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06 Nov To Share or Not to Share: The Ever-Present Risk of Selective Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product

Posted at 23:38h in Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

Corporate entities that find themselves in litigation after a negative announcement or embarrassing event often conduct internal investigations to get to the root of the problem. Outside law firms, usually not the company’s regular counsel, typically conduct these investigations to ensure objectivity and avoid a...

20 Jun Recent Publications By Brown White & Osborn Attorneys

Posted at 15:14h in Criminal Defense, Litigation by Brown White & Osborn LLP

Brown White & Osborn LLP's attorneys have been published on current events recently: In a recent LA Times column, BWO Partner Caleb Mason explained how Attorney General Sessions' testimony illustrates the risks of clients answering questions. In another Los Angeles Times column, Partner Ken White explained how...

20 Jun When A Leaker Blows The Whistle

Posted at 15:08h in Litigation, Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

Numerous recent stories have reported criticism of former FBI Director James Comey’s “leak” of a memorandum summarizing his non-classified conversations with President Donald J. Trump. Critics, mostly in the political world and blogosphere, have decried Comey’s so-called leak as illegal or unethical. Removed from the...

13 Mar Saving Your House From Medi-Cal’s New Estate Recovery Rules

Posted at 14:24h in Probate, Trusts & Estates by Mark Flory

In 2016 Governor Brown signed SB 833 into law, changing the way that California seeks repayment from deceased Medi-Cal recipients. This change in the law provides yet another good reason to engage in careful estate planning so that estates will not go to Medi-Cal upon...

01 Mar BWO Attorney Ken White Interviewed On First Amendment issue on KPCC’s AirTalk

Posted at 21:13h in Criminal Defense, Litigation by Ken White

Today I participated in a discussion on KPCC's "AirTalk" about a fascinating case in Arkansas that demonstrates how difficult it can be to apply established First Amendment precedent to new technology. Arkansas police have obtained a search warrant for Amazon's records of a murder defendant's...

16 Feb $3.7 Million Settlement of Section 1983 First Amendment Retaliation Claim For Downey Firefighters

Posted at 20:23h in Litigation by Brown White & Osborn LLP

Today Brown White & Osborn LLP announced a $3,700,000 settlement in a Section 1983 lawsuit it brought on behalf of the Downey Firemen’s Association and 14 firefighters against the City of Downey and its former Fire Chief Lonald Croom. The City retaliated against the 14...

26 Jan Even in Kardashian World, Robbery And Burglary Are Different

Posted at 16:41h in Criminal Defense by Susan Israel

It is (well, was) my secret shame that I follow the Kardashians—I’m not religious about it, but they’re a nice diversion from the gravitas of my criminal defense practice. But even the sanctuary of Kardashian gossip is no longer safe; they have recently been victims...

12 Jan Reflections From The Past Year of Criminal Defense Practice: Lesson Two

Posted at 16:45h in Criminal Defense by Caleb Mason

Last week I offered my first lesson gleaned from defending clients in 2016: investigate faster and more thoroughly than the government. It's time for Lesson Two: File better written work product than the government. You can win or lose a case based on the quality of...

05 Jan Reflections From The Past Year of Criminal Defense Practice: Lesson One

Posted at 17:14h in Criminal Defense by Caleb Mason

To start off 2017, I thought I’d offer a few reflections from some cases I’ve completed over the past year, on what it takes to be successful as a criminal defense lawyer. Over the next few days, I’ll post on a few of those lessons. ...

05 Jan Whither the Future of Non-Judicial Fora?

Posted at 17:06h in Litigation, Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

Two late-year 2016 federal administrative and judicial pronouncements combine to raise concerns about the future of non-judicial dispute resolution fora. On November 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, adopted rules which, among...