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California Expands Sexual Harassment Training It used to be the law in California that if you were an employer with 50 or more employees, you had to train your managers and supervisory staff with two hours of sexual harassment training, and repeat it every two years. However, as of January 1st, 2019, that requirement was […]
Who Is Prohibited From Owning a Gun in California? In California, you’re not allowed to have a firearm in public, unless it is unloaded and in a locked container in the trunk of your car. But beyond that, there are categories of people who are prohibited from owning, possessing, acquiring, or using a firearm. The […]
California Conspiracy Penal Code 182 The crime of conspiracy is commonly heard more on the federal level than on the state level, and it involves two or more people hatching a plan to commit a crime such as a bank robbery. In such a situation, the bank robbery on its own is a crime, and […]
Difference Between Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter Voluntary manslaughter is when you kill somebody in the heat of passion or a sudden quarrel without prior motive. In such cases, the prosecutors very rarely charge a suspect with voluntary manslaughter in the first instance. What happens is that the prosecutor charges the defendant with murder. The defendant […]
Steps to Filing for a Legal Separation To get a legal separation, couples have to do more than live apart. A legal separation requires couples to go through a process that is almost similar to a divorce. Legal separation usually involves the same issues that are involved in a divorce, child custody and visitation, alimony […]
What California Law Says about Self Defense and Its Guidelines Self-defense under California Penal Code 198.5 means that a person applied force or used violence against another person, but did so to protect themselves from imminent danger or harm. When a person argues an affirmative defense, they admit that they engaged in specific behavior, but […]
