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 test for a warrantless search of a person's pocket?
California, United States of America
What is the test for retroactive child maintenance?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a person was in police custody?
"New York", United States of America
How have the courts treated the hearsay rule in small claims cases?
California, United States of America
Is a defendant competent to stand trial?
California, United States of America
What are the implications of Proposition 47's reclassification of theft and drug possession as a misdemeanor?
California, United States of America
Under what circumstances will a jury overturn a conviction for first degree murder based solely on a felony-murder theory?
California, United States of America
Does a request to continue trial for abuse of discretion in a medical malpractice case succeed?
California, United States of America
What is the test for remand under section 2106 of the Civil Code of Civil Procedure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a police officer required to administer a Miranda warning to every suspect?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law where a defendant was allegedly seen in possession of heroin?
"New York", United States of America
What is the test for refusing to blow a breath sample?
Ontario, Canada
What is the legal test for complaint against the Court of Appeal?
Alberta, Canada
In what circumstances will a court begin with the words of the statute?
California, United States of America
Can a juror withdraw from a jury in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a defendant to request the disclosure of evidence in a civil case?
"New York", United States of America
What is the evidence of emotional distress suffered by a plaintiff in a personal injury case at the bench?
California, United States of America
In what circumstances will a defendant be successful in overturning his conviction for possession of a stolen typewriter case?
California, United States of America
Is ejaculation sufficient to complete the crime?
California, United States of America
Does a motion to withdraw a guilty plea need to include a separate proceeding that occurs after the guilty plea?
California, United States of America
How have courts interpreted the doctrine of ambiguity in the context of a personal injury claim?
California, United States of America
What is the test for introducing evidence concerning a criminal defendant's statements?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for petitioning for a recall of a felony sentence for a crime that was now a misdemeanor?
California, United States of America
Can a plaintiff’s opinion or opinion be expunged from the documents being produced?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for excluding evidence of prior convictions from the evidence of a defendant's criminal record?
California, United States of America
What is the test for an adverse employment action where an employee does not show that their new duties are less significant than their previous ones?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for identifying as a defendant only in an amended complaint?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are some cases where a defendant has been convicted of torturing a witness?
California, United States of America
Can damages be awarded to the Ramanands if a permanent injunction is granted after a trial has been granted?
Manitoba, Canada
Is a vague general description of a suspect sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion of criminal activity?
California, United States of America
What is the remedy for shareholders in a company with no history of paying dividends?
British Columbia, Canada
Does a trial court have to instruct on voluntary manslaughter?
California, United States of America
What is a motion to dismiss when the complaint fails to state a claim?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the effect of a failure to enter and enter findings of fact and conclusions of law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for damages for unlawful searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for affirming a decision of a federal agency on a ground that the agency did not use in making its decision?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for ineffective assistance of counsel on appeal?
California, United States of America
Does the District Court have jurisdiction to find ineffective counsel?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is access to the court for civil rights purposes and filing prison grievances protected by the First Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on the issue of vehicle searches?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law where a jury has been instructed to find a causation instruction that was incorrect?
California, United States of America
What is the test for removing a trustee from a trust?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the effect of a pretextual telephone call to the victim during the course of a sexual assault investigation?
California, United States of America
Can a child's statement describing sexual abuse be used as evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for vicarious liability of a aider and abettor in a murder case?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for dismissing a state-instituted paternity action?
California, United States of America
Does a will have to be signed by an executor in order to pass over to the executor of the will?
British Columbia, Canada
Does a directive or policy have the force of law because it lacks the essential features of a regulation?
British Columbia, Canada
Is there standing to challenge a new federal agency rule limiting the application of asylum seekers?
MultiRegion, United States of America
If a motion is deficient in providing an explanation of litigation delay, is the court bound to make a decision based on the evidence before it?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for transferring a youth charged with a violent senseless murder to an ordinary court for trial?
Saskatchewan, Canada
When faced with conflicting affidavits in a summary trial, can a judge make a decision between two opposing versions of the affidavit?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the impact of a bankruptcy court's decision to approve a settlement for abuse of power?
federal, United States of America
What is the test for equitable distribution of assets between spouses when one spouse is involved in a criminal enterprise?
"New York", United States of America
Can a federal district judge depart below the statutory minimum sentence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can a defendant appeal his prior conviction for assault against a judge's decision not to strike one or more of his prior convictions?
California, United States of America
Can a defense of duress be used in the context of an attempted premeditated murder case?
California, United States of America
In a domestic violence case, in what circumstances will the court allow a defendant to be found guilty of domestic violence?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a defense counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's misstatements regarding provocation?
California, United States of America
What constitutes a formal marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
Is an Immigration Officer "alive and alert and to the interests of her child"?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Does a police officer have the authority to disregard or dismiss evidence that might detract from his belief that reasonable grounds exist?
Nova Scotia, Canada
Is a fire insurance policy void if a boat accident occurs while running on the Hudson River?
Ontario, Canada
What is considered to be "under color of state law" under the Fourteenth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
Does a probation supervision fee need to be paid on a mandatory supervision releasee who is not an inmate of a state prison?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a claim for failure to hire a person from the same protected class as Page 8?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a failure to ensure that disabled individuals benefit equally from services offered to the general public discriminatory?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for a motion for injunctive relief in a medical malpractice case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can a transcript of a preliminary hearing be used in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a defendant intended his words to be taken as a threat?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "reasonable belief" under Title VII of the Human Rights Code?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the effect of not reducing the language between the parties to writing a contract?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for a motion to stay a person's application to stay in Canada?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the impact of the Respondent’s claim against the taxpayer for failing to pay the assessed amount?
Alberta, Canada
Does the term "inference" or "presumption" apply to a joint tenancy deed between husband and wife?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law that supports the argument that cutting can be considered to be illegal?
Ontario, Canada
In what circumstances will a defendant be found guilty of a charge of sexual assault at a preliminary hearing?
California, United States of America
Does the balance of convenience favours jurisdiction where the independent evidence that will be of greatest assistance to the court is in another jurisdiction?
Ontario, Canada
Does a jury have to find that force was used with the intention of inflicting summary punishment or otherwise depriving an individual of due process law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for establishing facts based on documentary evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a motion for reconsideration for abuse of power?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is Rule 11 violation of Rule 11 harmless if the court fails to mention the possibility of restitution?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the standard of review of mixed fact and law?
Alberta, Canada
Is there a defense to a prosecution for failing to report for a preinduction physical examination?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a motion for a mistrial?
California, United States of America
What is the effect of a court's ruling that a defendant has been denied a right to a hearing?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a court to hear and decide a constitutional issue not properly raised in the court below?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the impact of a settlement in a medical malpractice case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a failure to instruct on an element of the offense require reversal?
California, United States of America
Is the prosecution's failure to provide timely discovery of the proposed propensity evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the evidentiary proof required to prove that the accepted injuries in the February 2007 fall were of causative significance?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for instructing a jury on the principles of law relevant to the issues raised by the jury?
California, United States of America
Is misdescription of a piece of land included in a certificate of title to a parcel of land invalid?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for substantial evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
Is plaintiff entitled to recover attorney's fees for fees incurred during the confirmation proceedings in the trial court?
California, United States of America
What is the defence of mistaken belief in consent?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the current state of the law on habeas as a result of an error in judgment in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a juvenile court's order requiring disclosure of a witness list conflict with the work product protection for witness lists?
California, United States of America
What is the purpose of a non-pecuniary damage award in a personal injury action?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the standard of review for a kidnapping charge?
California, United States of America
What is the public interest determination?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for reasonable suspicion to justify the stop of a truck full of illegal drugs by police?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a lesser included crime within the criminal code?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on consent to search in a search warrant case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for setting aside a sentence when there is evidence that the sentence was improper?
California, United States of America
When will a government action to restrict access to certain types of medical records be deemed an equal protection violation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for equitable sharing of the economic consequences of marriage or marriage breakdown?
Ontario, Canada
What is the state of the law in relation to record-keeping in the city?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a date set in November 1991 have to be determined by a judge made discoverability?
Manitoba, Canada
Can a complaint be accepted on the basis of prejudice?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a higher degree of skill?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for a contract where a company has a right to terminate the contract?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the test for disclosure of adverse comments made against a peace officer employee?
California, United States of America
Can a defendant who sexually assaults a child under age 14 be convicted of both sexual assault and lewd conduct based on the same act?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion of culpability in a medical malpractice case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the burden of persuasion and what is the test for persuasion?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a police officer to use force under section 25(3) of the Criminal Code?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for annexation of a property?
Manitoba, Canada
What is the test for a sexual assault charge where the accused used force to force his victim to have sex against her will?
California, United States of America
At what point in the history of real estate transactions, in what circumstances will real property have value?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the statute of limitations for discovery of an injury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for making a finding of fact?
British Columbia, Canada
Is there a defense of self to the charge of assaulting a federal agent?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a person who killed another person entitled to a portion of the estate of the deceased, even if that person was of unsound mind?
Nova Scotia, Canada
What is the test for whether a defendant aided and abetted a crime?
California, United States of America
How have the courts treated jury instructions "as a whole" in a jury trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does the breach day rule apply when damages become certain?
California, United States of America
What is the test for compensatory support in a long-term relationship?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a search warrant can be used to suppress evidence?
California, United States of America
Is there any further development of a record for the purposes of dismissing a motion brought by a plaintiff against a director of a private equity company?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How have the principles of fundamental justice been interpreted in the context of the Bill of Rights?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for instructing a jury on statutory elements?
MultiRegion, United States of America
If the parties to a personal injury action are unable to agree on costs, what are the terms and conditions?
Ontario, Canada
What is the effect of section 2900.5 of the California Penal Code on a defendant's term of imprisonment?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a subdivision under section 85.3 of the Land Title Act?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a plaintiff entitled to compensation which would put her back to her original position?
British Columbia, Canada
Does the onset of right-sided symptoms occur after an 8-week period in which the worker was wearing a sling?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for determining whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason when making conclusions based on the facts?
California, United States of America
What is the test for security of the person?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a physician be found negligent in diagnosing or treating a patient's medical condition under the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the consequences of a judicial sentence of dissolution of marriage?
Saskatchewan, Canada
Is the evidence sufficient to support a finding that a defendant in a drug case intended to sell methamphetamine?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a "principal test" in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion for acquittal of second degree murder?
California, United States of America
How have courts interpreted the definition of "duress" in the context of sexual assault cases?
California, United States of America
Is it in the child's best interests to have both parents' surnames?
Ontario, Canada
In what circumstances have courts described significant failure to make financial disclosure, concealing assets or income, and disposing of jointly owned property unilaterally?
Ontario, Canada
What authority does a state court have to order a foreclosure sale and eviction during the pendency of a bankruptcy?
federal, United States of America
What is a coconspirator's responsibility for a crime?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the consequences of admitting misconduct and misappropriation?
Ontario, Canada
What is the impact that failure to preserve evidence has on a defendant's rights?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How have the courts treated costs in a representative action?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the confidentiality of the information disclosed at a settlement conference?
Ontario, Canada
What is the legal test for issuing a writ of mandamus in a habeas corpus action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How have the courts interpreted the qualification clause in a commercial lease agreement?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for striking out or amended a pleading in an action?
Alberta, Canada
Is there any case law in which a minority shareholder has successfully challenged a merger?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the defence of a defendant landlord in conversion?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for establishing a wardship proceeding?
California, United States of America
What is the test for an anti-SLAPP motion de novo?
California, United States of America
What is the test for justified future care costs?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a probation officer entitled to a contingency fee?
California, United States of America
What is the difference between personal observation of a motor vehicle accident and personal witnessing of the accident?
California, United States of America
What is the test for finding nuisance in a residential property?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test to strike a statement of claim under Rule 9-5?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for asserting that an impending threat to take something is a seizure under s. 8 of the Charter?
Ontario, Canada
What is the standard of review for the purposes of determining whether a decision should be reviewed in a civil proceeding?
Ontario, Canada
How has the doctrine of ex turpi causa been interpreted?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for admissibility of evidence of past misconduct in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
How have the federal sentencing guidelines been interpreted and interpreted in the context of a criminal matter?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for abuse of abuse of authority when a jury asks a jury a question about the law in a civil case?
California, United States of America
Is a juror entitled to an excuse prior to dismissing the juror?
California, United States of America
When a defendant is convicted of possession of a firearm by an ex-felon, is the jury required to agree on which one or more of the guns defendant possessed?
California, United States of America
What is the test for withholding the removal of a person convicted of a particularly serious crime?
MultiRegion, United States of America
In what circumstances will the California Supreme Court refuse to rule on the amended Uniform Code?
California, United States of America
How have the courts interpreted the Miranda rights of an undercover officer?
California, United States of America
What is the analysis applicable to a forum selection clause?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for disqualifying an attorney?
California, United States of America
Can an appeal be successful alleging an error in the jury charge?
Nova Scotia, Canada
Is there any case law that provides for maximum contact with grandparents?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the effect of a police officer's flashlight on a car?
California, United States of America
What is the test for admitting or denying evidence in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
What are some cases dealing with abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
What is the test for breach of fiduciary duty?
California, United States of America
Does Section 654 of the California Criminal Code require multiple punishments for a single act or indivisible course of conduct?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review applied to a sexual assault claim?
California, United States of America
Can an application for leave for reconsideration of a decision of a panel be reconsidered?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for establishing cause for a procedural default?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for a jury to determine the sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for alleging discrimination in a job application?
Ontario, Canada
Is a failure to declare a doubt and conduct a hearing when there is substantial evidence of incompetence?
California, United States of America
Is detention of a suspect a Fourth Amendment seizure of the suspect's person?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for "willfulness" in a criminal tax case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a combined sentence under Section 846 of the New York State Criminal Code apply to a defendant convicted of conspiracy to commit a drug trafficking offence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a defendant have a right to a court-appointed attorney at the time of his arraignment?
California, United States of America
What are the consequences of a medical malpractice case?
Nova Scotia, Canada
What is the test for a new medical theory?
California, United States of America
Can Respondent Respondents claim that they have to pay out of pocket damages to the Class A plaintiff in a class B class B case?
California, United States of America
