Everyone makes mistakes. Even lawyers. But lawyers are held to higher standards than most other people. This is largely due to the trust their clients place in them and the expectation to repay that trust in good faith. As a result, there are standards for conduct...
It’s imminent.What is just around the near-calendar bend is a State Bar of California study focused on the prospect of mandatory malpractice insurance for all of the state’s practicing attorneys. That is a huge population. Indeed, California’s...
It is eminently clear that the Medical Board of California commands considerable power and oversight over health care professionals across the state. The agency has a broad mandate to protect the public’s health, and does so through regulating care providers and...
California became the first American state last autumn to take patients’ rights against alleged physician wrongdoers to a higher level.We spotlight in today’s blog post The Patient’s Right to Know Act of 2018. It greatly empowers California patients...
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...
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...
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...
Many California professional license holders might find it a bit unnerving that they continue to dwell on the exactions relevant to their duly-held credentials even after they have overcome every challenge en route to gaining licensure.At the [nap_names...
“When deals go bad,” stresses a recent Insurance Journal article spotlighting legal malpractice concerns for law firms, “clients start looking to their lawyers.”And when those clients perceive that things are turning especially negative,...
All professionals, whether you’re a doctor, a veterinarian, an attorney or a bus driver, are judged in part on their customer relations. While the quality of your work may not be directly related to how you work with other people, what they think of you affects...
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