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Chambers & Partners USA (Chambers), widely recognized as one of the primary arbiters of achievement in the legal profession, has named Bird Marella among the top litigation firms nationwide, with a Band 2 ranking in “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations,” and a Band 5 ranking in “Litigation: General Commercial.” ...
Bird Marella principal Ariel Neuman spoke with Law360 regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial does not extend to the sentencing phase of a criminal proceeding. The decision involves the case, Betterman v. Montana, in which the Supreme Court Justices ruled ...
Bird Marella attorney David Chao, together with Bet Tzedek Legal Services, recently secured a complete victory in a pro bono matter against the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). Chao was retained in early 2015, after the indigent client filed a petition for writ of mandate against CDSS seeking compensation ...
Bird Marella principal Timothy Yoo has been named to the Daily Journal’s Top 40 under 40 list. The annual listing honors 40 attorneys, 20 from Northern California and 20 from Southern California, under the age of 40 whose work is impacting an industry, society, or the law in a meaningful ...
Did you know that the government can get your emails by going straight to your internet service provider and serving them with a subpoena? No warrant needed. No judge involved to curb abuse. Not even an accusation of wrongdoing. It’s a hold-over from the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the ...
Bird Marella attorneys Benjamin Gluck and Peter Shakow achieved a complete dismissal of all counts of a 20 count criminal complaint against a doctor that the state has described as “Public Enemy No. One” of the Medi-Cal system. The complaint alleged millions of dollars in fraud but following a lengthy ...
In a positive development, DOJ is taking control of espionage cases after a string of high-profile prosecutions that had to be dismissed. Over the last year federal prosecutors around the country have dismissed a string of cases against Asian Americans and Chinese nationals after first trumpeting the arrests as critical ...
Bird Marella attorneys Ekwan Rhow, Hernan Vera, and Paul Moskowitz successfully defended Emcore Corporation in an ICC arbitration involving the sale of one of its divisions to one of the largest Japanese conglomerates. In the arbitration, the Japanese conglomerate alleged that Emcore had committed fraud in the negotiations leading to the sale ...
The Daily Journal has named Bird Marella principal, Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer, to its prestigious Top 100 Women Lawyers list, highlighting her recent victory in which she obtained a dismissal on behalf of her client accused of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty relating to a real estate partnership, and successfully ...
Bird Marella principal Ariel Neuman recently spoke with STAT News regarding the criminal investigation of blood analysis startup, Theranos. The silicon valley based company is currently being investigated by the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, relating to the company’s inner workings and alleged ...
