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Law & Justice

  • Tonight on Your Legal Rights, with an emphasis on voting technology, we take a look at voting rights in America: where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, Brent Turner, are joined by Secretary William Gardner, former Secretary of State in New Hampshire, having retired as the longest serving Secretary of State in the nation's history.Best of all, we take your calls and answer your questions, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • California maintains a no-fault system under which if you get hurt on the job, your employer is required by law to pay for workers’ compensation benefits.This system, in most cases, is the sole remedy for a workplace injury; in most instances, personal injury laws do not apply to an injury suffered at work. There is a system in place to protect workers, but it is not dependent upon the same factors as would apply to a personal injury case.What happens if you are at fault.What if you want to see your own doctor?What if the injury is permanent?What if you can’t return to work for a while? Forever?Tonight, the basics of the workers compensation system. YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by a sought-after speaker who routinely addresses attorneys, physicians, unions, and consumer groups about workers’ compensation and the law in California, San Rafael workers’ compensation attorney Robert K. Wyman. Questions for Jeff and his guest? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • Your Legal Rights
    Whether the guy who jumps from behind the fence and scares your kids, the guy who tears down your decorations and threatens your life, or the lady who calls the police when your kids walk by just going to the park, many of us have had difficult neighbors at one time or another.What are some of the tools you can use? Does the city, or do the police, have a role? When should you go it alone? Might you get an attorney?In Part I of our broadcast, Your Legal Rights, YLR host, Jeff Hayden, joined by Tonight on Your Legal Rights, YLR host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Municipal Attorney Lance Bayer and East Bay attorney Nabiel Ahmed, discussed more broadly the issues, what your city and its officials can do. Tonight on Your Legal Rights, in Part II, YLR host, Jeff Hayden, joined by Redwood City attorney Emily Andrews and Nabiel Ahmed, both of whom help their clients obtain or resist restraining orders and Municipal Attorney Lance Bayer, will look more closely at truly troublesome neighbors.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • Your Legal Rights
    In recent years, the government has taken some small steps in recognition of the inequities built into the criminal justice system.Both the California Supreme Court and the State Legislature have recognized, and lambasted, the presence of bias in the prosecution function in all of its forms, conscious or otherwise.Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by criminal defense attorneys Cherie Wallace and Gerritt Rutgers to discuss the Racial Justice Act, and the bias that persists within the Criminal Justice System.
  • Berkeley’s City Council wants to expand the use of surveillance cameras to address crime.
  • We’ll hear from a panel of experts about what should be done in San Francisco to address drug addiction and prevent more loss of life from accidental overdoses.
  • Your Legal Rights
    Whether the guy who jumps from behind the fence and scares your kids, the guy who tears down your decorations and threatens your life, or the lady who calls the police when your kids walk by just going to the park, many of us have had difficult neighbors at one time or another.What are some of the tools you can use? Does the city, or do the police, have a role? When should you go it alone? Might you get an attorney?Tonight on Your Legal Rights, YLR host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Municipal Attorney Lance Bayer and East Bay attorney Nabiel Ahmed, who helps his clients obtain or resist restraining orders.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • The new ordinance makes it illegal for homeless people in unincorporated areas of the county to live outside if they have refused offers to move indoors.
  • Your Legal Rights
    As housing was perhaps the single largest subject of legislative activity in the last year, YLR returns to discuss landlord tenant law, the first installment for 2024.YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by landlord-tenant attorneys Jessica Chylik of San Francisco and David Finkelstein of San Mateo. As always, we take your calls and answer your questions.
  • Your Legal Rights
    As with each of the last few years, the 2023 legislative season brought the passage of many bills, directly affecting employers and employees throughout California.Tonight, on Your Legal Rights, with participation and assistance of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, we’re talking about the evolving world of Labor and Employment Law.YLR host, Jeff Hayden is joined by Thomas Lenz, a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Pasadena, Ca, and Beth W. Mora of Mora Employment are all here to help. Questions for Jeff and his guests, please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • Once effective at curbing gun violence, Oakland's Ceasefire program has been gutted, new audit shows.