Bench & Bar

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Every week, the Daily Journal's columnists weigh in on the issues shaping California law. Bench & Bar picks the three you can't afford to miss — and gives you the takeaways in minutes. Brought to by The Daily Journal Network.

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  1. Bench & Bar: June 17

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    Bench & Bar: June 17

    In this week's episode: With all due respect, it means the opposite Baruch C. Cohen of the Law Office of Baruch C. Cohen APLC examines the courtroom phrase "with all due respect" and what it signals when counsel deploys it against a tentative ruling already committed to writing. Cohen argues the disclaimer is a shield that reveals the absence of the respect it claims, and that the most experienced litigators say less when a ruling already favors them — pressing past a firm tentative tends to harden the record, not move it. A new path for construction defects in California Brenda K. Radmacher, partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, breaks down Assembly Bill 1903, the most sweeping proposed overhaul of California's construction defect regime since SB 800, the Right to Repair Act. The bill would make the prelitigation repair process a true prerequisite to suit, restore a resultant-damage requirement of present physical damage, and create a voluntary "certified building" pathway that could immunize qualifying condominium projects from later defect claims. What caregiving taught me about being a better lawyer Jessica K. Lomakin, partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP, reframes the unbilled, largely invisible labor of caregiving — what she calls the "fourth shift" — as a category of work in itself rather than an interruption to legal practice. Lomakin argues the judgment, triage, and decision-making under incomplete information it demands are the same skills that make a capable lawyer, and that naming that reality serves the profession better than absorbing it in silence.

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  2. Bench & Bar: May 14

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    Bench & Bar: May 14

    In This Episode "Courts Ordered to Police AI Without a Budget" William Slomanson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Thomas Jefferson School of Law In re Domestic Partnership of Campos and Munoz put the problem in sharp relief: California's 4th District reversed a court order built on hallucinated AI citations. Standard 10.80b3 now requires judicial officers to verify AI-generated material — but no funding or staffing has followed. SB 574 extends parallel restrictions to arbitrators. For attorneys relying on AI-assisted research, the verification obligation now runs both ways. "The Going and Coming Rule When an Employee Has a Hybrid Work Schedule" Michael E. Rubinstein, Law Office of Michael E. Rubinstein Chang v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group confirms that a hybrid schedule doesn't suspend the going-and-coming rule. A standing calendar entry and pre-collision texts with coworkers weren't enough to bring a physician's personal errand within course and scope of employment. Chang is reliable precedent for employers' counsel — if the evidentiary record is locked down early. "LA's Perfect Storm of Deferred Maintenance, Crumbling Infrastructure and Stolen Copper Wire" Jason Javaheri, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, J&Y Law; Parham Nikfarjam, Senior Trial Attorney, J&Y Law Los Angeles is simultaneously funding Willits settlement repairs and absorbing claims tied to conditions those repairs haven't reached. Copper theft now drives 40% of streetlight outages, some lasting more than a year. For attorneys litigating against the city, the structural conditions generating claims aren't resolving — they're accumulating. Read all three columns and browse the full Perspectives section at dailyjournal.com.

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Every week, the Daily Journal's columnists weigh in on the issues shaping California law. Bench & Bar picks the three you can't afford to miss — and gives you the takeaways in minutes. Brought to by The Daily Journal Network.

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