
We Need More Virtue & Less Virtue Signaling
A few months ago, I was standing outside a friend’s house, having a conversation, as several of their neighbors passed…

What Really Gets Inspected When You Buy a Home?
I recently presented (via Zoom) to a conference of insurance professionals about the liability for a real estate broker that…

The Perils of Third-Party Discovery in Arbitrations
It seems like most contracts these days contain arbitration clauses. The purpose of these clauses is to speed up the…

Conflicts of Interest
In 2019, the State Bar of California rewrote its rules about Conflicts of Interest. We recently brought in a new…