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 obtaining a license to operate a medical malpractice clinic?
"New York", United States of America
What is the impact of a loss of opportunity assessment when assessing the bill of a self-represented litigant?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a peremptory challenge be made to the judge assigned to a judge for all purposes?
California, United States of America
What constitutes good cause for the delay of a criminal trial?
California, United States of America
Does a finding that plaintiffs have failed to state a cause of action constitute a de novo?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a determination that an alien has failed to satisfy his burden of proof?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is there a good faith defense to crime of selling government property?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a plaintiff entitled to costs for failing to comply with two orders?
Ontario, Canada
Is it possible to establish an ad hoc fiduciary relationship without an individual case-by-case analysis of the individual Class Member’s financial circumstances?
Ontario, Canada
Can an insurer be held liable for attorney's fees incurred as a result of bad faith and fair dealing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on the issue of premeditation and voluntary manslaughter for a defendant in a second degree murder case?
California, United States of America
Can a class action be brought against a party who has been evicted from a home where personal property has been placed in storage pursuant to a writ of possession?
California, United States of America
What is the difference between a civil rights complaint and a petition for writ of habeas corpus?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether the detention of defendant was unlawful?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a jury to ask a question about some aspect of the evidence adduced at trial?
Ontario, Canada
How have courts treated the issue of wisdom tooth replacement surgery in the context of dental malpractice cases?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the burden of pleading in loss causation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a taxpayer entitled to an extension of time on an assessment for a disallowance of a deduction?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the test for reasonable suspicion required for detention of a minor?
California, United States of America
What is sufficient to prove probable cause for possession of a firearm?
California, United States of America
Does a defendant have grounds to argue that admitting evidence of sexual assault to a federal jury is unconstitutional?
California, United States of America
What is the test for using the term "surviving spouse" in the context of a claim under the California Retirement Act?
California, United States of America
What are the factors used by the Law Society of BC to determine whether a professional misconduct claim against a lawyer who delayed taking substantive steps to advance his client's action for over four years?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for credibility of a witness in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of refusing intervenor status in a sign permit application?
Ontario, Canada
Does a Superior Court have jurisdiction to dismiss a small claims appeal in the absence of a request from appellant?
California, United States of America
What is the reasonable length of time between the making of an agreement and the trespasses complained of?
Ontario, Canada
How have the courts treated photo lineups in criminal cases?
California, United States of America
Is there any evidence that a witness's testimony is unsound, unbelievable or even patent lie?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a trial court understood and fulfilled its responsibilities under section 352 of the California Criminal Code?
California, United States of America
What is the test for obtaining an access order for a parent who has not shown sufficient affection for their child?
Ontario, Canada
What is the relationship between a franchisor and franchisee?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a jury to determine whether a murder was a second degree murder?
California, United States of America
What is the difference between inference and conjecture or speculation?
British Columbia, Canada
How has the original petition for writ of habeas corpus been dealt with?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for approving a class action settlement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a final judgment have to be reversed if the successful plaintiff dies while the judgment is on appeal?
California, United States of America
What is the test for indifference in prison medical care?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the standard of review for granting a preliminary injunction?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for applying the Feres doctrine to medical malpractice claims?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence?
California, United States of America
Is a contract to pay rent sufficient consideration to support an option to purchase the same property?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for leaving a vehicle to change a flat tire?
Alberta, Canada
What is the test for a pro se pleading in a civil rights case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a temporary stop to guard against illegal immigration need to include a search and seizure of weapons?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the effect of admitting evidence of a defendant's prior conviction for assault?
California, United States of America
What is the test for issuing a final order in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
How is child and spousal support determined?
Alberta, Canada
What is the standard of review on appeal?
California, United States of America
Can a parent be held liable for their children’s trespass and nuisance damages?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the standard of review of a protective order?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for successful legal malpractice claims?
California, United States of America
What is the definition of a loan in the US?
British Columbia, Canada
What constitutes a "Rules breach" in the Professional Conduct Guidelines?
British Columbia, Canada
Is there an instruction stating that one of the facts to be determined, and as to which the jury must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, was whether defendant committed the crime?
California, United States of America
If a claimant is disabled or not disabled at any stage of the disability review process, is that step terminated?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings of an appellate court?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "clear and convincing evidence" in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for an inmate to sue for medical malpractice?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the law on loss of earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for insufficiency of evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
Does the contrary facts of a witness testimony contradict our findings in a civil case?
California, United States of America
Can a police officer coerce a defendant into making a statement on a pretext call?
California, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a cause of cause of injury in a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
What are the factors used in determining non-pecuniary damages?
British Columbia, Canada
How long will the limitation period run in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for unjust enrichment in a trust claim?
Ontario, Canada
What is the limitation period for a civil penalty under the Ontario Motor Vehicle Act?
California, United States of America
How have courts interpreted the custody requirement under the habeas corpus statute?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the evidence to support a consent order?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for determining whether a plaintiff was damaged as a result of an artificially low milk price?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the background to a criminal case where a defendant pleaded no contest to a charge of assault with intent to pervert the course of justice?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a motion to vacate, set aside or correct a sentence under section 2255 of the Criminal Code?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does the Master have jurisdiction to hear a motion for expungement?
Manitoba, Canada
How does the Court of Appeal review sentencing decisions for abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
Does a physician have a duty to advise a patient about alternative treatments and the risk of doing nothing?
California, United States of America
What is the sentence for possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for DNA testing on the parties and the child?
Ontario, Canada
What is considered to be a mentally incompetent defendant?
California, United States of America
What is the test for conspiracy to commit murder?
California, United States of America
Does a judge err in holding that in-court identifications were reliable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on loss of future earning capacity?
British Columbia, Canada
Is possession of a firearm by a felon a violent felony?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "all material facts" in a motion?
Ontario, Canada
Does the fact that the applicant's counsel misunderstood the Rules of Civil Procedure apply to the Court of Appeal?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What are the "suspicious circumstances" in the context of a will?
British Columbia, Canada
Does the phrase "no collection, no charge" also appear in the written contract?
British Columbia, Canada
On appeal from a federal court's ruling on a motion to suppress evidence, what is the test for reversing a finding of "clear error"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for assessing attorney fees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for disqualifying a judge?
California, United States of America
Does the district court abuse its discretion by denying a recusal motion from a judge?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a finding of insufficient evidence in a civil case?
California, United States of America
What are the relevant factors in determining whether a search warrant can be used to seize a person's handbag?
California, United States of America
Is a defendant entitled to exclude statements he made to the police at the hospital where he was arrested from a hospital?
California, United States of America
Can a defendant be sentenced to probation or sentenced to community service if found guilty of assault?
California, United States of America
What is the test for denying a new Sixth Amendment claim de novo?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for an offer in a personal injury claim?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the in camera procedure for in-camera testimony in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is a party to a personal injury action entitled to production of a party’s personal injury report?
British Columbia, Canada
Is there any error or error in the trial judge's instructions to the jury in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does federal habeas corpus relief lie for errors in the analysis of state law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for using hearsay evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
What is the record on judicial review of a decision by the Court of Appeal?
Ontario, Canada
How have courts interpreted the federal rule on reducing the lodestar amount in an award of attorney fees?
California, United States of America
What is the test for evidence of motive in a murder trial?
California, United States of America
What is the difference between a superior court and a magistrate?
California, United States of America
What is the test for jury instruction in the entrapment defense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Is Section 654 of the California Criminal Code "indivisible in time" provisions?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of a judge's decision on voluntary departure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the appropriate date for the valuation of family assets?
British Columbia, Canada
Does the introduction of new evidence constitute an independent ground of appeal?
Canada (Federal), Canada
Does a defendant have to make a prior demand for a speedy trial as a condition for consideration of a motion for speedy trial?
California, United States of America
What is the proper procedure for determining whether an appellant can pay probation related costs?
California, United States of America
What is the test for abusing a trial court's discretion in denying a motion to exclude evidence from two separate sexual assault cases?
California, United States of America
What is the test for time limited spousal support?
Ontario, Canada
In a sexual assault case, in what circumstances will a defendant be able to plead not guilty?
California, United States of America
Does section 654 of the California Criminal Code bar multiple punishments for separate crimes arising out of a single crime?
California, United States of America
What is the impact of a spouse's contribution to the acquisition, preservation and maintenance of the family home?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the result of a motion to dismiss the use of a dangerous weapon allegation against defendant?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a motion to hear a claim by the appellant against the appellant has been successful?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal criteria for reversing a trust beneficiary's claim against a trustee?
California, United States of America
Can activity that merely provide context be stricken under the anti-SLAPP statute?
California, United States of America
What is the current state of the law on warrantless searches?
California, United States of America
What are the general damages for harm to one's reputation from the very publication of false statements?
Ontario, Canada
Can a government employee be convicted under Section 208(a) of the Criminal Code of the United States for failing to disclose a conflict of interest in a particular matter?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does lying in wait constitute murder of the first degree?
California, United States of America
What is the test for "plain error" in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a police officer have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity based on the flight, confrontational behavior and lack of cooperation of an individual who fled the scene of the incident?
California, United States of America
What is the test for a preliminary inquiry judge to call upon an accused to plead to an absolute jurisdiction or summary conviction offence?
Ontario, Canada
What is the standard of appellate review when a juror is excused for good cause?
California, United States of America
What is the test for interim remedies?
Ontario, Canada
When will an application to adduce fresh evidence be dismissed?
Saskatchewan, Canada
What are the principles for an application to add a party after the expiration of a limitation on the use of an additional party?
British Columbia, Canada
Can an employer be vicariously liable for an unauthorized, intentional wrong such as the sexual assault committed by an employee?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for substantial evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
What is the test for making a prima facie showing of good cause sufficient to support a reasonable belief that a juror committed misconduct?
California, United States of America
Does a court have authority to invalidate the activities of a usurper of power?
California, United States of America
How have interim costs been awarded in construction cases?
Ontario, Canada
What is the legal test for summary judgment in a defamation action?
Ontario, Canada
Does a formal offer to settle a claim against a plaintiff be apportioned costs based upon division of liability based upon a division of costs based on division of liabilities?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for an interim support order?
Ontario, Canada
What is the liability of a tortfeasor who takes a victim as she finds her?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for whether a prisoner has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the legal test for a judicial misconduct finding that the mere possibility of misconduct is reasonable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the burden of proving a disability claimant is able to work?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon?
California, United States of America
What is the burden of production for a union?
MultiRegion, United States of America
Does a defendant need to be advised of the adverse immigration consequences of his guilty plea?
California, United States of America
What is the test for whether a lawyer was an unwitting dupe or knowing participant in providing the advice underlying the wrongful conduct?
British Columbia, Canada
Does a report from a grand jury under section 939.9 of the Penal Code require that the report be based solely on an investigation conducted by the Grand Jury itself?
California, United States of America
Is recognition of a foreign judgment valid when considering whether a local action is estopped?
Manitoba, Canada
What is the "crumbling skull rule" in tort law?
British Columbia, Canada
Can evidence obtained through a Charter breach be excluded in a child protection case?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for character assessment of an applicant at a disciplinary hearing?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a party to occupy a room in a private residence?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for overturning a conviction for sexual assault in a federal court?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What are the legal principles to guide an award of general and punitive damages in a sexual assault case?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a nurse who is employed by a chiropractor sue her employer for malpractice?
California, United States of America
When reviewing a denial of a suppression motion on appeal, how do we review the findings of the trial court?
California, United States of America
What is the test for determining attorney fees under section 12965, subdivision (b)?
California, United States of America
What defences are available against this claim?
Saskatchewan, Canada
In the context of the Supreme Court of Canada's recent Bastien decision, is there any case law in favour of listing factors in the abstract as if they are relevant and deserving of weight?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What are the costs of a personal injury action?
Yukon, Canada
What is a lesser included offense in a felony murder case?
California, United States of America
In what circumstances will a court order a search of electronic equipment for a defendant convicted of criminal threats and resisting a police officer?
California, United States of America
What is the test for reversal of a finding of insufficient evidence?
California, United States of America
What is the test for asserting a Fourth Amendment right to privacy in a search and seizure?
California, United States of America
How have courts treated allegations of moral turpitude in cases of misdemeanor battery?
California, United States of America
Can a party in his own name adopt a property in the name of the owner without the consent or sanction of the other party?
Saskatchewan, Canada
In what circumstances will a defendant be bound by the Court of Appeal as a result of a plea bargain?
California, United States of America
What is the test for imposing a fine on a motorcyclist in a motor vehicle accident?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for an equal protection claim against a classification that discriminates against a different type of person?
California, United States of America
What constitutes deliberate indifference by a prison officer to a medical issue?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the burden of proof for a motion of no confidence against a parent in a claim of physical abuse?
California, United States of America
Is a need for a divorce order to qualify for a second divorce in Egypt accepted as a special circumstances?
British Columbia, Canada
Can a judge rely solely on his or her own experience when determining fees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for establishing a valid and binding contract?
"New York", United States of America
Is there any error of law in reaching the decision under review on the functus principle?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the test for determining whether a spouse has met the statutory objective of having a dependant?
Ontario, Canada
Is counsel ineffective for failing to challenge the admissibility of wiretap evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is relevant evidence that a witness is afraid to testify?
California, United States of America
Is a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence reviewable for abuse of discretion?
California, United States of America
What discretionary call does a judge have to make in the context of coordination?
California, United States of America
Is a complainant entitled to a perfect investigation?
British Columbia, Canada
Does the Attorney General have discretion to grant asylum?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for determining whether a sentence directed to run consecutively on several counts constitute a single judgment?
California, United States of America
In what circumstances will a judge and jury decide the issue of liability in a personal injury action?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the current state of the law on adjournment of administrative proceedings?
Canada (Federal), Canada
What is the test for a doctor to be held liable in a medical malpractice case?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for admitting expert evidence in a medical malpractice case?
Ontario, Canada
What are the principles that govern the assessment of damages in cricket?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the current notice period for a plaintiff's claim for mental distress?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for a motion to terminate a child support order?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the test for denying an application for a renewal of a writ of limitation of 12 months?
Ontario, Canada
What is the test for invalidation of a criminal conviction?
California, United States of America
Can a police officer extend the time of return under section 1537 of the search warrant?
California, United States of America
Can a reasonable trier of fact find duress within the meaning of subdivision (b) of section 288 of Section 288 of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
Does extradition to the United States violate the Charter right of Canadian citizens to remain in Canada?
British Columbia, Canada
What is the federal standard of review for a habeas petition under AEDPA?
MultiRegion, United States of America
What is the test for interpretation of a statute?
California, United States of America
