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Ensuring Your Website Complies With the ADA
In today’s digital age, having an online presence is crucial for businesses, including wineries, breweries, and other beverage companies. Accordingly, it’s essential to ensure that your beverage website meets federal standards for accessibility to avoid...
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Farella Braun + Martel Earns 2024 Best Law Firms® Rankings
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Disputes Between Shareholders May Not Be Governed by Fiduciary Duties but Could Be Covered by Insurance
(As published in Private Company Director ) Disputes regarding ownership interests often arise in the context of closely held corporations, particularly when directors, officers, or majority shareholders sell or acquire ownership interests in the...
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Compelling Employees to Arbitration Suddenly Has Less of an Upside
On July 17, the California Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Adolph v. Uber Techs Inc., as to whether employees still have standing to sue for "non-individual" PAGA claims when they have been...
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Farella Wins Complete Defense Ruling at Trial for Smart Meter Technology Company
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel secured a complete defense victory for a smart meter technology company following a two-week bench trial in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California...
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Wire Fraud Victims Have New Reporting Factors After Ciminelli
Originally published by Bloomberg Law . Courts around the country have seen an influx of challenges to indictments and convictions since the US Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Ciminelli v. United States last May...
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Reporting Dispute Claims Within Closely Held Wineries
Many wineries operate as closely held companies, meaning they’re owned by an individual or small group of shareholders, who are often members of the same family. Disputes regarding ownership interests can arise, particularly when directors...
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Scraping Battles: Meta Loses Legal Effort to Halt Harvesting of Personal Profiles
Alex Reese spoke to Matt Fleischer-Black of Cybersecurity Law Report about the Meta v. Bright Data decision and its impact on U.S. scraping case law. Read the article here (paywall or trial).
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Farella 2024 Partner Elevations: Cynthia Castillo and Greg LeSaint
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce the election of two lawyers to partnership effective Jan. 1: Cynthia Castillo and Greg LeSaint. “We are thrilled to elevate Cynthia and...
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Major Decision Affects Law of Scraping and Online Data Collection, Meta Platforms v. Bright Data
On January 23, 2024, the court in Meta Platforms Inc. v. Bright Data Ltd. , Case No. 3:23-cv-00077-EMC (N.D. Cal.), issued a summary judgment ruling with potentially wide-ranging ramifications for the law of scraping and...
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