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Mediation can help clean up environmental disputes
August 05, 2025 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025 This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools F ew cases are dirtier, more complicated and potentially...
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Finding My Professional Home
August 04, 2025 - By: Hon. Harry L. Powazek (Ret.) Today, I am a proud member of the North County Bar Association, but I was not always aware of what a truly u...
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Legal tools for addressing substance abuse in Family Court cases
August 01, 2025 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 Shutterstock F amily courts are already struggling with a lack of resources and rapid judicial turnover. Expecting ju...
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Daily Journal Profile: The Constant Gardener
August 01, 2025 - The Constant Gardener Neutral Amy Hogue cultivates resolution by remaining impartial, attorneys say. F or retired judge Amy D. Hogue, there’s...
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Smoke damage from wildfires is real; it deserves real resolution
July 23, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools L os Angeles may never fully recover from the Palisades and Eaton fires. ...
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Signature Resolution Welcomes Hon. Ana Maria Luna (Ret.) to Panel of Neutrals
July 21, 2025 - Media Contact: [email protected] Signature Resolution Welcomes Hon. Ana Maria Luna (Ret.) to Panel of Neutr...
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How a TV show helps resolve disputes
July 21, 2025 - MONDAY, JULY 21, 2025 Shutterstock If you watched the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld, you may remember George Costanza’s idea for a new holiday...
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Mediating against public entities: A bird in the hand
July 17, 2025 - Shutterstock We all know the benefits of mediating disputes. Parties have control over their own destinies, the process is faster than trial an...
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The OCBA Legislative Resolutions Committee: OC Lawyers Influencing Policy, One Bill At A Time
July 03, 2025 - 24 ORANGE COUNTY LAWYER THE OCBA LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE: OC LAWYERS INFLUENCING POLICY, ONE BILL AT A TIME by NADIA D. VAZIRIAN Do y...
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Business disputes: Know when and how to mediate
July 01, 2025 - Shutterstock Business disputes can be messy and costly. Partners might disagree about how their shares should be di- vided; contractors might ch...
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The preclusive effect of class-action releases on future wage and hour claims
June 30, 2025 - This art was created with the assistance of Shutterstock AI tools Consider the following hypo- thetical: A worker files a wage and hour class-acti...
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Representing clients with mental health problems: At what cost?
June 27, 2025 - Shutterstock T oward the end of my ten- ure as a family law judge, I presided over a high- conflict case that indelibly imprinted itself in...