Business Law

On October 18, 2019, the Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section traveled to the New Car Dealer’s Association Showroom in Sacramento, California. Read more

This Appellate Law Update is current from July 11, 2019 to October 21, 2019. Read more

Please join the Nonprofit Organizations Committee for a program on the topic of “Donor-Advised Funds After Notice 2017-73.” Our presenter is Reynolds Cafferata of Rodrigues, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP. In late 2017, the IRS published Notice 2017-73 on donor-advised funds (DAFs). The notice provided interim guidance on use of DAFs to satisfy donor pledges, and sought comments on a number of DAF issues that are expected to be addressed when regulatory guidance is eventually published for Sections 4966 and 4967 of the Internal Revenue Code. The program will discuss both the content of Notice 2017-73 and how charities that sponsor DAFs are responding to it. Read more

On August 23, 2019, the SBRA was signed into law. It becomes effective on February 19, 2020. 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 September 2019 update to Privacy Compliance and Litigation in California.  References are to the book’s section numbers.  See CEB’s BLS Landing Page for special discounts for Business Law Section members.  The most significant legal developments since the last update include developments in such important topic areas as the California Consumer Privacy Act,… Read more

On October 4, 2019, the IPLC hosted a telephonic “fireside chat” with Mary Stone Ross, a privacy activist and co-author of the California Consumer Privacy Act and a national expert on the CCPA. The CCPA, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, will have a profound impact on the rights of Californians to data privacy and on business who collect, use, and sell their data. She reminded the participants that the intent of the CCPA was to give all… Read more

On September 20, 2019, the Agribusiness Committee traveled to the San Luis Joint-Use Complex in Gustine, California. The Joint-Use Complex serves the State Water Project and the Federal Central Valley Project and includes the San Luis Reservoir, O’Neill Dam and Forebay, Gianelli Pumping-Generating Plant, B.F. Sisk Dam, Dos Amigos Pumping Plant, and a 103-mile portion of the California Aqueduct. This project was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and is operated by the California Department of Water Resources. The… Read more

Monique Jewett-Brewster It has been my honor and privilege to serve as Chair of the California Lawyer Association’s Business Law Section for the 2018-19 term. In case you weren’t already aware, our Section has about 8,000 members, including public and private practice attorneys, in-house counsel, judges, government officials, law professors. The BLS leadership is comprised of 14 unique Standing Committees organized by industry or practice, and its Editorial Board. Our sincere thanks to the BLS leadership, who are the lifeblood… Read more

Business Law Section (BLS) members, I am honored to serve as the Chair of the BLS for the 2019-2020 California Lawyers Association (CLA)/Bar year! Read more

In a malpractice action brought by a 50% member of an LLC against the LLC’s outside legal counsel, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, confirmed a lower court’s holding that the member did not have standing to pursue her claims of (among other things) malpractice and breach of fiduciary duties for services provided by such legal counsel. Additionally, the court held that the member had no basis for claiming an attorney-client relationship with her, which might otherwise have precluded the attorneys from advising the company in a manner adverse to her personal interests. Read more