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Just In Case You've Ever Wondered What Your Bloggers Sound Like When They Push Aside The Keyboard And Pick Up A Microphone.         Terry Jesse, the Executive Director of the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA), headquartered in Chicago, interviewed us, your faithful bloggers, on (what else) the subject of attorney's fees.  Click here […]

The Birthday Cake. Harry Whittier Frees, photographer.  1914.  Library of Congress.          We — Mike Hensley and Marc Alexander — began publishing California Attorney's Fees on May 9, 2009.   As we said in our Mission Statement: Our mission is simple: provide a resource tool to practitioners, jurists, and the public about the law governing attorneys’

Golden Gate Bridge, 75th anniversary fireworks.  Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.  2012.  Library of Congress.

    Happy Mother’s Day To You Moms Out There Also!               Wow, seems like just yesterday.  On May 11, 2016, we celebrate eight years of activity on this blog.  Hope you readers have found it helpful.  We also extend Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Moms out there.  Below:  "First Lady of

The hook for 1912.  Thomas E. Powers, cartoonist.  Library of Congress.

  Salem Village, Massachusetts Was The Instigating Place.      The October 2015 edition of the ABA Journal has an interesting article about the history of witch trials in Salem Village (now, Danvers) and other nearby towns in Massachusetts Bay Colony during English rule.      In May 1692, William Phips, the newly appointed governor of the

  Hard To Believe.      We say thanks to all of our readers and followers. Our inaugural post was on May 11, 2008, so this looks like today is our seventh blog “birthday.” Can’t believe it, and keep following us – whoever you are! – and thanks for doing so.   Mary Harris “Mother” Jones

Daily Journal Publishes Co-Contributor Marc’s April 17, 2015 Article On The Perils Of Blogging      Published by The Daily Journal on April 17, 2015, co-contributor Marc’s article on the legal perils of blogging will interest those of you who blog, or who are considering blogging. With the permission of the Daily Journal, we are making

  Unfairness of Using Privilege as a Shield Justified Writ Issuance.      In Anten v. Superior Court (Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin), Case No. B258437 (2d Dist., Div. 1 Jan. 30, 2015) (published), the appellate court issued writ relief in determining that a nonsuing, joint client cannot shelter relevant communications as privileged in a suit