Alexi provides high-quality answers to complex legal questions in memo format for lawyers. Below you can see a collection of sample excerpts from just some of the thousands of research memos we produce.
What is the majority holding that a union's conduct in promulgating and seeking to enforce its work limitation rule violated the provisions of the collective agreement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for overturning a judgment in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a state court has jurisdiction to remove a person from the jurisdiction of the federal court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a habeas petition challenging a prison disciplinary action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is there any case law where a defendant has a right to confront a witness?
California, United States of America
When is a statement of opinion liable for defamation?
California, United States of America
Can a judge who is a defendant in a civil matter refuse to testify as a witness or witness?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review that we must apply on appeal?
California, United States of America
Can a plaintiff's actions constitute contributory negligence in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
How has the jury been instructed in a jury trial?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a doctor's conduct when assessing a patient’s condition?
Alberta, Canada
What is the effect of a single instruction to a jury in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for making an Environmental Information Statement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for the consent defense at the Convention of Nations?
MultiRegion, United States of America
In what circumstances will a plaintiff bring a new cause of action against a defendant after the statute of limitations expired?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of requiring a plaintiff to provide blood and urine samples for analysis?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the burden of collateral estoppel on a criminal defendant?
California, United States of America
Is there any evidence that a condom penetrated the vagina during a sexual assault?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law that supports a plaintiff's claim for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the general rule in the penalty phase of a capital case?
California, United States of America
Does plaintiff's third amended complaint have to be presented as opposing evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining damages in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
If a defendant secures on appeal a reversal of his conviction based on insufficiency of evidence, is that defendant subject to a retrial?
California, United States of America
In what circumstances will the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration review the decision of a visa officer under review?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the current state of the law on wiretapping under Section 2518 of the Federal Communications Commission Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is there any case law on damages for loss of housekeeping capacity where there has not been any actual expenditure?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the definition of SLAPP?
California, United States of America
What is the test for imposing sanctions on a local rule violation?
California, United States of America
Is the internal workings of the discipline process protected from disclosure?
Nova Scotia, Canada
If a child has been released from custody and returned to their original parent, is there any reason for objection?
Alberta, Canada
What is the background to the insurer's refusal to insure a mobile home?
Alberta, Canada
What is the current state of the law on distributive costs?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for excluding evidence that supports a Charter violation?
Ontario, Canada
What is the cost of bringing a plaintiff to trial?
Ontario, Canada
What are the factors used to determine whether a federal litigant has jurisdiction to stay a motion in a state court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a judge to decide a case without any interference from the Chief Justice?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Can a plaintiff bring a cause of action for declaratory relief in a civil matter?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of proof at which a plaintiff must prove they have committed a crime by a preponderance of the evidence?
California, United States of America
What is the test for standing to challenge a search and seizure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for habeas corpus in a federal court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the substantial evidence standard in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for bringing a claim for damages against a public entity?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law or precedent for the need for additional interrogatories?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How have the courts interpreted jury instructions in cases involving sexual assault cases?
California, United States of America
How has the US Federal Bureau of Investigation assessed the credibility of an applicant's testimony at a hearing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does the Attorney General have to prove that the sentence imposed by a judge in a sexual assault case was authorized?
California, United States of America
What is the time limit for filing an appeal?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the standard of review for a criminal conviction for unauthorized possession of drugs in jail?
California, United States of America
What is the effect of improper "R" suffix designation on a second amended habeas corpus petition?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a defense based on mental illness?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a contingent claim?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a plaintiff permitted to amend or amend an articling student’s affidavit?
Ontario, Canada
Does the conduct of the police during an impugned search under s. 8 of the Criminal Code apply to the search?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for "good cause" in the context of a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on a requirement that a plaintiff must be a "catalyst" for the disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a failure to make a forbearance payment sufficient to cause a temporary restraining order?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of proving element of the charged count?
California, United States of America
How have courts treated common law negligence claims of malpractice under the Eight Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for denying a district court's decision to deny an evidentiary hearing for an abuse of the writ?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can a contractor be held liable for non-urgent deficiencies in their work?
British Columbia, Canada
How have the courts treated statements made to the police by appellant in two separate interviews?
California, United States of America
What is the test for discharging an appointed counsel under the deferential abuse standard?
California, United States of America
What is a prisoner's right to plead not guilty in a civil rights case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can an injunction be used to prevent the wrongful cutting and exportation of ice from a plaintiff's pond?
Ontario, Canada
What is the difference between civil remedy and criminal costs?
Alberta, Canada
What is the meaning of the term "amendment"?
California, United States of America
What is the executor’s year under section 70 of the Personal Representative's Act?
Nova Scotia, Canada
Does a plaintiff have the burden of establishing that subject matter jurisdiction exists over its complaint?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the consequences of striking a portion of a father's pleadings in relation to the father's parenting claims?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for proving theft?
California, United States of America
Is it appropriate for a medical professional to be considered a non-treating physician in a medical malpractice case?
Alberta, Canada
What is the burden of proving self-defense?
California, United States of America
What is the test for admissibility of uncorroborated accomplice testimony in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for reducing the attorney fees of a plaintiff who successfully challenges a discriminatory state action?
California, United States of America
Can a plaintiff's flight and cabin crew members claim compensation for an injury while working in the province?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a federal court's denial of a motion for substitution counsel and trial continuance reviewed for abuse of discretion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a conviction for driving under the influence constitute a criminal offense?
California, United States of America
What is the test for admitting evidence secured by unlawful search and seizure?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law supporting a "prophylactic rule" in this case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does section 3109 of the Federal Criminal Code apply to agents who use a passkey to enter and leave a residence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for deductibility of losses against other income?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the current state of the law in relation to electronic search conditions in criminal cases?
California, United States of America
Does a reference to "other matters pending in other counties" in a probation report constitute reliance upon reliance on information contained in the probation report?
California, United States of America
Can evidence of bad character be used to prove criminal conduct?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of establishing that the registered owner of a property holds his or her interest or a portion of it in trust for another person?
British Columbia, Canada
Is the giving of an unmodified CALJIC No. 8.11, if error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law in the context of suppression hearings?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining fair market value in a theft case?
California, United States of America
When searching a third party newspaper office is a search that can be carried out without a search warrant?
California, United States of America
What is the standard for a ski instructor to be found guilty of reckless disregard for the safety of another skier?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for establishing municipal liability for tortfeasor's actions in an action brought by a plaintiff against the municipality?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does consent in the contractual sense need to be obtained from a jeweller?
Alberta, Canada
Is an arbitration agreement precluded by statute?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a defendant who lacks malice in a murder case?
California, United States of America
What is the effect of section 190.20 of the California Criminal Code on factors (h) and factor (b) in determining a defendant's sentence for assault with a deadly weapon and battery on a peace officer?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion for summary judgment against a parent for failing to supervise their 17 year old son's birthday party?
Ontario, Canada
How has the court in India assessed an offer made to a private member of a professional club?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the difference between the law and the law?
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Can a person be charged with possession of a loaded gun under Section 240.02(4) of the Ontario Penal Law?
"New York", United States of America
What is the effect of retroactivity of the Compensation Fairness Act?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a claim against a supervisor for deliberate indifference?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for excluding the public from a judicial proceeding?
Ontario, Canada
What is the liability of an occupier regarding a slip and fall in a public place?
Ontario, Canada
What is the range of damages available under Section 377.34 of the California Code of Civil Procedure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether counsel's errors prejudiced the outcome of a trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a charge for abduction in the second degree of the New York State Penal Law have to be merged with the charge for kidnapping in the first degree?
"New York", United States of America
Does section 12022.7 of the California Code of Civil Procedure compel a different result?
California, United States of America
Does the Attorney General need to look to opposition campaign literature to infer an intent to include brass plumbing fixtures?
California, United States of America
Is circumstantial evidence sufficient to convict a defendant?
California, United States of America
What is the test for dismissing a complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6)?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the presumptive date for child support when the father raises the issue with the mother by text message?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for whether a confession is involuntary?
California, United States of America
Is there an absence of juristic reason for enrichment?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for establishing that poverty is not sufficient to prove motive for murder?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the standard of care owed to other participants in a sport?
Ontario, Canada
What is the difference between an agreement to agree and an expression by the parties that a completed agreement is to be memorialized?
British Columbia, Canada
Does a prisoner have a cause of action under Section 1983 of the Federal Guidelines Guidelines for Confinement and/or equitable relief?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can a defendant plead guilty to two or more different criminal charges under section 954 of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of a police enforcement of a parenting order on a child?
Ontario, Canada
Is a contract governed by mixed law and law?
Nova Scotia, Canada
Can the wife and children of a customer who died as a result of injuries sustained in a barroom brawl maintain a wrongful death action against the owners of the tavern for furnishing intoxicating liquor to the decedent?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a duty of care in a motor vehicle accident?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for finding that a state has violated a federal ban on same-sex marriage?
California, United States of America
Can a district attorney in his opening statement say that nothing he said could be considered as evidence?
California, United States of America
What is the evidence supporting the allegation that defendants were involved in a criminal gang?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review for a visa officer's decision?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Are there any cases of ineffective assistance of counsel in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether or not to change the order of an application?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a mere conclusions by the affiant insufficient to justify a search warrant?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does Fernandez have to prove that she is qualified for the position of Director of Operations?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is a fresh evidence when a father applies to admit evidence that he did not have at the time of trial?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a Registrar make a determination as to damages?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a plaintiff entitled to sue the manufacturer of a motor vehicle under warranty?
California, United States of America
What are the implications of comments made by a federal district court in a witness testimony?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is there an exception to the "one final judgment" rule?
California, United States of America
Can a motion for a new trial be granted on the basis of counsel misconduct?
California, United States of America
Does a finding of prejudice against a defendant who was charged with possession of a controlled substance be affirmed?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a defence of automatism?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a finding of bad faith or wrongful intent in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a claim against a defendant in a medical malpractice case?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for unjust enrichment in matrimonial cases?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a claim of insufficient evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for dismissing a strike in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
Can a defendant testify in his own defense at trial?
California, United States of America
Is a collateral benefit or an independent mitigating factor a factor in determining damages for the cost of future care?
British Columbia, Canada
What constitutes prosecutorial misconduct under the Fourteenth Amendment?
California, United States of America
What is the test for dog sniffing under the Fourth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the effect of a plea of no contest in a second-degree burglary case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a jury to determine whether a defendant has been ordered to admit that he started a fight?
California, United States of America
Is a prosecutor's failure to instruct a grand jury concerning the evaluation and weight to be given an expert's testimony a violation of the prosecutor's duty as legal advisor to the grand jury?
"New York", United States of America
What is the test for bringing a claim for damages in a motion for wrongful dismissal?
Saskatchewan, Canada
Is a defendant entitled to an acquittal when the evidence is sufficient to establish a lesser included crime?
California, United States of America
What is the test for subpoenaing a police officer's personnel records for In camera inspection?
"New York", United States of America
Does a defendant have grounds to argue that the court erred in permitting the jury to hear evidence of uncharged misconduct?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion to compel discovery of confidential materials in a peace officer personnel file?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for dismissing a chapter 11 bankruptcy case "for cause"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the difference between a criminal offence and a regulatory offence?
Alberta, Canada
What is the burden of producing evidence in a motor vehicle accident case?
California, United States of America
Can a municipality make policy and operational decisions?
Saskatchewan, Canada
Does a search of all carry-on luggage violate the fourth amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How have courts and arbitrators in the Nor-Man jurisdiction been treated in the context of a collective bargaining agreement between management and labour?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff has a basis for liability in a motor vehicle accident?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the appellant's burden to affirmatively show error?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing that a claim is substantial and substantial?
California, United States of America
Does having a cold or flu rise to the level of mental incompetence?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review for a support order?
Saskatchewan, Canada
What is the test for determining the jurisdiction of a unionized board over a labour dispute?
British Columbia, Canada
What are the consequences of a finding that a residential burglary was committed while other than an accomplice was present at the crime?
California, United States of America
What is the quantum of damages awarded in a motor vehicle accident case?
British Columbia, Canada
What constitutes a "significant or substantial physical injury" in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review in the context of a motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
What are the findings of the California Superior Court of Appeal on the grounds that the instructions given by defendant in his conspiracy to commit felony murder were not tantamount to felony murder instructions?
California, United States of America
What is the test for appellate review of a motion to suppress?
California, United States of America
When a grand jury returns an indictment valid on its face, can independent inquiry be made to determine the kind of evidence considered by the grand jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is collateral attack on a court order binding and conclusive?
Alberta, Canada
Is ineffective assistance of counsel a factor in the denial of a continuance?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the appropriate remedy for a defendant who has been convicted of assault with intent to murder under section 12022.5?
California, United States of America
Can an implied contract override the terms of an express agreement?
California, United States of America
What is the proper standard of review in the context of a motion for judicial review?
Manitoba, Canada
What is the legal test for disclosing transcripts from a grand jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is there a presumption in favour of the wishes of the custodial parent in a mobility case?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the reasonableness standard of review in the context of personal injury cases?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the current state of the law when it comes to electronics searches?
California, United States of America
Can a defendant be punished for both a robbery and a burglary under section 654 of the California Criminal Code?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for consent under the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
What is the test to establish a prima facie case of discrimination at a human rights tribunal?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Does a shareholder of a bankrupt corporation have priority over all other creditors of the bankrupt corporation?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the difference between a judicial review of errors by the California Environmental Protection Agency and a similar type of error?
California, United States of America
Is tampering a lesser included offense of burglary when tampering was the basis of the appellant's defense?
California, United States of America
Does the District Court have jurisdiction to entertain a Rule 60(b) motion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
On appeal, is the court bound by the independent judgment rule?
California, United States of America
What is the test for appeal against a sentence that is less than the statutory maximum?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the appropriate time period for a plaintiff to accept a formal offer to settle their claim?
British Columbia, Canada
Can prison officials be held liable for failing to properly assess the risk posed by an inmate to the public under the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for clear and convincing evidence in a civil case?
federal, United States of America
What is the test for an accomplice theory in a murder case?
California, United States of America
Does the rule of forfeiture apply to ex post facto claims?
California, United States of America
Does a deduction for motor vehicle expenses have to be deducted from income tax?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the general principle of the doctrine of taking a share of a devisee's estate for payment of interest on a bond?
Ontario, Canada
What are the elements of the crime of receiving stolen property?
California, United States of America
