California has enacted three new laws governing employer use of artificial intelligence and automated tools in layoffs, workplace monitoring, discipline, and termination. These laws are separate from the California Consumer Privacy Act’s automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) rules and apply more
In In re Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, (ND CA Bkrptcy., Oct. 2, 2926), the federal Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court, in a 109-page opinion, rejected the Oakland Diocese’s proposed Plan of Reorganization, finding that the Plan does
On September 30, 2026, the California Governor signed SB 690, which amends the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to restrict private enforcement—but only for claims under CIPA’s pen register and trap-and-trace provisions arising from websites and online or
Imagine completing a multimillion-dollar project, performing quality work, paying your subcontractors, and satisfying the owner, only to discover that a temporary contractor license lapse could prevent you from recovering payment for that work or pursuing claims for extra work. For
Our clients generally prefer arbitration to litigation. Arbitration is less expensive, has much more balanced discovery, and it’s faster. It’s probably not statistically significant, but we think we’ve seen an uptick in cases in our practice footprint involving arbitration clauses.
In a typical securities class action, plaintiffs name the individual company officers responsible for the alleged fraud, as well as the company itself. The company’s liability is, necessarily, predicated on some kind of agency theory, but that point is apparently
For the charitable-nonprofit community in California, the 2026 legislative proceedings in Sacramento were busy but uneven in terms of wins and losses.
Early in each calendar year, the California Association of Nonprofits designates a relatively small number of proposed bills
The Court of Appeal holds today that when you want to sue anonymously, you’ve got to follow the correct procedures; to wit, filing your complaint conditionally and then seeking to proceed as a Jane Doe. By contrast, if you simply
