Publications
Publications
Education Law Alert
Read about gift reporting requirements for District administrators and board members.
November 2013 Real Estate and Business Law Update
Neighbor Able to Adversely Possess Part of Religious Nonprofit's Land
Tenants Could Not Bring Class Action Against Landlord for Alleged Failure to Repair and Maintain Low-Income Apartment Building
Corporation's Appeals Filed While Its Corporate Powers Were Suspended for Failure to Pay Taxes Could Proceed Because the Powers Were Later Revived
Actual Proceeds from Sale of Surety's Residence in Italy Were Not Exempt from Attachment When Guaranty Only Excluded Residence from Guaranty
Education Law Update
November 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Breaking the Chain: Problems with the Chain(s) of Custody
The Country's Most Litigious Prisoner?
Shelving Prison Law Books for Digital Resources
Twelve Angry Men? A Primer on the Seventh Amendment Jury Requirements in Federal Court
Changes in California Law Affecting LWOP Sentences for Youth
2013 Employment Legislation Highlights
The 2013 legislative session produced a number of new employment laws in California. Read more about a few of these new legal obligations.
Pacific Shores Properties, LLC v. City of Newport Beach: A Challenge for Group Home Ordinances
Public Law Update
Let's Be Clear: Using Plain Language
California Special District magazine, Volume 8, Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 2013 Edition
California has laws such as the Public Records Act that promote government transparency through access to agency documents. Yet, surprisingly, there are no state laws that address what may be the most critical aspect of document transparency; namely, whether the reader can understand the writing.
Real Estate and Business Law Update
Landlord Cannot Increase Rent for Premises Used by Tenant as Residence and Workplace in Los Angeles Mixed-Use Building
Madoff Ponzi Scheem Investors' Lawsuit Against SEC for Negligenct Fails Because Action Arose from Discretionary Acts of Federal Officers
Board of Directors of Agricultural Cooperative Acted Outside Scope of Discretionary Authority When It Implemented Inequitable Quota System
October 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
What if the Glove Doesn't Fit? An Analysis of Demonstrations in Court
"C" is for Cookie and Convict Too
Smile, You're on Candid Holding Cell Camera
Trends in Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: When Simply Processing an Appeal is Held to Violate an Inmate's Civil Rights
Condoms Vetoed for State Prisoners
Court of Appeal Affirms Lawfulness of Various Charges to Students
October 2013 Education Law Alert
Court of Appeal Affirms Lawfulness of Various Charges to Students
September 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Solitary: What's in a Word?
12 Steps to a First Amendment Claim for Atheist Parolee
Recent Elimination of the PLRA's Requirement to Show Physical Injury in Cases of Alleged Sexual Abuse
Torres c. CDCR: Why an Ankle Bracelet Does Not Make a Person a "Prisoner"
Blaisdell v. Frappiea - Service of Summons by Inmate is not "Protected Activity" for Purposes of First Amendment Retaliation Claim
Public Law Update
August 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Lemire v. CDCR: Custody Liability for Suicide Risk
Authorities Prevent Merger Between California’s Mexican Mafia Prison Gang And the Michoacan Drug Cartel
Woods v. Carey: Ninth Circuit Says No Attorney’s Fee Cap under the PLRA for Appeals
Shearin v. Brown – Class Certification Denied for Prisoners Who Were Allegedly Over-Detained
July 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Recurrent Issues on the Prison Radar
May the Force Be With You: Justifying the Use of Force in Prison Without a Threat to Safety
Coming Out of the Cell: An analysis of Gay Marriage in Prisons
Another Day in the War Zone
June 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Putting the V in "Vato": Further Developments in Gang Validation Cases
In re Martinez: Judicial Approval of Erotic Werewolf Fiction for Inmates
Innocence is Bliss…and Now is Grounds for a Habeas Extension Too
In re Boyette: A Supreme Court Decision by Way of Hollywood?
Engebreston v. Mahoney – Absolute Immunity for Enforcing Facially Valid Court Orders
Education Law Update
Education Law Brief
May 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Housing Gang Members Together: Can't a Blood and a Crip Just Get Along?
Show Me the Money! And Don't Forget the Receipts
A Scorching Consequence of Realignment Legislation
To Cut Inmate Dreadlocks or Not to Cut Them? This is the Question Decided Recently by the Seventh Circuit
April 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
In the Line of Duty? Analysis of an Agency's Liability for its Officers
Locked Down in Labor
Searching for a Tax Refund this Tax Season? Look No Further than Your Local Prison
Packing Heat: Understanding the Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act
Off-Site Public Improvements As A Map Condition: Negotiating An Off-Site Acquisition Agreement And Litigating The Developer-Funded Eminent Domain Case
Northern News
Sabey v. City of Pomona: A New and Troubling Rule for Administrative Hearings
Public Law Update
Public Law Update
Education Law Brief
March 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Colorado Prison Chief's Death a Harsh Reality Check
Catch Me if You Can: Anticipating Service of Process Issues for Former Employees
"Don't Squeeze the Charmin:" the Eighth Circuit Holds that Detainees Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Unlimited Toilet Paper
Qualified Immunity: An Evolving Shield Against a Blitz of Inmate Lawsuits
"American Taliban" - Living on a Prayer
February 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
In re Morales: Court of Appleals Limits Race-Based Lockdowns
Warning to Inmates Smuggling in Contraband: An Analysis of Chapell v. Mandeville, et al.
Cheaters Should Never Prosper: Spotting Inmate Forgeries
Making Drug Dealers Pay For Law Enforement
Western City
In the February 2013 issue of Western City Magazine, partner Brian I. Hamblet investigates how civil procedures may help to stop the sale of illicit drugs.
The California Homemade Food Act: Cottage Food Operations Arrive in California
Public Law Update
January 2013 Prison Break - Correctional Liability Update
Message from the Editor
Custody Staff and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
What You Should Know About Voter's Modification of the Three Strikes Law
Peralta v. Dillard: A New Defense of Claims of Deliberate Indifference to a Prisoner's Medical Needs
Smile, You're on Camera: A Guide to Cost-Effective Videotaping of Depositions
New Local Disability Access Fee Collection and Information Requirements Under SB 1186
Public Law Update
December 2012 Prison Break - Correctional Liablity Update
Use of Tattoos in Court
A Religious Right to Conjugal Visits?
Akhtar v. Mesa: An Insight into How Correctional Staff Can Avoid Being Found Deliberately Indifferent to a Prisoner's Medical Needs
Risky Business: Evaluation of Condom Distribution to Prisoners