- Traffic ViolationsBest Best & Krieger LLP attorneys have decades of experience addressing endangered species and other environmental regulatory challenges to public and private development. We are adept at managing the interplay of environmental laws, including the California and federal Endangered Species Acts, the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act, the federal Clean Water Act, state water quality laws and others. With long-standing, effective working relationships with the wildlife agencies that administer these laws, we have earned the respect of regulators and can streamline assessment reviews, approvals and permitting — speeding up the process and containing costs while assuring endangered species and their habitats are protected.
- Internet CrimesBlending business acumen with technology, e-commerce, IP knowledge and experience, we advise clients on legal issues in the Internet arena, protect domain names through registration and resolve domain name disputes when they arise. We have successfully prosecuted complaints before the World Intellectual Property Organization and the National Arbitration Forum and advise on Internet-based business issues and transactions involving IP rights in digital and global markets.
- Corporate LawFurther, our attorneys provide strategic guidance regarding corporate governance concerns, tax, risk management, corporate securities issues, reporting requirements and regulatory compliance, environmental, antitrust and other regulatory restrictions, and many other issues that may impact a transaction. When disputes arise, our business litigators represent clients in courts at all levels, as well as in arbitrations, mediations and settlement negotiations.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsOur business is to help your business prosper in a world that involves countless and continuous legal issues. From helping to form the right kind of entity, to guiding clients through real estate, contract, employment and regulatory issues, and on to helping to structure sales, mergers and acquisitions, we are here to help.
- Business DisputesWhen business disputes arise that can’t be resolved with compromise or negotiation, litigation may be the only remedy. While there are many risks with litigation — it is costly, time-consuming and disruptive — we help businesses in a cost-effective and strategic manner.
- Business TransactionsAlthough tax liability can be significant, it can be limited substantially through careful structuring of entities, business transactions and employee-benefit arrangements.
- Construction Contracts
- Intellectual Property
- Unfair CompetitionOur attorneys help clients secure, optimize, leverage and protect their IP assets. We handle trademark and copyright registrations, renewals, oppositions and cancellations, and advise on IP development, acquisition, sale, licensing and use. We also help clients establish best practices to protect IP and prevent unfair competition and improper use of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
- Antitrust
- Employment LitigationFrom IEP, disability accommodation and labor and employment disputes to facilities management, safety, environmental issues and financial constraints — education institutions must overcome far more than the typical hurdles public agencies face. Handling these and a host of other issues requires a wide range of regulatory and legal knowledge and experience.
- Sexual Harassment
- Real Estate Litigation
- Construction LitigationOur team integrates public agency law, land use, commercial law, real estate transactions and finance, and public finance and construction law experience, positioning us to provide comprehensive guidance to ensure success. Combining real-world business experience with extensive knowledge about how government agencies work, we advise on government legislative and decision-making processes, political environments and financing tools, governing laws and public relations concerns.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Eminent DomainAcquiring property through the exercise of eminent domain can be a controversial and highly politicized process. Legal requirements must be met, procedures must be followed, environmental issues often arise, and property owners must be treated fairly and receive just compensation. Assuring that all these requirements are met requires skilled and knowledgeable counsel.
- Easement
- Land Use and ZoningLand development is subject to a complex array of federal, state and local regulatory requirements and intense government scrutiny. Understanding the interplay of the various development, planning and zoning laws — and assuring compliance with all applicable rules — requires deep regulatory knowledge, legal skill and experience.
- Property Damage
- Estate Planning
- Trusts
- BankruptcyOur team of experienced attorneys, skilled paralegals and staff offers thoughtful, strategic and cost-effective counsel in all areas of bankruptcy and insolvency, from comprehensive counseling to litigation services at all stages. In any negotiation, sale, restructuring, liquidation or litigation context, we leverage every tool available to optimize our clients’ position — whether it be in or out of court, with or without the use of experts, or under bankruptcy law, nonbankruptcy law or their intersection.
- Tax LawOur tax attorneys have decades of experience resolving tax challenges with a primary focus on employment taxes affecting compensation and benefit arrangements.
- Debt Collection