LACBA News

There is a court reporter shortage.  Help to pass legislation to allow electronic recording in Court hearings. Voice your support for the Electronic Court Recording Bill (SB 662). This is time-sensitive. Now to January 12, 2024, is the limited time to help get this Bill a favorable vote.

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LACBA is proud to unveil the distinguished recipients of the association's 2024 annual awards; Carlos R. Moreno, Brian S. Currey, and Ann I. Park. All three will be acknowledged at the annual Installation and Awards Dinner on June 27.

Hardly a day passes without a publication in the trade press on the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession. As the use of AI becomes commonplace in the legal industry it raises ethical concerns. Will there be regulation coming down the pike regarding the ethical use of AI technologies? To some extent, it already exists.

Welcome to the New Year! January marks the second half of my tenure as the 23-24 LACBA President. Thanks to the hard work of the LACBA staff and our Board of Trustees, LACBA has accomplished a great deal over these past six months and has solid plans in place for 2024 and beyond that will help to support the association’s mission and benefit members.

Incivility by lawyers and the problems it creates have become the subject of much discussion over the past two decades. In response, the State Bar in 2007 adopted a “Civility toolbox” that “provide[s] best practices of civility in the practice of law.”

Thanks to growing interest and member leadership, the LACBA Section focused on using the rule of law to promote world peace has been reactivated. Members looking to develop relationships with international practitioners, business communities, foreign governments, and more are invited to join–or rejoin–the International Law Section. 

Have an idea for a resolution to improve the law? Enjoy lively debates about matters affecting the public or the legal profession? Join LACBA’s Delegation to the Conference of Delegates Committee to study, debate, and vote on resolutions proposed at the Conference of California Bar Associations.

Students from LACBA’s Mentoring Program at Wilson High School’s Law Magnet visited UCLA Law School last month. They got a tour and learned about the UCLA Law Fellows program.    

It is well known that a corporation’s “corporate powers, rights and privileges” can be suspended for failing to pay taxes or file a required tax return. The pertinent statute says: “Suspension of a corporation provides an opposing party with an affirmative defense that, when timely raised, prevents the corporation from prosecuting or defending an action in a California court.” This article focuses on the ethical aspect of a lawyer’s representation of a suspended company.