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9.9.18 / Articles Reporting Obligations of Variable Interest Entities
To navigate through regulatory restrictions or for strategic reasons, public companies may need to rely…
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8.15.18 / Press Releases 12 Shartsis Friese Lawyers Recognized by “Best Lawyers” for 2019 – John Broadhurst is Lawyer of the Year for Hedge Funds
San Francisco, August 15, 2018: Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 12 of…
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7.19.18 / Press Releases Jodi Fedor Joins Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, July 19, 2018: Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Jodi Fedor has joined…
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7.11.18 / Press Releases Nineteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2018
San Francisco, July 11, 2018: Fourteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…
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6.1.18 / Press Releases Scott Schneider Joins Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, CA: Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Scott Schneider has joined the firm…
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3.29.18 / Press Releases Shartsis Partner David Kremer Elected to American College of Real Estate Lawyers
San Francisco (March 29, 2018): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that David H.…
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2.1.18 / Articles The Supreme Court Says Conditional & Foreign Sales Cannot Avoid IP Exhaustion — What Should IP Owners Do?: An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s IP-Exhaustion Jurisprudence
On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision Impression…
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1.17.18 / Articles Tax Planning Opportunities Following the Enactment of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
On December 22, 2017 H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act…
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12.13.17 / Articles Shartsis Friese Attorney Co-Authors book on IP Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Shartsis Friese counsel and chair of the Firm’s Patent Prosecution Department, Cecily O’Regan, recently co-authored…
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11.22.17 / Press Releases 13 Shartsis Friese Lawyers and 7 Practice Groups Recognized by “Best Lawyers” and “Best Law Firms” for 2018
San Francisco (November 22, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 13 of…
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11.16.17 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Michael B. Dell to Partner
San Francisco (November 16, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce it has elevated…
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11.2.17 / Press Releases Dick Kinyon to Speak at CalCPA Taxation Conference, November 15-17, 2017
San Francisco (November 2, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP Family Wealth Planning partner Richard (Dick) S.…
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9.19.17 / Press Releases Open Door Legal Awarded the 2017-2018
Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest FellowshipSAN FRANCISCO (September 19, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP announced that Open Door Legal in San…
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9.5.17 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Expands Family Wealth Practice
SAN FRANCISCO (September 5, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Of Counsels Daniel Redman…
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7.12.17 / Press Releases Fourteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2017
San Francisco, July 12, 2017: Thirteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…
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5.23.17 / Press Releases Paul Riehle Joins Shartsis Friese Litigation Practice
Shartsis Friese LLP announced that Paul Riehle has joined the firm as a partner in…
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5.10.17 / Articles Guarding Against Challenges to Director Equity Compensation
There has been an emerging litigation trend in Delaware, where most U.S. public companies are…
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5.1.17 / Articles On Trademarks - Infringement and Social Media
A client recently came to me with a trademark problem. The client was a small-but-growing…
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3.1.17 / Articles Considerations For Tax Planning In The New Political Environment
The recent election of Donald Trump as President and a Republican-controlled Congress have raised the…
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10.24.16 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Three to Partnership
October 24, 2016 – San Francisco – Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce it…
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9.1.16 / Articles Exhaustion v. Non-Exhaustion—Deciphering The Federal Circuit’s Lexmark Decision And Its Implication On Technology Transactions
The Decision And Issues On February 12, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for…
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8.18.16 / Press Releases Best Lawyers in America®- All Lawyers Report
San Francisco, August 18, 2016: Shartsis Friese is proud to announce the following lawyers have…
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7.8.16 / Press Releases Thirteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2016
San Francisco, July 8, 2016 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today thirteen attorneys have been…
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6.30.16 / Articles The Latest Trend In Non-GAAP Reporting
To attract and retain top talent, while facing cash constraints, many growing companies utilize stockbased…
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6.10.16 / Articles Written Disclosure And Informed Written Consent: How To Handle Actual And Potential Conflicts Of Interest
Two friends from college email you: they want to start a business together. Can you…
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4.22.16 / Articles Op/Ed: The Truth about Costs of the LA County Drug Take-Back Ordinance
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance that would require pharmaceutical…
Arthur J. Shartsis, Heidi Sanborn Cerritos Community News
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4.11.16 / Articles Watch Out: Increasing Scrutiny by the SEC of your Dealings with Regulators
I. The SEC Enforcement Trend There has been an emerging enforcement trend by the U.S.…
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4.11.16 / Recognition Tony Leuin has been named a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel
Tony Leuin has been named a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual…
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3.3.16 / Articles Battling for the Forum: Strategies Employed by Insurers and Policyholders to Secure and Protect the Most Advantageous Forum for Their Coverage Disputes
On March 3, 2016, Anthony Leuin and a panel of other distinguished experts on insurance…
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1.1.16 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Stein to Partnership
Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that JJ Stein has been promoted to partner…
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12.24.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Attorneys Publish California Business Litigation Treatise
Several Shartsis Friese LLP litigators recently published chapters in a new benchbook entitled California Business…
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12.23.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Represents Sunstone in $540 Million Sale of Times Square Hotel
Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. tapped David Egdal of Shartsis Friese as seller's counsel in the…
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12.18.15 / Media No Vacancy
David Sloan of Sunstone Hotel Investors talks to us about his counsel for in-house design…
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10.13.15 / Press Releases Richard S. Kinyon Honored with Spirit of CEB Award
San Francisco, October 13, 2015–Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that Richard S. Kinyon…
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9.11.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Successfully Defends Patent Infringement Action Through Jury Trial
Helios Software, et al. v. SpectorSoft Corp., Civ. No. 12-081-LPS (Delaware District Court). The firm…
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9.1.15 / Articles When disaster strikes, will you know what to do?
When one imagines the aftermath of a natural disaster in the Bay Area, providing legal…
Roey Rahmil California Bar Journal -
9.1.15 / Articles On Trademarks
In the coming days, the long-standing IP fight between Apple and Samsung will finally arrive…
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8.20.15 / Press Releases Best Lawyers in America - All Lawyers Report
San Francisco, August 20, 2015: Shartsis Friese is proud to announce the following lawyers have…
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7.22.15 / Press Releases Fifteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2015
San Francisco, July 22, 2015 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today fifteen attorneys have been…
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7.21.15 / Articles Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Primer on “Business Divorce” Litigation for Transactional Lawyers
INTRODUCTION Breaking up a business in California can be difficult, in some ways not unlike dissolving…
Richard F. Munzinger, Frank A. Cialone, Robert Charles Ward California Business Law Practitioner -
5.26.15 / Media Shartsis Friese Helps Alameda County Defend Rx Drug Disposal Law
On May 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the pharmaceutical industry’s challenge…
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5.25.15 / Articles TTAB Determination of Likelihood of Confusion May Have Preclusive Effect
It is not every day the Supreme Court gives trademark practitioners the chance to call…
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5.1.15 / Articles Resumé tips for new lawyers
Despite continued improvement in the legal job market, competition for many entry-level and lateral positions…
Roey Rahmil California Bar Journal -
4.3.15 / Media Firms Make It Hard for Partners to Say Goodbye
Quitting a law firm partnership can feel like leaping over a pit while dodging a…
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3.30.15 / Press Releases David Egdal Joins Growing Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that David Egdal has joined the firm as Of Counsel…
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10.3.14 / Press Releases Ninth Circuit Upholds Alameda County’s Pioneering Prescription Drug Disposal Ordinance
The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Alameda County on September 30, 2014 in a…
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9.9.14 / Media Shartsis Friese advises Sleep Train in $425 million sale
Firm assists Rocklin-based company in its purchase by Mattress Firm Holding Corp. Shartsis Friese LLP…
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8.12.14 / Press Releases Dana Fox Joins Growing Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, August 12, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Dana W. Fox…
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7.3.14 / Press Releases Fifteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2014
San Francisco, July 3, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Fifteen attorneys have…
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6.1.14 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Most litigators look forward to oral argument because we love the sound of our own…
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4.3.14 / Media Drugmakers seek to block disposal rule
The pharmaceutical industry, hoping to stop a novel drug take-back program in Alameda County, is…
Fiona Smith Los Angeles Daily Journal -
3.18.14 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Adds Two Leading Patent Lawyers to Establish Patent Prosecution
San Francisco, March 18, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Cecily O’Regan and…
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11.1.13 / Press Releases 2014 U.S. News - Best Lawyers
Fifteen Shartsis Friese partners were chosen by U.S. News - Best Lawyers. Robert Friese, Arthur…
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10.1.13 / Press Releases U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds, Second Edition
U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds covers the many legal issues that arise in structuring and…
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10.1.13 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Adds Premier Family Wealth Planning Practice
San Francisco, October 1, 2013 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Richard S. Kinyon,…
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9.1.13 / Articles On Cross-Examination
Watching one of your witnesses be cross-examined is one of the most nerve-wracking experiences a…
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7.8.13 / Press Releases Seventeen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2013
San Francisco, July 8, 2013 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Seventeen attorneys, including…
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1.16.13 / Media Shartsis doubles female partners
54-lawyer SF firm goes from four to eight partners to satisfy No Glass Ceiling initiative…
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1.1.13 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese LLP Announces 3 New Partners
Shartsis Friese is proud to announce that, effective January 1, 2013, Christina Mickelson Hamilton, Larisa…
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10.5.12 / Media Jury finds Hitachi owes $3M to brokers
SAN JOSE - Former CPS brokers Joe Moriarty, Greg Davies and Eric Fox claimed they…
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7.11.12 / Press Releases Sixteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2012
San Francisco, July 11, 2012 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that sixteen attorneys, including…
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6.15.12 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Expands Real Estate Practice – Etlin and Aitelli Join as Partners
San Francisco, June 15, 2012 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Craig B. Etlin…
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6.5.12 / Press Releases Cristina Rubke has been confirmed as the newest member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
Shartsis Friese is proud to announce that on June 5th, the San Francisco Board of…
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6.1.12 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is must reading for lawyers who want to…
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5.1.12 / Press Releases Real Estate Deal Of The Year
The Twitter lease at 1355 Market Street has been chosen by the San Francisco Business…
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2.23.12 / Articles Old Concept, New Law
Unlike the standard governing the capacity to make a will, California courts have not applied…
John J. Stein The Recorder -
1.1.12 / Articles Insider Trading: New Cases, But Still Old School Insider Trading
Its been almost two and a half years since Galleon’s Raj Rajaratnam was arrested, and…
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9.9.11 / Media Dispatch from Amelia Island: When Clients Attack
At the Legal Technology Leadership Summit opening reception on Tuesday, I struck up a conversation with a…
Christopher Danzig Above the Law -
7.13.11 / Press Releases Eleven Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2011
San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that eleven attorneys have…
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7.13.11 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese to Receive the 2011 Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award
San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese is very pleased to announce it has…
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6.13.11 / Media Private foreclosure sale blocked
A Santa Clara County court ruling last week added some much needed clarity to a…
Petra Pasternak The Recorder -
3.14.11 / Press Releases Derek Boswell Joins Shartsis Friese as a Partner in the Real Estate Group
San Francisco, March 14, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Derek Boswell has…
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3.1.11 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Recent amendments to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure changed the disclosure…
Charles R. Rice ABTL Report Northern California -
1.28.11 / Media Ending Lawyers’ Nightmare
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers gathered Tuesday night at the Four Seasons in downtown…
Sara Randazzo San Francisco Daily Journal -
10.4.10 / Media Fatal Discovery
There was good news and bad news in the magistrate judge’s opinion for six lawyers…
Joseph Rosenbloom Litigation 2010 -
9.1.10 / Articles Dancing on Direct: Direct Examination of Witnesses
Preparing for the direct examination of a friendly witness is like choreographing a dance scene…
Charles R. Rice Proof -
8.2.10 / Press Releases Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers of America 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc.
Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2011 by…
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7.14.10 / Press Releases Twelve Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2010
San Francisco, July 14, 2010 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that twelve attorneys have…
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4.19.10 / Media Centro Legal de la Raza Receives Three-Year Shartsis Friese Fellowship to Support Housing and Employment Legal Services
Oakland, California – April 19, 2010 – Centro Legal de la Raza (Centro Legal) announced…
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4.6.10 / Press Releases Judge Lifts Sanctions Over Qualcomm Discovery Scandal
Shartsis Friese attorneys Joel Zeldin, Frank Cialone, and John Stein successfully represented Christopher Mammen and…
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3.1.10 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Writing a good legal brief is more a matter of craft than art. Most judges…
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12.15.09 / Press Releases Frank Cialone Elected as Board Chair of the East Bay Community Law Center
San Francisco – December 15, 2009 – Earlier this month, Frank Cialone was elected as…
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10.1.09 / Media Roundtable - The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers has brought together three of the leading…
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7.30.09 / Press Releases Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc.
Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2010 by…
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7.15.09 / Press Releases Thirteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2009
San Francisco, July 15, 2009 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that thirteen attorneys have…
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6.15.09 / Media Six Years On, Dregs of Brobeck’s Bankruptcy Coming to a Close
SAN FRANCISCO — The bankruptcy of San Francisco’s Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison — now six…
Jill Redhage San Francisco Daily Journal -
6.1.09 / Media The Art of Being Independent
SAN FRANCISCO — Described as irreverent, fiscally conservative and independent, San Francisco’s 57-attorney law firm…
Jill Redhage San Francisco Daily Journal -
4.16.09 / Media Shartsis Friese turns trash to gold with $261M deal
Derek Wilson of Shartsis Friese has notched another deal for Folsom-based Waste Connections Inc., this…
Amanda Royal The Recorder -
3.4.09 / Media Suit over lost patent trial rejected
A defunct San Francisco purveyor of invisible braces didn’t hoodwink investors about its chances in…
Zusha Elinson The Recorder -
3.1.09 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Taking the deposition of a hostile witness is difficult and stressful, especially when the deponent…
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1.28.09 / Media Mixing Client, Business Ends Badly
SAN FRANCISCO — If you are developing a particularly close relationship with your client —…
Dhyana Levey Los Angeles Daily Journal -
11.13.08 / Media Shartsis Does $314M Garbage Deal in Trashed Market
The market is terrible — and the only deals getting done are garbage. No joke.…
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10.1.08 / Media Eye of the Storm
As the hedge fund industry struggles this year, it relies more than ever on its…
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9.4.08 / Press Releases The Best Lawyers in America 2009
Seven Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2009 by…
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9.1.08 / Media School-To-College Program - New Funding and Expanded Focus
The Bar Association of San Francisco’s School-To-College (STC) program is planning to expand its reach to…
Susan Kostal San Francisco Attorney -
6.24.08 / Media Hedge Funds Get a Lesson
Bear Indictments Prompt Review of Operating Procedure The indictment last week of two former Bear…
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6.1.08 / Articles Making Misconduct Matter
What to do (or not) when your opponent engages in misconduct Most laypeople think lawyers…
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3.5.08 / Media The Holdouts
Larry Rabkin in the late 1990s found his firm facing a doomsday mantra — that…
Jill Redhage and Jonathan Vanian Daily Journal -
3.1.08 / Articles On Litigation Skills
There is a lot to like about arbitration because it has been shaped by the…
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12.13.07 / Media Mary Jo Shartsis Elected Chair of San Francisco's Legal Aid Society
Shartsis Friese LLP Founding Partner Takes on New Nonprofit Leadership Role (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December…
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12.1.07 / Articles A Few Brief Words
Keep busy readers in mind when crafting your written arguments Giving advice to lawyers about…
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10.25.07 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Hedge Fund Group Rated #4 Nationwide By Small Hedge Fund Managers In Alpha Magazine Poll
San Francisco, October 25, 2007 – In a recent survey by Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine…
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10.15.07 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Funds Fellowship At Bay Area Legal Aid To Help End Domestic Violence
Three‐year fellowship will help hundreds of San Mateo County residents escape domestic violence. San Mateo,…
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9.4.07 / Press Releases The Best Lawyers in America 2008
Seven Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2008 by…
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8.6.07 / Articles Direct Directions
Let the witness take center stage during direct examination Most lawyers find it hard to…
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7.1.07 / Press Releases Top Corporate Philanthropists In The Greater Bay Area
Shartsis Friese is proud to have been listed among the Top Corporate Philanthropists in the…
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3.1.07 / Articles The Revised Uniform Partnership Act: An Introduction
A man named Colin comes into your office and begins telling you his legal problems:…
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3.1.07 / Media Thinking Outside the Box
Cristina Rubke, a second-year associate at San Francisco's Shartsis Friese, works on the firm's biggest…
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3.1.07 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Speed kills, but it’s a double-edged sword. Thinking and acting quickly are crucial for good…
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12.15.06 / Press Releases California Supreme Court Upholds Mediation Confidentiality
Unanimous decision in Fair v. Bakhtiari draws a bright line re admissibility of documents San…
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10.3.06 / Media Air of Enforceability
Court mulls if arbitration clause can turn deal prepped in mediation into fair game Arthur…
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10.1.06 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Representing Governor Schwarzenegger
Attorneys at Shartsis Friese are representing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as amicus curiae in an upcoming…
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9.1.06 / Articles Button Up
Resist the voluntary spirit when defending a deposition In the last issue of this publication,…
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9.1.06 / Media The 2006 Alpha Awards - Land of Opportunity
The $1.3 trillion-plus hedge fund industry has been a bonanza for accountants, administrators, lawyers, prime…
Imogen Rose-Smith Alpha -
8.18.06 / Articles Questions, Period. The art and science of depositions
Taking depositions may seem easy. But it is difficult to do well and almost impossible to…
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8.1.06 / Media Hedge Fund Madness
Once again hedge funds—a.k.a. financial lightning in a bottle—have defied efforts by regulators to monitor their…
Thomas Brom California Lawyer -
6.1.06 / Articles No End In Sight To Options Backdating Investigations
Even if you have been living under a rock, it is unlikely that you have…
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3.1.06 / Media Roundtable - Securities Litigation
In this month’s discussion, our panel of experts discuss the implications of the Seventh Circuit…
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3.1.06 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Defending depositions is harder than it looks because almost all of the work should be…
Charles R. Rice ABTL Report Northern California -
3.1.06 / Articles Using California Corporations Code Section 2000 to Resolve 50-50 Shareholder Deadlocks in Privately Held Corporations
Introduction All too frequently, in the absence of applicable buy-sell or other shareholder agreements, serious…
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2.21.06 / Articles Monkey Business
Peacemaking among people and other primates When lay people complain to me about the way…
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2.6.06 / Media Poisoned Ivy Fight at Princeton Escalates Over Use of a Family’s Gift
PRINCETON, N.J.—On April 4, 2002, a top adviser to Shirley M. Tilghman, the president of…
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11.14.05 / Articles Expert Advice
Key questions to ask opposing expert witnesses Complex litigation often comes down to a battle…
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10.4.05 / Articles The Developing Regulatory Landscape for Hedge Fund Managers
Many hedge fund managers are dealing with significant regulatory change and uncertainty. As nearly everyone in…
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9.19.05 / Articles Your Witness…
A few tips on conducting an effective cross-examination Someone once said that cross-examination is ultimately…
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5.1.05 / Articles SEC Requires Hedge Fund Managers to Register as Investment Advisers
Introduction The SEC recently adopted a new rule that requires most investment advisers that manage…
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4.6.05 / Media Playing Hard to Get
Despite their eligibility, some firms would rather stay single Ask law firm leaders or consultants…
Marie-Anne Hogarth The Recorder -
3.7.05 / Media A Hedge Grows in San Francisco
Founders of West Coast Hedge Fund Practice Are Leaders Today The year was 1983, and…
Anna Oberthur San Francisco Daily Journal -
3.1.05 / Articles On Litigation Strategy
You know you’re a litigator if you think that cross-examination is one of the great…
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1.1.05 / Articles Client Advisory: Dealing With Disgruntled Investors
Many money managers are confronted by an unhappy investor at some point – usually after…
Charles R. Rice
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10.1.04 / Articles SEC Proposes Investment Adviser Registration of Hedge Fund Managers
On July 20, 2004, the SEC proposed a new rule and rule amendments that, if…
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3.1.04 / Articles On Litigation Skills
I’m often surprised how many lawyers — even ones that aren’t very good — regard…
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6.30.03 / Media Force Majeure
Call them competitors, trailblazers, maybe even bitches if you’re hung up on an image of…
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3.1.03 / Articles On Litigation Strategy
I like to go both ways. I mean, of course, that I like to do…
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3.1.02 / Articles On Securities
Securities litigators take a lot of depositions, so I’ve seen a lot of good and…
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3.1.01 / Articles On Securities
Cyberspace sometimes seems like the wild frontier of securities trading, because deceptive information can move…
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7.1.00 / Articles On Securities
The SEC has complained to the Wall Street Journal that a recent local decision is…
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5.24.00 / Media The Terminator
Terminating sanctions, the most extreme punishment in civil litigation, are so unusual that some attorneys…
Matthew King The San Francisco Daily Journal -
2.18.00 / Media SEC Doesn’t Appeal Tax-Related Charges in Kenneth Ough Case; Reaction Mixed
The SEC’s decision not to appeal the tax-related charges in the Kenneth Ough case is…
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1.1.00 / Articles Dissolution Actions Yield Less than Fair Market Enterprise Value (Appraising for “Fair Value” Under California Corporations Code Section 2000)
While virtually all states have dissenters' rights appraisal statutes, only a few states have "dissolution…
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11.6.99 / Articles On Securities
The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Silicon Graphics may have finally put some teeth in the…
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6.1.99 / Articles The Ten Commandments For Avoiding A Fraudulent Real Estate Transaction
Millions of dollars worth of claims are made every year on transactions that could have…
Joel Zeldin Claims Awareness Hot Sheet
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12.18.15 / Media No Vacancy
David Sloan of Sunstone Hotel Investors talks to us about his counsel for in-house design…
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5.26.15 / Media Shartsis Friese Helps Alameda County Defend Rx Drug Disposal Law
On May 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the pharmaceutical industry’s challenge…
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4.3.15 / Media Firms Make It Hard for Partners to Say Goodbye
Quitting a law firm partnership can feel like leaping over a pit while dodging a…
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9.9.14 / Media Shartsis Friese advises Sleep Train in $425 million sale
Firm assists Rocklin-based company in its purchase by Mattress Firm Holding Corp. Shartsis Friese LLP…
Jason Pafundi Los Angeles Daily Journal -
4.3.14 / Media Drugmakers seek to block disposal rule
The pharmaceutical industry, hoping to stop a novel drug take-back program in Alameda County, is…
Fiona Smith Los Angeles Daily Journal -
1.16.13 / Media Shartsis doubles female partners
54-lawyer SF firm goes from four to eight partners to satisfy No Glass Ceiling initiative…
Ryne Hodkowski San Francisco Daily Journal -
10.5.12 / Media Jury finds Hitachi owes $3M to brokers
SAN JOSE - Former CPS brokers Joe Moriarty, Greg Davies and Eric Fox claimed they…
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9.9.11 / Media Dispatch from Amelia Island: When Clients Attack
At the Legal Technology Leadership Summit opening reception on Tuesday, I struck up a conversation with a…
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6.13.11 / Media Private foreclosure sale blocked
A Santa Clara County court ruling last week added some much needed clarity to a…
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1.28.11 / Media Ending Lawyers’ Nightmare
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers gathered Tuesday night at the Four Seasons in downtown…
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10.4.10 / Media Fatal Discovery
There was good news and bad news in the magistrate judge’s opinion for six lawyers…
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4.19.10 / Media Centro Legal de la Raza Receives Three-Year Shartsis Friese Fellowship to Support Housing and Employment Legal Services
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10.1.09 / Media Roundtable - The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers has brought together three of the leading…
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6.15.09 / Media Six Years On, Dregs of Brobeck’s Bankruptcy Coming to a Close
SAN FRANCISCO — The bankruptcy of San Francisco’s Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison — now six…
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6.1.09 / Media The Art of Being Independent
SAN FRANCISCO — Described as irreverent, fiscally conservative and independent, San Francisco’s 57-attorney law firm…
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4.16.09 / Media Shartsis Friese turns trash to gold with $261M deal
Derek Wilson of Shartsis Friese has notched another deal for Folsom-based Waste Connections Inc., this…
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3.4.09 / Media Suit over lost patent trial rejected
A defunct San Francisco purveyor of invisible braces didn’t hoodwink investors about its chances in…
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1.28.09 / Media Mixing Client, Business Ends Badly
SAN FRANCISCO — If you are developing a particularly close relationship with your client —…
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11.13.08 / Media Shartsis Does $314M Garbage Deal in Trashed Market
The market is terrible — and the only deals getting done are garbage. No joke.…
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10.1.08 / Media Eye of the Storm
As the hedge fund industry struggles this year, it relies more than ever on its…
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9.1.08 / Media School-To-College Program - New Funding and Expanded Focus
The Bar Association of San Francisco’s School-To-College (STC) program is planning to expand its reach to…
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6.24.08 / Media Hedge Funds Get a Lesson
Bear Indictments Prompt Review of Operating Procedure The indictment last week of two former Bear…
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3.5.08 / Media The Holdouts
Larry Rabkin in the late 1990s found his firm facing a doomsday mantra — that…
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12.13.07 / Media Mary Jo Shartsis Elected Chair of San Francisco's Legal Aid Society
Shartsis Friese LLP Founding Partner Takes on New Nonprofit Leadership Role (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December…
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3.1.07 / Media Thinking Outside the Box
Cristina Rubke, a second-year associate at San Francisco's Shartsis Friese, works on the firm's biggest…
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10.3.06 / Media Air of Enforceability
Court mulls if arbitration clause can turn deal prepped in mediation into fair game Arthur…
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9.1.06 / Media The 2006 Alpha Awards - Land of Opportunity
The $1.3 trillion-plus hedge fund industry has been a bonanza for accountants, administrators, lawyers, prime…
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8.1.06 / Media Hedge Fund Madness
Once again hedge funds—a.k.a. financial lightning in a bottle—have defied efforts by regulators to monitor their…
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3.1.06 / Media Roundtable - Securities Litigation
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2.6.06 / Media Poisoned Ivy Fight at Princeton Escalates Over Use of a Family’s Gift
PRINCETON, N.J.—On April 4, 2002, a top adviser to Shirley M. Tilghman, the president of…
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4.6.05 / Media Playing Hard to Get
Despite their eligibility, some firms would rather stay single Ask law firm leaders or consultants…
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3.7.05 / Media A Hedge Grows in San Francisco
Founders of West Coast Hedge Fund Practice Are Leaders Today The year was 1983, and…
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6.30.03 / Media Force Majeure
Call them competitors, trailblazers, maybe even bitches if you’re hung up on an image of…
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5.24.00 / Media The Terminator
Terminating sanctions, the most extreme punishment in civil litigation, are so unusual that some attorneys…
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2.18.00 / Media SEC Doesn’t Appeal Tax-Related Charges in Kenneth Ough Case; Reaction Mixed
The SEC’s decision not to appeal the tax-related charges in the Kenneth Ough case is…
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8.15.18 / Press Releases 12 Shartsis Friese Lawyers Recognized by “Best Lawyers” for 2019 – John Broadhurst is Lawyer of the Year for Hedge Funds
San Francisco, August 15, 2018: Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 12 of…
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7.19.18 / Press Releases Jodi Fedor Joins Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, July 19, 2018: Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Jodi Fedor has joined…
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7.11.18 / Press Releases Nineteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2018
San Francisco, July 11, 2018: Fourteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…
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6.1.18 / Press Releases Scott Schneider Joins Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, CA: Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Scott Schneider has joined the firm…
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3.29.18 / Press Releases Shartsis Partner David Kremer Elected to American College of Real Estate Lawyers
San Francisco (March 29, 2018): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that David H.…
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11.22.17 / Press Releases 13 Shartsis Friese Lawyers and 7 Practice Groups Recognized by “Best Lawyers” and “Best Law Firms” for 2018
San Francisco (November 22, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 13 of…
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11.16.17 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Michael B. Dell to Partner
San Francisco (November 16, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce it has elevated…
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11.2.17 / Press Releases Dick Kinyon to Speak at CalCPA Taxation Conference, November 15-17, 2017
San Francisco (November 2, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP Family Wealth Planning partner Richard (Dick) S.…
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9.19.17 / Press Releases Open Door Legal Awarded the 2017-2018
Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest FellowshipSAN FRANCISCO (September 19, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP announced that Open Door Legal in San…
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9.5.17 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Expands Family Wealth Practice
SAN FRANCISCO (September 5, 2017): Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Of Counsels Daniel Redman…
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7.12.17 / Press Releases Fourteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2017
San Francisco, July 12, 2017: Thirteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…
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5.23.17 / Press Releases Paul Riehle Joins Shartsis Friese Litigation Practice
Shartsis Friese LLP announced that Paul Riehle has joined the firm as a partner in…
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10.24.16 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Three to Partnership
October 24, 2016 – San Francisco – Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce it…
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8.18.16 / Press Releases Best Lawyers in America®- All Lawyers Report
San Francisco, August 18, 2016: Shartsis Friese is proud to announce the following lawyers have…
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7.8.16 / Press Releases Thirteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2016
San Francisco, July 8, 2016 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today thirteen attorneys have been…
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1.1.16 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Elevates Stein to Partnership
Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that JJ Stein has been promoted to partner…
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12.24.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Attorneys Publish California Business Litigation Treatise
Several Shartsis Friese LLP litigators recently published chapters in a new benchbook entitled California Business…
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12.23.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Represents Sunstone in $540 Million Sale of Times Square Hotel
Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. tapped David Egdal of Shartsis Friese as seller's counsel in the…
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10.13.15 / Press Releases Richard S. Kinyon Honored with Spirit of CEB Award
San Francisco, October 13, 2015–Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that Richard S. Kinyon…
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9.11.15 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Successfully Defends Patent Infringement Action Through Jury Trial
Helios Software, et al. v. SpectorSoft Corp., Civ. No. 12-081-LPS (Delaware District Court). The firm…
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8.20.15 / Press Releases Best Lawyers in America - All Lawyers Report
San Francisco, August 20, 2015: Shartsis Friese is proud to announce the following lawyers have…
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7.22.15 / Press Releases Fifteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2015
San Francisco, July 22, 2015 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today fifteen attorneys have been…
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3.30.15 / Press Releases David Egdal Joins Growing Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that David Egdal has joined the firm as Of Counsel…
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10.3.14 / Press Releases Ninth Circuit Upholds Alameda County’s Pioneering Prescription Drug Disposal Ordinance
The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Alameda County on September 30, 2014 in a…
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8.12.14 / Press Releases Dana Fox Joins Growing Shartsis Friese Real Estate Practice
San Francisco, August 12, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Dana W. Fox…
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7.3.14 / Press Releases Fifteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2014
San Francisco, July 3, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Fifteen attorneys have…
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3.18.14 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Adds Two Leading Patent Lawyers to Establish Patent Prosecution
San Francisco, March 18, 2014 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Cecily O’Regan and…
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11.1.13 / Press Releases 2014 U.S. News - Best Lawyers
Fifteen Shartsis Friese partners were chosen by U.S. News - Best Lawyers. Robert Friese, Arthur…
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10.1.13 / Press Releases U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds, Second Edition
U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds covers the many legal issues that arise in structuring and…
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10.1.13 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Adds Premier Family Wealth Planning Practice
San Francisco, October 1, 2013 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Richard S. Kinyon,…
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7.8.13 / Press Releases Seventeen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2013
San Francisco, July 8, 2013 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Seventeen attorneys, including…
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1.1.13 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese LLP Announces 3 New Partners
Shartsis Friese is proud to announce that, effective January 1, 2013, Christina Mickelson Hamilton, Larisa…
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7.11.12 / Press Releases Sixteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2012
San Francisco, July 11, 2012 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that sixteen attorneys, including…
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6.15.12 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Expands Real Estate Practice – Etlin and Aitelli Join as Partners
San Francisco, June 15, 2012 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Craig B. Etlin…
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6.5.12 / Press Releases Cristina Rubke has been confirmed as the newest member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
Shartsis Friese is proud to announce that on June 5th, the San Francisco Board of…
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5.1.12 / Press Releases Real Estate Deal Of The Year
The Twitter lease at 1355 Market Street has been chosen by the San Francisco Business…
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7.13.11 / Press Releases Eleven Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2011
San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that eleven attorneys have…
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7.13.11 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese to Receive the 2011 Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award
San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese is very pleased to announce it has…
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3.14.11 / Press Releases Derek Boswell Joins Shartsis Friese as a Partner in the Real Estate Group
San Francisco, March 14, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Derek Boswell has…
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8.2.10 / Press Releases Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers of America 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc.
Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2011 by…
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7.14.10 / Press Releases Twelve Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2010
San Francisco, July 14, 2010 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that twelve attorneys have…
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4.6.10 / Press Releases Judge Lifts Sanctions Over Qualcomm Discovery Scandal
Shartsis Friese attorneys Joel Zeldin, Frank Cialone, and John Stein successfully represented Christopher Mammen and…
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12.15.09 / Press Releases Frank Cialone Elected as Board Chair of the East Bay Community Law Center
San Francisco – December 15, 2009 – Earlier this month, Frank Cialone was elected as…
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7.30.09 / Press Releases Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc.
Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2010 by…
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7.15.09 / Press Releases Thirteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2009
San Francisco, July 15, 2009 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that thirteen attorneys have…
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9.4.08 / Press Releases The Best Lawyers in America 2009
Seven Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2009 by…
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10.25.07 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Hedge Fund Group Rated #4 Nationwide By Small Hedge Fund Managers In Alpha Magazine Poll
San Francisco, October 25, 2007 – In a recent survey by Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine…
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10.15.07 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Funds Fellowship At Bay Area Legal Aid To Help End Domestic Violence
Three‐year fellowship will help hundreds of San Mateo County residents escape domestic violence. San Mateo,…
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9.4.07 / Press Releases The Best Lawyers in America 2008
Seven Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2008 by…
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7.1.07 / Press Releases Top Corporate Philanthropists In The Greater Bay Area
Shartsis Friese is proud to have been listed among the Top Corporate Philanthropists in the…
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12.15.06 / Press Releases California Supreme Court Upholds Mediation Confidentiality
Unanimous decision in Fair v. Bakhtiari draws a bright line re admissibility of documents San…
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10.1.06 / Press Releases Shartsis Friese Representing Governor Schwarzenegger
Attorneys at Shartsis Friese are representing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as amicus curiae in an upcoming…
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9.9.18 / Articles Reporting Obligations of Variable Interest Entities
To navigate through regulatory restrictions or for strategic reasons, public companies may need to rely…
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2.1.18 / Articles The Supreme Court Says Conditional & Foreign Sales Cannot Avoid IP Exhaustion — What Should IP Owners Do?: An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s IP-Exhaustion Jurisprudence
On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision Impression…
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1.17.18 / Articles Tax Planning Opportunities Following the Enactment of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
On December 22, 2017 H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act…
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12.13.17 / Articles Shartsis Friese Attorney Co-Authors book on IP Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Shartsis Friese counsel and chair of the Firm’s Patent Prosecution Department, Cecily O’Regan, recently co-authored…
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5.10.17 / Articles Guarding Against Challenges to Director Equity Compensation
There has been an emerging litigation trend in Delaware, where most U.S. public companies are…
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5.1.17 / Articles On Trademarks - Infringement and Social Media
A client recently came to me with a trademark problem. The client was a small-but-growing…
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3.1.17 / Articles Considerations For Tax Planning In The New Political Environment
The recent election of Donald Trump as President and a Republican-controlled Congress have raised the…
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9.1.16 / Articles Exhaustion v. Non-Exhaustion—Deciphering The Federal Circuit’s Lexmark Decision And Its Implication On Technology Transactions
The Decision And Issues On February 12, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for…
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6.30.16 / Articles The Latest Trend In Non-GAAP Reporting
To attract and retain top talent, while facing cash constraints, many growing companies utilize stockbased…
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6.10.16 / Articles Written Disclosure And Informed Written Consent: How To Handle Actual And Potential Conflicts Of Interest
Two friends from college email you: they want to start a business together. Can you…
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4.22.16 / Articles Op/Ed: The Truth about Costs of the LA County Drug Take-Back Ordinance
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance that would require pharmaceutical…
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4.11.16 / Articles Watch Out: Increasing Scrutiny by the SEC of your Dealings with Regulators
I. The SEC Enforcement Trend There has been an emerging enforcement trend by the U.S.…
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3.3.16 / Articles Battling for the Forum: Strategies Employed by Insurers and Policyholders to Secure and Protect the Most Advantageous Forum for Their Coverage Disputes
On March 3, 2016, Anthony Leuin and a panel of other distinguished experts on insurance…
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9.1.15 / Articles When disaster strikes, will you know what to do?
When one imagines the aftermath of a natural disaster in the Bay Area, providing legal…
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9.1.15 / Articles On Trademarks
In the coming days, the long-standing IP fight between Apple and Samsung will finally arrive…
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7.21.15 / Articles Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Primer on “Business Divorce” Litigation for Transactional Lawyers
INTRODUCTION Breaking up a business in California can be difficult, in some ways not unlike dissolving…
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5.25.15 / Articles TTAB Determination of Likelihood of Confusion May Have Preclusive Effect
It is not every day the Supreme Court gives trademark practitioners the chance to call…
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5.1.15 / Articles Resumé tips for new lawyers
Despite continued improvement in the legal job market, competition for many entry-level and lateral positions…
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6.1.14 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Most litigators look forward to oral argument because we love the sound of our own…
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9.1.13 / Articles On Cross-Examination
Watching one of your witnesses be cross-examined is one of the most nerve-wracking experiences a…
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6.1.12 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is must reading for lawyers who want to…
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2.23.12 / Articles Old Concept, New Law
Unlike the standard governing the capacity to make a will, California courts have not applied…
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1.1.12 / Articles Insider Trading: New Cases, But Still Old School Insider Trading
Its been almost two and a half years since Galleon’s Raj Rajaratnam was arrested, and…
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3.1.11 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Recent amendments to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure changed the disclosure…
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9.1.10 / Articles Dancing on Direct: Direct Examination of Witnesses
Preparing for the direct examination of a friendly witness is like choreographing a dance scene…
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3.1.10 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Writing a good legal brief is more a matter of craft than art. Most judges…
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3.1.09 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Taking the deposition of a hostile witness is difficult and stressful, especially when the deponent…
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6.1.08 / Articles Making Misconduct Matter
What to do (or not) when your opponent engages in misconduct Most laypeople think lawyers…
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3.1.08 / Articles On Litigation Skills
There is a lot to like about arbitration because it has been shaped by the…
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12.1.07 / Articles A Few Brief Words
Keep busy readers in mind when crafting your written arguments Giving advice to lawyers about…
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8.6.07 / Articles Direct Directions
Let the witness take center stage during direct examination Most lawyers find it hard to…
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3.1.07 / Articles The Revised Uniform Partnership Act: An Introduction
A man named Colin comes into your office and begins telling you his legal problems:…
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3.1.07 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Speed kills, but it’s a double-edged sword. Thinking and acting quickly are crucial for good…
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9.1.06 / Articles Button Up
Resist the voluntary spirit when defending a deposition In the last issue of this publication,…
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8.18.06 / Articles Questions, Period. The art and science of depositions
Taking depositions may seem easy. But it is difficult to do well and almost impossible to…
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6.1.06 / Articles No End In Sight To Options Backdating Investigations
Even if you have been living under a rock, it is unlikely that you have…
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3.1.06 / Articles On Litigation Skills
Defending depositions is harder than it looks because almost all of the work should be…
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3.1.06 / Articles Using California Corporations Code Section 2000 to Resolve 50-50 Shareholder Deadlocks in Privately Held Corporations
Introduction All too frequently, in the absence of applicable buy-sell or other shareholder agreements, serious…
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2.21.06 / Articles Monkey Business
Peacemaking among people and other primates When lay people complain to me about the way…
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11.14.05 / Articles Expert Advice
Key questions to ask opposing expert witnesses Complex litigation often comes down to a battle…
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10.4.05 / Articles The Developing Regulatory Landscape for Hedge Fund Managers
Many hedge fund managers are dealing with significant regulatory change and uncertainty. As nearly everyone in…
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9.19.05 / Articles Your Witness…
A few tips on conducting an effective cross-examination Someone once said that cross-examination is ultimately…
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5.1.05 / Articles SEC Requires Hedge Fund Managers to Register as Investment Advisers
Introduction The SEC recently adopted a new rule that requires most investment advisers that manage…
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3.1.05 / Articles On Litigation Strategy
You know you’re a litigator if you think that cross-examination is one of the great…
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1.1.05 / Articles Client Advisory: Dealing With Disgruntled Investors
Many money managers are confronted by an unhappy investor at some point – usually after…
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10.1.04 / Articles SEC Proposes Investment Adviser Registration of Hedge Fund Managers
On July 20, 2004, the SEC proposed a new rule and rule amendments that, if…
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3.1.04 / Articles On Litigation Skills
I’m often surprised how many lawyers — even ones that aren’t very good — regard…
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3.1.03 / Articles On Litigation Strategy
I like to go both ways. I mean, of course, that I like to do…
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3.1.02 / Articles On Securities
Securities litigators take a lot of depositions, so I’ve seen a lot of good and…
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3.1.01 / Articles On Securities
Cyberspace sometimes seems like the wild frontier of securities trading, because deceptive information can move…
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7.1.00 / Articles On Securities
The SEC has complained to the Wall Street Journal that a recent local decision is…
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1.1.00 / Articles Dissolution Actions Yield Less than Fair Market Enterprise Value (Appraising for “Fair Value” Under California Corporations Code Section 2000)
While virtually all states have dissenters' rights appraisal statutes, only a few states have "dissolution…
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11.6.99 / Articles On Securities
The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Silicon Graphics may have finally put some teeth in the…
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6.1.99 / Articles The Ten Commandments For Avoiding A Fraudulent Real Estate Transaction
Millions of dollars worth of claims are made every year on transactions that could have…
Joel Zeldin Claims Awareness Hot Sheet
