Recently, the Ninth Circuit decided the case of United States v. Payne, holding that forcing an individual to use their thumb or finger to unlock an electronic device does not violate their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The holding would certainly also apply to forcing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...