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Joseph & Cohen Join Amicus Committee of Bank Counsel in Support of Bryan Cave LLP

March 27, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 28, 2011. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that its co-founders, Jonathan D. Joseph and Jonathan M. Cohen, joined the Ad Hoc Committee of Bank Counsel (“Amici” or “Committee”) in support of the law firm, Bryan Cave LLP (“Bryan Cave”), in a case brought against them by the FDIC (FDIC v. Bryan Cave LLP, 10-cv-03666). The FDIC sued Bryan Cave in November 2010 in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, charging Bryan Cave with failing to hand over bank records related to the October 2010 collapse of Kansas-based Hillcrest Bank. The Committee, comprised of

California Supreme Court Zip Code Case Slaps Retailer

March 18, 2011

In a victory for consumer privacy rights, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that Jessica Pineda’s rights under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act were violated when a clerk at specialty retailer Williams-Sonoma asked for and recorded her ZIP code in connection with an in-store purchase with her credit card. The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Moreno, concluded that an individual’s ZIP code is protected “personal identification information” that businesses in California cannot request for in-store purchases with a credit card, and then record that information for purposes unrelated to approving the credit transaction. In the longer term, it is likely

Kenneth Sayre-Peterson

September 28, 2010

Kenneth Sayre-Peterson is a Partner Emeritus with Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio having retired from practicing law at the end of 2017. Mr. Sayre-Peterson remains an advisor to the Firm. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Sayre-Peterson’s core focus was on banking, credit unions, regulatory and enforcement matters, money transmitters and digital currency, corporate, securities and trust law. He joined Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio in 2012 following his retirement from the California Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), now a division of the Department of Business Oversight, where he served as legal counsel during a twenty-two year career. Mr. Sayre-Peterson acted

Joseph Law Announces Monthly Fixed Fee Model for Employment and Corporate Law Matters as Alternative to Traditional Hourly Billing

June 2, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Joseph Law Corporation announced today that it has begun offering a subscription fee model for employment, transactional, corporate and securities law services as an alternative to the traditional hourly billing format utilized by most business oriented law firms. “Business clients, particularly those with recurring legal costs and matters, are requiring alternative billing models as an option to the hourly rate structure. The fixed fee subscription provides predictability and drives down legal costs while encouraging clients to seek legal input earlier. It is a perfect solution for businesses that routinely require employment and HR advice or have

Jonathan Joseph’s Advocacy for Bank Client Featured in a Special Report to the Washington Examiner: “The Little Bank That Fought Back”

April 14, 2010

In a special report to the Washington Examiner, Jonathan Joseph is featured as part of the story of Westamerica Bank’s 2002 faceoff with the Greenlining Institute. The article notes that Westamerica Bank has the distinction of being the one bank that fought back against the Greenlining Institute. After Westamerica filed a bank merger acquisition with the Federal Reserve Bank in 2002, the Bank endured the then standard protest and negative press campaign initiated by the Greenlining Institute. However, rather than capitulating to demands of Greenlining officials the Bank called upon its attorney, Jonathan Joseph, to assist it in achieving its

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Joseph & Cohen Join Amicus Committee of Bank Counsel in Support of Bryan Cave LLP

California Supreme Court Zip Code Case Slaps Retailer

Kenneth Sayre-Peterson

Joseph Law Announces Monthly Fixed Fee Model for Employment and Corporate Law Matters as Alternative to Traditional Hourly Billing

Jonathan Joseph’s Advocacy for Bank Client Featured in a Special Report to the Washington Examiner: “The Little Bank That Fought Back”