Points & Authorities Winter 2009/2010
New Year, New Decade, New Era

Recently Published

James Andrew’s article "Keys to Successful Mixed-Use and Infill Development," appears in the March 2010 issue of Western City.

Sandra Thompson’s article "The patent application superhighway: Opportunities to fast-track patent applications," appears in the February 2010 issue of Industrial Biotechnology.

Benjamin Seigel's article "Meltdown Mediation" appears in the Winter 2010 issue of Dispute Resolution Magazine.

Media Mentions

Brian Weinberger provides commentary in the February 27, 2010 Bloomberg article "Gap Contacted by FTC About Simon Buying Prime Outlets."

Richard Walton provides commentary in the February 19, 2010 Private Equity Manager article "IRS Issues Guidance on Deferred Comp Tax.

Brian Weinberger provides commentary in the February 16, 2010 Wall Street Journal article "Anti-Trust Issues Could Cloud Simon's General Growth Bid."

Pamela Webster provides commentary in the February 10, 2010 Los Angeles Times article "Hedge Fund Pacificor Wins Rights to 'Terminator' Franchise."

Richard Walton provides commentary in the February 2010 issue of Inside Counsel article "Audit America: In-House Counsel Prepare for Section 409A Review."

Richard Walton provides commentary in the January 29, 2010 International Tax Review article "IRS announces new rules for reporting uncertain tax positions."

Major Changes Are Coming to Minors' Cases
New statewide rules on a complex area of the law known as Minors' Compromises go into effect in January 2010. Buchalter attorney Harry Chamberlain was involved in the two years of negotiations among the plaintiffs' bar, defense counsel and judges for the Judicial Council of California. To view the new rules, click here. For an article announcing the rule change, click here.

Buchalter Nemer Welcomes Real Estate and Land Use Group
Nine attorneys joined the Firm in San Francisco on Jan. 1, 2010.
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Client Alerts

Kudos
Lori Liu has been appointed as Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce.

Nicole Sahagen has been appointed to the "Women at the Top" committee of the Los Angeles chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW).

Matthew Kavanaugh has been appointed Chair of the American Bar Association Task Force preparing a Model IP Security Agreement.

Thomas Gaynor has been appointed to a four-year term on the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California.