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Insanity Defenses

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Flow Chart for Removal to Federal Court

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Unavailable Declarant Exceptions

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  1. Dying Declaration
  2. Former Testimony
  3. Statement against interest
  4. Statement of personal/family history
  5. Statement offered against party that wrongfully caused unavailability
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When can a court exercise discretion in declining proper supplemental JDx

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  1. issue of novel/complex state law
  2. Claim predominates over original claim
  3. OG claims have been dismissed
  4. Other compelling reason
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Different Types of Larceny Flow Chart

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Alternative Sources of Personal JDx

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Authenticating Ancient Documents

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  1. at least 20 years old (30 in CA)
  2. condition creates no suspicion as to authenticity
  3. in place where authentic document would likely be
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Mercy Rule

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Criminal D may introduce R/O evidence that their character is inconsistent with the crime charged

i.e. D’s character for honesty inconsistent with the charge of embezzlement.

Prosecution may then may rebut with it’s own witness through R/O; OR XE D’s witness w/ specific instances of conduct.

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Discovery of Non-Testifying Expert

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Facts/opinions/identity held by expert NOT discoverable unless
1. relate to court-ordered examination
2. exceptional circumstances render it impracticable to obtain info through other means (party dies and cannot be evalutated)

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Discovery of Testifying Expert

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Facts known/opinions held by expert discoverable through depo

Drafts of reports and disclosures not discoverable

Comms between attorney and expert not discoverable UNLESS
1. Relate to expert compensation
2. Identify, facts, data, or assumptions provided by attorney that expert considered in forming opinions.

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Types of Fifth Amendment Takings

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Exactions Test

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Condition to obtain building permit is a taking unless government can establish:

  1. Essential Nexus -imposed condition substantially advances legitimate government interest 2. rough proprotionality - proposed development’s impact on community is roughly proportional to the imposed condition’s burden on the landowner
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Ex Posto Facto Clauses

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Bill of attainder

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Article 1 bars states/fed from legislative acts that punish a specified person or group without a trial.

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Required Discovery Disclosures

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3rd Party Standing

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  1. P and 3rd party have a special relationship (inextricably close
  2. genuine obstacles prevent the 3rd part from asserting their rights
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Admissibility of Character Evidence for Propensity Flowchart

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Response to Amended Pleading

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Party may amend original pleading once as a matter of course. When this occurs, answering party must respond by later of the following
1. Time remaining to respond to original pleading (typically 21 days after service of process)
2. 14 days after service of amended pleading

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Public Forum Regulations

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Must be content-neutral (time/place/manner). No viewpoint discrimination. and must be
1. Narrowly tailored to serve a substantial government interest and
2. leave open ample alternatives to channels of communications

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Impeaching with Criminal Conviction FlowChart

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PR: Retainer Agreements

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ABA: No writing requirement unless contingency

CA: No writing requirement for
1. Representation <$1,000
2. Corporate Client
3. Emergency

CA still needs writing for contingency

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Duty of Loyalty: Attorney’s own Interest

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  1. Relationship with opposing attorney
  2. Stake in the outcome
  3. Membership in organizations against what attorney is advocating for the client

May arise before or during the represenation

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Duty of Loyalty: Current and Former Client

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May not represent new client if
1. materially limit the current client
2. potentially reveal confidential infomration regarding the former client

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Duty of Loyalty: Waiver of Conflict

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  1. Atty reasonably believes he can competently and dilligently represent the client (objective & subjective)
  2. Not prohibited by law
  3. Informed consent (ABA); informed written consent (CA)
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Beginning/End of Attorney-Client Relationship

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Begins when client reasonably believes that a relationship has begun

ABA: Lasts forever
CA: relationship terminates once the client has died and estate settled
Corporate Clients: dissolution of the company

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Duty of Competence

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ABA: must represent client with sufficient knowledge, thoroughness, and completion
CA: Attorney must not act with reckless disregard, gross negligence, or willfully when representing client.

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Duty of Diligence

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ABA: diligence= knowledge, thoroughness, and completion

CA: Attorney must not act with reckless disregard or with gross negligence when representing client.

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Duty to Communicate

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Attorney has duty to communicate with client regarding all critical stages of the case and disclose all potential or apparent conflicts

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PR: Lying to Client

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Attorney must never lie to client even if doing so would jeopardize there relationship with the client.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil elements

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Generally, shareholders are not personally liable for corporate acts. however, courts may allow a P to pierce the corporate veil and sue a shareholder individually if:

  1. Undercapitalization at the time of formation
  2. Disregard of Corporate Formalities
  3. Use of Corporate Assets as Shareholder’s Own Assets
  4. Self-Dealing
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Derivative Action

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Shareholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the other shareholders of the corporation for a breach of fiduciary duties by the directors. Recovery will go to the corporation rather than the shareholder personally.

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Steps to Bring a Derivative Action

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  1. Standing (SH at time of wrong; maintain ownership throughout litigation; Adequately Represents the shareholders)
  2. Demand: must make written demand to the board (90 days wait unless rejection or irreperable injury) UNLESS Demand is futile
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Corporations: Duty of Loyalty Definition

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Director has the duty to put the corporations interest before his own.

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Corporations: Duty of Loyalty - Self Dealing

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Rule: Transaction between the corp and a director (or relatives) or a business in which the director has an interest that would normally require approval of the board is a breach of duty of loyalty UNLESS:
1. Ratification disclosure of material facts + approval by majority of disinterested board members or shareholders.
2. Substantively Fair

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Corporations: Duty of Loyalty: Corporate Opportunity

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A director/officer cannot usurp a corporate opportunity unless they first notify the board and wait for acceptance/rejection before seizing the opportunity.

Measured by interest or expectancy or line of business test

Remedy: damages, constructive trust, or corp gets opportunity at cost.

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Corporations: Duty of Loyalty - Competing Venture

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A director/officer that engages in a business that competes with the Corp is in breach of his duty of loyalty

Remedy: Constructive Trust on profits or injunctive relief

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Corporations: Duty of Care

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Must act as a prudent person in like circumstances; must use any special skills

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Corporations: Duty of Care - Business Judgment Rule

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In the absence of fraud, illegality, or self dealing, the good faith actions of a director or officer will not be disturbed

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Controlling Shareholder

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Anyone with 50% of a corporations assets, or a controlling share when no-one has over 50%, owes a fiduciary duty to minority shareholders to not use their power in a way to disadvantage them.

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Corporations: Compel Dividends

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Shareholders generally can’t compel a payment of a dividend.

To compel, shareholder must prove
1) funds legally available
2) bad faith on directors in refusal pay

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Crim Law: Mistake of Law Defenses

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No defense unless
1. Law unavailable*
2. D reasonably relied on invalid law
3. Mistake negates mens rea

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Crim Law: Mistake of Fact

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Defense when mistake negates mens rea:
1. Specific intent - defense if honest mistake
2. General intent & Malice - defense if honest & reasonable mistake
3. Strict Liability - no defense

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First Amendment: Commercial Speach

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Government can ban commercial speech that is 1) false or misleading or 2) concerns unlawful activity

Government can only regulated protected commercial speech if the government proves its regulation directly advances a substantial government interest and is not more extensive than necessary to serve that interest.

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Impeaching witness’s character for truthfulness flowchart

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Equal Protection Challenge: Citizenship Flowchart

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Dormant Commerce Clause: Two Types of Unconstitutional Regulations

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  1. Discriminatory (favors in-state interests): Unconstitutional unless it furthers legitimate state interest and no reasonable alternative
  2. Nondiscriminatory (undue burden): Unconstitutional if burden clearly exceeds local benefit.
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Transferring interest through Deed

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A deed transfers an interest in real property once it has been delivered and accepted
1. Delivery: evidenced by the grantor’s intent to presently transfer an interest to the grantee, even if the interest itself is a future interest; AND
2. Accepted - presumed if transfer benefits the grantee.

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Presumed Delivery of Deed

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  1. Physical delivery
  2. Recording
  3. Unconditional delivery to agent
  4. Grantee obtains possession of deed

May be rebutted by evidence that the grantor did not intend to presently transfer an interest to the grantee.

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PR: Fee Splitting

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ABA: Allowed so long as 1) client consent; 2) fee is proportional

CA: allowed so long as
1) not unconscionable
2. written consent
3) can’t increase overall fee

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Corps: Rule16(b)(Swing Trading)

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Prohibits D/O/10%SH from purchasing/selling or selling/purchasing stocks in less than six months

Corp entitled to recover maximum difference

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Rul 10(b)(5)

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Relation Back Doctrine: Two Types

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New Claim: Arise out of the same conduct, transaction, or occurence set out in original pleading

New Party:
1. Amendment asserts claim/defense that arose out of conduct/transaction/occurence in original pleading
2. notice given to new D within 90 days after original complaint
3. party to be brought in by amendment knew/should have known action would have been brought against him but for a mistake concerning the proper party’s identity.

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Motion for Summary Judgment

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will be granted if all the evidence shows there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law

Court must construe all evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and resolve all doubts in favor of the nonmoving party.

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Summary Judgment: Issue of Material Fact

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Reasonable Jury could return a verdict in favor of the nonmoving party.

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Claim Preclusion Elements

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  1. Valid Final Judgment on the Merits: Valid=proper JDx (P and SM) and D had notice and opportunity to be heard. Final judgment=nothing further for the court to do but enter judgment. Merits=Summary judgment/JMOL/RJMOL/Full trial
  2. Identical Cause of Action
  3. Identical Parties
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Preclusion: Valid Final Judgment on Merits

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  1. Valid proper JDx (P and SM) and D had notice and opportunity to be heard.
  2. Final judgment nothing further for the court to do but enter judgment.
  3. Merits Summary judgment/JMOL/RJMOL/Full trial
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Issue Preclusion

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  1. Same Issue (facts relevant to issue and applicable law must be identical)
  2. Actually litigated
  3. Final Valid Judgment
  4. Essential to Judgment (issue constitutes a necessary component of the decision reached)
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Allowable Discovery

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Permitted with regard to any matter relevant to any party’s claim/defense in the action that is not privileged. It need not be admissible to be discoverable. Discoverable if it appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

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Motion to Compel

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  1. Served on all parties
  2. Accompanied with certificate that movant has made good faith effort to M&C
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Discovery Challenge: Court Factors

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Court will balance
1. Parties interest in seeking discovery
2. Privacy interests in the parties

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Partner v. Employee

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Partner=agree to carry on as co-owners for profit. Receive share of profits=presumed partner (unless wages)

Employee=hired by company, paid salary/wages to perform service, works at behest and direction of a business

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Members

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Owners of an LLC

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Partnerships: Express Authority

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May arise from
1. Partnership Agreement
2. Authorization of the partners
3. Statement of authority filed with the state

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Partnerships: Implied Authority

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Based on partner’s reasonable belief that an action is necessary to carry out his express authority.

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Partnerships: Apparent Authority

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Exists if partnership holds a partner or employee out as possessing certain authority, thereby inducing others to reasonably believe that such authority exists.

Look to RB of 3rd party.

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