Criminal Law

Johnson v. American Standard (Cal. Supreme Court - April 3, 2008)
"The Restatement of Torts allows a 'sophisticated user' defense; i.e., a manufacturer doesn't have to warn a sophisticated user of its product of particular dangers when such dangers are well-known to such high-level users...

Anatomy of A California Product Defense Case, Part III
Starting last month, I blogged here and here on the nuts and bolts of defending a product liability case in California. Some of the steps I discussed are hardly exclusive to California, but there is a California twist to everything,...

California Adopts Sophisticated User Defense
In Johnson v. American Standard ( California Supreme Court Case No. S139184 (4/3/08)) the California Supreme Court found the perfect case in which to finally adopt the "sophisticated user defense", something that the U...

Priorable
I just heard this word for the first time, from a California criminal defense lawyer I know; it seems to be a purely California legalism ? the over 30 uses I found on Westlaw, starting with the mid-1980s but accelerating in the last ten years, all come from California...

New California case: arbitrator must disclose defense practice
The arbitrator in an attorney-client fee dispute should have disclosed his defense-oriented practice, says the the California Court of Appeal in Benjamin, Weill & Mazer v. Kors. I wonder how far this reasoning goes...

California bishop appointed chairman for Catholic Marriage Defense Committee
Catholic News Agency: "The new president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, announced Jan. 5 that he appointed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, California as chairman of the conference's Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage...

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans

Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

The Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Government Overbilling
Defense contractor to pay $8.9 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.

Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action
Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action