As a partner of a small firm, I am constantly searching for best practices and pieces of wisdom from successful attorneys and business owners I admire. This article shares some insight from Charles “Chuck” Louderback, a senior trial practitioner…
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Announces Best Places to Work
The following BASF Leader Circle firms were included on the 2019 list of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Alston & Bird Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Baker McKenzie…
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Announces Best Places to Work
The following BASF Leader Circle firms were included on the 2019 list of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Alston & Bird Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Baker McKenzie…
Risk Management: Lawyers Facing Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Lawyers facing claims for breach of fiduciary duty, and the counsel defending them, should be aware of the Court of Appeal’s decision last year in Knutson v. Foster, 25 Cal.App.5th 1075 (2018). Plaintiff’s counsel is almost certain to bring…
Sign Up, Join the Competition: Food From The Bar Starts May 1
This year’s Food from the Bar campaign runs from May 1 through June 1. For five weeks every year, the legal community comes together for one purpose: to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin, where one in…
Daily Journal Announces Top IP Lawyers in California
The following BASF members were recognized by the Daily Journal as 2019’s top intellectual property lawyers: Harper Batts and Lorna L. Tanner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton;Mike Bettinger, Sidley Austin; Daralyn J. Durie and Mark A. Lemley, Durie Tangri; Jeffrey M. Fisher, Farella Braun + Martel; Sarah J. Guske, Baker Botts; Susan E. Hollander, Venable; Randall…
One Phone Call Helps Turn a Life Around, Thanks to HAP Staff Going the Extra Mile
On a recent Tuesday, Erin Katayama, Supervising Attorney at the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) received an urgent call for help. A colleague at the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) told her about a tenant…
BASF and JDC Join Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Hernandez-Becerra, Urging Protection of Due Process Rights for Defendants Prosecuted through Operation Streamline
April 19, 2019 – San Francisco — The Bar Association of San Francisco and the Justice & Diversity Center joined 42 leading nonprofit organizations, immigrant rights and community groups, law clinics, and mental health providers in filing an…
New Attorneys Join Federal Pro Bono Project
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) welcomes two new attorneys to our Federal Pro Bono Project. This partnership with the United States District Court, Northern District of California, serves unrepresented litigants in two ways: guiding them through Legal Help…
Nicolas Cage’s Annulment: He Isn’t Leaving Las Vegas Yet
Nicolas Cage won’t be “Leaving Las Vegas” any time soon. He filed for an annulment from his fourth wife, Erika Koike, only four days after his Bellagio casino wedding, leaving Britney Spears with the record for celebrity shortest marriage. …
Natassia Kwan Named Vice Chair of California Minority Counsel Program Ambassador’s Council
BASF member Natassia Kwan, Greenberg Traurig, has been named Vice Chair of the California Minority Counsel Program (CMPC) Ambassador’s Council. Kwan, an associate, is a member of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation and Products Liability & Mass…
Use an En-dash to Mark a Range of Things Like Dates and Numbers
After publication of last month’s column on uses of the em-dash, a reader emailed to ask why the instructions I shared for creating this punctuation mark call for leaving no space on either side of it. He asked the…