By Lori Werderitch, Esq., Greenberg Glusker, LLP

It is with great excitement that the Century City Bar Association approaches its 52nd Annual Installation Banquet and Awards Ceremony on October 22, 2020 – the first VIRTUAL banquet in its history!  The Board of Governors has been hard at work in its preparations to honor 2020’s Lawyers of the Year:

By Phillip Maltin, Esq,, Raines Feldman LLP

People want to catch liars.  In fact, some professions put a premium on that skill:  law enforcement, insurance, human resources, and law.  For lawyers, the ability to expose deceit helps in case selection, deposition, and trial.  To learn the skill, many lawyers look to the “science” of body language.  However, body language is a field packed with pseudo-science, some of which is unintentionally amusing.

By Nicole Clark, Esq., Trellis Research

The past two decades have shown us that catastrophes and economic downturns can unleash tidal waves of lawsuits​. After the attacks on September 11th, we witnessed a flood of filings that tested the limits of real estate insurance and health coverage policies for businesses and first responders at Ground Zero.