Gary L. Barr spoke at the Manufactured Housing Institute’s annual winter meeting in Arlington, Virginia where he discussed recent updates to California lending laws before the organization’s Finance Lawyers Committee.

Super Lawyers have named Lee Kanon Alpert and Gary L. Barr as two of the top attorneys in Southern California for 2014. No more than 5 percent of lawyers in California receive this honor.

Each year, a research team at Super Lawyers undertakes an independent, statewide survey of lawyers, compiles peer reviews and makes good-standing and disciplinary [...]

Adam D.H. Grant was a speaker at the Second Annual NOVAtime User Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 5th, 2014. His presentation, titled “Use of Mobile Apps in the Workplace: Privacy and Security”, addressed the increased use of mobile apps and devices in the workplace, and what precautions companies may take in order to secure confidential company and client information.

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The 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) clearly demonstrated that the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is no longer the industry buzzword of a few years ago, but is now well entrenched as a market reality. What remains unclear is just how policy makers and legislatures will react to what appears to be the next step in the digital age.

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Gary L. Barr and Terry Sternberg made a presentation at the inaugural meeting of the Provisors Westlake Lawyer Affinity Group held on Friday, January 17th. Both Gary and Terry are business and real estate litigators with over 30 years of practice experience. The two met in 1998 through Provisors and have been both co-counsel and adversaries on cases.

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Reflecting on this past year, it is clear that the Federal Trade Commission used 2013 to make a strong statement about privacy and mobile apps. The FTC reached into many industries utilizing mobile apps, but it appeared to reserve its strongest hold for industries relying upon children who use mobile apps.

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Adam D.H. Grant was interviewed and quoted on TheWrap.com’s January 3rd article titled “Snapchat Hacking: Why Government Probes Are Likely” by Brent Lang. The popular social media app, Snapchat has been in the news recently for a security breach that may have exposed personal information of its more than 4 million users.

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Mobile apps have literally changed how we interact with others, connect with the physical world, and learn about both. Imagine a world where a refrigerator could sense a power outage and send a signal to your smart phone via an app and advise you if there is a potential food safety hazard. Or possibly a sleep sensor next to your [...]

Over ten years ago, Mark Blackman and Kathleen Sterling of Valley News Group started a grassroots effort to donate frozen turkeys to charities in the West Valley. To date they have collected and distributed over 1,000 turkeys to local charitable organizations including the West Valley Food Pantry, Pacific Lodge Boys Home, Angel’s Way and Haven Hills, as well as provide [...]

Mark S. Blackman was elected to the United Trustees Association’s (UTA) 2014 Board of Directors at an election held at the organization’s annual conference last November 9th to 12th. Mark has been an active member of the UTA for the past 17 years, and served on the board of the UTA’s predecessor, the California Trustees Association (CTA) for [...]

The San Fernando Valley Business Journal and Galpin Aston Martin co-hosted a networking reception last October 24th in partnership with the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and the California Society of CPAs.

SFVBA President Adam D.H. Grant (2nd from left) attended the Wine Reception held at Galpin Motors Club Aston.

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