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Arresting Homeless – Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

2021-06-22T22:47:19-07:00March 23, 2019|

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.” Anatole France.             I’ve always loved that quote from the Red Lily.             Todays Law Review discusses a federal lawsuit ...

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Residential Leases Can Be Tricky

2021-06-22T22:47:41-07:00March 15, 2019|

Landlords, listen up because many of you are making mistakes in your residential lease notices, which is understandable given the complexity of California laws – forever adding new notice requirements for residential landlords. 30 VERSUS 60-DAY NOTICE For about a million years, residential landlords and ...

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Can a Child Have Three Parents?

2021-06-22T22:52:52-07:00February 22, 2019|

Today’s Law Review analyzes an interesting case. The court has to decide whether an infant can have more than two parents, in this case three parents. You ask how can that be? THE “CHILD”  A Child (no names in the Opinion) was born in July ...

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Tenant Estoppel Certificates: A Peek Behind the Curain

2021-06-22T22:56:23-07:00February 13, 2019|

| ACROSS THE LINE | Published in the Washoe County Bar Association’s The Writ By: Aparna L. Reddy of Porter Simon Estoppel certificates are often treated as routine, and are often blithely signed by commercial and residential tenants upon request by landlords. On closer examination, however, such certificates may ...

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Must Domino’s Pizza Website be ADA Compliant?

2021-06-22T22:58:32-07:00February 1, 2019|

Domino’s Pizza has restaurants and a website and app to order at-home delivery and in-store pickup of pizzas, the latter being the focus of today’s column. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability “in the full and equal enjoyment ...

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