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CalCBA Spring Conference
Saturday, May 16, 2009

Managing Your Practice in Today's Troubled Times: A Macro and Micro Economic Look At Today's Collection Environment

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About California Creditors Bar Association www.calcba.org
The voice of California collection attorneys, CCBA is the largest creditor bar association in the western United States. Primarily comprised of creditor law firms and associate members, CCBA provides practical ideas and experience towards legislation and Court Rules to strengthen and improve California's judicial system and offers educational seminars and opportunities to share current issues and ideas.

For more information, contact Executive Director, Linda A. Sampson, at (714) 602-2505; email: lsampson@calcba.org.

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Senate Bill 639 Enacted On September 11, 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 639 into law. The law clarifies that, as of January 1, 2008, foreign judgments being entered in the State of California have a ten year statute of limitations.

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New Rules of Court | Effective July 1, 2007
On Friday, April 27, 2007, the Judicial Council approved the collections cases proposal developed by the Collections Cases Working Group. The new and amended rules and revised Civil Case Cover Sheet will be effective July 1, 2007.

The California Creditors Bar Association is very thankful for all of the hard work and effort undertaken to make this possible, and looks forward to streamlined Court dockets, uniform Court Rules across the State of California, and elimination of numerous local procedures for collection cases, all saving countless resources for courts, lawyers and litigants.

A link to the changes in the California Rules of Court reflecting the changes:
Collections Cases: Service and Case Management

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