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 law governing prosecutorial misconduct claims?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a defendant is mentally competent?
California, United States of America
Can a jury sustain the special circumstance of felony murder by means of explosives?
California, United States of America
When is contributory negligence not a factor in determining liability?
"New York", United States of America
What is the range of penalties available to the Law Society of BC for a lawyer who sexually assaulted a young female colleague in the workplace?
British Columbia, Canada
Does the court abuse its power to admit evidence of a prior lewd act against L.G.A.A defendant as propensity evidence?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion to remove a defendant from the New York State Criminal Court by a preponderance of clear and convincing evidence?
"New York", United States of America
What is the current state of the law in relation to supervised access?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a child is in the best interests?
Ontario, Canada
Is the record inadequate for review because it does not contain the transcript relied upon by the trial court?
California, United States of America
Does the Court have jurisdiction to grant relief against unconscionable bargains?
Alberta, Canada
What is the legal test for a hybrid term?
Canada (Federal), Canada
When is a public project required to complete a CEQA environmental review?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing cause of action where a party has been spied on by a third party?
"New York", United States of America
What rights does a suspect have when questioned by the police?
California, United States of America
What is the new Rule on costs under the new Rules on Costs?
Nova Scotia, Canada
How have the courts treated the issue of equal protection of the law in the context of sexual assault cases?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the difference between a defendant's possession of a razor blade and a threat to kill a jailer?
California, United States of America
Can a juror be dismissed for falling asleep during deliberations?
California, United States of America
Is a convicted felon convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and felon in possession of a firearm prohibited from possessing a firearm?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review in the Court of Appeal of an administrative decision?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of proving that a negligent act occurred outside the statute of limitations?
California, United States of America
How have intervenors been found to have met the injury in fact requirement in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the scope of review under Section 2254(d)?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for an equal division of the assets of a husband and wife in a family property dispute?
British Columbia, Canada
Does section 667.8 of the California Sex Offences Act include an element that is not a substantive crime?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review for a jury to convict a defendant of second degree burglary based solely on circumstantial evidence?
California, United States of America
What is the appropriate range of sentences for a convicted drug dealer who is serving a sentence of life without a chance of parole?
California, United States of America
Is a mechanic's lien foreclosure a cause of action in contract?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion for relief from a default judgment?
California, United States of America
When will the exclusionary rule be applied to suppress evidence against a police officer who misled the issuing magistrate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
How has the Court considered "fair value" in assessing the value of confidential information?
Alberta, Canada
Does this court have jurisdiction to remand the cause for a new disciplinary hearing?
California, United States of America
How have courts dealt with difficult questions about causation and apportionment of damages in multiple accidents?
Ontario, Canada
What factors are considered in determining prejudice against a defendant for domestic violence?
California, United States of America
What is the threshold matter for a defendant to rely on a qualified immunity defense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the consequences of a federal court's failure to certify a class action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a lesser offense is necessarily included in a greater offence?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of a suspended sentence for contempt of the 2002 divorce order on the relationship between the mother and her parents?
Ontario, Canada
What is the nature of a summary hearing?
Ontario, Canada
Does a plaintiff have to "forfeit" his complete and imperfect self-defense claim by taking a gun into his backyard?
California, United States of America
What is the test for admitting rebuttal evidence for an abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
Does Section 2(c) of the Rules of Civil Procedure apply properly?
British Columbia, Canada
What are the estimated legal costs of a business and income valuator in a motion for sale?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for a felony murder charge?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a consensus ad idem in a contract?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for liability in electronic eavesdropping cases?
California, United States of America
Can a plaintiff plead negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for a claim of ineffective assistance in a motion for habeas corpus?
California, United States of America
Does a two-by-four whipping during a robbery constitute a crime under section 654 of the Criminal Code?
California, United States of America
Does a non-examining physician's opinion of an examining physician constitute substantial evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the exclusive code of grievance resolution procedure?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Can the abuse of process doctrine be used to prevent relitigation of issues that could have been determined?
Ontario, Canada
What constitutes a "crucial" defense?
California, United States of America
What constitutes a material change in circumstances?
Ontario, Canada
Does a parent have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in a dependency proceeding?
California, United States of America
Does a federal judge have an authority to order an injunction that governs the future conduct of an official, but not a retroactive monetary relief?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the nature of palpable and overriding error?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
What is the test for a motion for habeas corpus?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of establishing eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the difference between loss of earning capacity and loss of future income?
Saskatchewan, Canada
What is the test for a motion to vacate under Code of Civil Procedure section 663?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of substantial evidence in the context of abuse of the abuse standard?
California, United States of America
How has the trial judge considered the fact that a judge personally viewed the properties at the inception of the trial?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for assessing a party's costs when the defence has been withdrawn or discontinued?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a plea of non est factum under the principle of negligence?
Saskatchewan, Canada
Can a witness be treated as an accomplice when he testifies to another crime?
California, United States of America
Can a motion to strike the jury in a medical malpractice action be struck out after a jury has been struck out?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test used to determine whether a proceeding engages with s.11 of the Criminal Code?
Canada (Federal), Canada
How have individual plaintiffs been treated in a class action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the state's right to protect its citizens against being murdered by criminals or madmen?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a disability is a result of multiple causes?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a temporary detention was reasonable?
California, United States of America
Can a defense counsel argue that the only crime of which defendant can be convicted was assault rather than assault?
California, United States of America
Does a plaintiff have the power to discontinue a personal injury action?
"New York", United States of America
What is the test for a motion to suppress confessions and admissions obtained by the police as a result of an unlawful search or seizure?
California, United States of America
What is the test for review of the evidence in the administrative record?
California, United States of America
How have the courts in BC considered the nature of an operating line of credit under which the petitioner bank has issued a demand letter?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the testator's capacity to make a will?
British Columbia, Canada
Is deterring a qualifying crime under section 2962 of the MDO Act?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a jury to determine whether a defendant had an illegal intent or purpose for taking a child from his mother?
California, United States of America
Can a municipality be liable in damages to a plaintiff who was injured as a result of the failure to repair the highway?
British Columbia, Canada
Is a patient’s condition as a result of a combination of irregularities in the course of treatment?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for finding a probationer in violation of probation for failing to appear in court on time?
California, United States of America
What is the test for successful legal malpractice claims?
California, United States of America
Can the Commissioner of Public Prosecutions refuse to disclose to an inmate that he has committed a criminal offence?
Ontario, Canada
What is the contractual basis for an anti-suit injunction in England?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for cross-examining in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "reasonable evidence" in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing prejudice in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
What is the applicable standard of review for a registration order under section 290.006?
California, United States of America
What is the test for objectively reasonable expectations?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a trial court's decision to restrain a defendant violates federal due process rights?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review for multiple convictions?
California, United States of America
What constitutes an aggressive manner of glaring, threatening and demeaning language?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a murder was committed with the intent to torture?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on 'immediate hazard'?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a discretionary condition in a contract imposes a subjective or objective standard?
Ontario, Canada
What are the factors associated with vexatious proceedings?
Ontario, Canada
Can a claimant bring a claim for damages against a public entity under section 946.6 of the California Claims Act for failing to act on a timely claim?
California, United States of America
How has the value of a parcel of land been determined in real estate law in the context of real estate transactions?
British Columbia, Canada
Is it improper for a prosecutor to offer assurances that a witness is credible?
California, United States of America
Can a defendant be physically restrained in the courtroom?
California, United States of America
What is the test for loss of future income earning capacity in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for overturning a finding that a trial court's limitation on the scope of cross-examination and its evidentiary rulings is abuse of abuse of power?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a declaration of intent in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining the validity of the findings of the zoning board and the board of supervisors?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law in which a railway company was found to have been responsible for the loss of visibility to a motorist?
British Columbia, Canada
Is expert psychological testimony admissible in a juvenile sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the appellant's argument that the court abused its discretion in denying him leave to answer to the petition?
California, United States of America
What is the effect of Juriansz J. 2002 on this motion?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for establishing a waiver in an arbitration agreement?
California, United States of America
What is the test for judicial review by administrative mandate of a final decision or order?
California, United States of America
How have the courts interpreted a directive to the clerk to obtain a judgment in a personal injury case?
California, United States of America
Does the definition of malice change when a jury is asked to imply malice?
California, United States of America
Does "great bodily injury" mean "serious bodily injury"?
California, United States of America
What is the test for ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a defendant suffered prejudice as a result of failing to grant a new trial?
California, United States of America
What standards of correctness and reasonableness apply to review of the decisions of administrative tribunals?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the impact of unmeritorious, unproven, unrepresentative claims on the fairness of litigation?
British Columbia, Canada
In what circumstances will a court award damages for failure to execute a contract?
"New York", United States of America
What is the position of the wife in a marriage breakdown case where the husband's pension is divided and the wife is entitled to double recovery or double dip?
Ontario, Canada
Is a father's right to search his son's toolbox when he is not an adult?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for striking a ball from the first ground?
British Columbia, Canada
Does a judge have jurisdiction to resentence a criminal defendant after the execution of the sentence has begun?
California, United States of America
What is the legal test for bringing an action against a public entity for denial of a claim?
California, United States of America
How have courts interpreted the doctrine of "presence and presumptions" in appellate law?
California, United States of America
In what circumstances have abuse of process been applied to terminate a third party claim?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for rebutting the presumption of state protection?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Does a prisoner have any First Amendment rights?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can a certificate of probable cause be used to remand a defendant for a serious crime?
California, United States of America
What is the test for alleging bias or prejudice against a judge?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the relevant statutory references to the Penal Code in the context of sexual assault cases?
California, United States of America
What are the costs of making or defending a claim?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a plaintiff to claim poverty under section 1915(a) of the Federal Income Tax Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the threshold for maintaining a cause of action for either tort or tort?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a defendant required to prove dangerousness to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
California, United States of America
Can a jury impeach its own verdict?
California, United States of America
What are the costs to society and the criminal justice system of discharging a juror?
"New York", United States of America
What is the current state of the law on a pre-filing order?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is nuisance a separate field of tortious liability from negligence?
Ontario, Canada
What is the burden of proving negligence per se?
California, United States of America
Is there any dependency between the husband and wife?
Ontario, Canada
What is the "robable cause" for search?
California, United States of America
What is the test for changing a parent's behaviour in the context of child development?
Ontario, Canada
Is there any case law where a prosecutor improperly argued and effectively testified why he did not use Orent as a witness?
MultiRegion, United States of America
When will a judge exclude a district attorney from a Marsden hearing?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review applicable to a special costs award?
British Columbia, Canada
Is evidence of a highway robbery competent to prove the fact of another crime?
"New York", United States of America
What is the current state of the law on the defense theory that E.D. lied about the sexual molestation?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a convicted rapist is too dangerous to be released from prison?
California, United States of America
Does a court have authority to determine whether a judgment creditor agreed to accept less than the face value of the judgment?
California, United States of America
What is the standard of review on findings of the availability of state protection?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Is there any error or error in the instructions of a jury in a personal injury action?
California, United States of America
Does the error in allocating the burden of proof in the case of Steeg v. R.S.C.O.R.O., result in a reversal on the facts of the case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for reversal of a decision by a judge to grant a motion of appeal?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "extraordinary costs" in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
Does the filing of an appeal for attorney fees stay?
California, United States of America
What is the test for re-evaluating a witness's credibility?
California, United States of America
Is there any case law that bars evidence that makes conviction more likely because it provokes an emotional response in the jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the range of sentences for a man convicted of assault under section 667.5, subdivision (b) of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
What is the effect of the Court of Appeal's Severance of an interim finding in an ICBC case?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a lay witness provide opinion testimony in a criminal case where they identify a defendant in a surveillance video?
California, United States of America
Does a partial reliance on a criminal record defeat defendant's Sixth Amendment claim?
California, United States of America
Does a witness have to prove that a firearm was held during a robbery?
California, United States of America
Does a post-verdict allocation of a settlement between economic and noneconomic damages need to be approved by a court?
California, United States of America
What is the test for substantial evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What constitutes an undertaking by a fiduciary?
Ontario, Canada
What is the standard of review of a restitution order?
California, United States of America
What is the test for dismissing a pro se complaint in a federal district court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the effect of section 21055 and section 21056 of the California Vehicle Code on emergency vehicles?
California, United States of America
What is the test for an allegation of bias in a trial?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the difference between past and future loss of earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
In what circumstances will a judge award a special costs award for an unsuccessful claim?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
Does a no contest plea preclude a defendant from claiming he did not commit the crime of failing to register?
California, United States of America
Is there a valid arrest warrant for possession of a baggie of what is said to be cocaine?
California, United States of America
What is the ratio between the orders of Justice Perkins and Justice Rogers regarding access and access?
Ontario, Canada
Is ineffective assistance a valid remedy in a habeas corpus case?
California, United States of America
What is the argument section of a brief in a motion for reversal of a decision in a personal injury case brought by a plaintiff?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the current state of the mootness doctrine in Canada?
Ontario, Canada
What are the elements of petty theft?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of a new rule of substantive law on a defendant's criminal procedure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Can Suburban be held liable for a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
What is the scope of the fundamental justice and fair trial rights under section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for having a child in a childless marriage?
Alberta, Canada
How have courts treated the issue of sentencing in this case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a First Amendment retaliation claim?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the status of B.B.C.’s cross-appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for admitting experimental evidence at a jury trial?
California, United States of America
What is the range of damages awarded by the Court of Appeal for a cardiac arrest?
Alberta, Canada
In a sexual assault case, in what circumstances will a defendant be required to admit to the crime to the Court of Appeal?
California, United States of America
What is the difference between a notice issued under section 215(2) of the BCSC and s. 215(3)?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for reasonable and proper use of force by a police officer?
British Columbia, Canada
How does the Court assess the sufficiency of evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the purpose of spousal support?
Manitoba, Canada
Is there a defence of responsible communication available where the publication was responsible?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for a claim of prosecutorial misconduct?
California, United States of America
Does a jury have to agree on one act of driving on the wrong side of the road?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on variation of interim support orders?
Saskatchewan, Canada
