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DISCLAIMER: This article is not a substitute for professional legal advice.  This article does not create an attorney-client relationship, nor is it a solicitation to offer legal advice.             Some fear that moving out of the marital home may put them at a disadvantage in the division of marital property. [...]

              When people hear the term “restraining order,” they often associate it with wrongdoing or punishment. Put simply, a restraining order is a legal tool designed to protect a party or parties by limiting certain actions during a legal case.  In family law, this protective tool takes the form [...]

            “You’re dead.”             My hand was on the gun, but he was too close—and his knife was even closer. I exhaled, realizing I’d been holding my breath. I was going to pull the trigger. I tried to recall the training by Officer Beers—the exceptions—the [...]

              Election observers, sometimes tainted with intimidation, have as of late used the courts to challenge California elections. Take for example Election Integrity Project California, Inc and Advocates For Faith and Freedom who filed a lawsuit against Mark Lunn as Ventura County Clerk/Recorder claiming they were denied the right [...]

            Parking lots fights and assaults after big league sporting events, always involving alcohol, are not uncommon. While the parties involved in the incident often face legal liability, the companies managing the parking lots generally do not. Take Stokes v. Forty-Niners Stadium Management Co. for example.   Fight in Levi’s [...]

            Contractors at my construction seminars have heard me drone on about the importance about maintaining their workers compensation insurance and keeping their contractors license valid. Failure to do so can have catastrophic results. Here is a new case that proves that point.             ABI [...]

            New damning information has come out about former President Trump-hard to imagine there could be even more. Retired Marine Corps General John Kelly, Trump’s long-term former Chief of Staff, said: “the definition of fascism accurately describes the former President (Kelly went on to define the word: demagogue and more). [...]

            I don’t know where I heard this but here’s the best summary describing undecided voters in the November 5 Presidential Campaign. It mimics the menu choices on an airplane flight: “You have two choices: chicken or spoiled tuna with ground glass, which will you have?” Voter: “How is the [...]

            Ten state-wide measures qualified for the ballot this November, some proposed by the legislature and some proposed by petitions filed with millions of signatures (and tons of money). My basic rule on Propositions is vote No unless there is a good reason to vote Yes.             Porter’s recommendations for [...]