Business Law
Business Law News 2017, ISSUE 4
Content
- A New Breed of Fiduciary: the Partnership Representative
- Bln Editorial Board: Message from the Editor
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- California Statewide Ban-the-Box Law Approved by Legislature
- California's Identity Theft Act: a Tool to Protect Consumers after the Equifax Breach of 2017
- Can a Drunk Person Enter Into a Contract?
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2017-2018
- How to Keep Contracts Out of Court (Part 1)
- How to Keep Contracts Out of Court (Part 2)
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2017-2018
- Table of Contents
- The California Marijuana Gold Rush: a Review of the History and Future of Cannabis Regulation in California
- What Are Directors' Fiduciary Duties When Selling Control of a Corporation?
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
Uzzi O. Raanan
THE SECTIONS TO LEAVE THE STATE BAR
In the words of Bob Dylan, "the times they are a-chan-gin." On October 2, 2017, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed Senate Bill 36 (the State Bar’s 2018 dues bill) into law, setting into motion drastic changes for the State Bar of California. Most notably, the new law will transfer operations of the sixteen voluntary sections of the Bar and the California Young Lawyers Association ("CYLA") into a newly-formed private non-profit association. In anticipation of the new entity, many leaders and volunteers from the sections and the State Bar are working tirelessly to ensure that the transition is seamless and does not have a negative impact on the sections’ valuable work. The transition to the new entity will occur in January 2018.
Separation from the Bar will present wonderful opportunities, allowing the sections to thrive without the growing costs and restrictions associated with being part of a regulatory governmental agency. The benefits will include: