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Renée D. Wasserman, chair of RJO’s Retail Trade Regulation Practice, will be speaking at the Plenary Session panel “From Raw Materials to the Store’s Shelf: How Can You Be Sure You’re Prop. 65 Compliant” at the annual Prop. 65 Conference, on Monday, September 23 in San Francisco, CA.
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RJO Shareholder Merri A. Baldwin has been appointed to the newly-formed California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee. The twelve-member committee will provide guidance to California lawyers on ethics issues, and plans to issue advisory opinions, provide public comment on legal ethics issues and offer educational programming. Ms. Baldwin is a former chair of the State Bar…
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Stephen L. Bacon will speak on Saturday, August 10th at the Council Meeting for the ABA Public Contract Law Section on “U.S. ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet Rocketdyne: Cyber Security Enforcement Under the False Claims Act.” If you’d like to learn more about the False Claims Act, read Mr. Bacon and Robert Metzger‘s article, “Cybersecurity Enforcement…
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We are proud to announce that Gayle Athanacio has been selected as a member of the faculty for an in-depth CLE course focusing on Independent Contractor, Joint Employment & Misclassification Litigation 2019. About the program California Employers and Litigators have wrestled for years over how to classify independent contractors and employees and which employees are…
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Tune into the Federal Drive podcast as our very own Robert Metzger joins host, Tom Temin, to discuss how using a contractor with suboptimal cybersecurity protocols affects your business as it relates to government contracts. If you’re a defense contractor, you don’t want to miss it! Listen here.
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RJO is thrilled to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as a Leading Nationwide Law Firm for our Government Contracts practice in 2019. RJO has again been ranked in Band 2, placing it among only eight firms in the top two bands. In addition to firmwide recognition, several of our attorneys were also…
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RJO is pleased to announce that Whitney R. Miner has joined our firm as an associate in our Complex Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups. Ms. Miner has represented clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including contractual disputes, business torts, and intellectual property infringement. She has litigated cases…
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RJO is pleased to announce that Amy L. Bomse has joined our firm as a Shareholder in our Attorney Liability and Conduct and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Ms. Bomse represents clients in business disputes and has substantial trial experience. A primary focus of her practice is representing law firms in defending against claims of…
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Lauren Kramer and Jeff Chiow present “The Statutory and Regulatory Framework of Cybersecurity Law and Contracting” on Monday, May 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Federal Publication Seminars’ Government Contracts Week at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine in La Jolla, California. The program focuses on the cybersecurity challenges at the forefront…
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Merri Baldwin presented “Ethical Issues for Privacy and Data Security Professionals” with co-presenter Kathryn Fritz on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Practicing Law Institute’s Twentieth Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law located at 685 Market Street, San Francisco, California and via webcast. The program focused on issues of…
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