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Perspective

Mar. 8, 2014

California is so welcoming, just not to these arbitrators

Non-U.S. advocates may not serve as counsel in arbitration hearings in California, even when they are the primary counse to their clients. By Robert M. Smith


By Robert M. Smith


Some people think of California as a welcoming place.


Disneyland beckons. So do sun (sometimes) and sea (in some places).


We import ripe Chilean cherries by the mega-kilo, French cheeses by the pungent container load, perky Austrian wine by the thousands of cases. We even import the best of the world's technology and smart people to Silicon Valley.


But the California State Bar and the state Legislature have d...

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