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by James D. Crosby

The California Supreme Court Addresses Application of the Hearsay Rule to Expert Testimony – People v. Sanchez, 2016 WL 3557001.

In a significant new decision, People v. Sanchez, 2016 WL 3557001, the California Supreme Court considered application of the hearsay rule to out-of-court...

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by James D. Crosby

California Shareholder Demanding to Inspect Corporate Records? You May Be Taking an Out of State Trip! – Innes v. Diablo Controls.

Under California Corporations Code Section 1601, a shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the accounting books and records and minutes of a...

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by James D. Crosby

“The law, like boxing, prohibits hitting below the belt.” – Martinez v. State.

In an interesting and, in a warped kind of way, entertaining new opinion, Martinez v. State  (2016) 238 Cal. App.4th 559, the Fourth District Court of...

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by James D. Crosby

It Just Got Easier To Get Sanctions Under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 128.5 – San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego.

In San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego, 2016 WL 3162818, 16 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5941, the Fourth District Court of Appeal addressed 2014...

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by James D. Crosby

A Business May Not Assign (an ITU Application), if the Assign(or) Has No Business

Another interesting post from my partner, Doug Lytle. This time on Assignment of Intent-to-Use (ITU) Trademark Applications. Follow his blog, Takes on Law....

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by James D. Crosby

“Amazon in law”. . . The Future of Law?

In a recent Q&A session published in Legal Feeds ( http://bit.ly/1X2YFob ), legal writers Richard and David Suskind speak about coming change or,...

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by James D. Crosby

Arguing Breach, Simply.

I like this direct language from the introductory paragraph of a new Ninth Circuit case – Arizona v. Tohonto O’odham Nation, 2016 WL 1211834: “This appeal...

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