Murchison & Cumming Updates Insurance and Business Professionals on 2011 Case Law at Year in Review

April 25, 2012

LOS ANGELES--Staff reductions, courtroom closures, reduced availability of court reporters and an increased reliance on settlement courts are the "new normal" for civil courts, retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl J. West told a standing-room only audience on April 24 at Murchison & Cumming, LLP’s annual Year in Review program held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

At the 2012 event, Judge West told an audience of business and insurance executives, claims and risk management specialists and members of the bar that the consequences of the civil court budget crisis may be mitigated by taking advantage of technology, approaching litigation management as a collaborative process and through alternative protocols for resolving discovery disputes.

Murchison's YIR program takes a look back at the significant Supreme Court and Appellate Court decisions during the past year. Before Judge West’s keynote address, several of the firm’s attorneys spoke on last year's key appellate rulings impacting their specialized areas of practice. Areas addressed included insurance coverage and bad faith, construction defect, employment law, foodborne illnesses and brain injury trauma.

Program Chair Edmund G. Farrell, III, helms the event held each spring and conducts local Year in Review presentations for clients.

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