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Drive a Car – Register to Vote (One Stop)

2016-08-12T22:22:34-07:00August 12, 2016|

Overview: California is always on the cutting edge, or edge of jumping off a cliff, depending on your point of view. This time California has passed a voter registration law that automatically registers adults to vote when an application is made to get or renew ...

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Wildfire, Then Mudslide – Insurance Coverage?

2016-08-05T18:22:10-07:00August 5, 2016|

Overview: This Law Review addresses a question that frequently arises in California: is there insurance coverage if a wildfire burns a hillside above a house, which is followed by a mudslide destroying the house?  Hopefully you do not need to know.   Here’s a first.  ...

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Mobile Billboard Ban Upheld

2016-07-28T20:53:25-07:00July 28, 2016|

Overview: Who likes mobile billboards, the kind you see parked on public streets, like a large trailer or a car —advertising some stupid product?   "Eat at Simon’s Sandwich Shop!"  Well, towns and cities now have state new laws to prohibit mobile billboards on public streets, ...

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Skateboarder Assumes Risk of Injury

2016-07-22T20:42:20-07:00July 22, 2016|

Overview: Once again the California Courts of Appeal have ruled against a sports participant determining he ‘assumed the risk’ inherent in the sport, in this case of skateboarding and running into a manhole cover on a street in Mammoth Lakes; read all about Bertsch v. ...

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Liability for Savage Beating of Arrestee in Jail Cell

2016-07-15T22:53:56-07:00July 15, 2016|

Overview: What duties does a jail owe to its arrestees? If the jailors ignore pleas for protection or screams by an arrestee, may the jailors and the County be liable? You bet. Read this week’s Law Review on the recent criminal law/civil rights case, Jonathan ...

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When Employees Must Be Provided A Seat At Work

2016-07-01T23:35:29-07:00July 1, 2016|

Overview: The California Supreme Court has spoken: Employees must be provided a seat to sit on DURING WORK when the nature of the work reasonably permits, no matter the size of the employer’s business. The recent Employment Law decision is a victory for California employees. ...

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New Laws Approved to Address Prolific ADA Lawsuits

2016-06-20T21:36:52-07:00June 20, 2016|

Overview: This Law Review highlights some fairly significant changes to California’s Americans with Disabilities (ADA) laws:  in short, mere minor Technical Violations of the ADA accessibility standards (e.g. faded paint in parking lot) do not amount to a violation justifying an ADA  lawsuit and award ...

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Statutory Offers to Compromise in California

2016-06-14T23:36:49-07:00June 14, 2016|

California, like Nevada, authorizes parties to a lawsuit to extend what are commonly referred to as “statutory offers to compromise” or “offers of judgment.”  Unlike Nevada, however, which has two separate enactments addressing such offers (N.R.C.P. 68 and N.R.S. 17.115), California has a single statute ...

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