Business Law

Six years after publishing the popular First Edition of the Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors Desk Guide, the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section has updated and enhanced the Guide for continued use by assignors, assignees, creditors, landlords, purchasers of assets, owners, accountants, real and personal property brokers and other related professionals. Read more

Is your New Years Resolution to increase your exposure and book of business, or to be more involved as an influencer in the legal community, or both?  If so, you are in the right place, as the BLS has opportunities for speakers as well as for authors and editors.  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 January 2025 update to Organizing Corporations in California. Read more

Kathleen Cashman-Kramer (Kathy) is the Immediate Past Co-Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee (ILC) of the Business Law Section (BLS).  She serves as the Vice Chair of the BLS Publications  subcommittee, as well as Chair of the ILC Publications subcommittee.   Read more

I hope that you are all having a stellar New Year, 2025.  This is an opportunity for all of us, both as members of the CLA and as leaders within our Section, to pause and reflect, welcome new possibilities, and resolve to constantly seek ways to improve. Read more

The CFSC will hold its next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. PT. The meeting will be by Zoom:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81366101639?pwd=CRTRJA5BfUgjQS0c6jdA7w6R8PWhXj.1 Meeting ID: 813 6610 1639Passcode: 807629 Agenda Protecting Those Who Serve: Consumer Protection Efforts on Behalf of the Military Community Members of the armed forces and their families make immense sacrifices to defend our country. Yet, like all consumers, they are potential targets for unlawful, unfair, abusive, and deceptive trade practices and financial scams. In… Read more

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Charlie L. v. Kangavari (Jan. 2, 2025, B327714) __ Cal.App.5th __, 2025 WL 23756 Statute imposing stricter expert witness qualifications in hospital emergency care situations applies to physicians who remotely consult in treatment of ER patients. Charlie L. was brought to a hospital’s emergency department, where the attending physician issued “stat” orders for an X-ray and ultrasound of Charlie’s abdomen. Dr. Peyman Kangavari, an on-call radiologist working remotely, promptly reviewed the images and reported his conclusions to the attending physician,… Read more

Hospitals have no duty to disclose to patients emergency room fees other than those specified by statute. Taylor Capito filed a class action lawsuit against Regional Medical Center San Jose (Regional) after receiving emergency room services. She alleged that Regional violated the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act by failing to give her sufficient notice of an Evaluation and Management Services (EMS) fee that it charged. The trial court sustained Regional’s demurrer without leave to amend.… Read more

Kaweah Delta Health Care District v. Becerra, __ F.4th __, Nos. 22-55157 & 23-55209, 2024 WL 5063933 (9th Cir. Dec. 11, 2024) HHS Secretary may not manipulate wage-index for hospital reimbursement rates to assist low-wage hospitals recruit and retain staff. A group of California hospitals sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging a policy designed to increase Medicare reimbursements to hospitals operating in geographic areas (primarily rural) where wages are generally low (so-called “low-wage hospitals”). The Medicare… Read more