Business Law eNews

While summer is often a time of rest, your Business Law Section Executive Committee and Standing Committees remain hard at work preparing the educational programs and in particular, the publications content, which make membership in the BLS so beneficial. For example, the Agribusiness Committee of the Business Law Section is updating its Agricultural Law Sourcebook, and the Insolvency Law Committee is putting the finishing touches on its updated California Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors Desk Guide. In addition, our Commercial Transactions Committee is working on an update to the extensive Hidden Liens Report available on the CLA website, and the BLS’ Partnerships and LLCs Committee is updating its Handbook for Incorporating a Business in California. It is the hard work and dedication of the Sections’ volunteers that enables the BLS to produce the quality publications that makes our Section so special. That is why I ask that you consider joining the Business Law News (BLN) Editorial Board. 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 April 2019 update to Counseling California Corporations. References are to the book’s section numbers. See CEB’s BLS Landing Page for special discounts for Business Law Section members. 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 April 2019 update to Counseling California Corporations. References are to the book’s section numbers. See CEB’s BLS Landing Page for special discounts for Business Law Section members. Read more

Learn how legal marketing professionals, other professionals and attorneys can work together to increase diversity inside firms. A panel with representatives from legal marketing, business development, diversity professionals and practicing attorney diversity leaders will share success stories and challenges in driving diversity. Breakout groups will allow attendees to share insights and ideas for how legal professionals can work together to advance law firm business success while creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces. Read more

On June 6, the BLS’ Internet and Privacy Law Committee and the CLA’s Intellectual Property Law Section co-sponsored their “IP and the Internet” conference at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles. The conference addressed some of the most pressing internet legal and ecommerce issues today, including “open Internet” and copyright in the wake of the new EU Copyright Directive, and best practices for navigating intellectual property and ecommerce issues related to smartphone mobile apps and online food and beverage sales. Read more

At its in-person meeting on May 16, the Nonprofit Organizations Committee hosted a program with Audrey Rowe from the California Franchise Tax Board, who discussed matters of interest to tax-exempt organizations in California. Among other topics, Ms. Rowe updated the Committee on developments with California tax‑exemption forms, nonprofit dissolutions, and pending legislation of interest to nonprofits. Read more

On May 17, the Insolvency Law Committee hosted its Welcome Reception at the annual California Bankruptcy Forum. The ILC is known for hosting its successful Welcome Reception at the CBF, which provides bankruptcy judges, law clerks, attorneys and insolvency professionals from all over the state the opportunity to network in a fun and social atmosphere. Read more

Purnima Viswanathan Bajpai and Naomi Dewey present “Will That Smiley Face Cost You a Case?: The Business of Law, Emojis, and Text Communication.”Jared Gordon explains how law firms may face exposure for website accessibility in a panel entitled “Website Complianceand Accessibility (ADA): How to Improve Your Law Firm’s Website for the Modern Client.”Alicia Journey provides useful tips on client and stress management in a panel called “Unplug and Debug the Stress of Client Communications: The Health and Wellness of effectively… Read more

As we approach the official start to Summer, your Business Law Section continues to explore program and publication opportunities with cross-over appeal to our 15 Standing Committees, as well as the CLA’s other Sections and external bar associations and organizations that share the BLS’ goal of providing topical, timely and educational no-cost or low-cost MCLE to our membership. It is my pleasure to provide a recap of recent BLS programs as well as promote upcoming programs of interest to BLS members in this edition of the eNews. Read more

Did you know that the BLS maintains a presence on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook where BLS posts regular updates about new cases, new regulations, key legislative developments, and news and events from the BLS’s Standing Committees? What you may not know is that you can not only send items to the BLS to post or tweet, but also suggest items from your own social media pages for the BLS to re-post, re-tweet, or like. Read more