Overview: This weeks Law Review highlights Jim Porter’s favorite word ‘knucklehead’ which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used to describe a Fresno resident who tested how far his kid’s laser would point by…you guessed it, pointing it at helicopters flying over his apartment, for ... Read more >
I know I am dating myself, but it was at least 30 years ago, at least, when I stumbled upon these so-called “Construction Definitions.” I have no idea where these came from, but I doctored them up and added a few of my own. While ... Read more >
Overview: Two of the most successful new companies in the world are about to change their business plans: Uber and Lyft. The California Labor Commissioner’s office ruled, as did two federal courts in California two months ago, that Uber’s drivers are employees and not independent ... Read more >
Overview: Jim Porter is a big believer in mediation as a useful, efficient means of alternative dispute resolution, certainly a tool to be tried before arbitration or litigation. He was certified as a mediator and formed a mediation service before most attorneys even knew what ... Read more >
Overview: This weeks Law Review once again encourages readers to sign up to be an organ or tissue donor, thus joining most Americans who have signed on to one of the Registries, like: www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.organdonor.gov. Do it, you may save lives. As most of ... Read more >
Overview: California is a good place to be if you are a tenant, meaning our Legislature seems to favor tenants, by among other laws, adding special notice requirements for residential leases. This weeks Law Review highlights some of these unique notices for terminating leases, notices ... Read more >
Overview: Building part of a garage or home or landscaping or even planting flowers just over the property line on your neighbor’s property is par for the course in the Sierra it seems, our office handles dozens of boundary line encroachment cases. So it is ... Read more >
Overview: This weeks Law Review discusses California's new law and implementing regulations outlawing lead ammunition in the Golden State, phased over four years with an absolute ban against lead ammunition for hunting taking effect on July 1, 2019, making California the first state in the ... Read more >
Overview: After SF Giant Barry Bonds set Major League Baseball's career record for home runs, 762, and home runs in a year in 2001, 73, the feds tried to convict him of illegal use of steroids, but were only successful in obtaining one felony conviction ... Read more >
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