Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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            Do you need help on your case and don't understand what to do?
       
            Most of our clients in family law, for example, already have started their cases but then
get lost following up with the documents that are required to get a judgment. The SHARP office in
Chico does have personnel who will help people at no cost. However not everyone who has used the SHARP office understands what they actually did.  For contested cases which require litigation, it is not the best idea to try and handle the case yourself unless the case is blatantly obvious and doesn't require any legal theory.
            Our attorney oversees all the work that goes out, including your case if you
decide to have us help you.  Our fees are very competitive and are adjusted by income. We do  not work without charge, however, we use a sliding scale adjustment depending on the difficulty of the work and the income of both parties.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Domestic Violence Cases and Privacy

Do most people really understand Domestic Violence Law?   Probably NOT.

There are key privacy and personal issues involved in most domestic violence cases, and this includes actions involving using improper actions to manipulate, move, or otherwise take personal data, compromising datasets, private information, and most data or photos stored on a device-- including phones, tablets, notebooks, computers, etc.  In particular, we are finding more and more cases where litigants just can't help themselves when it comes to issues involving "sex" or sexual data, even if it's just texting--no pictures....further, we are seeing more cases of illegal interception of private data---and this is a super huge area of concern, or should be, to most attorneys.  Many new cases spring up when marital partners find out their partners have been cheating on them when they find out by synced messages?  How awful is that?



Data storage and data movement, electronic storage,etc---"syncing"--- is a huge issue. Normally it is not recommended, as we are finding that many people simply do not realize the ramifications of the actual movement of data. When people buy new phones, change carriers, add on tablets, etc--this opens the door wide for misuse of one's privacy, period.  We cannot overstate this enough. It is never actually necessary to "sync" anything--- but people fall prey to it because it seems easy enough to do.

If everyone realized how very dangerous it was, they would not be using that feature, and furthermore, using it when one doesn't know how it even works?

There are key family law cases involving such issues, normally there are privacy and personal issues, secret data, x rated photos, and the like. None of these things are what one will want in a divorce, or in any break-up, as they will become NON private issues quite quickly.  And if by some chance such data is filed with a TRO or DV TRO--- you will need to petition the Court to remove it. If it was "e-filed" all we can say is, good luck!!  It will cost time, money, and a lot of sweat. Furthermore, you will be totally embarrassed for life.  THINK before you start doing such things!!! We have key cases that touch on all of these issues.  If you have made a mistake, call us. We may be able to help you fix the blunders, or the wrong actions of another.  We can provide both legal advice and paralegal help.

PGE Says: Wildfire Blackouts Plan!!

     Apparently, PG&E knew about their faulty power lines for years. In 2013, PG&E workers noticed that one of their lines (the Caribou-Palermo line) sagged considerably and that several trees were encroaching upon it. Work was scheduled to have been completed by February 2016 and cost upwards of $30.3 million, but the project was continuously delayed. Then they were going to start the repair project in 2014. The project never happened. Then they were going to repair the line in 2015. The repairs still didn’t come.
     Finally, in 2018, PG&E told federal regulators that their work would begin in June and finish up late in the year. That would-be work also never started and in a matter of months the perpetual putting off would be too late, WSJ previously reported. And on Nov. 8, 2018, “winds picked up before sunrise near Paradise, Calif., when a wire snapped free from the Caribou-Palermo line, creating an electric arc that scorched the metal tower supporting it.” A fire started under the line, and within hours, a fire, the “Camp Fire” ravaged Paradise and killed 85 people.
     After the wildfires, PG&E declared bankruptcy to insulate itself from the damages. In announcing their bankruptcy protection scheme, PG&E cited hundreds of civil lawsuits filed by victims from wildfires that occurred in 2017 and 2018. Those lawsuits will now be consolidated into bankruptcy court where victims will likely receive less money than had their legal actions played out in regular state or federal civil courts.



PGE says it could cut power to more than 5 million people when the risk
of wildfires is high. Supposedly the blackouts will happen on Red Flag

Warning days proclaimed by the National Weather Service when the
winds are sustained at 25mph/gusting up to 45mph or higher, humidity below
20% and dry fuel and soil conditions.
The power could be out for up to 5 days.