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            As you faithful readers recall, we annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners.             For you new readers, the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words, “It was [...]

            Many of us belong to or intend to join exercise facilities like fitness clubs. Most clubs if not all require new members to sign a Release of Liability sometimes known as a Release of Claims before joining. Does that protect the club should you have an injury and sue? [...]

            Press the Law Review snooze button. We are breaking from our usual boring legalese-ridden guaranteed-to-put-anyone-to-sleep law review columns. Yep, it’s time for our real life, verbatim, Courtroom Bloopers. Most of these come from one of my Hastings, rather California University School of Law, San Francisco, professor’s book; Disorderly Conduct [...]

            While celebrity couples are not necessarily “average” people when it comes to divorce and custody matters, the well-known idiom “we all put our pants on one leg at a time,” does come to mind. In divorce, celebrities face the same legal issues, emotional challenges, and fear of economic [...]

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose- by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. That my friends is our clever lead into today’s column. Candi Bimbo Doll Candi Bimbo Doll, originally Samantha Wood, petitioned the Superior Court on her own to officially change her name to [...]

            Co-parenting with a high-conflict person (“HCP”) can be mentally, physically, emotionally, and even financially draining. HCPs frequently engage in patterns of high conflict behavior that increase, rather than reduce or avoid, conflict. The conduct can be intentional, defensive, sporadic, and even pathological.  If you are co-parenting with an HCP, [...]

            You avid readers of the Law Review know we have written about plenty of sports injury cases, where the party that allegedly caused the injury and was sued, defends on the basis that the injured party “assumed the risk.” Assumption of the risk defenses are common for snow skiing [...]

            I receive a lot of requests for my election recommendations columns. Hard to believe, huh. Last year I received an email from one reader who was most appreciative of my support column. It made it easy for him to know who NOT to vote for. Glad to help.             [...]

            Homeowner associations and other landowners must maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition. An accident on a landowner’s property does not necessarily make them liable. When does the owner, perhaps you, have an obligation to warn of a dangerous condition? RUNNING RAINWATER ON HOA PROPERTY             Susan Nicoletti [...]