Business Law
Business Law News 2020, Issue 2
Content
- California Enacts Solution to Fund Utility Wildfire Liabilities
- Disaster Resources Help the Survivors of California's Wildfires
- Regulatory Information for Attorneys Impacted by the California Fires
- 2018-2019 Commercial Law Developments
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2019-2020
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2019-2020
- Business Law News Table of Contents
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Message from the Issue Editor
- State and Federal Tax Deductions for Wildfire Losses
- Hot off the Presses: California Further Regulates Out-of-State Adjusters in the Wake of Record-Breaking Catastrophic Losses
- Damages in Wildfire Litigation
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.