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Wellman & Warren's Anabella Bonfa will be a featured speaker for Continuing Education of the Bar's live webinar on LinkedIn this coming Wednesday at noon.

Steps to defend against PAGA lawsuits.

Attorney Anabella Bonfa and her family are featured this month in Rotary Internationals' blog "Rotary Voices" discussing how their family makes community service a priority and the great benefits to children which arise from hands on community service.

Here's a great article featuring prior Of Counsel attorney Michael Bazyler and discussing the Siderman v. Argentina case that Wellman & Warren was involved in many years ago. The precedent setting case is still a leading case cited in recovery of art stolen during World War II.

The impact of the marijuana industry continues to grow.

Here are some good tips all employers should follow.

News in the trade secrets arena

Wellman & Warren came out for Career Day to represent the legal profession and discuss careers in law with high school students at University High School. They were joined from Armed Forces Representatives from the Air Force, Marines, and Navy.

With the new year comes trends to watch for.

Attorney Anabella Bonfa was recently interviewed by Tim Santoni.

Here is an article published by Continuing Education of the Bar by Anabella Bonfa from Wellman & Warren LLP.

GE has sued Uptake Technologies for stealing trade secrets and poaching employees. We will be watching this case closely.

Wellman & Warren attorney Anabella Bonfa taught a civil procedure class at Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law today, lecturing about client care, professionalism in the law and other practical matters.

Congratulations to attorney Anabella Bonfa, who has been invited by Chapman University's Dale Fowler School of Law to be a part time adjunct professor teaching Civil Procedure Lab in Spring, 2019. Ms. Bonfa will be teaching a hands-on lab instructing students on how to draft pleadings in U.S. District Court. She has mentored students at Chapman for more than 5 years.

Here's some great tips you can use to protect your trade secrets when employees leave your company. Make sure you protect confidential company information by using this list.

After the Facebook data privacy scandal, California has increased demands on companies that collect private data.

The Wellman & Warren holiday decorations are up. Come visit us!

Attorney Anabella Bonfa taught a Civil Procedure Class on Pre-Trial issues at Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law this week.

Attorney Scott Warren will be speaking on Direct Sales Law at 8020365's upcoming conference in Antalya, Turkey

Wellman & Warren attorneys Anabella Bonfa and Andrew Wellman went to Anabella's alma mater, Western State to talk to law students about taking care of clients and practicing law.

On what would have been the 5th day of trial Uber offered .34 percent of its equity (roughly 244.8 million in stock) to settle the trade secret case filed by Waymo. Uber acquired Ottomoto, an autonomous care company. Waymo presented evidence that an engineer downloaded 14,000 plus files to his personal laptop.

Wellman & Warren attorney Anabella Bonfa has joined Brandman University as an Adjunct Professor teaching Electronic Discovery in an online class. She also gave a webinar to Brandman students on LinkedIn as part of career development week for Brandman students.

New laws every litigator need to know.

We appeared for trial at Orange County Superior Court last week and settled on the court house steps.

Attorneys Scott Wellman and Anabella Bonfa are in Charleston, North Carolina taking depositions.

When trade secrets are hidden in a pair of earrings!

A great article about how Trade Secret cases are on the rise. Wellman & Warren LLP specializes in trade secret cases and frequently litigates these cases throughout the United States.

Since clients now have to reveal a "moderate to deep level" of technical information in order to create a patent application that is likely to make its way through approval with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, some companies are opting on trade secret law to protect their technical innovations from being made public.

Thanks to Lucy Walther from Edward Jones who takes care of the firm 401K plan and who is always looking out for our investments. Her team is always professional and efficient.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Remember to honor our fallen!

May the force be with you! Attorney Anabella Bonfa represented Irvine Rotary at the Orange County Special Olympics earlier this month. More than 600 special olympics athletes gathered for competition and camraderie at the games, held at Irvine High School.

Google won an injunction against Uber Technologies Inc. in a trade secret case where Uber allegedly hired an engineer who took files relating to driverless vehicles. Wellman & Warren LLP regularly deals with trade secret issues and can protect your rights if such an issue arises.

Attorney Anabella Bonfa returned to her alma mater, Western State College of Law to guest lecture to Externship Seminar students on the real practice of law - client care, managing expenses, discovery and preparation of cases.

Waymo has accused Uber of stealing its trade secrets and technology for a self-driving car.

Misappropriated "fig jam" recipe is the subject of the first Defend Trade Secrets verdict.

http://www.reuters.com//us-united-parcel-lawsuit-idUSKBN16

Wellman & Warren attorney Anabella Bonfa spent the weekend packaging 20,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now. This great event brought together 3 Rotary clubs, local school children, family and friends.

We were happy to continue the tradition of adopting one Camp Pendleton military family for the holidays. Thank you to attorney Chris Wellman for being this year's personal shopper for toys and other gifts. We honor our veterans bravery and support of our country and hope you will do the same.

Some large news on the cell phone front coming from the Supreme court.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our clients and firm friends.

We salute all our hard working and brave veterans. Without you, we would not be the country we are or have the freedoms we have. Happy Veteran's Day!

Litigator Anabella Bonfa presented a webinar for Taft Law School Students on "LinkedIn for Law Students and New Lawyers".

A penny craze has been started by a marketing campaign.

May the force not be with you!

Attorney Anabella Bonfa was the emcee for the Rotary District 5320 Volunteer Leadership Awards. Numerous Orange County companies and branches were honored, including Dawson & Dawson, Yana-Cancer Care, Chase Bank, and numerous others.

What you need to know about the "clown scares" that are in vogue.

The Department of Justice will be collecting data on the use of force by police officers given the current political environment.

Anabella Bonfa participated on behalf of Wellman & Warren in this weekend's Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk.

Anabella Bonfa and Irvine Rotarians and Provisors members participated in educating college students at Irvine Valley College how to interview during mock interviews.

A big win for Yelp as the court has determined they are not liable for "bad reviews"!

Here's a good article discussing the new Defend Trade Secrets Act and its impact on California Trade Secret Law.

Business attorney David Van Sambeek will be working with Cal State Fullerton students at a Startup Incubator on July 19th!

Interview with Wellman & Warren's attorney Anabella Bonfa on Women Lead Radio on Trade Secrets

Use of Provisions to Limit a MLM Distributor’s Claim for Damages http://ow.ly/JaRn3022jsJ

Victory for Led Zeppelin in the copyright infringement case based on "Stairway to Heaven"!

Congrats to attorney Anabella Bonfa who was chosen out of almost 2,000 Rotarians in Rotary District 5320 as the Rotary District 5320 "Rotarian of the Year" - Rotary's highest honor. Ms. Bonfa increased membership in Rotary, trained clubs in social media skills and provided hands on community service both locally and internationally.

A big win for Google today!

Read this article to start recognizing present day risks Multi Level Marketing Companies Face.

A 2011 interview with Justice Scalia

Anabella Bonfa sits on the Advisory Board for Irvine Valley College's Paralegal Program

Out there networking? If so, then read attorney Anabella Bonfa's article published by Continuing Education of the Bar on how to have a successful networking lunch.

It's official! WSU has moved to Irvine. Three of Wellman & Warren's attorneys are proud graduates of Western State.

Wellman & Warren, LLP Sponsors a Tee at the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament http://ow.ly/4n8mCy

Attorney Anabella Bonfa returned to UC Irvine to teach students in the Peer Advisor program how to maximize their LinkedIn profiles. These great students are already mentoring other students in issues involving scheduling concerns, study issues and other personal issues. A great group of volunteers including UC Irvine Rotaract students.

The Supreme Court takes a look at immigration.

Chris Wellman & Anabella Bonfa gave a lecture to Western State University College of Law Students on Counseling Clients & Client Intake