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California Amends Pay-to-Play Law for Local Officials

Nielsen Merksamer Seeks Regulatory Action or Advice to Resolve Issues of Retroactivity, Return of Contributions and Disclosure

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Steve Merksamer Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022

Nielsen Merksamer is pleased to announce that the publication The Best Lawyers in America© selected Steve Merksamer for inclusion in the 28th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, to be published in 2022, an honor he has received every year since 2007. Merksamer was chosen through an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluated their professional peers.

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Chris Skinnell Named a 2021 “Lawyer of Distinction” by Sonoma Magazine

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Nielsen Merksamer Attorneys Recognized As 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers/Rising Stars

Steve Merksamer and Chris Skinnell have been named Northern California Super Lawyers, and Elli Abdoli and Rachael Blucher have been named Northern California Rising Stars for 2021

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The California Privacy Protection Agency Board Held Its First Meeting. What’s Next?

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Steve Merksamer Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021

Nielsen Merksamer is pleased to announce that the publication The Best Lawyers in America© selected Steve Merksamer for inclusion in the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, to be published in 2021, an honor he has received every year since 2007. Merksamer was chosen through an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluated their professional peers.

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Chris Skinnell featured in SuperLawyers magazine; Steve Merksamer & Elli Abdoli also selected

Chris Skinnell featured in SuperLawyers magazine; Steve Merksamer & Elli Abdoli also selected

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Abdoli, Columbo, Aurora & Kaune on State & Local Govt Ethics Laws

Read “State and Local Government Ethics Laws,” in the Spring 2020 issue of PLI Current, The Journal of PLI Press

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Chris Skinnell & Sean Welch Talk 2021 Redistricting

On March 6, Chris Skinnell and Sean Welch gave a presentation to the Municipal Law Institute on what cities can expect during the 2021 round of redistricting

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Nielsen Merksamer Wins Major Proposition 218 Decision, Striking Down Rialto’s “Tank Tax”

On January 15, the California Supreme Court denied review of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Tesoro Logistic Operations, LLC v. City of Rialto, 40 Cal. App. 5th 798 (2019).

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