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San Rafael Police have scheduled a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint for this Friday, September 30th on eastbound Third Street at Union Street. The checkpoint will start at 6 p.m. and may relocate later in the evening to northbound Irwin Street at Fifth Avenue.

California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) protects common pieces of valuable information. Accordingly, if a company makes a reasonable effort to guard its information, and if that information is so valuable such that it is kept secret, California’s courts will generally recognize that these common pieces of data can be given protection as a trade… Read More

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was enacted, in part, as way to eradicate the harmful effects of organized crime on the nation’s financial system. Today, RICO is a claim that is frequently asserted in federal courts by the alleged victims of white collar crimes. The RICO Act refers to criminal activities such as… Read More

Today, more and more doctors and health care providers have found themselves having to defend themselves against allegations of healthcare fraud. Since the expense and quality of healthcare services have been on the minds of the public in recent days, there has been a drastic increase in government regulation. Healthcare fraud can include such actions… Read More

  Any individual attempting to enter, reenter, depart, pass through or reside in the U.S. runs the risk of having the electronic devices he or she is traveling with detained for an extended period of time.  When crossing the U.S. border, Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBP) or U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Officers (ICE)… Read More

The cost of fraud can be drastically reduced in the state of California by consumers who are equipped with the vast amount of consumer protection information that is available to them. All counties in California have an Office of Weights and Measures, which has jurisdiction over all commodities that are weighed, measured, or counted, to… Read More

Undoubtedly, the world as a whole has changed since the events of September 11, 2001. This reality is particularly appropriate when discussing the United States’ counterterrorist efforts with respect to terrorist financing. Accordingly, the government has decided to pay close attention to and place great emphasis on the hindrance of terrorist financing, and it has… Read More

In reaction to a series of highly-publicized corporate accounting scandals, Congress enacted the Public Company Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, which is also known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Act also includes a new stipulation to shield whistleblowers by prohibiting any sort of retaliation against the employees of publicly traded companies who choose… Read More

It is a criminal offense to disseminate false or deceptive advertisement even if no one is actually deceived or sustains losses from the advertisement. Penalties for deceptive advertising depend on the nature of the violation, but may include fines, injunctions, and possible jail. A skilled San Francisco white-collar criminal lawyer may be able to reduce… Read More

The term “whistleblower” is defined as a citizen who reports illegal activity against the government, or any other fraudulent act within a company, state agency or organization. A federal law called the False Claims Act (“FCA”), also known as the “Lincoln Act”, allows whistleblowers to file suit, known as a qui tam suit, in the… Read More