself (or your clients) get caught off guard. (Reprinted from the IRS Newsroom. Original article may be found here.) IR-2015-05, Jan. 22, 2015 WASHINGTON — Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual “Dirty […]
What we’re reading this week
We’ve compiled a short list of interesting articles from the past week to read at your leisure. What are the top contenders for your list? The 5 Most User-Hostile Microsoft Word Features Two Bay Area legislators introduced a right-to-die bill this week, bringing questions of how malpractice and competancy issues might be resolved: More States Considering Right-to-Die […]