Corporate Governance and Board Advising for GC of Large-Scale Exempt Organization

Provided highly confidential advice and counseling on corporate governance and board relations matters to general counsel of large tax exempt organization.

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Benchmark Litigation Honors Farella’s Doug Young With Hall of Fame Award

Farella Braun + Martel’s Douglas R. Young was honored with Benchmark Litigation ’s Hall of Fame award at its annual awards ceremony on March 5th at the St. Regis in San Francisco. According to...

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Going it Alone: How to Manage Cybercrime Response With Less Government Help

By: Jessica K. Nall, Chair, White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice and Aviva J. Gilbert, Senior Associate, White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice, Farella Braun + Martel [1] Several years ago when...

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California Cases to Watch in 2020

Jessica Nall was quoted in the article "California Cases to Watch in 2020" in Law360 . Jessica commented on two high-profile criminal cases against former technology executives pending in the Northern District of California...

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The Huawei Trade Secrets Prosecution and What It Means for Business

by Jessica K. Nall and Janice W. Reicher [1] As the world watches the political and legal battles between the U.S. government and Chinese telecom giant Huawei unfold in the headlines, many are asking...

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Gov't Drops IP Theft Charges Against Ex-Jawbone Workers

Law360 reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California in San Jose moved to dismiss all trade-secret-theft charges against the remaining four defendants in what was originally a six-defendant case...

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How a Robot Named 'Tappy' Could Cripple Huawei

In the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. government and Chinese telecom giant Huawei, a civil trade secret dispute between two companies that might have resolved without much fanfare in previous years has grown into...

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Individual Accountability in the Huawei Trade Secrets Prosecution

In the ongoing legal battle over the alleged theft of American trade secrets by Chinese telecom giant Huawei, one curious aspect is the lack of charges filed against any individual Huawei employees. On February...

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INSIGHT: Are Your Employees Using Messaging Apps for Business Communications? Understanding Compliance Implications

Employees are using ephemeral messaging apps—where messages “disappear"—but do they? Farella Braun + Martel attorneys lay out legal pitfalls and compliance issues and the digital minefield that arises when employees don’t use company-sanctioned email...