The Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses open to the public to “make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures…to individuals with disabilities.” Could the ADA require automobile dealers to install temporary vehicle hand controls for would-be test drivers with disabilities, no matter how expensive? ... Read more >
The question I get asked more than any other – more than “Porter aren’t you retired by now?” even more than “how did you manage to have such a wonderful family?”- is “So when is the Railyard Project going to get started?” BREAKING NEWS/GROUND Well, ... Read more >
“In 1939 Germany, as part of the ‘Aryanization’ of the property of German Jews, Lilly Neubauer was forced to ‘sell’ a painting by Camille Pissaro, a French Impressionist, to Jackob Scheidwimmer, a Berlin art dealer.” That, my friends, is the opening paragraph of this Ninth ... Read more >
Our Truckee-Tahoe economy is recreation-based. Name the sport – it’s done in our Sierra Region. There is an entire body of law involving recreational activities where the participant is deemed to have “assumed the risk” of injuries inherent in the activity, and thus has given ... Read more >
If you are a baseball nut, especially if you like stats, this is your lucky day. Several minor league baseball players filed an antitrust suit against former baseball commissioner Bud Selig and all of the owners of major league teams. The antitrust issues are as ... Read more >
If you are driving without a valid driver’s license can the police, in this case the Los Angeles Police Department, impound your vehicle? That question is too easy for you smart readers, even for you average readers. How’s this. If you can prove you have ... Read more >
Hopefully you are never in a car crash, but if you are, here are a few tips. These are gleaned from a California State Bar publication entitled “What Should I do if I Have an Auto Accident.” If you would like a copy of this ... Read more >
The November 8, 2016 California ballot included two death penalty-related Propositions: 62 and 66. Prop. 62 would have outlawed the death penalty. I recommended YES. It was defeated. Prop. 66 would have sped up the death penalty process. I recommended NO. It passed. Two time ... Read more >
On Cinco de Mayo, a very important day in history, my birthday, I wrote a Law Review about People v. Gonzalez -- critical of the Court of Appeal’s decision -- concluding “a bit of a stretch…" The Justices of the California Supreme Court apparently read ... Read more >
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