Ellis George attorneys have recently been called upon for commentary on a variety of legal issues in the news. The range of issues is a testimony to the breadth of Ellis George’s practice and knowledge base. For example:
- Ellis George partner Curtis Smolar’s work on behalf of San Francisco for Everyone – a pro-home sharing campaign that opposed a failed ballot measure limiting home rentals in San Francisco – was featured in an October 2015 San Francisco Business Times article. Smolar was also quoted extensively in a November 2015 Law360 article entitled “Third Circuit Google Ruling Provides Blueprint for Privacy Suits.” In the Law360 article, Smolar described California’s strong privacy laws generally and in the context of a recent federal court appellate ruling in a class action against Google.
- The Daily Journal featured two articles written by Ellis George associate Corbin Barthold – the first analyzing a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court on the scope of “appropriate equitable relief” under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and a second commenting on a constitutional challenge to the City of San Jose’s affordable housing law.
- Ellis George partner Keith Wesley was quoted in a November 2015 Daily Journal article about a lawsuit filed by the manager of the hip hop group NWA against the makers of the hit film “Straight Outta Compton.” Wesley described the balance between expression that is protectable under intellectual property laws and matters that are in the public domain.
In addition to these and other contributions to legal news, Ellis George attorneys also continued in 2015 with the firm tradition of providing updates to the Continuing Education of the Bar treatise entitled California Business Litigation.
