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02/02/12IP Frontline: Taser's Contempt Motion Denied Where Colorable Differences Existed Between Infringing Product and Newly Accused Product
01/31/12IP Frontline: The Battle over Android: Google Succeeds in Striking Oracle's Damage Expert for Conducting a Patent-By-Patent Analysis Instead of a Claim-By-Claim Analysis
01/31/12It's the New Year: Review Your Assignment Agreements or Risk Losing Your Future Intellectual Property Rights
01/24/12ehotelier.com:: Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing the conference hotel to outsiders
01/24/12HOTELS: Litigation and disputes between hotel owners and operators are on the rise. Why?
01/23/12Hotel Online: Quick! Can you pass this 3-question ADA pop quiz?
01/20/12Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing the conference hotel to outsiders
01/18/12Hotel Online: Hotel management contract disputes: Importance of "fiduciary" duties in Owner-Operator lawsuits
01/16/12Hotel Online: Litigation and disputes between hotel owners and operators are on the rise. Why?
01/16/12Los Angeles Business Journal: Subdivide and Conquer
01/09/12Elite Advisor Forum: The Hiring Boom Is Back—But Don’t Get Distracted from the Essentials
01/04/12IP Frontline: Implied Waiver Of Attorney-Client Privilege Extends To Trial Counsel Who Consulted With Prosecutor
12/05/11IP Frontline: Brand New Expert on Reply Precluded as Litigation Maneuver as Google's Motion to Strike Oracle's Expert Is Granted
12/02/11California Trusts and Estates Quarterly: To Bypass or Not Bypass, That is the Question: Using a Formula General Power of Appointment Clause to Address New Estate Planning Uncertainties
11/22/11Hotel Online: ADA Alert: Attention all Owners and Operators of hotels, restaurants, timeshares and other places of 'public accommodation'
11/22/11IP Frontline: Facebook's Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination Denied Where Plaintiff Showed It Would Suffer Undue Prejudice
11/14/11Elite Advisor Forum: The Adviser Recruiting Bubble is Back
11/02/11Asian American Hotel Owner's Association: Hotel Lawyer on the Fiduciary, Contractual and Agency Duties of Hotel Brokers, Host Hotels & Resorts: LP v. Molinaro Koger Litigation
11/02/11Hotel News Resource: Hotel Lawyer in Washington DC at NATHIC - Why the lodging industry will continue to do well despite bumpy markets and more
11/01/11Hotel Online: EB-5 Financing for Hotels: Brian Su's EB-5 Investment Boot Camp in Los Angeles on November 11, 2011
10/27/11Federal Circuit Holds That Process for Distributing Copyrighted Products Over the Internet Can Be Patented
10/27/11HSyndicate: Chinese investment in U.S. hotels: what the real estate professionals want to know
10/20/11Expert Analysis: When your borrower files bankruptcy - a 10-point checklist
10/19/11Hotel Online: Fairmont v. Turnberry decision is issued by Federal Court
10/18/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer in Dallas listening to the Special Servicers
10/17/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer with optimism for the hotel industry from at the Dallas Lenders Conference, Fishing for Solutions 2011
10/14/11Elite Advisor Forum: Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes--Part 2
10/14/11The Bottom Line: Losing the Expectation of Privacy Bit by Bit, Byte by Byte
10/12/11Captive Insurance for Agribusiness
10/12/11IP Frontline: Apple and Samsung preliminary injunction battle heats up as court rules on discovery dispute
10/12/11Labor Law Alert: New Law Requires Employers to Continue Health Benefits for Employees on Pregnancy Disability Leave
10/12/11Volatility Can Kill Your Variable Life Policy
10/07/11Hotel Online: Labor Law Update: California Supreme Court one step closer to decision in long-awaited meal and rest period case. Decision expected by mid-February
10/05/11Hotel Online: Service animal policies for your hotel or other place of 'public accommodation'
10/05/11IP Frontline: Is A 50,000 Page Expert Report 'TMI'? California Court Says 'No
10/01/11Mining lawyer: California's SB 108 enacts new legislation pertaining to "idle" mines and addresses some of the problems existing in SMARA's idle mine provisions, including interim management plans
09/30/11Hotel Online: Hotel Industry Alert: Some things to feel (very) good about!
09/26/11Law360: Employee NLRA Rights - No Rush to Post
09/26/11Orange County Business Journal: Will Health Care Facilities Prove to Be the Antidote for Orange County's Ailing Commercial Real Estate Market?
09/26/11Shopping Center Legal Update: California Supreme Court Puts the Zip Back into Zip Code Consumer Protection Class Actions
09/23/11A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity:  The Current Perfect Storm of Estate Planning
09/22/11Hotel Online: Hospitality Lawyers in Phoenix for the 2011 Lodging Conference. What's happening to the hospitality industry?
09/21/11Hotel Business: Hotel Developers' Guide to the EB-5 Financing Process
09/19/11Controversial Union Rights Notice Now Available From Labor Board— Employers Should Not Rush To Post
09/19/11Orange County Business Journal: Selling or Financing Your Company: Ten Steps to a Better Deal
09/16/11Elite Advisor Forum: The Due Diligence Dilemma
09/16/11Elite Advisor Forum: Top Ten Wealth Planning Mistakes--Part 1 of 2
09/13/11Draft License and Settlement Agreements Carefully:  Covenant Not to Sue Can Bar Future Litigation on Continuation Patents
09/13/11Hotel Online: Hotel Franchise Agreements: The 5 biggest mistakes a hotel owner can make
09/13/11Hotel Online: Labor and Employment Alert: New Law Requires Employers to Post Employee Rights Notice by November 14, 2011
09/12/11Hotel Online: The Shifting Sands of Hotel Brand Standards
09/09/11BNA Corporate Accountability Report: Minimizing Legal Liability Related to Social Media Records
09/08/11Collecting Customer Information Online: California Court Rules Song-Beverly Credit Card Act Inapplicable to Online Retailers
09/07/11BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly: Social Media Records as Corporate Records
09/06/11Bloomberg Law Reports: “Hot News” and Preemption
09/06/11New Law: California Imposes Additional Information Security Requirements on California Businesses
09/01/11EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas: The Fundamentals of EB-5
09/01/11Hotel Online: What every hotel lender needs to know about hotel due diligence
08/31/11Daily Journal: Making Your Real Estate Project Attractive to Immigrant Investors
08/31/11Labor Law Alert:  New Law Requires Employers to Post Employee Rights Notice by November 14
08/29/11Hotel Online: Hotel lawyers on terminating hotel operators: M Edition lawsuit against Marriott has a new twist -- Marriott is replaced overnight
08/29/11Hotel Online: Hotel lawyers on terminating hotel operators: Turnberry Resort drops Fairmont flag
08/26/11ehotelier.com: What every hotel lender needs to know about hotel cash controls
08/24/114Hoteliers: Hotel Lawyer with more on M Waikiki Edition lawsuit against Marriott - What Marriott's General Counsel says
08/23/11Hotel Online: 10 tips for winning the race for EB-5 capital for your hotel development project
08/19/11Hotel Law Blog: 10 keys to making your real estate development project attractive to immigrant investors in the EB-5 marketplace
08/18/11Hotel Law Blog: Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about SNDAs
08/17/11Elite Advisor Forum: SEC Rule Creates Opportunities - and Burdens - for Financial Advisors
08/17/11Hotel Law Blog: Hotel Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about HMAs and hotel franchise agreements
08/17/11Hotel Online: The Importance of Brands - Intellectual Property Rights and What they Mean: Family Suites Resorts v. Viacom International d/b/a MTV Networks - a Suit Over Branding
08/16/11Hotel Online: The Fiduciary, Contractual and Agency Duties of Hotel Brokers - Host Hotels & Resorts LP v. Molinaro Koger Litigation
08/09/11Hotel Online: M Waikiki's Edition lawsuit against Marriott International and Ian Schrager - an owner's HMA dispute with Marriott
08/05/11Hotel News Resource: Why are U.S. hotels so attractive to Asian investors?
08/05/11Mondaq Business Briefing: EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas - The Fundamentals of EB-5
08/03/11Avoiding Means-Plus-Function in the Up and Down World of Elevators
07/27/11Hotel Online: EB-5 Investment Essentials for Hotel Developers: Why a regional center is necessary and how to find one for a hotel financing
07/19/11IP Frontline: Patent Infringement Action Dismissed for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Where Patent Infringement Claims Did Not Arise Out of Negotiations for a License
07/14/11Elite Advisor Forum: How Your Clients Benefit by Funding an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
07/12/11Hotel Online: EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas - The Fundamentals of EB-5
07/12/11Pennsylvania Bar Institute: Witness Preparation
07/11/11Hotel Online: Chinese Investment Group™ -- Hotels, Real Estate, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas
07/11/11Orange County Business Journal: Are Methods for Medical Treatments Patentable?
07/04/11Labor & Employment Client Alert: California Supreme Court Rules Daily Overtime Laws Apply To Out-Of-State Residents Performing Work In California
06/30/11HOTELS: Setting up a Captive Insurance Company - Do You Qualify?
06/28/11HOTELS: Benefits of Owning a Captive Insurance Company
06/25/114Hoteliers: Captive Insurance for Hotel Owners
06/22/11Hospitality Net: Captive Insurance for Hotel Owners
06/21/11Supreme Court Ruling Maintains Tight Invalidity Standards in i4i L.P. Patent Infringement Case
06/21/11The Hotel Report: How the New Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Regulations Affect Hotels - Are you in compliance?
06/13/11Supreme Court Re-Affirms That Inventors Own Their Inventions
06/06/11Orange County Business Journal: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Class Action Lawsuits
06/05/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer in New York with pre-NYU industry forecast: Sunny with occasional clouds and NO storms on the horizon
06/02/11JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter: Buyer Beware: When you buy a hotel, don’t buy an ADA lawsuit or Department of Justice investigation
06/02/11JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter: Expert Testimony: A Trial Lawyer’s Checklist  
06/02/11JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter: Patent False Marking Claims Prove Largely To Be A Nuisance
06/02/11JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter: Preserving A Nonsignatory’s Right To Have The Court Determine Arbitrability
06/01/11Hotel News Resource: Hotel Lawyer with the Executive Roundtable Results
05/25/11Hotel Online: How the new ADA Regulations affect hotels. Are You In Compliance?
05/24/11  JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: JMBM Proposes Amendments to CEQA
05/24/11Are Methods For Medical Treatments Patentable?  Yes—As Long As They Are Transformative
05/24/11JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: Court Decision Changes CEQA Related Traffic Impact Analyses
05/24/11JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: Eldercare Housing Crisis Looming
05/20/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: Latest perspective on the hotel industry from Smith Travel
05/19/11ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers with PKF and Mark Woodworth's Lodging Overview
05/18/11Employee Relations Law Journal: Recent Federal Third Circuit Case Sheds Light on Possible Enforceable Non-Competes in California: Lessons from Bimbo Bakeries v. Botticella
05/17/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyers' updates on capital and debt markets for hotels, transaction sales data and financings
05/16/11Antidote to Wage and Hour Class Actions: Supreme Court Invalidates California Law On Class Action Waivers
05/16/11How The New Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Regulations Affect Hotels -- Are You In Compliance?
05/16/11Orange County Business Journal: Hospitals are a Target for Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuits
05/12/11Elite Advisor Forum: How Advisers Can Benefit by Preparing HNW Clients for Liquidity Events
05/12/11Elite Advisor Forum: The Benefits of Early Termination of a Charitable Remainder Trust
05/12/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer with nuggets from JMBM's Meet the Money® 2011
05/10/11JMBM Tax Newsletter: The Top 10 Reasons to Consider a Prenup
05/09/11The Recorder: Preparing Your Witness
05/05/11Hospitality Net: Hotel industry think tank's top 10 challenges for 2011
04/28/11Hotel News Resource: Condo Hotel Lawyer: What is happening with the condo hotel sector?
04/26/11Hotel Online: The hotel transaction market is heating up!
04/22/11Patent Reform: Differences Between the Senate and House Bills and What Patent Reform Means to Inventors
04/19/11Law360: How Review Standards Changed Cap-And-Trade in California
04/18/11Orange County Lawyer: The Science and Art of Advocacy
04/16/114Hoteliers: Condo Hotel Wars - Developer, Banks and Broker Win Latest Battle
04/15/11Elite Advisor Forum: Considerations When Seeking Referrals from Accountants
04/15/11Hotel Online: Condo Hotel Wars - Developer, Banks and Broker Win Latest Battle
04/15/11The Hotel Report: Benefits of Using the Enhanced Note Sale™ Structure When Acquiring Distressed Real Property Secured Debt
04/13/11Land Use Law Update: BCDC Approves New Schedule for Finalizing and Adopting Climate Change Amendment to the SF Bay Plan
04/01/11Hotel Online: Meet the Money®: Hotel financing Renaissance is underway!
03/24/11Silence May Preclude Enforcement of Your Patent
03/22/11Estate Planning: Stress Test Life Insurance Now to Avoid Future Heartache
03/18/11Daily Journal: The Hospitality Industry's Top Five Biggest Mistakes
03/18/11The Conveyer: Court Decision to Create Confrontation Between Local Lead Agencies and Federal Land Managers
03/14/11California Trusts and Estates Quarterly: Stress Test Your Client’s Life Insurance to Help Them Avoid the Attractive Impossibility
03/11/11Hotel Online: New Book Release: The HMA Handbook, Hotel Management Agreements for Owners, Developers, Investors & Lenders
03/10/11The HMA Handbook: Hotel Management Agreements for Owners, Developers, Investors & Lenders
03/01/11les Nouvelles: IRS Ordered To Help Trademark Licensor Reduce Tax Liability
02/28/11Don't Rely on the Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art to Save your Patent  
02/28/11Hospitality Net: Exculpation Clauses - Protecting the Owner's Assets
02/25/11Hotel Online: Exculpation Clauses - Protecting the Owner's Assets
02/23/11Hotel Online: Buyer Beware: When you buy a hotel, don’t buy an ADA lawsuit or Department of Justice Investigation
02/22/11Orange County Business Journal: Stress Test Your Life Insurance
02/17/11Challenge the Written Description: Pending patent applications may be defeated by provisional patents filed earlier
02/16/11Elite Advisor Forum: Team and Shareholder Agreements: The Commercial Pre-Nup (Part 2)
02/16/11Elite Advisor Forum: The Top 10 Reasons 21st-Century Couples Should Consider a Prenuptial Agreement: Part 2
02/16/11Hotel Online: A case study in how not to handle an ADA defense?
02/16/11JMBM Focus: California Supreme Court Rules That Zip Codes Are Personal Identification Information
02/16/11Of Counsel: Bruce Jeffer Leads a Firm That's Regional, Midsized, Diversified, Debt-Free, and Had Its Best Year Ever
02/14/114Hoteliers: HMA Budget Provisions: Why they are so important, and 5 Key elements for a good budget provision
02/08/11HOTELS: Hotel Lawyer: How improving fundamentals make 2011 the year of "Great Expectations" for the Hotel Industry
02/08/11Solar Industry Magazine: Protecting Ownership When A Host Property Enters Foreclosure
02/07/11Hotel Online: HMA Budget Provisions: Why they are so important, and 5 Key elements for a good budget provision
02/01/11Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: How improving fundamentals make 2011 the year of 'Great Expectations' for the Hotel Industry
01/31/11Benzinga's "Commercial Real Estate in Review": Ask the ADA Defense Lawyer: Does the ADA now require all hotels to provide personal hearing or closed caption devices for deaf and hard of hearing guests? What's next?
01/31/11Movie, Concert, and Performing Arts Theaters Beware of Possible ADA Lawsuit: Should theaters provide personal hearing devices for Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
01/31/11National Law Journal: A Microsoft Win Could Benefit Other Defendants
01/28/11Hotel Online: Ask the Hotel Lawyer: 2011 is starting as the year of "Great Expectations" for the hotel industry!
01/26/11Hospitality Expos: So, You Think You Want to Buy a Hotel?
01/24/11ehotelier.com: Ask the ADA Defense Lawyer: Does the ADA now require all hotels to provide personal hearing or closed caption devices for deaf and hard of hearing guests? What's next?
01/21/11Careful -- Your Continuation May Lose Priority
01/20/11Daily Journal: The Preservation of Future Intellectual Property Rights
01/20/11Law360: Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing
01/13/11Elite Advisor Forum: Team and Shareholder Agreements – the Commercial Pre-Nup
01/12/11Elite Advisor Forum: The Top 10 Reasons 21st Century Couples Should Consider a Prenuptial Agreement
01/12/11Hotel Online: So, You Think You Want to Buy a Hotel?
01/07/11Hotel Online and ehotelier.com: Sheraton Universal Hotel Sale Facilitated by JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®
01/04/11Hotel News Resource: Hilton's ADA Settlement with the Department of Justice: Precedent-setting agreement delivers more than removing architectural barriers
01/03/11Business Law News: Law of Intended Consequences?
12/29/10Protect Your Intellectual Property — Review Your Assignment Agreements Now
12/15/10Hospitality Net: Bloomberg Interview with Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer
12/14/10Bloomberg Law on Demand: Hospitality Industry in 2011
12/10/10Know Your Inventors and Name Them - Or Lose Your Patent
12/09/10Hotel Online: New York Times: Hotel Sector May Lead Economic Recovery
12/08/10ehotelier.com: US Hotel Industry Outlook 2011: Occupancy growth, increased ADR, and opportunistic investments
12/02/10Los Angeles Lawyer: Some Like it Hot
11/26/10Hospitality Net: Protect your mixed-use asset by creating and maintaining standards
11/23/10CASp May Not Provide Some of its Intended Protections when Sued in Federal Court Under the ADA
11/22/10Hotel Business: Protect your mixed-use asset by creating and maintaining standards
11/16/10Divorces, Community Property and Intellectual Property -- an Overlooked Problem and Some Solutions
11/15/10Elite Advisor Forum: GRATs: Time Is Running Out
11/15/10Elite Advisor Forum: How to End a Career in a Moment of Carelessness—Part 3
11/15/10Los Angeles Business Journal: Reining In Area Planning Commissions
11/02/10Hotel News Resource: Hotel Lawyer with insights on "How to get a great hotel operator"
11/02/10Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: Checklist for negotiating Hotel Management Agreements/Hotel Operating Agreements - The HMA PRO™ Checklist
11/01/10JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: Area Planning Commissions Need Help
11/01/10JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: Gambol Industries, Inc.'s Open Letter to the Los Angeles City Council
11/01/10JMBM Development Rights Newsletter: Update: Los Angeles City Council Approves Ban on New Supergraphics in Hollywood  
11/01/10Orange County Litigation Newsletter, Fall 2010: Be Prepared: The New ADA Standards Take Effect March 15, 2011
11/01/10Orange County Litigation Newsletter, Fall 2010: The Parol Evidence Rule: Promissory Fraud, An Exception To An Exception
11/01/10Size Them Up: Picking – or Rather, “Excluding” – a Jury
10/27/10Protecting Ownership of Your Intellectual Property: The Importance of Employment Agreements
10/26/10JMBM Focus: What California Employers Need to Know for 2011
10/19/10Elite Advisor Forum: How to End a Career in a Moment of Carelessness: Part 2
10/18/10JMBM Corporate Law Newsletter: Back of the Agreement-Boilerplate Provisions
10/18/10JMBM Corporate Law Newsletter: Cloud Computing, Part III
10/14/10Inside the Minds: Trust and Probate Litigation: Assisting Clients With Challenges to Their Trust Litigation Strategies
10/13/10Hotel Online: Distress Continues for Hotels and Commercial Real Estate: New Data Suggests 8 year Downturn, Dismal Prospects and Increased Foreclosures
10/06/10ADA Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect
10/05/10Elite Advisor Forum: How to End a Career in a Moment of Carelessness
10/05/10Elite Advisor Forum: The Perfect Storm of Estate Planning Coming to an End
10/05/10Hotel Online: ADA Defense Lawyer Alert: New Regulations Now in Effect
09/17/10Hotel Online: Hotel Joint Ventures: Four Keys to Success
09/16/10Patent Holders: Do Not Forget Taxes
09/14/10Hotel Business: Keys to Successful Joint Ventures
09/13/10The National Law Review: Guest Blogger
08/01/10Financier Worldwide: Management Of Electronic Information
07/20/10ehotelier.com: Global Hospitality Advisor: National implications of the July 2010 Atlas Hospitality Group distressed hotels survey
07/14/10Cornell University School of Hotel Administration: Hotel Labor Lawyer Alert: U.S. Department of Labor targets the hospitality industry
07/02/10Business Models Based on "Business Method" Patents May Be at Risk
07/02/10Hotel Online: Implications of the latest ADA enforcement "sweeps" against hotels in Portland and San Francisco
06/29/10Hotel Managment Asia: Hotel Management Agreement performance standards - The Operator's take
06/29/10Hotel Online: Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA enforcement "sweeps" hit the West Coast. What you need to know now
06/28/10ehotelier.com: Why hotel lending is different. . . and some things you should know . . .
06/28/10Hotel Online: Hotel Management Agreement performance standards -- The Owner's Return test
06/25/10Hotel Online: Hotel Management Agreement performance standards - The Operator's take
06/24/10Hospitality Net: How to avoid the pitfalls of hotel lending
06/23/104Hoteliers: Hotel Management Agreement Terminations - Is There a Better Way?
06/23/10Hotel Online: "NOW" could be the best time for hotel lending in 20 years
06/21/10Hospitality Net: Why hotel lending is different. . . and some things you should know . . .
06/15/10Mass-produced ADA litigation: Plaintiff and his lawyer sanctioned
06/08/10Agribusiness Committee E-Bulletin
06/08/10Hospitality Net: Hotel Lawyer in New York City with the pulse of Manhattan and the 2010 New York Investment Conference - The tide has turned!
06/07/10ehotelier.com: Timeshare Lawyer: What's happening with Vacation Ownership -- fractionals, timeshares and clubs? Expert perspectives and insights on investor and hotel-owner benefits
06/07/10Hotel Online: Hotel lawyers: Public-Private Financing still works for hotel developments
06/04/10Hotel Online: Timeshare Lawyer: What's happening with Vacation Ownership -- fractionals, timeshares and clubs? Expert perspectives and insights on investor and hotel-owner benefits
06/03/10CLIENT ALERT: Deadline for Filing Your 2009 FBAR is June 30, 2010
06/03/10District Court Rules that Longer Benches in Accessible Dressing Rooms are ADA-Compliant
05/26/10Daily Journal: Thoughts on the Psychology of a Workout
05/25/10Affordable Housing Mandates Must Comply with State Law
05/25/10Auto Dealership Sites Offer High-Density Residential Opportunities
05/25/10JMBM 2010 Real Estate & Land Use Survey
05/25/10UPDATE: Hollywood Hotel Receives L.A. City Council Approval
05/24/10Los Angeles Business Journal: Building on Incentives
05/18/10Corporate Law Newsletter 2010: Cloud Computing, Part II
05/18/10Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (“Credit Card Act”): New Gift Card Legislation
05/18/10The Business Divorce
05/11/10ehotelier.com: Hotel industry update! The worst may be behind us but whither the future? Industry stats and insights from HVS, PKF, Smith Travel and CBRE
05/10/10ehotelier.com: What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®
05/07/10Hotel Online: Meet the Money® - What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®
05/06/10GlobeSt.com: Experts: Now Is the Time for Investment
05/06/10The Financial Banking Reform Bill: Turning Back the Clock on Private Placement Exemptions
05/03/10Hotel Online: Hotel workouts, hotel bankruptcies, hotel receiverships -- We wrote the book on troubled hotel assets
04/28/10Hotel Management Asia: Comment: Jim Butler on Hotel Management Agreements
04/28/10Hotel Online: Hotel management agreement terminations -- Is there a better way?
04/26/10Hotel Online: Global Hospitality Advisor®: A masterstroke hospitality investment by savvy investor
04/26/10Hotel Online: How to buy distressed notes secured by vacation ownership projects
04/09/10The Daily Journal: New Cottage Industry: Boon or Bust?
04/01/10Just the Right Fit, Just in Time: Utilizing Outside Counsel to Save Legal Expenses
04/01/10Pause Before Sending: Using Unenforceable Non-Competes can be Very Costly
04/01/10Protecting Ownership of Your Property: The Importance of Employment Agreements
04/01/10Served Today, Trial Tomorrow
04/01/10The Section 998 Minefield: Parties Beware
03/29/10Hotel Online: Hotels and the ADA: How far do the responsibilities of hotel owners and managers extend to their disabled guests?
03/22/10Los Angeles Business Journal: Lots of Space
03/11/10JMBM Focus: JMBM 2010 California Real Estate and Land Use Survey Results
03/08/10Business Law News: The Business Divorce
03/04/10The Daily Journal: E-Discovery Bar Set High For Litigants
03/01/10Hotel Online: ranche Warfare: The coming litigation among stakeholders in CMBS Loans
02/28/104hoteliers.com: Timeshare lawyer advisory for timeshare developers, owners and operators. Impact of new ADA rules on your timeshare project
02/24/10Hotel Online: Timeshare lawyer advisory for timeshare developers, owners and operators. Impact of new ADA rules on your timeshare project
02/16/10Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: California Foreclosure Traps for Unwary Lenders: What one Expert Tells Lenders about Avoiding the Pitfalls of Foreclosing in California on Hotels and Other Mixed Collateral
02/11/10VoiceAmerica: How Secure is your Information on the Internet?
02/04/10ehotelier.com: Atlas 2009 Year End Hotel Survey . . . and what it means
02/02/10Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: ALIS brings optimists to earth. Lenders make new evaluations. Realism is cold and gray
02/01/10 2010:  "Repeal" of the Federal Estate Tax
01/25/10Montana Innkeeper's Association Winter 2010 Newsletter: More Lawsuits Against Online Travel Companies Over 'Lost' Bed Taxes -- Why Hotels Should Care About the Transient Occupancy Tax Battles
01/12/10CLIENT UPDATE: Breach Notification - Is a Better Mousetrap on the Way?
01/01/10Developments: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Proposed Revisions and Timeshare Applicability
01/01/10Los Angeles Lawyer: "State Can Regulate Gas Emissions Under CEQA"
12/23/09Hotel Online: How they are going to make you pay TOT on revenues your hotel never received
12/21/09Corporate Law Newsletter Winter 2010: Cloud Computing
12/21/09Corporate Law Winter 2010 Newsletter: Creditors’ Rights: California Now Allows Personal Property Judgment Liens to be Extended for More Than Five Years
12/21/09Corporate Law Winter 2010 Newsletter: Employee Monitoring in an Electronic Age
12/15/09Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyers and the ADA: Is the DOJ's ADA Compliance Survey Coming to Your City Soon? What to do when you receive the DOJ's ADA Compliance Review questionnaire
12/01/09David Cincotta, JMBM land use lawyer, obtains approval for first major project under San Francisco’s “Market & Octavia Plan”
12/01/09JMBM Development Rights: West Hollywood Moratorium Struck Down by Court of Appeal
12/01/09JMBM Secures Approval for New Luxury Hotel in Hollywood
12/01/09When Monitoring Investments, Determine What’s Vested
11/06/094Hoteliers.com: Occupancy tax update on internet hotel booking: More lawsuits against Expedia and online travel companies (OTCs) over "lost" bed taxes -- Why hotels should care about the transient occupancy tax (TOT) battle
11/05/09All-Star Briefing: Efficient E-Discovery for the Smaller Case
11/05/09PLI: Electronic Discovery Guidance 2009: What Corporate and Outside Counsel Need to Know
11/03/09Bankruptcy Strategist: Are You Prepared for E-Discovery?
11/03/09Hotel Online: Hotel Occupancy Tax Alert: online travel company suits over transient occupancy taxes raise - 5 things every hotel owner and operator needs to know
11/02/09Urban Land: Short-Term Fixes, Long-Term Cures at Vacated Commercial Sites
11/01/09Urban Land: Auto Dealership Sites Offer High-Density Residential Opportunities
11/01/09Urban Land: How the Stimulus Bill Can Be Used to Get Businesses to Occupy Vacant Commercial Properties
10/06/09PLI in Electronic Discovery Guidance 2009: Six Steps to Litigation Readiness
10/02/09Hotel Online: ADA Hotel Lawyers: California opens door to more ADA litigation, but also offers protection to the well-informed
09/18/09Hotel Online: on the New CMBS rules: Dawning of a New Era, or Error of a New Dawning?
09/08/094Hoteliers.com: Hotel Lawyer: Does "End of the Recession" mean "Recovery"? Not for luxury hotels!
09/07/09Hospitality Trends: The Hotel Owner's and Hotel Lender's Dilemma: Sell now or sell later? How long does it take to market a hotel today?
09/03/09Hotel Online: The Hotel Owner's and Hotel Lender's Dilemma: Sell now or sell later? How long does it take to market a hotel today?
09/02/09ehotelier.com: Does "End of the Recession" mean "Recovery"? Not for luxury hotels!
08/24/09JMBM Focus Update: IRS Extends Amnesty Deadline for Reporting Offshore Accounts
08/24/09JMBM Focus: ALERT: UBS and Offshore Account Reporting Amnesty
08/19/094Hoteliers.com: Hotel Lawyer: Some practical alternatives to hotel closings - turning around operating results
08/11/09Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: Some practical alternatives to hotel closings - turning around operating results
08/04/09Hospitality Net: Closing that hotel may be the worst money-saving idea you ever had! Lenders, here's why mothballing a hotel can be a very bad idea
08/03/09HotelNewsNow.com: Hospitality Lawyer: The "amazing relationship" between GDP and hotel room demand. When the recovery comes, what will it look like for the hotel industry?"
07/29/09Hotel Online: Hospitality Lawyer: The "amazing relationship" between GDP and hotel room demand. When the recovery comes, what will it look like for the hotel industry?
07/27/09California Real Estate Journal: Distress May Break Hotel Investment Logjam in Second Half of 2009
07/27/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer: National implications from the latest hotel industry Survey
07/23/09Hospitality Net: Hospitality Lawyer: National Implications from the latest hotel industry Survey
07/17/09Hotel Online: Hospitality Lawyers: Conditions for hotel industry "RESET" may be coming into alignment
07/16/09The Conveyor: New Opportunities to Protect and Develop Your Mineral Resources: Designation and SB375
07/15/09The State Bar of California's Business Law News: Chasing Dollars- The Basic Landscape Of Commercial Collection Litigation
07/13/09 Los Angeles Business Journal: California Can't Afford to Let Cities Slide on Housing
07/13/09California Real Estate Journal: Terranea Opens to Tough Times in Rancho Palos Verdes
07/10/09 Cornell University School of Hotel Administration: Hospitality Lawyers: Conditions for hotel industry "RESET"
07/01/094Hoteliers: Hospitality Lawyer: Hotel foreclosures on track to set new records in California and elsewhere
07/01/09California Lawyer: Rules for the Battleground, July 2009
07/01/09JMBM Development Rights: A Sign of the Times
07/01/09JMBM Development Rights: City Grants Time Extension for Tentative Tract Maps and Parcel Maps
07/01/09JMBM Development Rights: Density Bonus Under Attack by Cities
07/01/09JMBM Tax Newsletter: California's New Law for Pet Trusts
07/01/09JMBM Tax Newsletter: JMBM's Trust And Estate Litigation Group
06/30/09ehotelier.com: Lawyer and Special servicers: Busy now? Realpoint says work will double by year end! Implications for all CRE loans
06/24/09Hotel Online: Hotel delinquencies predicted to exceed 8% by year end. Red Roof defaults on $361 million in loans. Are there lessons for hotel lenders and investors in the latest California market report?
06/22/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer: PKF says 2009 worst year in lodging history. Robust recovery likely but years away
06/19/09Hotel Online: Hospitality Lawyer: PKF says 2009 worst year in lodging history. Robust recovery likely but years away
06/17/094Hoteliers.com: Hospitality Lawyer: What lies ahead for the hotel industry? When do values bottom? When do they recover? Which markets are worst and which will be the best? How to unlock hotel value with JMBM's SAVE™ program . . .
06/17/09Daily Journal: The Inherency of the Patent Right to Have Made
06/13/09Commercial Mortgage Insight: What to Consider When A Hotel Falters: Stakeholders need to ask a series of questions about a distressed hospitality asset before proceeding with a loan workout or foreclosure
06/11/09JMBM Focus: Preserve and reserve your trademark on Facebook
06/09/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer at the 2009 NYU hotel conference -- Sound bites
06/09/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #15 Challenges and Opportunities
06/08/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #14 Brands
06/04/09Hotel Online: Hospitality Lawyer at the 2009 NYU hotel conference -- Sound bites
06/02/09Hospitality Net: Hospitality Lawyer from the NYU Hotel Investment Conference
06/01/09California Supreme Court Decision Could Lead to Increased ADA Litigation
06/01/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #13. REITs and other institutional investors
06/01/09Hotel Online: Terminating hotel management agreements when things don't work? Not easy, but not impossible either
06/01/09Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal: Fraud in the Trademark Office and Fraud in the Patent Office:  Different Standards but Both on Appeal
05/29/09ehotelier.com: Terminating hotel management agreements when things don't work? Not easy, but not impossible either
05/28/09Hospitality Net: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #7. Public - Private Hotel Development Financing - What Kinds of Public- Private Hotel Projects Are Underway Now and What Kinds of Public Financing Are Available Now to Build Hotels
05/27/09Andrews' Professional Liability Litigation Reporter: Removal Of Non-Diversity-Based Malpractice Claims To Federal Court -- A New Approach?
05/27/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #12. What's left for owners today?
05/26/09Daily Journal: State Fares
05/26/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #11. What are the winning strategies for hotels today?
05/25/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #10. When will CMBS come back?
05/25/09Hospitality Net: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #3. When is it time to buy hotels?
05/23/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #9. What is the future for new hotel construction and development?
05/22/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #7. Public - Private Hotel Development Financing - What kinds of Public- Private Hotel Projects are underway now?
05/22/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #8. How should borrowers and lenders deal with each other during this credit crisis?
05/22/09hospitalitynet.org: When Does the Hotel Industry Recover?
05/22/09hotel-online.com: Is It Time to Buy Hotels?
05/21/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #6. What is happening with hotel values today?
05/21/09hotel-online.com: When Does the Hotel Industry Recover?
05/20/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #4. What is the cost of capital for hotels?
05/20/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #5. Troubled hotel loans in CMBS - working with special servicers
05/20/09hotel-online.com: Is Leverage Dead or Just Deadly -- A Controversial New Investment Reality May be Taking Hold
05/20/09hotellaw.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #9. What is the future for new hotel construction and development?
05/15/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers present Jewels from Meet the Money 2009 -- the ‘best ever’ hotel conference
05/15/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers: Mark Woodworth's 'Night has fallen. Waiting for sunrise.' Wow!
05/15/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers: The latest ‘Optimistic Views’ from Smith Travel Research
05/15/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers: What's happening to hotel values and cap rates in 2009? by Suzanne Mellen
05/08/09Hotel Online:Hotel Lawyers: Swine Flu's legal implications
05/01/09ehotelier.com: Green Hotel Lawyer: Green Hotel economics 202 A at work in practice. Can anyone still say that Green and Luxury are incompatible?
05/01/09ehotelier.com: Green Hotel Lawyer: Green Hotel economics 202 B. New study finds 31% price premium for green buildings
05/01/09ehotelier.com: Swine flu or SARS 2? Alert from Hotel Lawyers
05/01/09Hotel Resource: Hotel Lawyers: Swine Flu's legal implications
04/24/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: Live, love and know your CMBS Special Servicer. Why no one may be more important for you to know all about right now -- in survival or "treasure hunting"
04/24/09ehotelier.com:Hotel Lawyer on the Gridlock: Can it be unlocked? Holy Zoley! How do you cope with a complete paradigm shift in the hotel industry?
04/24/09Hotel Online: Hotel Bankruptcy issues -- Special Purpose Entities getting approval to file bankruptcy
04/24/09Hotel Online: How To Cope with a Complete Paradigm Shift in the Hotel Industry? Attend Meet the Money® May 5-7, 2009 in Los Angeles
04/17/09Hotel Online: Ask the Hotel Lawyer™: Hotel executives today and the "bedbug letter"
04/17/09Hotel Online: Hotel receiverships, bankruptcies and restructurings for distressed hotels and hotel loans: Helping BORROWERS create value with distressed hotels to accomplish their objectives in the middle of The Great Recession of 2008
04/10/09Hotel Online: Ask the Hotel Lawyer: Hotel bankruptcy trump card. Terminating hotel management agreements without liability -- the alchemy of lead to gold for troubled hotels and hotel loans?
04/10/09Hotel Online: Hotel & Timeshare Lawyer: Does the timeshare exit strategy or repositioning your property create ADA problems?
04/10/09Hotel Resource: Ask the Hotel Lawyer™: Hotel executives today and the "bedbug letter"
04/07/09JMBM Focus: JMBM 2009 California Real Estate and Land Use Survey Results
04/03/09ehotelier.com: Hotel & Timeshare Lawyer: Does the timeshare exit strategy or repositioning your property create ADA problems?
04/03/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: Municipal hotel and convention hotel projects get a big boost from the Financial Stimulus Bill. All about the new Build America Bonds that can help make this happen -- but only on bonds issued in 2009 and 2010
04/03/09Hospitality Trends: Ask the Hotel Lawyer: Hotel bankruptcy trump card. Terminating hotel management agreements without liability -- the alchemy of lead to gold for troubled hotels and hotel loans?
04/02/09Urban Land Institute: Pre-Foreclosure Workouts: Artful Dance or [Bloody] Contact Sport?
03/27/094Hoteliers.com: Hotel Lawyer: Municipal hotel and convention hotel projects get a big boost from the Financial Stimulus Bill. All about the new Build America Bonds that can help make this happen -- but only on bonds issued in 2009 and 2010
03/27/094Hoteliers.com:Hotel Lawyer: New star rating system for hotels in Italy. What does it mean?
03/27/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Attorney: How will the Stimulus Bill help tribal governments finance hotel projects in Indian Country?
03/27/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Attorneys and CMBS special servicers look to have a big (and free!) part of the solution to the liquidity crisis, depressed real estate, and hotel values as well as a better way to dispose of toxic assets. Is Geithner listening?
03/27/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer with new data from Moody's Economy.com and deteriorating projections for the lodging industry. Experts say Improvement won't even start until 2011
03/27/09Hotel Online: Hotel Attorneys: Looking for a way to significantly increase your hotel's cash flow... NOW? Here's one of the most overlooked approaches. "TINSTAFL" suspended?
03/23/09JMBM Focus: U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Model COBRA Notices
03/20/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #3. When is it time to buy hotels?
03/20/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: Stimulate this! The lighter side of political commentary from the centuries
03/20/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: What lies ahead? What's the bailout cost $700 billion? $3 trillion? $20 trillion? What does Dr. Doom mean by an L-shaped Depression?
03/20/09Hotel Resource: Hotel Attorneys and CMBS special servicers look to have a big (and free!) part of the solution to the liquidity crisis, depressed real estate, and hotel values as well as a better way to dispose of toxic assets. Is Geithner listening?
03/19/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #2. When does the hotel industry recover?
03/19/09ehotelier.com:Hospitality Lawyer Insights from MTM: #1. Is leverage dead or deadly -- a controversial new investment reality may be taking hold
03/18/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers: Public markets got us in to this. Can they get us out?
03/18/09ehotelier.com: Hospitality Lawyers: State of the Public Equity Markets - Lodging & REIT Sectors
03/16/09JMBM Focus: Song-Beverly Credit Card Act Does Not Apply To Online Credit Card Sales
03/16/09JMBM Tax Newsletter: Equal Public Access or Access to Deep Pockets?
03/13/09ehotelier.com: ADA Compliance is no longer an option
03/13/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: Luxury hotel success story! (and philosophy). Ali Kasikci and Montage Beverly Hills
03/13/09Hotel Resource: Hotel Lawyer: Stimulate this! The lighter side of political commentary from the centuries
03/06/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Lawyer: Uh Oh! Now they are using the "D" word
03/06/09Hotel Online: Hotel ADA Lawyer: ADA Compliance is no longer an option
03/06/09Hotel Online: Hotel Lawyer: New hotel data and revised predictions for 2009. Increased hotel loan stress, falling NOI and slumping values. It's going to get worse before it gets better
03/06/09Hotel Resource: ADA Lawyer alert for hotels and restaurants: ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) put on hold so Obama administration can review
03/06/09Hotel Resource: Hotel bankruptcies, workouts and turnarounds: Hotel Lawyers on the TARP, the TALF, and the ugly. What does it mean to hotel owners and lenders?
03/06/09USA Today: More Hotels are Facing Foreclosure, Bankruptcy
03/01/09Benjamin Reznik Featured in Los Angeles Times Article as "One of State’s Most Successful Land Use Attorneys and Lobbyists”
03/01/09JMBM Tax Newsletter Spring 2009: Estate Tax Legislation: The Good, The Bad and What To Do Now  
02/27/09ehotelier: Hotel Attorneys with the latest "updates from the field"
02/20/09ehotelier.com: Congress approves landmark Stimulus Plan. What is the bailout plan? Hotel Lawyers insights on what Geithner has in mind
02/20/09Hospitality Net: Hotel Attorneys with the latest "updates from the field"
02/20/09Hospitality Net: Hotel Lawyers: How do we pay for this? And what happens next?
02/20/09Hotel Tourism and Leisure: Latest insights from JMBM's Hotel Attorneys and PKF Consulting on what lies ahead for the hotel industry . . .
02/20/09JMBM Focus: Changes to ADA Guidelines "On Hold" Pending a Regulatory Review by the Obama Administration
02/13/09ehotelier.com: Hotel Mixed-Use" is the key to reinventing retail says ULI Retail Panel
02/13/09ehotelier.com: Latest insights from JMBM's Hotel Attorneys and PKF Consulting on what lies ahead for the hotel industry . . .
02/13/09Hospitality Net: Hotel lawyers' on State Of The Hotel Industry -- Sound Bites from hotel industry leaders at the ALIS conference
02/12/09Hotel Resource: Hotel Lawyers: How bad is it? And how bad will it get?
02/04/09HotelLawBlog.com: "Hotel Mixed-Use" is the key to reinventing retail says ULI Retail Panel
02/02/09Bloomberg Finance L.P.: The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's Impact on D&O Insurance Coverage
01/21/09JMBM Focus: Good News for California Retailers: California Courts Ease Compliance With The Song-Beverly Credit Card Act
01/09/09Retail Merchandiser: Merchants, Beware: Could You Be Liable for Credit Card Breaches?"
01/06/09JMBM Focus: Is your hotel ready for an ADA Class Action because visually impaired do not have accessibility?
01/06/09JMBM Focus: U.S. Sues Five Manhattan Hotels for Violation of the ADA
01/01/09American Bar Association: Winter 2009 Newsletter: The Employee Free Choice Act Will Usher In a New Era of Unionization, But How Quickly Will it Become Law?
01/01/09JMBM Development Rights: Gina Marie Lindsey, Executive Director of Los Angeles World Airports Speaks at JMBM Business Issues Forum
01/01/09JMBM Development Rights: JMBM Lawyer Plays Key Role in Successful Strategy for Brownfield
01/01/09JMBM Development Rights: JMBM Lawyer Wins Attorneys’ Fees for Client in CEQA Lawsuit Defense
01/01/09JMBM Development Rights: Superior Court Rules in Favor of JMBM Client in Density Bonus Case
01/01/09JMBM Focus: ADA "Sweeps" by U.S. Department of Justice -- Coming to a theater district or hotel near you soon?
01/01/09JMBM Focus: Credit Bidding in California Foreclosure Sale
12/05/08Research Magazine: Today's Recruiting Market
12/04/08Lodging Law: New Era of Unionization: Employee Free Choice Act
12/01/08JMBM Tax Newsletter: New Developments: Spreading the Wealth - The Future of Estate Planning and the Current Opportunities
11/28/08JMBM Focus: Winning the Hearts, Minds and Loyalty of your Workforce Before the Union Comes Calling
11/20/08JMBM Alert: United States Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain Appeal by Frivolous, Vexatious Litigant in Federal Courts
11/20/08Malibu Times: What's going on?: Actors and producers Continue Their Drama
11/10/08KMWorld : Nine Tips for Developing a Data Map
11/07/08Law360: The Potential Impact of Clear Channel
11/06/08JMBM Focus: The Perfect Storm is Coming -- The Employee Free Choice Act
10/01/08California CEB Special Needs Trust Book: Special Needs Trusts: Planning, Drafting, and Administration (Cal CEB 2008)
09/15/08Orange County Business Journal: Living Trusts: How Special Distribution Provisions Can Help You Achieve Your Objectives
09/10/08ConnectingCalifornia.org: Court Decision Freezes Stormwater Permitting; Entire Program in Limbo
09/08/08Los Angeles Daily Journal: Foreign Investment: A Chat Across the Pond
09/01/08Estate Planning: The Use of Captive Insurance in Estate and Business Planning
08/01/08Cornell Hospitality Quarterly: The Compelling 'Hard Case' for 'Green' Hotel Development
07/29/08Electric Light & Power: Paved With Good Intentions
07/21/08The Malibu Times: Hollywood in Limbo ... Once Again
07/01/08JMBM Development Rights: Business Issues Forum: Chair of California Air Resources Board
06/01/08ACTEC Journal: Use of Captive Insurance Companies in Estate Planning
06/01/08JMBM Development Rights: Chair of California Air Resources Board Addresses JMBM Business Issues Forum
06/01/08JMBM Development Rights: CRA Down-Zoning Under Guise of “Design Guidelines”
06/01/08JMBM Development Rights: In California the Magic Number is 99!
06/01/08JMBM Development Rights: Los Angeles Adopts Provisions of SB 1818
06/01/08JMBM Tax Newsletter: A Good Time To GRAT! Trust Transfers Asset Appreciation With Little Or No Gift Tax
06/01/08JMBM Tax Newsletter: Hotel Management Agreements: The 5 Biggest Mistakes Hotel Owners Make
06/01/08Privacy & Data Security Law Journal: Your Life Is an Open Book: Border Searches of Laptop Computers
04/01/08California Trusts and Estates Quarterly: Use of Captive Insurance in Estate and Business
03/24/08California Real Estate Journal: Beyond the Business Card - Benjamin M. Reznik
02/13/08JMBM LandNote: Distressed Real Estate:  When Monitoring Investments, Determine What's Vested
02/11/08JMBM LandNote: Distressed Real Estate - Preserving Entitlements
02/06/08JMBM LandNote: Climate Change Under CEQA: A Handrail in the Dark?
01/14/08Client Alert: New ‘Brownfields Exemption’ for Prevailing Wages Will Help Developers of Contaminated Property
01/01/08BNA's Digital Discovery & E-Evidence Report: State E-Discovery Slowly Emerges: What's in Store for State Court Litigants?
01/01/08Global Hospitality Advisor: 2008: Hospitality Industry Outlook
01/01/08Global Hospitality Advisor: Hospitality: What If There Is A Recession?
01/01/08Global Hospitality Advisor: OUTLOOK 2008: A Roundtable Discussion: Industry Fundamentals
01/01/08JMBM Development Rights: Evaluating Climate Change Through CEQA—Will SB 97 Clear the Haze?
01/01/08JMBM Development Rights: GLUEE Goes Hollywood!
01/01/08JMBM Development Rights: Soon Every Project Will Need an EIR
12/01/07Private Wealth: "Little Known Facts: The Complexities of Being an Employer Can Put Those with the Most to Lose at Greater Risk"
12/01/07Scotsman Guide: Understand Workouts and Help Avoid Them
11/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Green Hotel Development Gaining in Popularity
11/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: How Global Warming Laws Will Affect Hotels
11/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: The UNLV-JMBM Hotel Developers Conference: New Platform Launches With First Comprehensive Hotel Development Summit To Focus On GREEN
11/01/07Hotel Finance: Shades of Green
08/07/07Law.com: Hit "Delete" to Prevent EDD Disaster
08/06/07Legal Times and Texas Lawyer: E-Discovery Essentials for In-Housers
08/06/07Los Angeles Business Journal: Affordable Housing Doesn't Necessarily Lead to Less Traffic
07/29/07May It Please The Court: In Response To CAFA, Federal Class Actions Plummet; State Class Actions See Slight Uptick
07/21/07Law.com: Covering the Bases of Electronic Discovery
07/01/07Scotsman Guide Residential Edition: Nonprime: Who's Getting Sued?
06/21/07Legal Times: Covering the Bases of Electronic Discovery
06/01/07Commercial Mortgage Insight: Condo Hotel Workouts and Turnarounds: Opportunity for the Well-Informed
06/01/07Commercial Property Management Insider: Don't Let Your Client's Web Site Become Target of ADA Lawsuit
06/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: CEO Roundtable on Hotel Finance & Investment: Build, Buy, Sell Or Hold?
06/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: RevPAR Growth Slowing, But Still Good
06/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: The Hotel Market Cycle: Are We At The Peak?
06/01/07JMBM Development Rights: JMBM Plays Key Role In Acquisition Of $500 Million Development Site
06/01/07JMBM Development Rights: President Of L.A. City Planning Commission Speaks At JMBM's Business Issues Forum
06/01/07JMBM Development Rights: Traffic Mitigation: Should It Impact Affordable Housing Set-Asides?
06/01/07Los Angeles Lawyer: Pollution in the Blogosphere
05/30/07Daily Journal: The First Chapter of Building Your Book: Get Yourself 'In Action'
05/21/07Sports Business Journal: State Laws, League Rules Govern Business with Young Athletes
05/15/07Hotel News Resource: How Hotel Swimming Pools May Spawn ADA Lawsuits And What To Do About It
05/11/07The Discovery Standard: Preparing Your Corporation For The New Federal Rules On E-Discovery
05/07/07Hotel News Resource: The Lodging Industry Think Tank's 'TOP 10' Investment Trends and Challenges
05/01/07California Business Law Practitioner: Documenting Corporate Joint Ventures
04/24/07Hotel Resource: Hotel Financing Looking at a New Benchmark - the $100 Billion Deal
04/17/07Hotel-Online and Hotel Resource: Disastrous Wage And Hour Decision: California Supreme Court Makes It A Dark Day For Employers
04/12/07Lexology: Effect of Subprime Loan Defaults on the Mortgage Industry
04/01/07Privacy & Data Security Law Journal: A Civil Litigator's Guide To The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act
03/28/07JMBM Alert: Is Your Hotel’s Online Reservation System a Golden Marketing Opportunity or an ADA Lawsuit Waiting to Happen?
03/23/07Hotel News Resource: Green Hotels are Profitable Now
03/15/07Las Vegas Trade Show Guide: Hotel Mixed-Use...Pass Key to Unlocking New Development and Bigger Profits?
03/05/07Hospitality Net: Reggie Jackson Hotel, Conference Center and Baseball Hall of Fame?
03/01/07Cutler Consortium's Executive Update: The Paradox of a New Litigation Rule
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: Copyright Protection Sought for Haute Couture Fashion Apparel
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: Employee and Customer Non-Solicitation Agreement Invalid
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: Is “Pet Friendly” A Trademark?
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: Recent Changes to Singapore Patent Law is Complicated, Frustrating
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: UK Trademark Registry moves away from “Full Relative Rights Examination”
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: USPTO Releases Draft Roadmap
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: Warehoused “.EU” Domain Names To Be Made Available for Re-Registration
03/01/07JMBM IP Update: “Domain Tasting” Challenged in Federal Lawsuit
02/21/07California Lawyer: California Commercial Law: Avoiding Surprises of Successor Liability
02/21/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Condo Hotels: Sales And Marketing
02/21/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Court decisions focus on aggressive union tactics; offer hotel owners hope
02/21/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Hotel Management Agreements
02/21/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Smoking Regulation
02/01/07Valorem Principia: The Principles of Value: What the Courts Want You to Do About Information Technology and What You Can Get Out of It
01/18/07Los Angeles Daily Journal: Supreme Confusion: MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech Inc
01/01/07Global Hospitality Advisor: Brands And Brand Management In The Hotel Industry
01/01/07Hospitality Industry Outlook: Looking Back on 2006
01/01/07Legal Technology News: Beauty Contests
12/15/06JMBM Corporate Update: A Practical Approach To Creating And Implementing A Records Retention Plan
12/15/06JMBM Corporate Update: SB1306 and Corporate Communications
12/01/06BNA: Records Retention For Enterprise Knowledge Management
12/01/06Electric and Natural Gas Business: 2005 EPAct Shows More Promise Than Returns For LNG
12/01/06JMBM Development Rights: Bud Ovrom Speaks at Business Issues Forum
12/01/06JMBM Development Rights: TLC v. a Dose of Reality: San Francisco’s Moratorium on Condo Hotel Conversions
11/21/06JMBM Alert: Is Your Retail Website a Golden Marketing Opportunity or an ADA Lawsuit Waiting to Happen?
11/01/06Electronic Discovery and Retention Guidance: E-Data Management
10/06/06Hotel Online: Landmark ADA Decision Could Provide Relief for California Hotels (Gunther v. Lin)
10/04/06Electronic Discovery and Retention Guidance, Practicing Law Institute's Course Book: E-Discovery Ethical Issues
10/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Condo Hotels: Prelude to a Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use Revolution
10/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use: How Spas Make a Difference
10/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use: Indoor Waterparks Add Value
10/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use: Planning for Brand Transition
10/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Hotel-Enhanced Mixed-Use: What Makes a Successful Project?
09/26/06Central City Association: Industrial Land: Policy Recommendations
09/01/06Orange County Business Journal: Private Annuities: An Income Tax Deferral Technique
08/31/06Chief Executive: Data Duty
08/04/06Computer and Internet Lawyer: The Urgent Need for E-Data Management at the Enterprise Level
08/01/06Privacy & Data Security Law Journal : Implementing Security Requirements in Third-Party Agreements
07/08/06World Trademark Review: A Survey of Success
06/05/06Global Hospitality Advisor: American Indian Gaming Case Studies
06/05/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Labor Law: Before Closing Your Hotel
06/02/06Global Hospitality Advisor: American Indian Gaming Fuels Opportunities For Hospitality Industry
06/02/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Condo Hotels: Who Owns What? Who Controls What? Who Pays for What?
06/02/06Global Hospitality Advisor: What Makes A Successful Mixed-Use Project?
06/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: The Employer Wins! Union Withdraws Complaint
06/01/06GPSOLO: Evolving Courtroom Technology
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Duty to Disclose Prior Art References in Japanese Patent Applications
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Free Trade Agreement Being Implemented between U.S. and Central America/Dominican Republic
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Initial Interest Confusion in Online Metatags
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Interim Regulation for Copyright Preregistration of Unpublished Works
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Landlords Becoming a Target of Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcement
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Supreme Court Issues Definitive Ruling on Antitrust Issue for Patent Owners
06/01/06JMBM IP Update: Thailand Allows Recordal of Well-Known Marks in the Trademark Office
03/01/06BNA's Corporate Counsel Weekly: Problem: Information Explosion Meets Electronic Discovery
03/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: ADA Cases Can Be Won
03/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Condo Hotel "Splits"
03/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: How Municipal Ordinances Can Make Condo Hotels "Securities"
03/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: The Labor Pains of Hotel Closings
03/01/06Hotel Business: Condo Hotels and the ADA: A Case of Mistaken Identity?
03/01/06JMBM Tax Newsletter: The Effect of “Kelo” on California Property Owners
02/01/06Law.com: Form an E-Discovery Group in 5 Easy Steps
01/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: 2006: Hospitality Industry Outlook
01/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Ask The Hotel Lawyer: Jury Trial Waivers
01/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: Hospitality: FAQ's on STR Hotel Data
01/01/06Global Hospitality Advisor: The Condo Hotel Boom
01/01/06JMBM Development Rights: Bud Ovrom Speaks at Business Issues Forum
11/01/05Cutter IT Journal: They Signed What? A Customer's Approach to Software Development
10/24/05Hotel Online, ADA Update: Courts Deal Blow Plaintiff’s Lawyers
10/17/05JMBM's Rental Housing Update: Condo Conversions - Easier Said Than Done
06/01/05JMBM IP Update: Does Your Company Do Business Under a Fictitious Name?
06/01/05Urban Land, March 2005, published by Urban Land Institute: Condo Hotels: How to Make Them Work Part 2
03/01/05Global Hospitality Advisor: The "Condo" Part of Condo Hotels - A Primer on How to Create a "Common Interest Development"
03/01/05JMBM Development Rights: Condominium Conversions - Beware of Expired DRE Public Reports
03/01/05JMBM Development Rights: Upgrade Planned for Brentwood Holiday Inn
03/01/05Privacy Journal: An Emerging Information Security Minimum Standard of Due Care
03/01/05Urban Land, March 2005, published by Urban Land Institute: Condo Hotels: How to Make Them Work Part 1
02/22/05Hospitality News, Hotel Online Special Report: The Condo Part of Condo Hotels; A Primer on How to Create a Common Interest Development
01/03/05Information Security Management Handbook, Fifth Edition, Auerbach Publications: An Emerging Information Security Minimum Standard of Due Care
01/03/05Santa Clara Computer & High Tech L.J.: Nissan Motor Co. v. Nissan Computer Corp., the point at which fame is determined under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act
10/01/04Global Hospitality Advisor: Politics Over, New ‘Overtime’ Law Takes Effect
09/25/04Hotel Online: Who’s Crying “Woof”? Adopting Pet and Service Animal Policies to Avoid Lawsuits from Disabled Hotel Guests
09/03/04JMBM Alert: ADA Lawsuit Alert: Beware the Internet "Surf-By"
06/01/04JMBM Environmental Advisor: EPA Targets OII and Omega Superfund Small Hazardous Waste Generators For Expedited Settlement
01/05/04California Lawyer: Partnership Agreements and Firm Dissolutions
11/04/03Estate Planning: Planning Opportunities for Notes Receivable in an Estate
10/11/03Global Hospitality Advisor: Prepare Now for an ADA Attack
10/01/03“A Product Shot Is A Product Shot Is A Product Shot” – Very Limited Copyright Protection For Advertising Photographs
06/01/03JMBM Environmental Advisor: What's for Dinner?  Proposition 65 Gives Indigestion to Sellers of Seafood
03/20/03Southern California Real Estate Alliance: New Changes to Proposition 65:  Welcome Relief or Added Burden
01/01/03American University Law Review, Vol 891: 2002 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit
05/03/02Southern California Real Estate Alliance: Toxic Mold - The Contaminant Du Jour
05/01/02Los Angeles Lawyer: Estate and Gift Tax Planning for Copyright Owners
05/01/02NewYork NewVisions: Growth Strategies Team (World Trade Center Site Redevelopment)
03/01/02JMBM Environmental Advisor: Contaminated Properties - New Federal law Provides Funds & Liability Protection
01/01/02E-Health Business and Transactional Law: Contracting Principles for E-Health Transactions
09/01/01Sedona Conference Journal, Vol. 2: Back to the Future: The Napster Decision Confirms the Applicability of Traditional Copyright Principles to the Internet
06/11/97Real Estate/Environmental Liability News: No Further Action: Relaxed Cleanup Standards and New Limits on Judicial Rights Require Integration of Regulatory Compliance and Offensive Cost Recovery Claims
03/05/97Los Angeles Daily Journal: Gas Light
02/03/97Los Angeles Daily Journal: Lending Some Cheer
07/20/95American Bar Association, Hot Topics for Corporate Counsel: Federal Antitrust Law in the Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit 1990-95
04/27/95Los Angeles Daily Journal: Vicarious Triumph: Manufacturers Are Finding that Indirect Theories of Liability Can Be a Potent Weapon in the War on Counterfeit Goods
10/31/94National Law Journal: Ninth Circuit Says Laches Applies to Copyright Claim
01/01/94TAXES The Tax Magazine: Like-Kind Exchanges of Personal Property, A Practical Tour Through Uncharted Territory
05/16/93American City and County: Going Around In CERCLA
07/21/92The Sacramento Bee: Twisting the Superfund So Cities Pay the Toxics Bill
04/25/92Pasadena Star News: Super Suit Tries to Trash Area Cities
08/01/90Applied Physics Letters: Lanthanum-Substituted Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors Synthesized at Elevated Oxygen Pressures
03/01/90Physical Review B-Condensed Matter: Calcium-Substituted Y-Ca-Cu-O Supercounductors with Enhanced Tc Synthesized at Elevated Oxygen Pressures
01/01/84Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal: Is There Incorporation After TEFRA?
01/01/80The Practical Accountant: Tax Planning for a Condominium or Cooperative Conversion
02/01/75UCLA Law Review: Dissolution Under the California Corporations Code: A Remedy for Minority Shareholders

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