Berkeley Law



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|Real World Research: California Practice Materials |

|Law Library - University of California at Berkeley |

|2008 |

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|CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY PRACTICE RESOURCES |

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|Most Frequently Used Print Sources |

|Witkin Library (Thomson/West): Summary, Procedure, Evidence, and Criminal Law sets |

|The Rutter Guides (Thomson/West ) |

|California Forms of Pleading & Practice Annotated (Reed Elsevier/Matthew Bender) |

|California Legal Forms Transaction Guide (Reed Elsevier/Matthew Bender) |

|California Continuing Education of the Bar “CEB” treatises |

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|Be sure to attend the Real World Research presentation on April 23: |

|Using CEB’s OnLaw Database for California Legal Research |

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|Current Awareness: The Recorder (Paper section: Case Summaries) |

|San Francisco Daily Journal (Pamphlet: Daily Appellate Report) |

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|Key Electronic California Practice Resources |

|Work product (your firm’s Document Management System) |

|Portal (your firm’s intranet with links to the firm’s library catalog and IP authenticated resources, such as BNA Reporters (searchable archive), |

|and Hein Online. |

|Lexis/Westlaw: know your firm’s policy; know your default settings (transactional/time) |

|OnLaw (CEB): California treatises with free links to cases and statutes; CEB provides a free one year subscription to new California attorneys |

|Pacer (limit by Nature of Suit); CourtLink; Courthouse News Service |

|California Superior Court web sites (some sites provide free access to filings) |

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|Reference |

|Henke’s California Law Guide. 8th ed. 2006. (Reed Elsevier/Matthew Bender) |

|Legal Research in California. 5th ed. 2004 (Thomson/West) |

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|Using the California Style Manual and the Bluebook: a Practitioner’s Guide. (Thomson/West) California Rules of Court, Rule 1.200 [adopted |

|effective January 1, 2008] allows for the use of either the California Style Manual or The [Harvard] Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation in |

|California state courts. This guide presents side by side the California Style Manual and Bluebook rules most frequently used by practitioners. It|

|explains confusing differences between these two style manuals. |

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|Representative Key California Print Resources |

|Use your firm’s card catalog to identify titles handpicked to support your firm’s practice OR ask your librarian to recommend treatises that |

|address your issue. |

|Advising California Employers & Employees (CEB) |

|Advising California Partnerships (CEB) |

|Ballantine & Sterling California Corporation Law (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|Bus. & Prof. C. §17200 Practice (Rutter) |

|California Antitrust and Unfair Law - Third (State Bar of California) |

|California Attorney’s Guide to Damages (CEB) |

|California Compendium on Professional Responsibility (State Bar of California) |

|California Construction Contracts & Disputes (CEB) |

|California Causes of Action (James Publishing) |

|California Debt Issuance Primer |

|California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement Standards and Interpretation Manual (2002) [under revision] |

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|California Domestic Partnerships (CEB) |

|California Employment Law “Wilcox” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|California Expert Witness Guide (CEB) |

|California Law of Contracts (CEB) New for 2007 |

|California Limited Liability Company: Forms & Practice Manual (Data Trace) |

|California Mortgage & Deed of Trust Practice (CEB) |

|California Practice Guide: California Corporations (Rutter) |

|California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter) “Weil & Brown” |

|California Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial (Rutter) “the red set” |

|California Practice Guide: Professional Responsibility (Rutter) |

|California Pretrial Practice and Forms (James Publishing) Chapter 3. Statutes of Limitation |

|California Secured Transactions under Revised Article 9 (Data Trace) |

|California State Tax Reporter (CCH) |

|California Torts (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|California UCC Sales & Leases (CEB) |

|California Unfair Competition and Business Torts (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|Cohelan on California Class Actions (West’s Expert Series) |

|Deskbook on the Management of Complex Civil Litigation. Judicial Council of California (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act “CEQA” (Solano Press) |

|Guide to California Securities Law Practice (State Bar of California) |

|Handbook for Incorporating a Business in California (State Bar of California) |

|How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California (Nolo) |

|Laws Pertaining to the California InnKeeper. 3d rev. ed. California Hotel & Lodging Association |

|Longtin’s California Land Use. 2d ed. Local Government Publications |

|Marsh’s California Corporation Law “Marsh” (Aspen) |

|Overly on Electronic Evidence in California (West’s Expert Series) |

|Practice under the California Securities Laws “Marsh & Volk” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) |

|Trade Secrets Practice in California (CEB) |

|Transportation Law in California: A Guide to Federal, State, and Regional Requirements |

|(Solano Press) |

|Resources that include California |

|Martindale-Hubbell – Law Digest – U.S. States and International |

|Uniform Commercial Code Reporting Service: State Variations |

|Uniform Laws Annotated: Directory (List of Uniform Laws Adopted by California) |

|Treatises may cover all state laws on a given topic. For example, |

|Spoliation of Evidence 2d ed. (2005) [ABA] includes an all states survey of the law. |

|Covenants Not To Compete: A State-by-State Survey 5th ed. [ABA/BNA] - 3 hardbound vols. with annual soft bound supplement. |

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|California Jury Instructions |

|CACI (pronounced "Kay See"/”Casey”) – (“California Civil Instructions”) are the official civil jury instructions, as approved by the Judicial |

|Council of California, that took effect on September 1, 2003. The Judicial Council has not mandated use of CACI to the exclusion of other jury |

|instructions. Rule 2.1050 of the California Rules of Court, states that use of the new instructions is “strongly encouraged” and they are |

|recommended for use unless a judge “finds that a different instruction would more accurately state the law and be understood by jurors.” Rule |

|2.1050(e). LexisNexis Matthew Bender is the official publisher. The official instructions are meant to provide comprehensive, legally accurate |

|jury instructions that are readily understood by the average juror. |

|BAJI (“Book of Approved Jury Instructions”) had quasi-official status for many years and is still used. Formerly prepared by the Los Angeles |

|Superior Court's BAJI Committee, the Thomson company, owner of the BAJI copyright, continues to publish and update BAJI. |

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|California Legislative History |

|(is best left to the experts) |

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|Legislative History Clearinghouse |

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|Legislative Intent Service |

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|LRI Legislative Research, Inc. |

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|Research & Practice Guide: California Regulatory History & Intent |

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——— Free Finders! ———

|TO FIND |SEARCH |

|(for California) | |

|Agent for service of process |California Business Search |

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|Attorneys |State Bar of California |

| |Member Search |

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|Bill text and status |California Legislature |

| |Subscribe to free email alerts |

| | (select Legislation) |

|Corporate status |California Business Search |

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|Case decisions |Judicial Council of California |

|newly released | |

|Case Status |California Courts |

|(cases on appeal) |Subscribe to free email alerts on cases of interest |

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|Law firm articles |Martindale-Hubbell: Search Legal Articles |

| |(free registration required) |

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|Law Library |Find Your Nearest California County Law Libraries |

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|Laws & Resources |Internet Resources: California Laws & Resources |

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|Rules of Court |The California Rules of Court were reorganized and renumbered to improve their format and usability, effective January |

| |1, 2007. Conversion tables |

|Rules of Court | |

|Conversion Table | |

|GENERAL FINDERS |

|Federal Bill text and status |Govtrack (Subscribe to free email alerts) |

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|Internet Resources by Subject |Northern California Association of Law Libraries |

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|Topical encyclopedia of resources for the legal researcher |Zimmerman’s Research Guide (A-Z) |

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——— Publishers of California Legal Resources ———

• Families

• State Bar & Professional Organizations

• Independents

Families

Why should you know about legal publishing families?

Books published within the same family generally reference other books published by that family. Expand your search by using books published by all three major publishers and don’t overlook books published by independent publishers.

The legal publishing industry is under the control of three major corporations:

(1) Reed Elsevier Professional Publishing, (2) Thomson Financial & Professional Publishing Group, and (3) Wolters Kluwer. As of 2006, these three companies – all of them foreign owned – accounted for 82% of U.S. sales of legal information. Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual (2007) by Kendall Svengalis, Rhode Island Lawpress, at p.15.

|Reed Elsevier |Thomson Corporation |Wolters Kluwer |

|(English-Dutch*) |(Canadian *) |(Dutch) |

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|HQ: London; Amsterdam, the Netherlands |HQ: Stamford, CT USA* |HQ: Amsterdam, the Netherlands |

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|Family includes | | |

| |Family includes |Family includes |

|LexisNexis | | |

| |Barclays (publisher of California Code of Regulations |Aspen |

|Martindale-Hubbell |“CCR”) | |

| | |CCH, Inc. (formerly Commerce Clearing House) |

|Matthew Bender |Glasser Legalworks | |

| | |Little, Brown |

|Mealey’s |Westlaw Business ( repackaging of acquisition Global | |

| |Securities, Inc. / LivEdgar, a leading online |Wiley |

|Shepard’s |securities research service) | |

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| |Research Institute of America “RIA” | |

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| |Rutter Group | |

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| |West Group (formerly West Publishing Co). | |

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| |Warren, Gorham & Lamont | |

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| |*Although Thomson is headquartered in Stamford, | |

|* Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally|Connecticut, it is a Canadian company. | |

|by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.| | |

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California State Bar & Professional Organizations

California State Bar

Publications:

Sections Bookstore:

American Bar Association

Bookstore:

Sections, Divisions, Forums:

Independents

Bureau of National Affairs “BNA”

Headquartered in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for more than 75 years, BNA is an independent publisher and the oldest wholly employee-owned company in the United States.

California Continuing Education of the Bar “CEB”

CEB, founded by the University of California and the State Bar of California in 1947, offers a catalog full of high-quality California-specific treatises and Action Guides

Authors of CEB books are distinguished, practicing attorneys – or judges – who are experts in their fields. California Supreme Court associate justice Kathryn Werdegar was a former director of CEB’s criminal law division. CEB materials include many practice tips and checklists.

In addition to practice treatises, CEB publishes Action Guides that break down complex legal tasks into steps. Each guide focuses on a set of procedures, outlining a plan of action to complete time-sensitive matters on schedule. Includes comparisons of available options, details to consider, deadlines to meet, copies of forms to use and case and treatise references for further research.

CEB’s OnLaw provides many CEB books in electronic format with free links to California statutes and cases.

Daily Journal Corporation

The Daily Journal has published a daily newspaper since 1893. Publisher of the San Francisco Daily Journal and Los Angeles Daily Journal.

Data Trace Publishing Company

Data Trace was originally founded in 1985 and has been a legal publisher since 1991.

“Data Trace Publishing Company has developed a corporate culture believed to be vastly different from other publishing companies. Responsive, service oriented, hands-on and non-bureaucratic, this culture has allowed new products and new ideas to flourish and is one of the key factors in Data Trace's ability to compete successfully with other larger companies in the publishing and information industry.”

James Publishing, Inc. (family-owned)

“Expanding conglomerate ownership in the legal publishing industry has triggered an increase in profits-first business practices. Since the inception of James Publishing in 1981, we've always taken a different approach.

James is a family-owned company that takes pride in reinvesting profits in product improvements, never auto-shipping line extensions, limiting the frequency of updates, delivering original material in every title, and doing our best to hold the line on supplement prices.”

Local Government Publications

Since 1976 James Longtin has self-published practice books on land use law, including planning, zoning, subdivision, building and environmental regulation.

Little-Known Tax Fact

Longtin invented the IRA/401k tax shelter concept.

Nolo Press

“Since 1971, Nolo's goal has been simple: To make America's legal system accessible to everyone.”

Solano Press Books

“A California publishing house specializing in land use, planning law, urban affairs, and environmental subjects.”

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