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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, ...

Originally posted to Unfamiliar Terrain By Barbara Milanovich and Caitlin Connell As previously reported on the Unfamiliar Terrain blog, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a moratorium on evictions of small and ...

Brand owners now have greater incentive for pursuing infringers of their trademarks under a recent Supreme Court decision. Last week, the high court resolved a dispute between the circuits, ruling that trademark owners m ...