Business Law

Please join the Nonprofit Organizations Committee for a program on the topic of “Updates from the Secretary of State and bizfile Onlinehe.” Read more

Plaintiff Michael Franklin’s primary care physician referred him to Dr. John Park, a neurosurgeon, for herniated disc treatment. Franklin viewed webpages indicating that Dr. Park was associated with Cottage Hospital before seeing him for treatment. Read more

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 218 (sponsored by Senator Jones), which was proposed by the California Lawyers Association’s Business Law Section Corporations Committee and adds an important new Section 119 to the California Corporations Code (CCC) providing for corporate ratification and judicial validation of noncompliant corporate actions. 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 July 2022 update to Internet Law and Practice in California.  References are to the book’s section numbers.  The most significant legal developments since the last update include developments in such important topic areas as copyright, patent, trademark, electronic contracting, privacy, cybersecurity, Internet advertising, and First Amendment issues.  Read more

This month, we are delighted to highlight the achievements of former Chair of the Consumer Financial Services Committee, Rita Lin. On July 29, 2022, President Biden announced the nomination of Judge Rita Lin for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.   Judge Lin, a very accomplished consumer financial services litigator, served as the Chair of the Consumer Financial Services Committee.  During her tenure, the CFSC held monthly lunchtime lectures, which were open to the public, on emerging… Read more

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the Court) recently ruled that a chapter 13 plan may be modified only if a statute, rule or the litigants’ consent provides authority for the modification. Read more

The debtor’s principal – also a potential target of the chapter 7 trustee’s avoiding powers action - lost his bid to stop a sale of the debtor’s remaining assets and the avoiding power action against him. Read more

We plan to discuss some of the recent developments listed below during this month’s meeting. We hope you can join us for a timely and engaging discussion! If there are any topics you would like to see added to the agenda, please contact one of our two Co-Chairs, Michael R. Guerrero (guerrerom@ballardspahr.com) or John A. Kimble (johnkimble@paulhastings.com). Read more

The Court granted in part and denied in part cross-motions for summary judgment between plaintiff-franchisee Full Tilt Boogie, LLC (“Full Tilt”), and defendants/franchisors KEP Fortune, LLC (“KEP”), Jeroen Bik, and Miray Bik (“the Biks”). Read more

On June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade. What will this mean for reproductive freedom in California and the United States? What will it mean for other constitutional rights? Read more