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Overview: California has some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, no doubt the most rigorous in all the land.  That does not sit well with Second Amendment advocates who challenge almost all new laws regulating buying or owing a gun, as was the case in this Law Review where California’s 10 day [...]

Overview: Our Legislature passed a significant new ADA law mandating that commercial property owners and landlords add new notices to commercial leases, starting January 1, 2017.  The notices are to inform would-be tenants whether the building is ADA compliant; read Civil Code 1938 and know your rights as tenants and duties as landlords.   The [...]

Overview: Pollinating honey bees are in dire straits, suffering Colony Collapse throughout the country.  Many experts believe the problem is frequent use of insecticides and pesticides by growers that has the unintended consequence of killing pollinating bees which is killing fruit growers. Read this week’s Law Review about a case filed against the EPA to [...]

Overview: This Law Review highlights more of California’s 898 new laws for 2017, seems like some kind of record.  Learn about ballot selfies, date rape drugs, cell phones when driving, child safety seats and much more, boring but it is the law. Here are a handful of the 898 new laws passed for 2017.  I [...]

Overview: Californians overwhelmingly passed Prop 2 in 2008, requiring chickens to be confined where they could stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn around freely, all movements one would think a chicken should be allowed to do.  All eggs sold in the Golden State must comply with the Prop 2 standards. ‘Chicken Little’ claimed [...]

Those of you in the real estate world know about dual agency, where a real estate agent represents the buyer and the seller. A dual agent owes a fiduciary duty of utmost care, integrity, honesty and loyalty to both the seller and the buyer.In Hiroshi Horiike v. Coldwell Banker Company, the California Supreme Court dotted [...]

Overview: Jim Porter’s Christmas gift to his readers (of 37 years) is a Lawyer Humor column, better than his usual (self described, but he doesn’t really mean it) boring columns, so don’t miss the latest Courtroom Gaffes, always a hoot. The Christmas season is upon us, and as much as I know you love these [...]

Overview: Is there any advantage when buying a used car in California to buy a so-called ‘Certified’ used vehicle? What exactly does that mean?  To find out read this week's Law Review where Jim Porter analyzes a new federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision against CarMax who provide their ‘Certified’ used car buyers a [...]

This San Francisco‑based Court of Appeal decision balances the tension between technological advancements brought on by wireless companies and a community’s interest in maintaining aesthetics.  On just about any street or highway in America we find telephone, cable, electrical, internet and wireless lines and equipment. Where do telephone and wireless companies get the right to [...]