Business Law

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section will continue its 2019 Agriculture Tour series with an Ag Labor Tour, to be hosted by JRG Attorneys at Law. Read more

The Business Law Section is pleased to announce that Gordon “Gordy” K. Davidson will receive the Business Law Section’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a California lawyer “who over an extended period has made significant contributions to the Section or to business law generally in the State of California and who has achieved high status in the legal community.” Read more

Please join the Nonprofit Organizations Committee for a program on the topic of “California Campaign Finance Rules for Multipurpose Organizations.” Our presenter is Emily A. Andrews of Olson, Hagel & Fishburn. Under the California Political Reform Act, a “multipurpose organization” is a nonprofit organization that operates for purposes other than supporting or opposing California state or local ballot measures or candidates. Multipurpose organizations are required to register and report as “political committees” if they raise or spend money beyond certain safe harbor thresholds for either ballot measure advocacy, or to support or oppose candidates. Read more

This program will focus on the changes to worker categorization prompted by the adoption of AB 5 this fall that followed the decision of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles. In addition, the program will provide an overview of the risks if employers misclassify workers and predictions for how AB 5 will impact the gig economy in California. Read more

Presented by the Business Law Section Insolvency Law Standing Committee Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Alston & Bird333 S. Hope Street 16th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90071Parking will be validated for cars arriving after 5:30 p.m. Earn 1 Hour of MCLE Credit. Includes legal specialization, Bankruptcy Law Register Here Registration Info | PDF Flyer | Registration Form 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. – Registration6 p.m. - 7 p.m. – Program 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. – Networking Reception Panelists Kit Gardner, Law… Read more

The Agribusiness Committee of the California Lawyers Association Business Law Section will continue its 2019 Agriculture Tour series with a Legislative and Regulatory Review. Come learn about recent legislation and regulatory actions impacting agriculture, wine industry, food processing, water districts, and food producers. Read more

Unruh Act forbids religious hospital from denying treatment based on gender identity without providing treatment at comparable facility. Read more

Hospital cannot contractually avoid statutory notice and hearing requirements governing medical staff peer review. Read more

Summary: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the confirmation of a chapter 11 plan in which one of the debtor’s tenants operated a marijuana business. Garvin v. Cook Invs., NW, SPNWY, LLC, 922 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2019). The court held that Section 1129(a)(3), which requires that the plan be proposed “not by any means forbidden by law,” is to be construed to mandate only that the court determine whether the plan is proposed in an unlawful manner; and not whether a plan may contain substantive provisions that “depend on illegality.” Read more

Summary: In Benzeen Inc. v. UST – United States Trustee, Woodland Hills, No. 18-1185, 2019 WL 1096334 (9th Cir. BAP Mar. 6, 2019), the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed the bankruptcy court’s sua sponte order dismissing a debtor’s bankruptcy case at a status conference and hearing on debtor’s disclosure statement based on, among other reasons, procedural errors and due process concerns. Read more