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....
Brown White & Osborn LLP partner Ken White, a First Amendment litigator, has launched a monthly podcast on the Legal Talk Network. The podcast, called "Make No Law", explores the background and context of famous First Amendment cases. At launch, two episodes are available: "Fighting Words,"...
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....
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...
The Social Science Research Network has named BWO partner Caleb Mason’s article “Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps” a Weekly Top 5 paper based on demand for it. Ms. Mason’s article colorfully illustrates how the Jay-Z song...
With the startling rise in the value of Bitcoin and the proliferation in the number of crypto- or digital currency initial coin offerings (“ICO’s”) -- more than 160 thus far in 2017 -- government regulators around the world are actively evaluating the risk and utility...
Bitcoin. The very mention of the name conjures the tripartite faces of fear, greed and the unknown. To many it is an unfamiliar economic engine that produces both financial volatility and enormous riches in the Internet’s equivalent of the wild west. But what are the...
The SEC last week abruptly changed its position on the status of its administrative law judges ("ALJs"). In a Supreme Court brief filed in the case of Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC conceded that its ALJs are indeed inferior officers requiring appointment...
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...
Pet ownership comes with great rewards and responsibilities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pet ownership can provide many health benefits. Research has shown that pet ownership can decrease blood pressure, cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, and can also decrease or eliminate feelings...