Legal Update

On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 988 into law, creating the Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), which took effect on January 1, 2025.  The...

By Lisa Dubrow The FTC just announced its first case involving a company’s failure to post negative reviews, and the settlement is illustrative in providing guidance in what companies can...

Joyce Tong Oelrich, a founding partner of Tong Tejani, recently appeared on the Legal Rebels Podcast to discuss her firm’s path to convince technology clients to embrace subscription pricing.  Joyce...

By Erin Giglia and Laurie Rowen As we approach the end of 2020, we are all hopeful that the economic effects of the pandemic are improving. Law firms are addressing...

By Luis Armendariz At this point in time, in this ever surprising 2020, one can probably get weary when hearing or reading references to the “new normal” or “before and...

By Dean Short The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018 is now effective.  On January 1, 2020 California residents obtained new rights under the most comprehensive data privacy legislation...

By Dean Short We are within weeks of the most comprehensive data privacy law ever enacted on U.S. soil coming into effect on January 1, 2020.  The California Consumer Privacy...

By Lynne Boisineau On April 23, 2019, China’s government pushed through new intellectual property legislation with remarkable speed that made drastic changes to its current Trademark and Unfair Competition laws....