Author: Christopher Westman
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new final rules intended to modernize the existing rules, and provide additional flexibility for certain entities and ...
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act doesn’t ensnare just those involved in foreign corruption. It also can cover conduct in the United States that has nothing to do with either foreign officials or bribery schemes. So th ...
Originally published in Law360, July 24, 2020.
When the California Legislature enacted S.B. 35 in 2017, the goal of the law was clear: to increase the state’s housing production by requiring swift approval of housing ...
Originally posted to Unfamiliar Terrain
Author: Caroline Chase
On May 29, 2020, the Judicial Council of California amended Rule No. 9 of its COVID-19 emergency regulations to add certainty and to shorten the tolling pe ...
Contact: Miles Imwalle, Katharine Van Dusen, Charmaine Yu, and Sarah Peterson
Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) was one of the most promising bills to come out of a package of housing-related laws enacted by the California legisla ...
We last reported on the Unfamiliar Terrain blog that California Governor Gavin Newsom banned the enforcement of residential evictions against qualified California tenants who fail to pay rent. Less than two weeks later, ...