Mediation Twenty Years Later: A Cautionary Story and Proposed Reforms By Gregory W. Herring, CFLS, AAML, IAFL With Cassandra T. Glanville, Esq. In 1996 the California Law Revision Commission (“LRC”) developed and proposed legislation that eventually became the current mediation confidentiality statute, Evidence Code section 1119.[1] As more and more litigation has […]
October 2016 found Herring Law Group in the midst of a rapidly accelerating Ventura County Superior Court child custody/parenting case. Notwithstanding our client’s efforts to settle it on eminently reasonable terms, the other side, represented by a notorious Westside Los Angeles firm, was determined to force a showcase trial. We had a celebrity client, and […]
Herring Law Group is now opening its Santa Barbara office at 559 San Ysidro Road, Suite G. We expect to be furnished and fully operational by October 1, 2016. Of course, we will remain committed to our Ventura County office, clients, and staff. Our formal Santa Barbara presence will help us better serve in Santa […]
“Disruptive Change” Needed Toward E-Discovery Competence Electronically stored information (“ESI”) is information that is stored in technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. Electronic Discovery, or e-discovery, is the use of legal means to obtain ESI in the course of litigation for evidentiary purposes. Together, they constitute interesting and important considerations […]