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Jane E. Kahn (1954-2018)

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Feature on Homepage

RBGG Represents Women Who Testified Against Warden in Sex Abuse Trial

December 13, 2022

Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Supreme Court Should Uphold Colorado Law Prohibiting Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Couple in Marriage Website Case

December 5, 2022

Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA

KQED Highlights Immigrant Detainees Suit Over ‘Slavery’ Wages of $1 a Day

December 1, 2022

Posted in Class Actions, Employment Law, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Files Suit for CaRLA against Santa Clara County in Nimby Zoning Matter

September 28, 2022

Posted in Feature on Homepage

Bien and Grunfeld Named Again to DJ’s Top 100 California Lawyers List

September 21, 2022

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Files Amicus Brief Arguing that Colorado’s Antidiscrimination Law Doesn’t Violate Marriage Website Designer’s First Amendment Rights

August 22, 2022

Posted in Feature on Homepage, First Amendment, Public Records Act and FOIA

Five RBGG Partners Named to 2023 Best Lawyers List

August 18, 2022

Posted in Awards, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Client Achieves Landmark Settlement in Land Use Matter

August 8, 2022

Posted in Appellate Practice, Feature on Homepage

Rosen and Galvan Survey Systemic Reform Litigation for L.A. Lawyer

August 1, 2022

Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Complaint Filed to Stop Forced Unpaid Labor at Immigrant Detention Facilities

July 15, 2022

Posted in Employment Law, Feature on Homepage

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Ninth Circuit Requires State to Implement Its Own Plan to Treat Mentally Ill Patients in California’s Prisons with Personality Disorders
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RBGG Files Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Funding Cuts for Lawyers for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court
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RBGG Joins More Than 500 Other Law Firms Nationwide in Friend of Court Brief Challenging White House’s Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie
Disability groups appeal for another chance to block California’s assisted suicide law
Major Settlement to Improve EDD’s Broken Notification System for Unemployment Benefits
Ninth Circuit Upholds Contempt Finding Against State for Failing to Provide Adequate Mental Health Care in California Prisons
Publisher Files Censorship Suits Against Jails in California and New Mexico
Upholding the Rule of Law in the Face of Presidential Lawlessness

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