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04 Apr New York Times Publishes Op-Ed by Senior Counsel Greg Nolan about Voting Rights

Posted at 17:29h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

In today’s New York Times, Senior Counsel Greg Nolan analyzes the effect that some prosecutions may have on citizens’ willingness to vote. The piece stems from Mr. Nolan’s authorship of an amicus brief on behalf of a bipartisan group of former state attorneys general, United...

04 Apr BWO Senior Counsel Greg Nolan Writes About Whistle Blower Program for White Collar Crime in Rolling Stone

Posted at 17:14h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

Senior Counsel Greg Nolan analyzes a new whistle blower program that federal prosecutors in some localities are offering. It allows white collar criminals to avoid prosecution if they alert authorities to fraud that law enforcement does not already know about. Read his analysis in Rolling...

27 Apr Guidelines for Guardianship and Conservatorship Visitation during COVID-19

Posted at 16:33h in Uncategorized by Jack Osborn

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many California families did not understand the rules governing visiting children under probate guardianships and senior citizens under probate conservatorships. The pandemic and its stay-at-home orders, social distancing rules, and impact on the state have made visitation even more challenging, and it is now even more...

09 Apr California Enacts Emergency Pretrial Release Without Bail For Nonviolent Offenders

Posted at 20:07h in Uncategorized by Ken White

California continues to lead the nation in enacting effective measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, California authorities enacted sweeping emergency rules designed to release nonviolent offenders from pretrial detention without bail, reducing the risk and scale of jail outbreaks. Under normal circumstances, California’s criminal courts set bail...

12 Apr BWO Partner Ken White On The FBI Search of Michael Cohen’s Office

Posted at 17:48h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

This week BWO partner Ken White, whose practice includes federal criminal defense, spoke extensively about the FBI search of the offices of President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen. Mr. White had a Op-Ed column in the New York Times on April 10 explaining the likely significance of the...

13 Feb BWO Partner Ken White On Fox News @ Night Regarding Special Counsel Investigation

Posted at 17:17h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

BWO Partner Ken White appeared on Fox News @ Night With Shannon Bream last week to discuss why targets of investigations – in this case, the President of the United States – should be extremely wary of voluntary interviews with law enforcement....

08 Feb BWO Partner Ken White Published In Reason Magazine

Posted at 22:45h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

BWO Partner Ken White, who is a Contributing Editor at Reason Magazine, has a new article published there explaining the perils of voluntary discussions with federal investigators....

19 Jan LA Times Op-Ed on Executive Privilege

Posted at 18:43h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

BWO Partner Caleb Mason is in the LA Times on why Steve Bannon can’t claim executive privilege, and why the White House hasn’t claimed it....

19 Jan BWO Partner Ken White To Give Keynote Address At Free Speech Conference

Posted at 18:35h in Uncategorized by Brown White & Osborn LLP

BWO Partner Ken White, whose practice includes First Amendment law and free speech issues, has been selected to give the keynote address at the West Coast Regional Conference of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. FIRE is the preeminent organization defending the free speech...

28 Nov New California Law Bars Salary History Questions

Posted at 19:29h in Uncategorized by Evelina Gentry

California is the fourth state, after Massachusetts, Oregon and Delaware, to bar employers from asking job applicants about their salary history, including the rate of compensation and benefits. The new law (A.B. 168) comes in effect on January 1, 2018 and will apply to all employers...