Business Law
Business Law News 2020, Issue 2
Content
- 2018-2019 Commercial Law Developments
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- Business Law News Table of Contents
- California Enacts Solution to Fund Utility Wildfire Liabilities
- Damages in Wildfire Litigation
- Disaster Resources Help the Survivors of California's Wildfires
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2019-2020
- Hot off the Presses: California Further Regulates Out-of-State Adjusters in the Wake of Record-Breaking Catastrophic Losses
- Regulatory Information for Attorneys Impacted by the California Fires
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2019-2020
- State and Federal Tax Deductions for Wildfire Losses
- Message from the Issue Editor
Message from the Issue Editor
Everett L. Green
Prior to COVID-19, the wildfires that charred and devastated California’s landscape served as the state’s most pressing disaster.
In 2018, over 7,500 wildfires burned approximately 1.67 million acres, the largest area of burned acreage recorded in a fire season.1
From mid-July to August 2018, a series of large wildfires erupted in Northern California, including the destructive Carr Fire and the Mendocino Complex Fire, prompting the Governor to declare a national disaster. The Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres, becoming the largest complex fire in the state’s history.