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Perspective

Aug. 15, 2012

Can all the king's men put our broken legal system together again?

Even if the previous budget cuts went unnoticed by the public, the more recent cuts will definitely be felt by all. By Sarah K. Goldstein and Kimberly A. Westmoreland of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP


By Sarah K. Goldstein and Kimberly A. Westmoreland


The California court system is broken. This message was delivered by several speakers at the July 25 State Bar of California's Labor and Employment Law Section's Wage and Hour Conference. The California court system has experienced budget cuts for many years: furlough days, less bailiffs in courtrooms, longer lines at filing windows. But the courts have recently made even more severe cuts - cuts to servic...

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