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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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Bill Brown Delivers Comments at the California State Capitol

  Bill Brown provided remarks to a California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee.  The Public Safety Subcommittee was considering general funding of the Courts and appropriation for expansion of California’s Collaborative Justice Court system.  Mr. Brown provided the unique perspective of an experienced private litigator who had also interacted with the Orange County Veterans Collaborative Court. [...]
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Associate Lily Y. Li Joins Firm

The firm welcomes Lily Y. Li as a new associate. A graduate of Duke Law School and Williams College, Lily Li brings valuable industry expertise as former patent strategist and director of business development at IP Checkups (a Berkeley-based patent valuation firm). Prior to joining Brown Wegner McNamara, Lily Li was a lead attorney at[...]
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