News from SBCBA Workers' Comp Section

SBCBA Workers' Compensation Section Proudly Presents Sue Honor-Vangerov Workers' Compensation Manager of the Medical Unit "The New QME Regulations and Official Medical Fee Schedule Issues" Thursday, Sept.17, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Held at The Events Center at the National Orange Show 930 S. Arrowhead Ave., San Bernardino, CA (Use Gate 8) $45.00 for Dinner and Program Three hours of MCLE credit will be offered to attorneys attending. All attorneys, judges, claims examiners, hearing representatives, physicians, and medical billing personnel are invited to attend. Membership in SBCBA is not required. Seating is limited! Paid reservations must be received by 9/10/09. Entrée Choices: London Broil; Chicken Piccata; Vegetable Strudel How to register and pay online with a credit card: Click on the link BELOW to our online registration form (please do not use the yellow RSVP & pay option at the top of the form!) and complete the entire form, including your menu choice. Remember to include in the Special Request box the names of all of your guests and their menu choices, also. Then click the SEND button at the bottom to submit your registration. You will be directed to a new page. Click on the payment option at the bottom and follow the instructions to submit your payment. Click here: RSVP You may also call in your RSVP and payment to (909) 885-1986. How to Get Here! Take the 215 (N or S) to Orange Show Road, turn EAST and proceed to Arrowhead Avenue. Turn left (north) and proceed to Gate 9 and park in the "West Arrowhead Lot." Enter grounds through colonnade to the L'Orange Room. Hope to see you there. Visit SBCBA's website... Forward This Notice to Colleagues

Alvarenga & Clark, a legal partnership that services Juv Delinquency and Dependency cases for SB County,is seeking an individual with a Masters degree in Social Work for 32 hours per week. Experience at the county child welfare level helpful. Bilingual Spanish speaker would be a plus.

Job Includes:
- Reports for trial prep, 388 preparation and screening and general file updates.
- Phone calls.
- Client Interviews. May require travel mileage to be reimbursed.

This listing is not all inclusive.

Fax Resume to 909.890.5774, Attn: Colleen Cardinale. No Calls Please.

Court Lays Down Law on Jury Net Use

The Recorder

A new rule proposed by San Francisco Superior Court would remind potential jurors not to blog, Tweet or conduct Internet research about cases. The need for the rule became clear to the court when an entire panel of 600 jurors had to be excused.

California Adds "Initial" Meet & Confer and Clawback Provisions

Just a quick note to inform you that the California Rules of Court (C.R.C.) 3.724 Duty to Meet and Confer have been amended as of August 14th, 2009 to include provisions for initial meet & confer and clawback agreements.  This addresses what many of us in California identified as a gaping hole in the California Electronic Discovery Act (CEDA).

More details here...

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