Overview: In September, 2003 the Law Review featured a glowing column praising the recently passed federal law creating the Do Not Call Registry, surely it will save us from those annoying telemarketing and robo calls, just add your name to the Do Not Call Registry, ... Read more >
Overview: Megan’s Law requires convicted sex offenders to register as such with the State of California, among other requirements, all as imposed by law in 1996. The Sex Offender Tracking Program of the Department of Justice maintains the sex offender database. Surprisingly, or so it ... Read more >
Overview: Homeowner associations in California govern most subdivisions, and are granted latitude by the courts, as was reflected in a new Court of Appeal case, Watts v. Oak Shores Community Association where the Court upheld reasonable restrictions and fees imposed to address the growing trend ... Read more >
Overview: Are FedEx drivers independent contractors or employees, the latter with withholding and vacation and sick leave and overtime? Does your answer change if you know all FedEx drivers sign contracts confirming their independent contractor status? Read this weeks Law Review for the answer, the ... Read more >
Overview: The popular ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have been sued in two separate cases by drivers and former drivers claiming they are true employees, not independent contractors, thus entitled to overtime, withholding, reimbursement for costs and worker’s comp. Two separate federal judges ruled there ... Read more >
Overview: In Harb v City of Bakersfield, the Court of Appeal dealt with a case of first impression, which can’t be summarized in a few sentences, but here goes. Doctor suffers stroke, first responders mis-diagnose, ambulance comes and leaves without transporting the doctor to the ... Read more >
Overview: Sad and bizarre are the only words to describe this weeks Law Review case, where Jim Porter discusses a new Court of Appeal decision where a homeless man was convicted of sexual assault on a Chihuahua and sentenced to 10 years in prison and ... Read more >
Overview: This weeks Law Review selects the Best Of the 2014 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest of awkward first paragraphs of make believe novels, definitely worth reading, some creative amateur writers come up with some doozies. The Bulwer-Lytton contest challenges entrants to compose bad opening sentences to ... Read more >
Overview: One of the most popular Law Review columns every year is the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, where writers across the world submit their entries for the worst opening paragraph of a pretend novel. The best of the lot, tortured English beyond belief, are republished in ... Read more >
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