Law Offices of Gerald A. Spala- Newsletter Archive:

This is an index with links to all of my prior newsletters dating back to the last part of 1993.  Some of  the documents have been converted to a text format, viewable with all wordprocessors or browsers.

Copyright,  2004, Gerald A. Spala, Esq. All rights reserved. The materials and opinions contained herein are not intended as legal advice, nor should be relied upon as legal advice in the absence of a  complete and thorough consultation or review of your matter by a licensed attorney Disclaimer and Warning: The law is a dynamic field.  Many of the propositions and much of the content discussed in the individual articles have been or could have been seriously affected by subsequently dated events, decisions or statutory changes.  No liabilities, warranties or guarantees, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the content, can be assumed, nor are intended to be conveyed,  suggested or communicated by the content of any of the articles.  In line with the earlier warning, the reader is urged to exercise caution, and to otherwise verify the current accuracy or applicability of any statements with a licensed attorney familiar with their facts, transaction, or inquiry.

 

Winter, 2002(Linked 1/02)

Update comment 

Lawsuit stats

New crime stats 

Airbag verdicts 

News developments 

Unresolved 

Yesterday's news 

Firsts 

Bankruptcy reform legislation 

Bankruptcy filing trends 

Bankruptcy cases 

Legal news behind the headlines 

McVeigh's capitalized punishment 

Enron 

Cases and controversies 

California 

Federal 

Online education stats 

Broadband stat 

Pirated software stat 

Microsoft update 

Tech really matters

 Wireless, displays and other 

Privacy 

Credit card links 

More links  

 

Winter, 2000(Linked 1/00)

New laws-highlights 

Cases and controversies 

Bankruptcy 

Legal trends 

Crazy cases 

Cyberlaw: domain name game 

Tech trends 

Microsoft update 

Parting shots

 

Summer, 1999(Linked 6/99) 

Summer breaks-reading 

Beat goes on 

Cases and controversies 

Current trends 

Legal trends 

New Links  

Tech trends 

Parting shots-Rudyard Kipling

 

 

Fall, 1998(Linked 12/98) 

Banner Edition 

Tech Trends-the good, bad, ugly 

The Microsoft 

The Government  

The Courts  

New Links  

New Bankruptcy Study  

Digital Signatures  

President Ford on Government 

 

Summer, 1998(Linked 8/98) 

Introduction 

Summer? 

Tech Trends 

Legal Trends in the News  

Legal Trends in the Courts  

Scandal of Bankruptcy Reform  

Theodore Roosevelt, Sort of Commentary 

 

Spring, 1998(Linked 6/98) 

Fully Constructed Website 

Spring Mailing Address 

Legal Trends  

Tech Trends  

Crazy Case  

Bankruptcy Reform Gone Crazy 

George Bernard Shaw 

 

Winter, 1997-98(Linked 3/98) 

Under Construction  

Proposition 213:  Another Update 

Quackenbush  

Practicing Brain Dead  

Bestseller  

Dog Days  

Legal Trends  

Sanctioned  

Tech Trends  

Class Actions  

Parting Shots  

 

Fall, 1997(Linked 3/98) 

Oops!:  Apologies and other announcements  

Proposition 213:  Update Yoshioka  

You're in Good Hands  

National Bankruptcy Review Commission  

Student Loans:  Middle Class Dreams or Prison Sentence?  

McDonald's:  Just the Facts:  700 Burned and Counting  

Criminal Wrongs, Civil Litigation  

Useful Legal Internet Sites    

 

Summer, 1997 (Linked 3/98) 

MSNBC, Martindale-Hubbell  

Paperless Office  

Moron Joke  

Thomas Jefferson & Bankruptcy  

KFC Chicken Case  

Bankruptcy Alert-Private IRA's  

Big Firm Fees-A Commentary  

Criminal Cases, Civil Remedies    

 

Spring, 1997(Linked 4/98) 

BK Update:  IRAS  

Prop 213 Update  

BK Update:  Dissolutions  

Law Joke  

Disability Insurance:  Verdict Incontestability  

MediCal Medicaid:  Transfers    

 

Winter, 1996(Linked 4/98) 

Holiday Schedule  

Newsletter Change:  Photo  

Internet Site  

Prop 213  

New Partnership Laws  

Recent Verdicts    

 

Fall, 1996 (Linked 4/98) 

Bankruptcy Update  

Verdict Update:  Better than TV 

Dogbite:  Golden Goose or Egg? (A Personal Injury Lawyer’s Analysis)  Developments:  Workplace Violence    

 

Summer, 1996 (Linked 4/98) 

Of Counsel arrangements  

Anniversaries  

Express 91 FastTrack  

Legal Demographics  

Three Strikes Struck  

Right of Privacy-Employment Records Subpenas  

Survival Actions.    

 

Spring, 1996 (Linked 4/98) 

Propositions 200 & 202  

Bankruptcy-Marital claims  

Private Retirement Funds  

False Loan Statements    

 

 

Winter, 1995 (Linked 3/98) 

Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy  

Recent Verdicts  Law School 

post OJ  

MediCal Asset Preservation  

 

Fall, 1995 (Linked 3/98) 

Arbitration, More recent developments  

ERISA  

Landlords, Hotel/motel-end of Strict liability  

Choice of entity-liability  

Asset searches   

 

Summer,  1995 (Linked 3/98) 

Soft Tissue Injuries  

Lawyer:  Good Qualities to Look For  

Small Business Conference  

Gift Taxes  

Bill Collecting, Creditworthiness    

 

Spring, 1995 (Linked 3/98)

Drunken Driving Law  

Civil Code Sect. 1708.7-Stalking  

Real estate disclosure requirements CC1102, 1102.6  

Parental Liability limits increase, CC 1714.1  

New Anti-Smoking law  

Octobner 1994 Bankruptcy Reform  

Leases and Bankruptcy  

Chapter 13 Threshold increases  

Increased Exemptions  

60 Day Presumption Periods  

Marital property disputes and related obligations and Bankruptcy  

Binding Arbitration Agreements    

 

Summer, 1994 (Linked 3/98)

Gone Fishin'

Smartlaw Info Line  

Landlord Tenant Update  

BK Nutshell  

On the Job Update  

Your Case, Your File  

Going To Trial  

 

(No Fall or Winter 1994)    

 

Spring, 1994 (Linked 3/98)

Gambiling Debts 

BK & IRAS 

Copying  Software 

Past/Present Verdicts 

On The Job   

 

 

Winter 1993-94 (Linked 3/98)

On the Job 

Car News 

Car Accidents 

Small Business Planning 

BK & Credit 

Family & Criminal Lawyers  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

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