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We are proud to announce that Farella Braun + Martel lawyers were honored among the 2026 “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year” by the Daily Journal for their role in protecting the rule of law by representing pro bono...

Updated November 24, 2025 The Executive Orders at issue in this class action litigation resulted in summary and blanket terminations of grant funding for UC researchers, without any individualized determinations or due process. These government actions conflict with our nation's...

Just weeks after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration and its agencies from cutting off UC research grant funds via form letter and without articulated bases or consideration...

Findings come as Trump administration seeks to revive same tent facilities for mass deportation program WASHINGTON – New documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union affirm widespread media reports of unsafe and inhumane conditions at tent facilities used...

Farella's Tom Mayhew, CJ Higley, Daniel Contreras, Vanessa Ing, and Alyssa Netto were mentioned in the Daily Journal article "San Mateo signed off on its housing element this week. It's already facing a lawsuit." In a pro bono lawsuit...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its final rule on December 14 completely rescinding the agency's harmful 2020 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule that unlawful gutted anti-redlining rules. The OCC will revert to prior regulations...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it will propose to rescind its controversial Trump-era rules weakening the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and work with other banking regulators to adopt a clear, strong, and consistent update to the...

San Francisco, CA —  On Friday, January 29, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its unlawful June 2020 rollback of essential Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) anti-redlining protections. The lawsuit was brought by...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 31, 2020: Farella Braun + Martel, along with co-counsel the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, filed an amici curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in Scholl et...

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, OCC’s Rushed Rule Lessens Accountability for Banks, Silences Communities Impacted by Systemic Lending Discrimination National Community Reinvestment Coalition, California Reinvestment Coalition Seek to Halt Unlawful Rule, Protect Vulnerable Communities Federal Reserve, FDIC Declined to Join OCC...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19, 2018: Following legal efforts spanning 30 years, Farella Braun + Martel’s Pro Bono Program has won a significant victory for one of its clients, securing a writ of habeas corpus and dismissal of all remaining...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, 2016: Farella Braun + Martel LLP represented Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries in filing an amicus curiae brief...

We spoke recently with Farella Braun + Martel partner Tony Schoenberg about the law firm's pro bono efforts, and, in particular, his work related to a Sunnyvale, Calif., ordinance that bans the possession of large-capacity gun magazines. Farella is...