Teamwork and the Power of "We"
October 25, 2011 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ~Henry Ford If you have worked for any length of...
View ArticleService of Process in a Foreign Country
November 29, 2011 By Justin Madding, Paralegal Every once in a while I get a case where it becomes necessary to serve a Summons on a person who resides in a foreign country. These cases are few and...
View ArticleUnderstanding a CHP Traffic Collision Report
January 20, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS The California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) does not investigate every traffic collision. The police department that responds to a traffic collision...
View ArticleCal/OSHA Reports
January 20, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) protects workers and the public from safety hazards. Within 24-hours after an industrial...
View ArticlePleadings NOT to be Filed With the Court
February 15, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS There are certain pleadings that are not to be filed with the court. I have wondered if there was a list of these documents, instead of memorizing...
View ArticleGetting Ethical With Paralegals
A Look at California Rules and the Impact on Attorneys and Paralegals February 22, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS As published in The Bottom Line of the Law Practice Management &...
View ArticleFormatting California Pleadings
February 26, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS I have often said that there is a rule for everything in California civil procedure. This is very true, right down to the type of paper to use and...
View ArticleFundamentals of E-Discovery
March 8, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS This article will consist of bullet-points of information concerning the California Electronic Discovery Act. INTRODUCTION: Assembly Bill No. 5...
View ArticleNominal Defendants in a Wrongful Death Action
April 4, 2012 By Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS BACKGROUND: In California, a wrongful death action is a statutorily created right that may only be asserted by any person who would be entitled to...
View ArticleDiscovery and the Right to Privacy
April 30, 2012 While it is very broad, the right to discovery is not absolute, particularly where issues of privacy are involved. The right of privacy in the California Constitution at Article I, § 1...
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