Business Law

One of the most enjoyable privileges of serving as Co-Chairs of the CLA Business Law Section is hosting the Roland E. Brandel Lifetime Achievement Award luncheon.   Read more

We are please to share the announcement that the Hon. Judge Scott C. Clarkson has been appointed as Guest Editor of the 2026 Bankruptcy Law Edition of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society’s Western Legal History.   Read more

The following published decisions may be of interest to attorneys practicing insurance law. Read more

Does the receivership of a debtor extinguish an in pari delicto defense to the debtor’s claims if the debtor subsequently files bankruptcy? How can judgment-preservation insurance (JPI) help my client? Read more

The following is a case update written by Hale Andrew Antico, Chief Counsel of Antico Law Firm, analyzing In re Barrett, 2025 WL 1783558, 2025 Bankr LEXIS 1534 (BAP 9th Cir. Jun 27, 2025), a recent case of interest. Read more

The Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that neither sovereign immunity nor the Younger abstention doctrine constrain bankruptcy courts from enjoining state governmental disciplinary proceedings where the debtor asserts discrimination under 11 U.S.C. section 525(a).  Read more

The following is a case update written by Hale Andrew Antico, Chief Counsel of Antico Law Firm, analyzing Spikes v. Quality Loan Service Corp. (In re Spikes), 662 B.R. 704 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2024). 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 November 2025 update of Trade Secrets Practice in California. Read more

Alanna is admitted to the state Bar of California, and to the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Central Districts of California,  She received her JD from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in 2009, where she served on the Law Review and in the Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court.  She is also a 2004 graduate of Notre Dame.  Read more

Our best work is ahead of us. Thinking back on the previous term, that’s the sentence that keeps coming to mind.  Of course, this optimism for the future exists because of the tremendous accomplishments we achieved in this last term and previous terms.  Our Business Law Section’s ExCom officers, members, and advisors should be applauded for all of their successes, big and small, this last term.  Indeed, some of the smallest successes took the most effort to achieve, and in… Read more