Business Law eNews

We are pleased to be able to alert you to author opportunities for the Continuing Education of the Bar (“CEB”) book series.  Below is a list of the titles and chapters in need of authors. If you have any questions, please reach out to David Muellenhoff  at David.Muellenhoff@ceb.ucla.edu.  Read more

The State and Local Tax (SALT) cap initially applied only through the 2025 tax year, and the Small Business Relief Act provided that the SALT cap workaround was effective for tax years 2021–2025. In July 2025, SB 132 (Stats 2025, ch 17) was signed into law, which provides that that the SALT cap workaround would be extended to include tax years 2026–2030 in the event that the SALT cap was extended (Rev & T C §17052.11). The SALT cap was subsequently extended by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in 2025, triggering the extension of the SALT cap workaround. See §1.99A. Read more

Jerome A. (Jerry) Grossman has been a member of the Business Law Section  for over 30 years.   He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section and currently serves as an advisor to that Committee.  He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Section’s Opinions  Committee, a member of the Business Law News Editorial Board, and a member of the Commercial Transactions Committee (formerly the UCC Committee).  He was a member of the UCC Committee from 1995 to 2000, serving as Chair during his last year, and coordinating the writing and publication of an article for the Business Law News analyzing certain aspects of the 1998 major revision of UCC Article 9.  Jerry joined the newly formed Opinions Task Force (now the Opinions Committee) in 2001.  He was the reporter for Appendix 10 to its first publication, the 2004 Report on Third-Party Remedies Opinions, analyzing more than 30 of the most commonly taken qualifications to such opinions, and is currently working on an update to that Appendix.  He has been active in the Working Group on Legal Opinions (https://www.wglo.net/) since its inception in 2005.  Jerry was inducted into the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 2010.  He is a coauthor, with Edith R. Warkentine (retired Professor at the Western State College of Law), of Secured Transactions: A Context and Practice Casebook (2d ed. 2024). Read more

Welcome to 2026.  This year opens with challenges that underscore the importance of the rule of law.  The U.S. Constitution was once the radical proposition that wrested governance from a monarch and placed it within this great nation to rule itself.  Today, it is the oldest codified constitution still in operation and it has led to unimagined achievements in our civil society.  The  Constitution is the antecedent to all governance affecting our lives.  Read more

Soody Tronson is Founding Managing Counsel of STLG Law Firm, a boutique intellectual property practice recognized by Chambers as a top-tier boutique IP firm. With 25+ years at the intersection of law, technology, and business, including roles at large law firms, startups, and Fortune 100 companies, she counsels domestic and international clients in intellectual property, technology transactions, and regulatory compliance. Read more

As we close out the 2025 year, it is apparent that our world needs change and growth. The reports of violence and disruption have been overwhelming and those are just the ones that made the headlines. Read more

This month, we are delighted to highlight the contribution of members of the Business Law Section (“BLS”) Lydia Liberio, Lydia is a licensed attorney and mediator in California and New York, and through the London-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), an internationally certified arbitrator in the 172 countries participating in the New York Convention. She serves as the Dean of Academic Success at Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, and enjoys helping parties resolve legal challenges as a business, employment,… Read more

When was the last time anyone checked in on you? Made sure you were making progress? Chances are, especially if you’re reading this article, you once had a cadre of adults -- teachers, coaches, tutors, parents, and mentors – making sure you were on the “right track” to advance to the next level. Unfortunately, then you graduated into adulthood. It became your job to keep yourself moving forward, learning and growing. You have to pick your tracks and determine when to change. It’s not just about a choice at the crossroads but delivering yourself to those decision points. Read more

Due to a change in CEB policy, all images of publicly available third-party forms, such as Secretary of State and UCC forms, have been deleted throughout the book. See, e.g., §3.28, 3.29, 3.84-3.85, 3.114, 6.53. Internet links to those forms are provided where available. The discussion of the parol evidence rule and statute of frauds at §2.11 has been revised and updated.  California courts have held that the statute of limitations set forth in the Code of Civil Procedure will… Read more

Courtesy of CEB, we are bringing you selected legal developments in areas of California business law that are covered by CEB’s publications. This month’s feature is from the January 2026 updates to Organizing Corporations in California and Secured Transactions in California Commercial Law Practice. References are to each respective book’s section numbers. Legal developments covered include the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the California Combating Auto Retail Scams Act (CARS Act), and more. The One… Read more