Business Law

Effective July 1, 2021, the filing requirements for the California Attorney General Registry of Charitable Trusts Form RRF-1 have been updated for annual registration renewals. Read more

MICRA limitations period bars personal injury action claiming patient fell because ER nurses negligently failed to accompany her to the restroom. Read more

The following regulatory information may be of interest to attorneys practicing insurance law. Read more

A private student loan is not "funds received as an educational benefit" and therefore is not excepted from discharge under Bankruptcy Code section 523(a)(8)(A)(ii). Read more

Federally qualified health center must report nonreimbursable costs that “materially” relate to clinic operations to allocate overhead costs. Read more

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

Please join the Nonprofit Organizations Committee for a program on the topic, Changing the Purpose of Yesterday’s Gifts, to be presented by Barbara Rhomberg. Read more

A durable power of attorney authorizes an attorney-in-fact to execute a residential care facility’s stand-alone arbitration agreement. Read more

A mortgagee could use its standing under a Nevada quiet title statute to invalidate a condominium association foreclosure sale that wiped out the mortgagee's junior lien because the sale violated the automatic stay in the borrower's bankruptcy. Read more

The following is an update analyzing a recent case of interest. Summary The United States District Court for the District of Delaware has dismissed the post-foreclosure complaint of a secured lender on “D&O claims” allegedly acquired from a corporate borrower in a UCC foreclosure. The Court determined that the lender had not acquired a security interest because the claims were insufficiently described in the security agreement. The case is Polk 33 Lending, LLC v. Schwartz, No. CV 20-1647 (MN), 2021… Read more