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Oct. 23, 2014

Demystifying the 'yes means yes' bill

Is it now guilty until proven innocent? Is any sex involving drugs or alcohol now rape? And the ultimate question: What role should the government play?

Gregory J. Rolen

Partner
Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Email: grolen@hbblaw.com

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Is it now guilty until proven innocent? Is any sex involving drugs or alcohol now rape? Will adult students have to receive an express "yes" when moving from second to third base?

And the ultimate question: What role should the government play? Should the government be in the bedroom, or dorm room, telling us how to perform our most personal and private acts?

These are but a few of the questions raised by Gov. Jerry Brown's signing of Senate Bill 967, the much publicized "...

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