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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 11, 2008

Direct Effect

Forum Column - By Rick Seabolt - As cases have become more complex, the master calendar system has proven to be inefficient and costly for both attorneys and their clients.

FORUM COLUMN

By Rick Seabolt
This article appears on Page 6

      For decades, most California state courts have used a master calendar system to assign civil cases to trial. For simple and routine matters, the master calendar system has worked reasonably well. But as cases have become more complex, the master calendar system has proven to be inefficient and costly for both attorneys and their clients. Fortu...

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