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Emergency vehicle accidents present unique legal challenges and safety concerns for everyone on the road. A recent collision between a Fresno County fire engine and a Ford Bronco highlights the serious risks when emergency responders race to save lives and property. The Fresno County Fire Engine Accident On Thursday, just before noon, a Fresno County Fire engine responding to a grass fire collided with a Ford Bronco at the intersection of American and Maple avenues. The fire truck was operating with emergency lights activated when the Ford Bronco entered the intersection, resulting in a collision between the front of the SUV and the left side of the fire engine. The impact was severe enough to cause the fire engine to roll over, demonstrating the significant forces involved in such accidents. Both firefighters in the engine, along with the driver of the Ford Bronco, sustained pain-related injuries and were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Understanding Emergency…

The belief that a physician’s written prescription must accompany every petition for benefits requesting medical care has taken on the status of religious doctrine in Florida workers’ compensation practice. This blog aims to challenge and clarify that misconception. A petition for benefits is the workers’ compensation equivalent of a civil complaint. It is the legal vehicle used to initiate litigation against the employer and its insurance carrier (E/C). Section 440.192, Florida Statutes, outlines the required contents of every petition, its purpose being to equip E/C with sufficient information to make informed decisions. The so-called prescription doctrine finds its supposed legal foundation in Section 440.192(2)(i), which states: “The type or nature of treatment, care, or attendance sought and the justification for such treatment. If the employee is under the care of a physician for an injury identified under paragraph (c), a copy of the…

A tragic pedestrian fatality occurred on northbound U.S. Highway 101 near the Interstate 280 interchange in San Francisco during the early morning hours of Friday, June 6, 2025. The multi-vehicle collision resulted in the complete closure of a major traffic artery during peak commute preparation time, highlighting the serious dangers pedestrians face on busy highways. Details of the Highway 101 Pedestrian Collision According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the fatal accident took place at approximately 5:15 a.m. on northbound Highway 101. The collision involved multiple vehicles and resulted in the death of one pedestrian. The exact circumstances leading to the pedestrian being on the highway remain under investigation. The severity of the incident required authorities to completely shut down all northbound Highway 101 lanes and the connector ramp to Interstate 280. This closure lasted approximately two hours, with normal traffic flow resuming by 7:15 a.m. Traffic…

Russia-Ukraine War Can Trump Seize a Win in Ukraine? by Ambassador Daniel Fried Azerbaijan / Armenia Threats Lurk Behind the Scenes in Azerbaijan’s Talk of Peace With Armenia by John Prendergast Wartime Authorities / Immigration What are “Wartime Authorities” and When Can the President Use Them? An Expert Q&A by Tess Bridgeman, Rebecca Ingber and Scott Roehm Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated) Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions by Just Security Trump Executive Actions / Series: What Just Happened What Just Happened: The Tariff Litigation Advances by Kathleen Claussen Trump Executive Actions / Analysis & Perspectives Too Big to Be Lawful: A Federal Court Halts Mass Layoffs Across the Civil Service by Suzanne Summerlin Unequal Before the Law: How Trump’s Death Penalty Order Codifies Dangerous Speech by Cathy Buerger U.S. Foreign Policy Why the Trump Administration Should Engage on…

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Powers Of Attorney Used To Steal From Seniors Case Example Of Financial Elder Abuse By power Of Attorney Abuse Remedies For Victims And Heirs Individuals with financial powers of attorney (POAs) for someone else have full legal authority over that person’s financial affairs, unless the instrument limits […] The post Alameda County Financial Elder Abuse Attorneys: Misuse Of Senior’s Financial Power Of Attorney appeared first on Evans Law Firm, Inc..

The Porter Law Group has presented a significant medical malpractice case involving a tragic death that could have been prevented through proper lung cancer screening protocols. The case centers around a primary care physician's alleged failure to recommend and implement routine lung cancer screening for a high-risk patient, resulting in a delayed diagnosis and ultimately, the patient's death. Was Your Lung Cancer Diagnosed Late? Connect with us for a non-obligatory free consultation. Contact Us According to case documents, the client had been under the care of the same primary care physician for nearly twenty years. Despite the client's extensive smoking history that qualified him as high-risk, the doctor allegedly failed to educate him about or recommend low-dose CT screening for lung cancer, which medical experts assert…

California employers were required by February 14, 2024, under AB 1076, to notify employees bound by noncompetition agreements that these agreements are void and unenforceable—unless a statutory exception applies. With this update to California law, many employers are rightly asking: How can employers still protect their business interests, proprietary information, and customer relationships when noncompete clauses are no longer allowed? Fortunately, California law continues to provide strong protections for employers through various statutory and common law doctrines—even without enforceable noncompetition agreements. Below is a discussion of a few key legal tools employers can rely on. Key Labor Code Protections Still Available to Employers 1. Employees Must Follow Lawful Instructions Labor Code § 2856 Employees are required to “substantially comply with all the directions of [their] employer” unless the direction is impossible,…

Decades ago, back probably when I was a baby lawyer, the Texas Bar Journal (the, er, literary arm of THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS to which every Lone Star State lawyer must belong) announced that it was looking for contributions from members who might take positions that, you know, THE [stodgy] STATE BAR OF TEXAS (did I mention that every Texas lawyer is required to be a member?) might not absolutely favor.*So I wrote this piece called something like "Uncle Fred in Court."  My thesis, simply, was that since it was allowed (not favored, but allowed) for folks who weren't lawyers to represent themselves in court, to go pro se, they really ought to be able to have, say, their Uncle Fred, who also wasn't a lawyer but they figured was a lot smarter than they were.  Sure, they ought to have a lawyer (preferably a competent one, but THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS didn't really make too much of a fuss about that once someone got licensed)******I made, as I recall,…

The legal framework governing copyright faces a fundamental test due to the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) capable of scoring music, writing novels, and creating visual art. As AI-generated content proliferates, policymakers, courts, and industries must grapple with the question of who, if anyone, owns the output of artificial intelligence. Copyright law was historically designed to encourage human ingenuity by granting exclusive rights to creators. By protecting an individual’s creative labor, copyright would encourage artistic and literary production. Modern AI models, such as OpenAI’s GPT series or Midjourney’s image generation software, operate by training on vast datasets, absorbing patterns, and generating new compositions based on user prompts—crucially, they do so without independent thought or consciousness. Their outputs are algorithmic, and not “original.” Copyright law, as developed in the United States and many…

As of June 5, 2025, a total of 79 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 7 states (Arizona 3, California 63, Kentucky 1, Nebraska 2, New Jersey 2, Nevada 4, Washington 4). Six ill people in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Washington reported traveling to California and Nevada before they got sick. Illnesses started on dates ranging from February 24, 2025 to May 17, 2025. Of the 61 people with information available, 21 have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 30 people interviewed, 27 (90%) reported eating eggs. State health officials identified illness sub-clusters at two restaurants. An illness sub-cluster is a group of unrelated sick people who all ate at the same location or event, such as a restaurant. Investigating sub-clusters can help identify a food item eaten by all the sick people that could…

As the Senate takes up the House’s version of the reconciliation bill, I wanted to briefly summarize the main provisions that relate to public lands – in part so readers can be aware of the state of play as to what might (or might not) come to pass in the Senate.  The bill as passed by the House can be found here. Overall, most of the relevant provisions relate to leases for fossil fuel development, particularly oil and gas.  Some other provisions are part of long-term battles over flashpoint projects (such as oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), examples of the ping-pong governance that I have described before. Section 80101 of the bill would require BLM to issue quarterly oil and gas leases in all states with land available for oil and gas development, and provides that land eligible for oil and gas development is any land not prohibited from such development under federal law or land-use plans.  It also provides that at…

If you or someone you know is facing the daunting reality of a felony conviction in San Diego, there is a glimmer of hope. The possibility of reducing a felony to a misdemeanor exists under certain conditions. This legal process can significantly impact your future, allowing you to reclaim rights and opportunities that may have been lost due to the felony conviction. For a free legal consultation regarding this matter, call our San Diego criminal defense lawyers today at (619) 430-2355. Key Takeaways • Felony reduction in San Diego is possible if your crime is a wobbler and you meet specific eligibility criteria. • A Penal Code 17(b) motion allows reductions at sentencing or after probation completion. • Hiring an experienced San Diego criminal defense attorney increases your chance of success. • Reduction restores rights like voting and may improve employment prospects. • A reduced felony can still impact licensing and gun rights, so legal…

Another national park idea the Trump Administration had recently was to offload hundreds of national parks to states and local governments, in order to trim $900 million from the Park Service budget.  The proposal is spare on details, only calling for the “transfer [of] certain properties to State-level management.”  Secretary of the Interior Burgum stated that only about 60 “crown jewel” parks would be off of the list for potential transfer.  As the article notes, most states seem uninterested in taking on the additional cost and responsibility of managing national parks, and in any case, national park status generally is a plus in terms of getting tourists to visit a site. But as with Alcatraz, it’s important to remember there is law here.  And that law probably means that any major change in operations of national parks will have to come through Congress.  First, direct transfer of the ownership of these parks to states,…

A serious all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident in Clayton left three people injured on Thursday evening, with two victims requiring emergency airlift transportation to local hospitals. The incident highlights the ongoing safety concerns surrounding recreational ATV use and the importance of proper safety precautions when operating these vehicles. Emergency Response to Oak Hill Lane Incident Firefighters with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to reports of a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle accident with multiple injuries on Oak Hill Lane just before 6 p.m. on Thursday. The swift emergency response was crucial given the severity of the injuries sustained in the crash. Emergency medical personnel quickly assessed the scene and determined that two of the three injured victims required immediate airlift transportation due to their critical conditions. The rapid deployment of air medical services demonstrates how serious ATV accidents can result in…

Abdi Aidid (University of Toronto - Faculty of Law; Yale Law School) has posted Juridification and Regulating the Modern Lawyer (Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Volume 37, No. 3) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: To say that lawyers are everywhere is only a slight exaggeration, yet the legal ethics regimes tasked with regulating the profession do not contemplate most of what modern lawyers do. As this Article explains, a major reason for this is juridification, a process describing (i) the sheer growth in the volume and increasing specificity of new laws, (ii) the increase in the authority and reach of judicial dispute resolution, and (iii) the proliferation of law-like procedures and legalistic decision-making in non-juridical organizations. Interestingly, this expansion of lawyer influence occurred against the backdrop of a countertendency in lawyer regulation. Legal ethics regimes self-consciously moved away from expansive, aspirational rule-setting to-with the advent of…

Throughout the month of May, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for May 1st to May 31st, 2025. Articles, Books, and More Gerry W. Beyer, Drafting Wills to Prevent and Diminish Contests, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., Mar. 2025, at 1. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., May/Jun. 2025, at 27. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025). Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025). Geoffrey S. Corn, [Chapter Within] The Law on Nuclear Weapons (2025). Richard Murphy, Federal Practice and Procedure (May 2025 Update). Richard Murphy, Administrative Law and Practice (May 2025 Update). Stephen t. Black, Weaponizing AI, 16 UC L. Sci. & Tech. J. 177 (2025). Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters Prof.…

[The Trump Administration returned the illegally deported migrant from imprisonment in El Salvador after repeatedly claiming they could not do so.] Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (NA)  Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia—illegally deported by the Trump Administration to imprisonment in El Salvador without any due process—is now back in the US. After the Supreme Court ruled that the Administration had to "facilitate" his return, the administration repeatedly insisted they had no power to do so, and otherwise verged on defying court orders. But as Trump admitted, in reality the administration could have secured his return any time they wanted to. Salvadoran President Nayeb Bukele was  keeping Abrego Garcia in prison only because of arrangement with Trump, under which the US paid him to detain Garcia and hundreds of other migrants deported without due process, in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies…

Law firms across the country are investing heavily in digital marketing. They’re running SEO campaigns, producing video content, launching PPC ads, and posting on every social media platform imaginable. And yet, many of these same firms report the same frustrating outcome: “We’re not getting enough clients.” The assumption? The marketing isn’t working.  Let me say the quiet part out loud: The marketing is working. The leads are coming in. They’re just slipping through the cracks. Welcome to the quiet crisis of law firm lead conversion. Marketing Isn’t Broken, Your Intake Is Tough love. Most law firms believe the first place to look when revenue is stagnant is the marketing funnel. Maybe the agency isn’t delivering enough traffic. Maybe the ad creative needs a refresh. Maybe the blogs aren’t ranking. Sure, all of those things can be true. But in a significant number of cases, the real culprit is much…