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Orange County Litigation Newsletter, Fall 2010 Size Them Up: Picking – or Rather, “Excluding” – a Jury Clarence Darrow, one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians, wrote in “How to Pick A Jury,” Esquire, May 1936: “It is obvious that if a litigant discovered one of his dearest friends in the jury […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter Fall 2010 Area Planning Commissions Need Help In the City of Los Angeles we have seven Area Planning Commissions (known as “APCs”), each consisting of five volunteer members appointed by the Mayor and covering a distinct geographical part of the city. These APC commissioners need not and, in fact, do not […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter Fall 2010 Update: Los Angeles City Council Approves Ban on New Supergraphics in Hollywood The right to install a supergraphic on a side of a building in Hollywood has been an ongoing struggle between owners and the City for years. The attorneys at JMBM have extensive experience in representing hotel owners […]
Cloud Computing, Part III JMBM Corporate Law Newsletter: Cloud Computing, Part III This article is the last in a series about cloud computing. Read parts one and two to get the full story. In past issues of the JMBM Corporate Law Newsletter, we discussed some of the benefits and challenges of cloud computing. As discussed […]
Back of the Agreement–Boilerplate Provisions The term “boilerplate” dates back to the 1890s, when printing plates of text for advertisements or syndicated columns were cast or stamped in steel ready for the printing press and distributed to newspapers around the United States. They were called boilerplates because of their resemblance to the thick, tough steel […]
Scott Harshman authored a chapter in Inside the Minds: Trust and Probate Litigation, published by Thomson Reuters/Aspatore. His chapter is titled, "Assisting Clients With Challenges to Their Trust Litigation Strategies."
Jim Butler’s article entitled, "Distress Continues for Hotels and Commercial Real Estate: New Data Suggests 8 year Downturn, Dismal Prospects and Increased Foreclosures" was published in Hotel Law Blog, and was picked up by the following sites: Hotel Online, ehotelier.com, Hotel News Resource and Hospitality Net.
ADA Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect On July 23, 2010, the U.S. Attorney General signed into law important revisions to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)Regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act. The new regulations include substantial and far reaching revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), which are now known as […]
Gordon Schaller’s article "The Perfect Storm of Estate Planning Coming to an End" was published by The Elite Advisor Forum, the financial services industry’s premier online destination for financial advisors who serve affluent individuals. "Early speculation about changes to the 2009 income, gift and estate taxes by the Democrat-controlled Congress and administration was quickly replaced […]
Marty Orlick’s article "ADA Defense Lawyer Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect" was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog and was picked up by the following sites: Hotel Online, ehotelier.com, HTrends.com, Hotel News Resource and Hospitality Net.
