Business Law

Battery claim against obstetrician viable if delivery substantially deviated from the scope of consent, but statutory gender violence claim is not viable absent bias or animus against a woman in childbirth. Read more

Intro The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the Third Circuit) recently affirmed a bankruptcy court decision in a chapter 13 case which granted relief from the automatic stay to a mortgage holder, allowing it to complete a foreclosure on the Debtor’s home.  In the intermediate appeal from the bankruptcy court ruling, the district court had also affirmed, but then had dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.  The Third Circuit held that the… Read more

Proposed STREAMLINE Act Would Modernize the Bank Secrecy Act’s Financial Reporting Requirements by Raising BSA’s Reporting Thresholds October 30, 2025 Dear constituency list members of the Financial Institutions Committee, The following is a bulletin prepared by Stefan Lawrence, Counsel at Early Warning Services, LLC. Summary On October 21, 2025, Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the STREAMLINE Act – “Streamlining Transaction Reporting and Ensuring Money Laundering Improvements for a New Era Act” – to significantly increase the… Read more

Where:San DiegoLocation postponed: Date TBD San Francisco Harborview Restaurant & Bar4 Embarcadero CenterSan Francisco, CA SacramentoWilke Fleury LLP621 Capitol Mall, Suite 900Sacramento, CA 95814 Los AngelesGreenberg Glusker LLP2049 Century Park East, Suite 2600 Los Angeles, CA 90067 When: November 19, 20255:30 PM -7:30 PM Register Today Join us for Mindful Mondays: A Business Law Section Mix & Mingle, a relaxed and engaging evening designed to bring together members, colleagues, and new faces interested in the Business Law Section. This in-person networking… 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

Business Law Section Member Kristin Mihelic joined the BLS in 2016 and joined the Executive Committee in 2020. She previously served as Co-Chair of the ILC Education Committee and as Vice Chair of Programs for the BLS Ex Comm.  She was elected at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference to a three-year term on the Conference Executive Committee.   She is enthusiastic about working with the bench and Lawyer Representative to develop an enriching and valuable Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference that encourages… Read more

We build community brick by brick. The nod from a fellow runner. Cookies in the breakroom. Friendly faces on screen during a Zoom meeting. Everyday exchanges build goodwill and strengthen our networks. For attorneys, these informal encounters often lead to education about new legal developments and conclude with friendly banter (a huge sigh of relief). We also meet practitioners to whom we would happily refer thorny legal issues outside our scope of practice. We learn, we commiserate, we bond. As… Read more

In Zac Fancher v Tulare County, the BAP affirmed dismissal of Plaintiff’s claims, ruling that claim preclusion barred re-litigation of issues already decided in state court and that the abatement lien was valid as it attached by operation of law, regardless of recordation timing, upholding the county’s abatement actions in bankruptcy. Read more

California Assembly Bill 483 caps early termination fees on fixed-term installment contacts at 30% of the remaining contract amount. Signed into law by Governor Newsom on October 10, this legislation requires clear disclosure of these fees. It goes into effect for contracts entered into or modified on or after August 1, 2026. Read more