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New PFAS Listing Under Superfund Will Lead to Major Expansion of Liability

Farella Awards 2024 Diversity Scholarships to Bay Area Law Students

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Farella Braun + Martel Earns Mansfield Certification Plus Status

Farella Braun + Martel Named Among 2023 Best Places to Work

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Advise TILT Holdings Inc. on $86.7 Million Debt Refinancing

Represent Mission Clean Energy in Financing Deal

Represent Mission Clean Energy in Financing Deal

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Represent Miller Family on Sale of The Silverado Vineyards

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Next Green Wave Agreement to Sell to Planet 13

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$575 Million Settlement With Sutter Health in Landmark Antitrust Class Action

ACE Cider Sale to Vintage Wine Estate

ACE Cider Sale to Vintage Wine Estate

Swinerton Completes of Sale of Renewable Energy Division and SOLV, Inc.

Swinerton Completes of Sale of Renewable Energy Division and SOLV, Inc.

MedMen Wins Approval for New San Francisco Cannabis Retail Store

MedMen Wins Approval for New San Francisco Cannabis Retail Store

Adobe Prevails in Writ of Mandamus Petition Seeking Transfer Out of WD of Texas

Adobe Prevails in Writ of Mandamus Petition Seeking Transfer Out of WD of Texas

Sports Industry Veterans Form SPAC RedBall Acquisition Corp.

Sports Industry Veterans Form SPAC RedBall Acquisition Corp.

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The Bundschu Company Acquires Valley of the Moon Winery

Sale of Cannabis Distributor for $50 Million

Sale of Cannabis Distributor for $50 Million

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From National Law Journal's Mid Sized Hot List (received 5 times) to Law360 California Powerhouse awards, our peers, clients and influencers agree that Farella is unique among its competitors

> $8 Billion

Trial exposure Farella litigators have defended in court since 2017.

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Instrumental in the development of more than 3.5 gigawatts of solar power production facilities.

85%

Percentage of Diversity Pipeline Interns that have entered or graduated from post-high school education.

First major law firm in San Francisco to obtain certification as a green business in 2006.

Farella Earns Mansfield Certification Plus Status

Ranked #7: Best Midsize Law Firms to Work For

Farella Braun + Martel is a proud signatory to the ABA Well-Being Pledge.

Farella Earns 2024 Best Law Firms® Rankings

Farella Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition

Farella Highly Commended by Chambers in "Inclusive Firm of the Year" Award Category

#1 Ranked Among Large Companies

Farella Earns San Francisco Green Business Recertification

"The firm had excellent customer service. The team was very hands-on and always very accommodating and professional. The value for money spent was high." Client comment, Chambers USA 2022

Legal 500 United States 2023 Ranks Farella Practices

Farella Recognized by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity as a 2022 Compass Award Winner

Firm Highlights

A New Overtime Threshold Takes Effect in Mere Weeks: HR Should Assess Its Impact Now

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule increasing the minimum pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for various exempt “white-collar” employee categories beginning on...

City of San Mateo Sued by Nonprofit Over New Housing Plan

Tom Mayhew spoke to CBS News about the lawsuit filed by Housing Action Coalition (HAC) and Farella against the City of San Mateo. The lawsuit challenges the city's recently adopted Housing Element in order to...

21st Annual Stanford Digital Economy Best Practices Conference

Erik Olson is speaking at the 21st Annual Stanford Digital Economy Best Practices Conference for the session "Track A: Content Moderation." To register for the event, please click here .

REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource . In this episode, I'm happy to refresh EO Radio Show episode 21, the first of our two episodes exploring private foundation rules using the...

Special-Servicer Work Heats Up, Revealing CMBS Tensions

Restructuring, insolvency, and creditors rights partner Gary Kaplan provided expert commentary in the Law360 Real Estate Authority article "Special-Servicer Work Heats Up, Revealing CMBS Tensions." In the article, Gary noted that there is usually...

Clean Repowering: How to Capitalize on Fossil Grid Connections to Unlock Clean Energy Growth

Farella’s Linda Gilleran and Chris Rendall-Jackson and Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) Uday Varadarajan are presenting the session “Clean Repowering: How to Capitalize on Fossil Grid Connections to Unlock Clean Energy Growth” at the ACG...

REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource . In this episode, I refresh EO Radio Show episode 22, the second of our two episodes exploring private foundation rules using commentary on the...

Housing Action Coalition and Farella Braun + Martel File Lawsuit Challenging the City of San Mateo’s Housing Element

Today, the Housing Action Coalition (HAC) and Farella Braun + Martel LLP filed a lawsuit against the City of San Mateo, challenging its recently adopted Housing Element in order to make the city comply with...

San Mateo signed off on its housing element this week. It's already facing a lawsuit.

Farella's Tom Mayhew, CJ Higley, Daniel Contreras, Vanessa Ing, and Alyssa Netto were mentioned in the Daily Journal article "San Mateo signed off on its housing element this week. It's already facing a lawsuit."...

No Three-Year Bar on Copyright Damages (For Now): SCOTUS Issues Opinion in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. et al. v. Sherman Nealy et al.

In a 6-3 majority decision in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. et al. v. Sherman Nealy et al. , the Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to recover damages for any...