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By: Ethan J. Birnberg, Esq., Porter Simon, P.C., Truckee, California [Article originally published in the Vol. 45, No. 3 of The Writ (Washoe County Bar Association)]              California is no stranger to litigation between corporations and their board of directors. Directors are provided the tools and ability to meaningfully participate [...]

            I seldom reprint online articles in the Law Review but found this funny enough, at least if you are old like me, to re publish, so with apologies, here goes.             “To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except exercise, get up early, or be respectable.” Oscar Wilde [...]

Spring has sprung. Maybe. Cautiously optimistic here. Fingers crossed that a surprise spring storm does not bring feet of Sierra Cement to the region. Good for the water situation, no doubt. But for the school children, the lower backs, and the roofs…oh the roofs, please, no more. The rooftop snow shoveler may disagree though. So [...]

            Well, the $64,000 question has been answered. Fox News (Fox Propaganda is more like it) and its pundits and broadcasters, all the way to owner Rupert Murdoch, knew that the falsehoods they pushed and continue pushing to this day – that Joe Biden “stole the election” – are false. [...]

            Breaking ski legal news. You heard it here first, no doubt. The Goddess of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, is currently embroiled in a personal injury lawsuit with a certain Terry Sanderson for allegedly crashing into Sanderson while skiing in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is a famous, one-time actress turned new-age [...]

            The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held this week. Yes. Movies are still being made and movie theaters still exist. Had to double check. The cultural coup of the television show is nearly complete. Binge until your eyes bleed.             For those antiquated feature-film few, the Citizen Kane denying, [...]

            As a reminder: the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words (often parodied), “It was a dark and stormy night.”             The Contest rewards rookie writers composing intentionally bad opening sentences to [...]

            As you faithful readers recall, we annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners.             For you new readers, the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words, “It was a dark and stormy night.” [...]

            Over the past century, automation, mechanization, and computerization have swallowed up blue-collar jobs on a monumental scale. This trend has largely been touted as “progress.” Economic efficiency. A boon for capitalism. A boost to the bottom-line.             Enter artificial intelligence (AI). White-collar workers are up in arms. AI is [...]