Business Law

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 a preview of the July 2025 update of Advising California Nonprofit Corporations. Read more

Joseph Boufadel is a partner at Salvato Boufadel LLP, a boutique insolvency and business litigation firm in Southern California. He is a certified specialist in bankruptcy law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Read more

As business attorneys, we navigate an increasingly complex commercial terrain where technological disruption, regulatory change, and global challenges test our professional judgment daily.  Amid these challenges, on May 1, Americans across the nation celebrated Law Day.  Read more

Sponsored by the California Department of Insurance, SB 354 establishes data privacy standards for insurance licensees and their third-party service providers to give consumers greater control over their personal information. Read more

In calculating the Medicare fraction of the disproportionate share hospital adjustment, an individual is “entitled to supplementary security income benefits” when she is eligible to receive an SSI cash payment during the month of her hospitalization. Read more

The following published decision may be of interest to attorneys practicing insurance law: California Court Of Appeal Primary insurer who paid contribution to umbrella carrier for defense costs was entitled to new trial on claim that umbrella insurer had fraudulently concealed that its payment of the defense costs was voluntary rather than obligatory. Truck Insurance Exchange v. Federal Insurance Company (2025) _ Cal.App.5th _. Moldex-Metric, Inc. was sued in various products liability lawsuits. Federal Insurance Company issued an umbrella policy… Read more

Indictment for violation of the anti–kickback statute need not negate the “bona fide employment” safe harbor affirmative defense Code section 1278.5 does. Read more

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the Court) in a published opinion held that the enforceability of a registered judgment relied on the viability of the underlying judgment.  If the underlying judgment was vacated, the registered judgment could not be enforced.  SDVF, LLC v. Cozzia USA LLC, ___ F. 4th ___, 2025 WL 911200 (9th Cir. March 26, 2025).  Read more

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the Court) recently granted in part and denied in part a motion to compel arbitration of litigation arising out of a construction dispute brought in a subchapter V chapter 11 case. Read more

Health insurers regulated by the California Department of Insurance are not subject to the Knox-Keene Act. Read more