Overview: The California Supreme Court resolved an unsettled question of California criminal law involving burglary in the case of People v. Hugo Garcia, deciding that if a burglar enters into a structure with intent to commit a felony like robbery or rape, and then enters ... Read more >
Overview: April is National Donate Life month, so again Porter Simon presents our annual pitch to encourage everyone to register as an organ donor, it is easy and may save a life. 124,000 Americans need an organ donation, so take time to read this Law ... Read more >
Overview: Jim Porter is a business and real estate attorney who represents lots of upside down borrowers facing foreclosure and who are abused by big bank lenders that are difficult to work with on loan modifications and short sales; the Law Review column today expresses ... Read more >
Overview: In Salazar v. Ross Matejcek the Court of Appeal threw the book at an aggressive property owner who intentionally cut 225 trees off of his neighbor’s property to facilitate his pot growing operation in Mendocino County, assessing treble damages as the Civil Code authorizes ... Read more >
Overview: If you were a getaway driver in a robbery, and one of your partners in crime shoots and kills a security guard, are you equally responsible and likely to be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole? Read this ... Read more >
Overview: Do you know your Three Ps--Pee, Paper and Poo? Like only flush the three Ps down the toilet, and never 'flushable wipes'. When you finish this week's humorous and informative Law Review you will know everything you need to know--and more--about not putting 'flushable ... Read more >
The worse kept secret in California, maybe in all the states, is that Truckee is one of the best places to live, work and play. I have been reading accolade after accolade in prestigious publications like National Geographic, Outside Magazine and Sunset Magazine. Even that ... Read more >
Overview: Tune in to Jim Porter’s Law Review column this week about the untimely death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Porter’s ranting about key Republicans going on record in opposition to any replacement justices offered by President Obama, no matter how qualified; which ... Read more >
Overview: Public entities are immune from liability for accidents arising from natural conditions of public property, like a knarly rapid in a river, so if a rafter drowns in the remnants of an old dam in the Tuolumne River, is that a natural condition or ... Read more >
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