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Family Law Corner: Differing “Views” on Surrogacy

Sherri Shepherd’s (formerly of “The View”) divorce has been one juicy headline after another. First, Shepherd and her husband, Lamar Sally, filed for divorce in different states. Their respective filings forced them to publicly acknowledge the existence of a prenuptial agreement and the pending birth of a child…

Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Members Named to Daily Journal’s Top Labor and Employment Lawyers List The following BASF members were named to the Daily Journal’s “Top California Labor and Employment Lawyers” list: Gregg M. Adam, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough; Dipanwita Deb Amar, Arnold & Porter; Maria Anastas, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &…

Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Members Named to LGBT Bar Association’s “40 Under 40” List BASF members John Hendricks, Hendricks Murry and Kyle Wong, Cooley, were both included on the National LGBT Bar Association’s “40 Under 40” list. Dreyers Chief Legal Officer Recognized by Business Journal BASF member Rosanna Neagle, VP and Chief Legal Office at…

Staying Present at Contentious Mediations

With BASF’s Putting for the Pipeline golf tournament coming in October, my mind turned to the similarities between the most mental of all sports and mediation. Playing golf is much more than hitting a ball with a club. As any golfer will attest, it raises mental pressures,…

BASF Member Ronald L. Richman Honored by ABA

The American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) honored Bullivant Houser Bailey attorney Ronald L. Richman with its Andrew C. Hecker Memorial Award. The award, which recognizes the late Andrew C. Hecker of Philadelphia, is presented to…

Career Fair Connects 330 Diverse Law Students with 50 Bay Area Employers

On July 26, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and BASF hosted its 10th annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair. The event brought together prominent law firms and government agencies in the Bay Area and diverse second-year law students from distinguished law schools throughout the country to discuss…

Fired While Pregnant – Yes, It Still Happens

A young woman is pregnant. She reports to her employer that per her doctor’s orders she can no longer lift weights of greater than 20 pounds. The following day her employment is terminated and she does not receive her final paycheck. Does this really still happen? Unfortunately the…

LRIS Panel Attorneys Give Their Time to Educate the Public

Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) Labor Relations panel attorney Jeremy Pasternak, Law Offices of Jeremy D. Pasternak, recently provided an overview of Wage and Hour law to the San Francisco Legal Professionals Association. LRIS Intellectual Property Rights attorney Mark Pearson recently engaged members of the San Francisco…

Child Abduction Warnings and Pitfalls: The Fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez

Child abduction is the ultimate act of parental alienation and child abuse. According to the Department of Justice, each year more than 200,000 children become victims. Children who are abducted, whether by a person unknown to the child or by…

Legal Community Exceeds Goals in Annual Drive for San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

The Bar Association of San Francisco and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank celebrated a record-breaking annual Food From the Bar Campaign at an awards ceremony at One Market Restaurant on July 21. Food from the Bar is the legal community’s annual fundraising drive to benefit the San Francisco…

Housing Negotiation Project Volunteer Works to Save Low-Income Clients’ Homes

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) recognizes Hope Greenhill as our Volunteer of the Month for her work with JDC’s Housing Negotiation Project, the limited-scope pro bono opportunity of the Eviction Defense Project. Greenhill has been volunteering with JDC since 2008, and currently works as a contract program…

Legal Ethics Corner: Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations Does Not Apply to Claims Based on Misappropriation of Client Funds

In Lee v. Hanley, 174 Cal.Rptr.3d 489 (2014), the Court of Appeal recently held that the legal malpractice statute of limitations does not necessarily bar a former client’s complaint against her attorney alleging the attorney refused to return unearned legal fees. The former client claimed that her…

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