HB in the news
Prop G: Coming To a Neighborhood Near You
Partner David Longinotti writes that cities may adopt legislation that discriminates among competitors to further a legitimate legislative purpose... Read More
(Reprinted with permission from The Registry)
McQuaid Firms Closes Its Doors
Hanson Bridgett Expands Real Estate, Water, Environmental and Business Practices by Bringing on McQuaid Attorneys... Read More
(Reprinted with permission from The Recorder. © 2008 NLP IP Company.)
Shielding the Green
Partner Jonathan Storper advocates for "socially responsible" California constituency statute in this San Francisco Recorder story... Read More
(Reprinted with permission from The Recorder. © 2008 NLP IP Company.)
Contesting the No Contest Clause
Where there's a will — and a no contest clause — there's way too much litigation. At least that's the view shared by many attorneys who practice within the trust and estate bar in California... Read More (PDF, reprinted with permission of the San Francisco Daily Journal)
Taxing Questions on House of Rep's Legislation
In June of last year, far-reaching legislation was proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives that would have significantly changed the manner in which general partners and managers of private equity funds are taxed. H.R. 2834, proposed by Rep. Sander Levin, would have... Read More (PDF, reprinted with permission of the San Francisco Business Times)
Employment Law Roundtable
Hanson Bridgett Partners Dorothy Liu and Jahmal Davis discuss two cases pending before the California Supreme Court regarding recent shifts in employment law relating to individual responsibility in harassment and retaliation allegations, as well as major developments in disability law... Read More (PDF)
TOD Projects Result From Creative Approaches to Land Acquisition
In this article published by the California Transit Association, Hanson Bridgett partners David Miller and Michael Conneran, along with Brian Fitzpatrick of the San Mateo County Transit District, outline land acquisition strategies for transit oriented development (TOD) projects... Read More (PDF, reprinted with permission)
Hanson Bridgett Woos Top Talent
Hanson Bridgett's uncanny knack for recruiting and keeping talent relies on something more than deep pockets. Read The San Francisco Daily Journal's article on the firm's approach... Read More (PDF)
Thinking outside of the box
In this North Bay Business Journal article, Former Senator Jackie Speier offers a roadmap for policymakers and concerned citizens seeking traffic relief in Marin... Read More (PDF)
A Matter of Trusts: Transportation Law
On May 7, 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board published decision STB-656; this new policy may sound the death knell for the last vestiges of antitrust immunity regarding collective rate making in the trucking and household- goods-moving industries... Read More (PDF)
SEC Proposes Significant New Rules
After being told by the D.C. Court of Appeals that the SEC had overstepped its bounds as regards hedge fund registration requirements, the SEC proposed new accredited investors rules that would impact private equity and hedge funds. See Hanson Bridgett Partner Scott Smith's analysis of this impact, as originally appeared in the February 15 edition of the San Francisco Business Times... Read More (PDF, reprinted with permission of the San Francisco Business Times)
