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FLSA Wage Claims Are on the Rise! — How to Prevent and Defend Against Unpaid Wage Claims

On September 17, 2016 Valerie McNamara and Lily Li of Brown Wegner McNamara LLP presented at the 30th Annual Education Conference for the Orange County Paralegal Association. The presentation, entitled “FLSA Wage Claims Are on the Rise! How to Prevent and Defend Against Unpaid Wage Claims”, discussed the differences between the California Labor Code and[...]
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Help! What Are My (Immediate) Defenses to a Federal Trade Secret Claim?

[Originally published as Help! What Are My (Immediate) Defenses to a Federal Trade Secret Claim?, by Lily Li and Andrea Paris, in Orange County Lawyer Magazine, September 2016, Vol. 58 No.9 on page 52.] The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016 creates a new federal[...]
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Motion for Disentitlement Granted by California Appellate Court

Following a confirmed arbitration award in favor of a Brown Wegner McNamara client, the opposing side appealed the judgment. The firm filed a successful motion to dismiss the appeal, citing the disentitlement doctrine. The California appellate court agreed to dismiss the appeal, and awarded Brown Wegner McNamara costs on appeal. What is the Disentitlement Doctrine?[...]
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RFAs: The Underutilized Strategy for Recovering Attorney’s Fees

[Originally published as RFAs: The Underutilized Strategy for Recovering Attorney’s Fees, by Lily Li, in Orange County Lawyer Magazine, December 2015, Vol. 57 No.12 on page 40.] A successful motion for attorney’s fees can be just as important as winning at trial, especially when it comes to your client’s satisfaction with the outcome of litigation. What[...]
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Spoliation of Evidence: Bill Brown, Hon. Nakamura, and Hon. Derek Hunt Speak at OCBA Event

The rise of numerous and varied forms of Electronically-Stored Information [ESI] has significantly changed the landscape regarding destruction, suppression and oversight of evidence, particularly concerning non-traditional forms of ESI such as Facebook, text messages, and online video. On December 4, 2015, in a presentation before the Orange County Bar Association Business Litigation section, speakers Hon.[...]
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Robot Price Wars: Minimum Advertised Pricing (“MAP”) Policies and the Colgate Doctrine in the Era of Smart Web Crawlers

[Originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of the Federal Bar Association/Orange County Chapter Newsletter. See the original article here.] A growing number of manufacturers and wholesalers are using minimum advertised pricing (“MAP”) policies to control how retailers showcase the price of their goods. Whether the products are smartphones, luxury handbags, or golf clubs, manufacturers[...]
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Tackling Difficult Depositions: A Presentation by Bill Brown and Matthew Wegner

On September 29, 2015 BWM LLP partners Bill Brown and Matthew Wegner presented a depositions seminar for the OCBA Young Lawyer’s Division. Through short, humorous video clips of downright awful deponents, Brown and Wegner discusses the various pros and cons of approaching the “hot-headed”, “egomaniacal”, or forgetful witness. Above all, Brown and Wegner reminded attendees[...]
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Bill Brown Discusses Patent Exhaustion Raised in Lexmark

Bill Brown of Brown Wegner McNamara LLP in Irvine California led a telephonic discussion with IPI members on September 15, 2015, concerning the Federal Circuit’s consideration of patent exhaustion in Lexmark Int’l. v. Impression Prod., 785 F.3d 565 (Fed. Cir. 2015). Want to learn more? See the original article at the Intellectual Property Institute Website[...]
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California Employment Law – Spring 2015 Update

A host of new California regulations and cases will have dramatic effects on employers. Please see our latest BWM Employment Law – Spring 2015 Update for information on new sick leave regulations, minimum wage increases, and independent contractor case law.
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Stephen McNamara Assumes Chair of OCBA Business Litigation Section in 2015

Stephen McNamara, partner at Brown Wegner McNamara LLP, assumed his role as Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section for 2015, having been elected in 2014. The Business Litigation Section’s held its first event of the year, “What’s New In 2015”, at the Doubletree Hotel in Santa Ana, CA. This sold-out event[...]
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