California’s zealous and ever-proactive occupational regulators should let state residents “earn a living instead of a license.”That is the core takeaway message delivered with force in a recent Orange County Register editorial. Its bottom line is...
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Attorney impairment a real concern for the legal profession
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Dec 5, 2018 | Professional Malpractice Law
This is “not something that should be swept under the rug,” says a company principal with an insurer that routinely represents attorneys and law firms in legal malpractice matters. What that commentator and several other contributors voicing views in a recent media...
Regulatory pressures dialed up on licensed financial professionals
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Nov 28, 2018 | Professional Malpractice Law
California’s financial professionals have always faced stringent regulatory hurdles, ranging from license challenges to liability risks. Financial advisers, stockbrokers and related industry professionals come under close scrutiny from government officials focused...
Responding proactively when a CA license is under pressure
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Nov 8, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
High numbers of well-trained and impressively educated California business professionals apply their talents and creative energies across wide-ranging work realms. Those span health care delivery, law, financial services, child care, real estate, insurance and...
Change in security clearance rules spotlights military, finances
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Oct 24, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
American military members who hold select security clearances justifiably value that entitlement, and for multiple reasons.For starters, having a specified government clearance confirms that an individual has been duly vetted to perform an important role in national...
CA attorneys subject of close Bar scrutiny in recent study
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Oct 11, 2018 | Professional Malpractice Law
A definitive answer to a query asking whether California attorneys are ever removed as bull’s-eye targets for state regulators is short and certain.And it is this: No, never. In fact, licensed California lawyers are arguably among the most scrutinized and...
Fee disputes can often challenge licensed professionals
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Sep 27, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
It often catches licensed California professionals across many occupational groups by surprise when a business relationship suddenly goes sour owing to a third-party claim involving money.And yet fee disputes are common in the business world, even in cases where...
Gov. Brown rejects license-focused bill aimed at pot shop sellers
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Sep 18, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
California business owners must sometimes feel like they are among the least-saddled entrepreneurs on earth, yet simultaneously among the most aggressively regulated. On the one hand, the state has long been a beacon for enterprising business principals who apply...
Cryptocurrency poses new ethics questions for lawyers
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Sep 12, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In the past few years, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum steadily gained credibility in the global finance market. Still, cryptocurrency—a digital or virtual medium of exchange-- is so new that many people barely know of it, let alone understand it. But as...
Criminal conviction proceedings on the upswing for CA attorneys?
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Aug 14, 2018 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Back to that fingerprinting. We noted in a blog post from earlier this year the new fingerprinting onus placed upon practicing California attorneys. All of the state’s approximately 190,000 active practitioners must be fingerprinted by state law enforcement officials...
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