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California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
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California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
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US public companies put aside their attention on new climate-related disclosure rules adopted in 2024 by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) because of ongoing litigation challenging these rules and recent changes...more
The California Legislature is moving forward with two bills that would meaningfully reshape the boundaries of consumer legal funding and legal advertising practices in the state. Assembly Bill 931 and Senate Bill 37, while...more
Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and...more
Much is discussed every year in the Legislature about how the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) needs reform. But the calls for change nearly always fail, aside from a few tinkering changes. This year is...more
On July 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed into law the budget reconciliation bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, after the US Senate voted to remove language that would have prohibited states from enforcing...more
We have seen a rise in employees going on the offensive and suing their former employers for damages for not informing them that their noncompete is invalid under the applicable state law or for exaggerating the scope of a...more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Alcohol Law - New Colorado Law Limits Grocery Stores’ Ability to Sell Hard Alcohol - Michael...more
The California Assembly amended Assembly Bill (AB) 1415 on April 24, 2025. The bill aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health...more
California legislators enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 2319 last fall in a landmark attempt to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant healthcare by addressing implicit bias in pregnancy, childbirth, and...more
Senator Scott Wiener is back with another bill – SB 79 – to provide for streamlined ministerial (i.e., no CEQA) approval of qualifying housing development projects near transit across California. For qualifying projects...more
Perhaps recognizing an enforcement gap in the evolving struggle to protect consumers from what Governor Newsom has characterized as a grave threat to public health and safety, the California legislature is taking steps to...more
In a further effort to revitalize and reimagine its downtown core, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has passed and the Mayor has signed legislation exempting certain residential conversion projects from development impact...more
California legislators recently introduced AB 1460, which would prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from engaging in discriminatory practices aimed at providers participating in the 340B drug pricing program (covered...more
On February 21, 2025, Assembly Member Mia Bonta introduced AB 1415, a bill that aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health Care...more
Since our last update, new bills have been introduced that, if passed, would materially impact transactions across the health care industry or otherwise affect the corporate structure of or reporting by health care entities....more
State legislatures on the West Coast are intensifying their focus on private equity and management service organizations (MSOs) in healthcare, introducing new regulatory measures that could significantly reshape investment...more
On February 12, 2025, Senator Christopher Cabaldon introduced California Senate Bill (SB) 351, which would codify and strengthen California’s existing corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) and corporate practice of dentistry...more
Stronger consumer protections demand compliance or face penalties - Why should I read this? Subscription contracts, common in digital markets, have faced criticism as many consumers forget to cancel their free trials and...more
California Assembly Bill 3108 became effective on January 1, 2025 and could conceivably make certain business purpose loans secured by owner-occupied property subject to mortgage fraud claims by the borrowers. The primary...more
As of January 1, 2025, Senate Bill (SB) 399, the California Worker Freedom from Employment Intimidation Act (the Act), prohibits employers from subjecting or threatening to subject employees to discrimination, retaliation,...more
In 2024, Californian workers faced a tempered legislative and judicial climate following an exciting election cycle from 2024. The California State Legislature and Governor Newsom have adjourned a legislative session that...more
A week after a large-scale fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 303. If passed, AB 303 – also referred to as the Battery...more
Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, California healthcare service plans, health insurers, Medi-Cal managed care plans, and PACE organizations must ensure that staff who have direct enrollee contact receive evidence-based...more
A new California Senate bill (SB 1103 or the Bill) provides commercial tenant protections by amending several sections of the California Civil Code relating to commercial tenancy. These statutory protections will apply...more
On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a request to solicit feedback regarding Senate Bill 253, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261, Greenhouse Gases:...more