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James A. (“Jim”) Hayes, Jr. is currently the chair of the CLA Insolvency Law Committee’s Education Subcommittee and a member of the Legislation Subcommittee. Throughout his nearly 30 years as a member of the legal profession, Jim Hayes has blended representing clients as a practicing lawyer with an academic career as a law professor, both full-time and part-time. In his law practice, Jim is a founder of Zinser | Hayes with attorney Kelly Zinser.  Jim concentrates on corporate and business… Read more

July 2025 Recently, I had someone ask me, why do you bother being civil with that person?  You know they’ll never treat you with respect, let alone civility, and in any case, they appear to favor cruelty above all else, so why bother?  Ultimately, that is one of the main reasons our clients come to us.  They have an irreconcilable disagreement with another party or parties, and they would like us to advise them on how to navigate those challenges… Read more

Leonard Gumport has served as a mediator for more than 25 years. His mediations have involved bankruptcy, business, regulatory, and consumer disputes, including class actions and government enforcement proceedings. Read more

For this Chair’s statement, I wanted to discuss something that brought me to the Business Law Section in the first place: our impact on legislation and regulation.  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 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

In Thomson Reuters Enter. Ctr. GmbH v. Ross Intel. Inc. (D Del, Feb. 11, 2025, No. 1:20-cv-613-SB) 2025 US Dist Lexis 24296, the court reversed its prior opinion and granted Thomson Reuters's motions for partial summary judgment on direct copyright infringement for 2,243 West headnotes, and for partial summary judgment on fair use. Ross Intelligence used West’s headnotes to train its AI legal research system that could compete with Westlaw. After comparing Ross’ AI training data and West’s headnotes, the court held as a matter of law that substantial Read more

Member Gary B. Rudolph, active in bankruptcy and insolvency law, provides comprehensive financial analysis and personalized debt relief strategies. He works with trustees, creditors, creditor committees, landlords, tenants, and debtors in corporate chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcies, alongside handling related litigation and representing state and federal court receivers. Read more

The last few chair’s statements have focused on some heavy topics, so this month, I wanted to take a moment and suggest that all of us collectively take one deep breath.   Read more