Police let drivers off the hook with a warning for violation they could not have known they committed.
By David Whitehead
This absurd enforcement action by the Redondo Beach Police Department was probably a bureaucratic snafu the chain of command decided to proceed with despite its highly questionable legality. It was clearly an unwarranted violation of the rights of law abiding citizens, but just to keep things in perspective, it wasn’t the Rodney King incident either. For me it was just stupid and annoying.
On Sunday, November … Continue Reading

By Ken Roberts
This article appeared in Business Insider Magazine’s second issue of 2009
If the real estate climate was reported like the weather, it might sound something like the following:
“Expect the stormfront in the South Bay real estate market to continue with cold temperatures, scattered showers, and occasional gale force winds in the middle class areas, gradually giving way to partial clearing and a warming trend for first-time buyers with the worst behind us for the high-end market.”
One of the barometers of the real estate climate is the number … Continue Reading

By Kurt Schlichter, Esq, Attorney at Law
This article appeared in Business Insider Magazine in the second issue of 2009
As the economy worsens, more businesspeople find themselves being sued. Getting sued is no fun even in the best of times. You are minding your own business when some vaguely disreputable gentleman steps up and hands you a batch of papers, announcing that you have been served. Reading the “Complaint for Damages,” you do not recognize yourself. The facts are all wrong and many of the allegations are outright lies. The … Continue Reading