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• "Internal Investigations: What should a company do when one of its employees lies to the government?"
  In Hot Pursuit of Federal Criminal Justice -- Spring, 2008
  Craig S. Denney
• "Lessons from the Fantasy Sports Dispute"
  Entertainment & Sports Lawyer -- Winter 2008
  Matthew G. Massari
• "When Fantasy Meets Reality: The Clash Between On-Line Fantasy Sports Providers and Intellectual Property Rights"
  Republished by Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, Thomson West Group -- 2007-2008 Edition
  Matthew G. Massari
• "Practitioners Beware! The Serious Implications of Black Hills Investments v. Albertson's"
  Real Property Law Reporter -- November 2007
  Stephen G. Stwora-Hail
• "Prospecting in the Silver State: Nevada Offers Plenty of Opportunity"
  San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals -- February 6, 2008
  Jeffrey S. Galvin, Craig S. Denney
• "Trademarking California"
  The Daily Journal -- December 13, 2007
  Michael J. Thomas, Matthew G. Massari
• "What Do You Do When a Grand Jury Subpoena Shows Up at the Door"
  The Advocate -- November/December 2007
  Craig S. Denney
• "Federal Grand Jury Investigations - What Does a Company Do When a Grand Jury Subpoena Is Served at the Front Door?"
  In Hot Pursuit of Federal Criminal Justice -- Fall, 2007
  Craig S. Denney
• "When Fantasy Meets Reality: The Clash Between On-Line Fantasy Sports Providers and Intellectual Property Rights"
  Harvard Journal of Law & Technology -- Volume 19, Number 2, Spring 2006
  Matthew G. Massari
• "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: CEQA Catches Up With Science, Celebrities, and Product Placement"
  California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter -- June 2007
  Wendy Lee Bogdan
• "Keeping Foreign Plaintiffs Out of U.S. Courts"
  For The Defense -- February 2007
  Philip T. Darke
• "Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: A Regulatory Scheme, A Splintered Decision and a Court in Flux"
  Western Water Law & Policy Reporter -- August/September 2006
  Wendy Lee Bogdan
• "Alice in Groundwater Land: Court Defines State Board 'Subterranean Stream' Jurisdiction"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- October 2006
  Kevin M. O\'Brien
• "Recent Developments Relating to Pre-Acquisition Environmental Due Diligence"
  California Real Property Journal, Volume 23 Number 3 -- June 2, 2006
  Katharine E. Wagner
• "Who'll Stop the Rain?"
  The Public Law Journal -- Summer/Fall 2005
  Katharine E. Wagner
• "IRS Clarifies Certain Plan Amendment Deadlines and Provides Further Transitional Relief"
  ASPPA asap -- December 7, 2005
  James C. Paul
• "Trustees, Advisers: Be Aware of Changes to California Probate Code"
  California CPA -- November 2005
  Silvio Reggiardo III
• "Is Letter of Credit Better Bankruptcy Protection than Cash Security Deposit?"
  Commercial Lease Law Insider -- October 2005
  Jamie P. Dreher
• "More Shell Games"
  The Daily Recorder -- October 17, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Security Spotlight: Is it Time to Upgrade Your Spam Filters"
  Law Technology News -- October 2005
  
• "Will California Finally Make Good on its Promise to Include DG in the State's Energy Mix?"
  Spark -- September 2005
  
• "Katrina As An M&A -- 'Material Adverse Change'"
  The Daily Recorder -- September 16, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Car Buyer's Bill of Rights Complicates Work of Dealers"
  San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals -- August 31, 2005
  Jeffrey S. Galvin
• "Disney Opinion Offers Light, Heat"
  The Daily Recorder -- August 15, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "SOX 404 Still Costly"
  The Daily Recorder -- July 26, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Option Expensing and Unintended Consequences"
  The Daily Recorder -- June 21, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Audit Letters No Longer Routine"
  The Daily Recorder -- May 11, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Accommodation for the Disabled in California: Abuse of the ADA?"
  Real Property Law Reporter -- May 2005
  Rhonda Cate Canby
• "The Itron Report: Progress or Sideways?"
  California Onsite Generation -- April 20, 2005
  
• "The Attorney As Corporate Director"
  NACD Directors Monthly -- March 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "SEC: Google Attorney "Caused" Violation"
  The Daily Recorder -- March 9, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "S. 256's (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Impact on Real Estate"
  ABI Committee News -- March 2005
  R. Dale Ginter
• "The New World of State and Local Wetlands Regulation"
  California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter -- March 2005
  Wendy Lee Bogdan
• "Sorting Out, Sarbanes-Oxley"
  The Daily Recorder -- February 15, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Options: Wrong Premise, Wrong Result"
  The Daily Recorder -- January 18, 2005
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "It's Not Politics, It's Business"
  The Daily Recorder -- December 14, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "CERCLA: Cutting A Wider Path By Preemption Of State Law Claims"
  Environmental Litigation Committee Newsletter -- December 14, 2004
  Steven H. Goldberg, Amilia Glikman
• "Proposal for Revisions to California's Central Valley Flood Control System"
  Discussion Paper -- December 1, 2004
  George Basye, David R. E. Aladjem, Scott L. Shapiro
• "SEC Proposes Significant Public Offering Changes"
  The Daily Recorder -- November 12, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Lenders Obtain New Enforcement Rights"
  San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals -- November 11, 2004
  Jeffrey S. Galvin
• "Will DG Be On Permanent Standby In California?"
  Naesco Newsletter -- November 2004
  
• "Pay to Public Company Execs Needs Prompt Disclosure"
  The Daily Recorder -- October 18, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Buyer's Lawyer Sued for Fraud"
  The Daily Recorder -- September 16, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Real Time Disclosure Really Arrives"
  The Daily Recorder -- August 16, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "A General Counsel's Disaster Story"
  The Daily Recorder -- June 21, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Expensing Options Is Bad Math"
  The Daily Recorder -- May 17, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Don't stop options for a 'foolish consistency'"
  Sacramento Business Journal -- April 30, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Sales Callers Must Heed Many Regulatory Hang-Ups"
  San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals -- April 29, 2004
  Jeffrey S. Galvin
• "Water is the Life of Our State"
  California Historian -- Spring 2004
  George Basye
• "A Case Study in Approving a General Plan By Initiative: A Closer Look at a El Dorado County's 2004 Ballot Measure G"
  California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter -- April 2004
  Wendy Lee Bogdan
• "Legislate Quickly, Repent at Leisure"
  The Daily Recorder -- March 15, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Sarbanes Affects Private Firms"
  The Daily Recorder -- February 23, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Can a for-profit subsidiary work for you?"
  The Executive -- January/February 2004
  Barbara L. Berg
• "Facsimile Signatures Make Filing Easier"
  The Daily Recorder -- January 2, 2004
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Two Cheers for Shareholder Democracy"
  The Daily Recorder -- December 15, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Ideas Aren't Products; Products Aren't Companies"
  The Daily Recorder -- November 17, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "'Win-win' When You Buy, Sell Small Businesses"
  The Daily Recorder -- October 20, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Businesses Must Avoid 'Shell' Games"
  The Daily Recorder -- August 25, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Level One's big IPO: 10 years later, 5 lessons"
  Sacramento Business Journal -- August 22, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Reclamation Determines Beneficial Use of Water by California's Imperial Irrigation District"
  The Water Resources Committee Newsletter -- August 2003
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "Investors Find Divorce Complicates Stock Options"
  The Daily Recorder -- July 28, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Music: A delightful business-to-business link"
  Sacramento Business Journal -- July 25, 2003
  David E. Lindgren
• "California’s Other “Dual System”: Coordinated Management of Groundwater and Surface Water"
  49th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute -- July 2003
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "Stock Options Suddenly Becoming Contentious Political Item"
  The Daily Recorder -- June 16, 2003
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Creating the Current in California Water Law: Downey Brand's Kevin O'Brien"
  Sacramento Lawyer -- January/February 2003
  Steven P. Saxton
• "Downey Brand's 75 Years of Water Law Practice: A History of Forging the Future"
  Sacramento Lawyer -- January/February 2003
  George Basye, Steven P. Saxton
• "Treatment of California's Wastewater: Downey Brand's Melissa A. Thorme"
  Sacramento Lawyer -- January/February 2003
  Nicole E. Granquist
• "Groundwater Management in California: The Sax Report and Beyond"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- July 2002
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "Is Water Ripe for the Taking?"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- July 2001
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "Antibacksliding: Understanding One of the Most Misunderstood Provisions of the Clean Water Act"
  The Environmental Law Reporter -- March 2001
  Melissa A. Thorme
• "Property Rights Triumphant: Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- October 2000
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "New SEC Rule Eases Trading for Insiders, Sort of"
  The Daily Recorder -- September 29, 2000
  Bruce F. Dravis
• "Clean Water Action Section 305(b): A Potential vehicle for Incorporating Economics into the "TMDL" and Water Quality Standards-Setting Process"
  Tulane Environmental Law Journal -- Winter 1999
  Melissa A. Thorme
• "CalFed Issues Revised Phase II Report"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- February 1999
  David R. E. Aladjem
• "Affirming Secure Property Rights in Water: Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency"
  California Water Law & Policy Reporter -- July 1998
  David R. E. Aladjem

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