Experience

Impactful Litigation:  Firm litigators have challenged political laws that violate our client’s rights at every level of government. The firm established itself as a leading advocate for the regulated community forty years ago in a case before the United States Supreme Court that ruled it is unconstitutional for governments to limit contributions to local ballot measure committees in Citizens Against Rent Control City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981). In Citizens to Save California v. California Fair Political Practices Commission, 145 Cal. App. 4th 736 (2006), the firm successfully challenged a California Fair Political Practices Commission regulation restricting contributions to candidate-controlled ballot measure committees, on the ground that it exceeded the Commission’s statutory powers. The firm also earlier obtained an injunction preventing the FPPC from investigating Citizens to Save California’s compliance with the challenged regulation while the suit was pending. In Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes v. City of Richmond, Case No. 3:12-cv-04545-CRB (N.D. Cal. 2012), the firm obtained a preliminary injunction against enforcement of Richmond’s unconstitutionally-burdensome disclaimer requirements for campaign mailings. The City’s ordinance was then amended to remove the offending provisions.

Impactful Litigation:  Firm litigators have challenged political laws that violate our client’s rights at every level of government.

  • The firm established itself as a leading advocate for the regulated community forty years ago in a case before the United States Supreme Court that ruled it is unconstitutional for governments to limit contributions to local ballot measure committees in Citizens Against Rent Control City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981).
  • In Citizens to Save California v. California Fair Political Practices Commission, 145 Cal. App. 4th 736 (2006), the firm successfully challenged a California Fair Political Practices Commission regulation restricting contributions to candidate-controlled ballot measure committees, on the ground that it exceeded the Commission’s statutory powers. The firm also earlier obtained an injunction preventing the FPPC from investigating Citizens to Save California’s compliance with the challenged regulation while the suit was pending.
  • In Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes v. City of Richmond, Case No. 3:12-cv-04545-CRB (N.D. Cal. 2012), the firm obtained a preliminary injunction against enforcement of Richmond’s unconstitutionally-burdensome disclaimer requirements for campaign mailings. The City’s ordinance was then amended to remove the offending provisions.