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BALLOTS MAILED --- 18 attorneys have announced their candidacy for a seat on the Board of Governors. Eligible voters in the five State Bar districts with vacancies on the board will receive ballots this month.

FEE ARB IN APRIL --- Four fee arbitration trainings are offered this month in Fresno, Visalia, Woodland Hills and Santa Barbara. MCLE credit is available.

ACCESS AWARD --- May 1 is the deadline to nominate a California judge for the 2009 Benjamin Aranda III Access to Justice Award.

13^th ANNUAL ETHICS SYMPOSIUM --- The annual Ethics Symposium will be held May 2 at the University of San Diego School of Law, focusing this year on “Attorney Responsibilities: The Client and Beyond.”

CALIFORNIA JUDGES --- June 1 is the deadline for attorneys and members of the public to apply to serve on the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE).

SEEKING COMMENTS --- The State Bar is seeking public comment on a number of matters such as: reappointment of the Chief Trial Counsel, disqualification of State Bar Court judges, limited scope representation, bar committee meetings and fee arbitration rules.

SENIORS GUIDE UPDATED --- Pre-orders are being accepted for the State Bar’s popular Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians, which will be published again next month and distributed free throughout the state.

April 2009 Bar Bulletin

Read the April 2009 SBCBA Bar Bulletin... now online at sbcba.org/bulletins

March Members.

1. March 30, 2009 David R. Casady, Law Student 14640 Santa Fe Trail Victorville, CA 92392 760.900.6616 University of LaVerne College of Law I've worked locally the last eleven years in the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry as a claims adjuster. I'm interested in insurance law practice, medical malpractice, juvenile law and criminal law.
2. March 26, 2009 Stacey Wolcott, Esq. (909) 553-7399
3. March 15, 2009 CORINNE O SINCLAIR, 1L California Southern Law School
4. March 7, 2009 Robert Stanley Vitt, Esq. Vitt Law Firm 10300 Arrow Rte #05-06 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 909 275 7594 I have just opened my own general practice office, Business & Civil Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Immigration, Personal Injury matters, Criminal Law, Family Law, and Business & Civil Litigation.

As Jurors Turn to Web, Mistrials Are Popping Up

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Published: March 17, 2009

Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge’s instructions and centuries of legal rules. But when the judge questioned the rest of the jury,he got an even bigger shock.

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California Rules to Amend Inaccessible ESI

The Recorder

Proposed electronic discovery rules before the California Senate's Committee on Rules alter the treatment of "inaccessible" ESI. Backup tapes, once deemed inaccessible, may enter the realm of accessible data.