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04 Dec He’s Baaaaaaaack .. Raymond J. Lucia Returns To Challenge SEC

Posted at 18:39h in Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

Raymond J. Lucia, who in 2017 challenged the constitutionality of the SEC’s process for appointing administrative law judges (“ALJs”), a challenge the Supreme Court ruled in his favor earlier this year, is back at it. On November 28, 2018, Lucia filed a second case against...

05 Nov Brown White & Osborn LLP Prevails: Los Angeles Jury Finds Edward Biggs Liable for $8.9 Million For Fraud Involving Owners Of Three Manufactured Homes In His Pacific Palisades Mobile Home Park

Posted at 17:10h in Litigation by Brown White & Osborn LLP

P R E S S R E L E A S E LOS ANGELES JURY FINDS EDWARD BIGGS LIABLE FOR $8.9 MILLION FOR FRAUD INVOLVING OWNERS OF THREE MANUFACTURED HOMES IN HIS PACIFIC PALISADES MOBILE HOME PARK Los Angeles, CA, November 5, 2018. Attorney Tom Brown from Brown...

26 Jul BWO Partner Ken White On “All The President’s Lawyers”

Posted at 19:48h in Criminal Defense, Litigation by Ken White

KCRW -- which produces the popular weekly political news show "Left Right and Center" -- has launched a popular new podcast "All The President's Lawyers," co-hosted by BWO partner Ken White. Every week, KCRW's Josh Barrow and Ken White discuss the many legal issues and...

26 Jul BWO Partner Caleb Mason On Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Posted at 19:45h in Criminal Defense by Caleb Mason

BWO Partner Caleb Mason has published an essay on how Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may handle criminal procedure issues: "On Criminal Justice, Kavanaugh Might Be More Centrist than Kennedy."...

12 Jul Executive Order On Administrative Law Judges Not As Alarming In Context

Posted at 00:16h in Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

On July 10, 2018, President Trump issued an executive order exempting federal administrative law judges (“ALJs”) from the competitive service, or civil service system. This was in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lucia v. SEC, where the court held that SEC ALJs...

26 Jun The Supreme Court’s Term Has An Epic Impact On Employment Litigation

Posted at 23:59h in Employment by Evelina Gentry

On Monday, May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (“Epic”). In a 5- 4 decision, the Court held that class or collective action waivers contained in arbitration agreements are valid and enforceable. This is considered the most...

26 Jun Cakes, Discrimination, and First Amendment Rights

Posted at 22:02h in Employment by Evelina Gentry

“Baker, baker baking a cake make me a day … Maybe we could change his mind …There must be something here …” Tori Amos (“Baker baker”) The United States Supreme Court in a 7 to 2 decision reversed a penalty imposed on a baker who refused to...

25 Jun The Supreme Court’s Majority in Lucia Makes For Strange Bedfellows

Posted at 22:17h in Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Lucia v. SEC hardly came as a surprise. Sure, it invalidated a decades-old process for appointing SEC administrative law judges (“ALJs”), a rare occurrence, the reverberations of which are sure to flow across the federal landscape. But, after the...

22 Jun The Supreme Court Resolves A Split In Circuits, Holding That SEC Administrative Law Judges Are Subject To The Appointments Clause

Posted at 21:04h in Securities Litigation & Regulation by Ron Wood

After several years and many challenges, the Supreme Court has finally decided that Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) administrative law judges (“ALJs”) are “inferior officers” who exercise significant federal authority and therefore are required by the Appointments Clause of the US constitution to be appointed...

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...