Tamburino Talks Law

  Pop star Britney Spears has been in the headlines regularly as media tracks her conservatorship battle in the L.A. courts. For the last 12 years, Spears has been under conservatorship and therefore not directly in control of her $60+ million fortune, her career and personal life. Now as changes are being made in her conservatorship, fans are putting the spotlight on this case through the social media campaign #freebritney  So what is conservatorship? Is the process fair? What will the future hold for the Britney Spears case? I cover it all in this Tamburio Talks Law: Britney Spears Conservatorship Battle.

In the first two days of the Republican National Convention, the Trump White House got the attention of government ethics experts who previous warned any hosting of campaign events from the White House or Rose Garden was a violation of federal ethics law. As the convention events unfolded Trump granted a presidential pardon from the White House, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared from Jerusalem where he was on state business and the First Lady delivered a campaign speech from the White House Rose Garden. And, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf performed a naturalization ceremony on television with Trump by his side. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in most political activity inside federal buildings while on duty. The president and vice president are exempt from the civil provisions of the Hatch Act, but federal employees like Mike Pompeo and others who helped stage the events are not. So what happens next? Here is my full take in Tamburino Talks L

 An update on my client who sued the Minneapolis Park Board over homeless encampments and look ahead on Park Board authority on housing in parks: Click here for my Tamburino Talks Law on the topic