Sacramento Law Office of Vincent DiCarlo, Sacramento lawyer--Sacramento attorney, California and federal business litigation, arbitrations, and transactions. Sacramento law firm.

Former Law Office of Vincent DiCarlo

As of September 1, 2008,Vincent DiCarlo
is no longer engaged in the private practice of law.

This site is no longer maintained, may no longer be accurate,
and is provided for historical purposes. See disclaimer below.

Legal Teaching and Publications by Vincent DiCarlo

Teaching

Law of Evidence, PenCle Productions (CLE tape lecture), 1993.

California Civil Discovery, PenCle Productions (Commercial CLE tape), 1993.

How Not to Get Sued by an Investor, International Association of Financial Planners/Sacramento Society of CPAs, January 27, 1993.

Evidence in Trial Practice in California (including expert witnesses, discovery techniques, and rules of evidence), National Business Institute, Sacramento, California, May 6, 1993.

Spoliation of Evidence, PenCle Productions Seminar (Commercial CLE tape), August 6, 1993.

How Not to Get Sued by an Employee, Bartel, Eng, & Schroder, Sacramento, California, August 4, 1994.

Reducing the Risk of Litigation for Real Estate Owners, Developers, and Builders, Bartel Eng & Schroder, Sacramento, California, March 29, 1995.

NASD Continuing Education Requirements for Stockbrokers, Sacramento, California, June 2, 1995.

How Not to Get Sued by an Investor, Business Survival Series, San Francisco, California, June 21, 1996, and Sacramento, California, July 25, 1996.

Using Independent Contractors Instead of Employees in the Securities Industry - Avoiding the Pitfalls, San Francisco, California, September 5, 1996, and Sacramento, California, September 12, 1996.

How to Prevent Lawsuits, Quest Securities, Inc., annual compliance meeting, Sacramento, California, October 25, 1996.

How Not to Get Sued by an Employee, Business Survival Series, Sacramento, California, February 20, 1997.

Evidence in Trial Practice in California (including expert witnesses, discovery techniques, and rules of evidence), National Business Institute, Sacramento, California, April 23, 1997.

How to Protect Your Business from Ruinous Litigation in California, National Business Institute, Sacramento, California, November 13, 1997.

How Not to Get Sued by an Investor, Schwab Institutional Investors, Schwab University, San Francisco, California, February 27, 1998.

What to Tell Your Client When His Broker Done Him Wrong, International Association of Financial Planners, Sacramento Chapter, August 6, 1999.

How Not to Get Sued by an Investor, Brecek & Young Advisors, annual compliance meeting, Monterrey, California, 2000.

How Not to Get Sued by an Investor, Quest Securities, annual compliance meeting, March 1, 2001, Lake Tahoe, California.

How Not to Get Sued by An Investor, Jefferson Pilot Securities, annual compliance meetings, February 18, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada, and May 13, 2005, New York, New York.

Publications

"Legal Conflicts With Your Stockbroker", The Docket, Sacramento County Bar Association publication, July 1992.

"The Pendent Party Trap," The Docket, Sacramento County Bar Association publication, October 1992, concerning continuing constitutional doubts about pendent party jurisdiction under the federal supplemental jurisdiction statute.

Evidence in Trial Practice in California (including expert witnesses, discovery techniques, and rules of evidence), with Pamela Palmieri, - National Business Institute, May 6, 1993.

"Arbitration Clauses Can Put the Threat of Lawsuits in Check", The Business Journal, week of April 17, 1995.

"How Builders, Developers, and Owners May Avoid Litigation", The Daily Recorder, April 24, 1995

Evidence in Trial Practice in California (including expert witnesses, discovery techniques, and rules of evidence) - National Business Institute, April 23, 1997.

For the Sacramento Business Journal:

b. "How to Keep Employee Manuals from Biting You", June 23, 1997

c. "Meet a New Friend: the Annual Acknowledgment", July 14, 1997.

d. "How to Avoid Employee Lawsuits, The Exit Interview", August 4, 1997.

e. "An Employee Release Can Keep You Off the Hook", September 5, 1997.

f. "Don't Get Sandbagged by Bogus Claims for Unpaid Overtime", September 19, 1997.

How to Protect Your Business from Ruinous Litigation in California, Text for Class, National Business Institute, November 13, 1997.

Your Friend the Statute of Limitations, Registered Representative Magazine, December 2000.

Investor Protection, Is the Money Lost?, Physician's Money Digest, January 15, 2001.

Tips to Avoid Stock Misrepresentations, Physician's Money Digest, March 15, 2001.

Uninformed Investors, Unsuitable Choices, Physician's Money Digest, May 15, 2001.

How to Scare Away Plaintiffs' Lawyers, Registered Representative Magazine, July 2001.

A Summary of the Rules of Evidence, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Journal, Summer 2002.

DISCLAIMER: I have entered government service and, as of September 1, 2008, am no longer engaged in the private practice of law. Therefore, this site is no longer being maintained, may not be accurate, and should not be relied upon. It is not now and was not ever intended as legal advice. It is being provided for historical purposes, and for the benefit of those lawyers who are capable of independently verifying the information and judging the opinions in it, and then reaching their own conclusions. You are strongly advised to consult qualified legal counsel before adopting any of the ideas or suggestions in this material, which may or may not be applicable in your jurisdiction or to your specific situation, and may no longer be accurate or prudent in any case. The opinions and statements at this site were solely my own. They were not and are not those of, nor were they nor are they made on behalf of, any agency of government or anyone else.

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