Former SF Supervisor Katy Tang Joins BASF Leader Circle Firm Farella Braun + Martel

Former San Francisco supervisor Katy Tang joined BASF Leader Circle firm Farella Braun + Martel, the Daily Journal reported on January 7. Tang joins the firm’s land use team, headed by Steve Vettel. During her six years as supervisor, representing the Sunset and Parkside neighborhoods,…
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Risk Management: Duties Owed to Former Clients Under the New Rules of Professional Conduct

After termination of a lawyer-client relationship, the lawyer owes the former client two duties: not to take actions that will injure the client in the former matter, and not to use information acquired in confidence against the former client. The…
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Seeking Legal Employers to Host 1L Students for Three-Day Job Shadow Program

Aimed at opening doors of opportunity for diverse law students, the Justice & Diversity Center’s 1L Open Doors Job Shadow Program strives to help 1L law students enrolled in San Francisco law schools jump-start their professional development through early, day-to-day immersion in dynamic…
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Leader Circle Firms Honored by Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

Two BASF Leader Circle firms will receive awards at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Gala. DLA Piper will be honored with the Robert A. Thompson…
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BASF Joins California Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Landmark Constitutional Challenge to State’s Bail System

December 13, 2018 – San Francisco – McDermott Will & Emery, as counsel to the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Santa Clara County Bar Association (the Bar Associations), has filed an amicus…
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