Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson has filed for divorce again – for the third time – from professional poker player Rick Salomon. Anderson and Salomon first married in 2007 and split two months later when Anderson filed her first Petition…
BASF Joins Los Angeles County Bar Association in Amicus Brief Regarding Heller Ehrman Bankruptcy
In late February, BASF, along with the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), filed an amicus brief in a case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which received widespread press coverage in the legal industry. Kudos to BASF’s Amicus…
Paralegal Section Kicks Off with Mixer
More than 120 people were in attendance at the kickoff mixer for the newly established Paralegal Section on February 25. The mixer was held at the BASF Conference Center and sponsored by Nelson Staffing and File and ServeXpress and was…
The Ides of April – Tax Q&A with Attorney J.P. Harbour
April 15th is a dreaded date for many. The federal and state tax codes are challenging for the best and brightest, not to mention for clients facing an audit or small business owners juggling new regulations regarding employee health programs…
Blurred Lines – Copyright’s Fight for Freedom-To-Use
The music industry was rocked last week when a Central California District Court jury returned a verdict finding the megahit song “Blurred Lines” infringes on the late Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” The legal dispute over the controversial…
Tax Tips, Not Just For Tax Filing Season
People often ask what it is like to have the IRS or California state tax authorities as our constant adversaries. The answer is simple. Even with highly contentious issues, whether for thousands or millions of dollars, or whether overseeing an…
Legal Ethics Community Will Greatly Miss Paul Vapnek
The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Legal Ethics Committee sends our heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of Paul Vapnek, a renowned legal ethics and intellectual property lawyer, who passed away on February 28, 2015. After clerking for U.S.…
Estate Planning: Three Lessons From Dead Celebrities
In 2011, pop diva Amy Winehouse joined the list of musicians who died at 27, which includes rock icons Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Like Winehouse, Joplin and Morrison were drug addicts and appear to have died of overdoses. Unlike…
What Movie is Playing in Your Mediation?
Mediation works because, as the meme/trope goes: “We are not so different, you and I.” First: figure out what movie is playing inside the hearts and minds of party actors. Here sits a neighbor who can’t hear because of another…
Legal Ethics Corner: California Court of Appeal Upholds “In-Firm” Privilege
California recently joined a growing list of states that have issued published opinions recognizing an in-firm privilege. See, e.g., Moore v. Grau, 2014 N.H. Super. LEXIS 20 (N.H. Super. Ct. Dec. 15, 2014); Crimson Trace Corp. v. Davis Wright Tremaine…
Ludacris’ Ludicrous Custody Battle
For the past year Christopher Bridges, better known as Ludacris, has been in a bitter custody battle with “baby mama” Tamika Fuller. Ludacris filed to establish his paternity and limit child support for the pair’s now fifteen month old daughter…
Bobbi Kristina Brown: How Her Tragedy Would Play Out In California
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, has been in a medically-induced coma since January 31, 2015, when she was found face down in a bathtub of her home in Roswell, Georgia. Since then,…