This week I have two columns up elsewhere. At the Daily Journal, I wrote about the State of California's constitutionally questionable decision to prevent an artist from showing a Civil War painting at the Big Fresno Fair on the dubious grounds that it violated a...
Those of us of a certain age remember schools being unaware of bullying or indifferent to it. But for the last decade American schools have increasingly sought to prevent and punish various forms of bullying, motivated both by a concern for student well-being and effective...
On October 8, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“CalECPA”), which took effect on January 1, 2016. While not the first digital privacy legislation in the United States, CalECPA has been hailed as a landmark victory for digital privacy. The law...
Jack B. Osborn and Mark J. Andrew Flory, attorneys with Brown White & Osborn LLP, have been certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as Certified Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. The rigorous process of becoming a certified specialist...
Brown White & Osborn LLP is thrilled to announce today’s successful result in the pro bono defense of our client Peter Wexler. The United States charged Mr. Wexler with twenty counts arising from his blog posts, claiming that he made criminal threats against an Assistant Director...
Recent regulatory initiatives by state and financial industry regulators have added to the mushrooming legislation designed to protect elders from financial abuse. The latest of these, a Model Act to protect seniors, adopted in February 2016 by the 67 members of the North American Securities...
When a person is charged with a crime, his or her first worry is conviction. When the government charges a defendant, it throws all its resources and authority into putting that person in prison. And it usually succeeds. Most criminal charges result in guilty pleas,...
Brown White & Osborn LLP’s lawyers regularly write about criminal justice and civil litigation issues for publications nationwide. Here are three recent examples: Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor at Reason Magazine, discussing how culture shapes prosecutorial behavior. Brock Turner: The Sort of Defendant Who Is Spared “Severe Impact,” at the FaultLines Blog,...
Today I’ve got a guest post at Mimesis Law about how our constitutional rights are interconnected....
So you were thinking that Speaker of the House is a cursed position? Enough to make a grown man cry (and cry and cry, and chain-smoke, and quit)? You can now add Dennis Hastert’s troubles to the list of woes besetting Speakers. Hastert, the longest-serving...