A Seattle lawyer who worked for the Veterans Administration for nearly 30 years invested his savings and an inheritance from his parents to amass the money to fund a $187.6 million charitable trust.
A Recap of BB&K Legal Alerts & Articles - During the 2013 legislative session, Gov. Brown signed into law new legislation affecting California public agencies, most of which will go into effect in less than six weeks. For more information on any...
FDIC Guidance on Deposit Advance Products - On November 21, the FDIC issued final supervisory guidance to FDIC-supervised financial institutions with respect to the risks imposed by certain deposit advance products. The FDIC encourages banks to:...
Poultry Processing Company Fired Employee for Complaining About National Origin Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - WILMINGTON, N.C. - Mountaire Farms, Inc., doing business as Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp., will pay $48,000 and...
Readers of this blog are well acquainted with the “In-House Counsel New Media Engagement Survey,” the study that Greentarget conducts with consultant Zeughauser Group and InsideCounsel. Since we first published the study in 2010, the survey has shown...
A California court of appeal affirmed a criminal conviction of a former employee in The People v. Childs arising out of the employee denying his employer’s access to its own computer systems. Terry Childs worked as a network engineer for the City of...
On November 20, 2013, Fred Tilton, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Federal Air Surgeon, announced a New Obstructive Sleep Apnea Policy1 (Policy) the FAA will be "releasing shortly." Under the Policy, aviation medical examiners (AMEs) must...
When someone dies, the probate process begins. Probate typically involves identifying and inventorying the property of the deceased, appraising the property, paying off debts and taxes, distributing the property according to the will and validating...
The average BioMeter value in the third quarter of 2013 was $30.4 million, an increase from the $22.2 million value in the second quarter. Like last quarter, Phase 1 and Phase 2 transactions showed very strong results, with the BioMeter value for...
As reported in Fierce Medical Devices by Damian Garde, the FDA has issued a Warning Letter to personal genomics company 23andMe, demanding that the company stop selling its Personal Genomic Services (PGS) product without obtaining FDA approval. The...
