Governor Gavin Newsom signed two budget trailer bills on June 30, 2025, enacting the most substantial reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in over five decades—most significantly by introducing a new…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team:
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Mayor Lurie names new S.F. planning director (SF Chronicle): Sarah Dennis Phillips has been named the City’s planning director, replacing…
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The influencer marketing ecosystem has evolved into a multibillion-dollar engine of digital commerce, delivering measurable ROI to brands across industries. However, as the industry matures, so too does the legal landscape…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
In a move that could reshape day-to-day people-management practices across the state, the California Legislature is advancing Assembly Bill 1221 (“AB 1221”), a sweeping proposal that would regulate how employers deploy…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
California’s 2025 legislative cycle includes another ambitious package of housing bills as the state continues to look for ways to ease the housing crisis amidst continued political and economic uncertainty. Reforming the…
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In a significant development for companies targeted by (or vulnerable to) litigation over website data collection practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Video Privacy Protection…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team:
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Mayor Lurie launches initiative to speed up S.F.’s slow permitting process (SF Chronicle): The Mayor announced a new effort to streamline…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On February 27, 2025, FinCEN announced that it would not issue fines or penalties or take any other enforcement action against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
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A plaintiff prevailing in a trademark infringement suit is often entitled to an award of the “defendant’s profits.” 15 U.S.C. §1117(a)…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
In our last client alert about the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), an injunction against enforcement of the CTA remained in effect. On February 17, 2025, the injunction was stayed, and there are currently no impediments to…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On January 21, 2025, Coblentz litigation partner Skye Langs presented for the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Real Property section on the following real estate and land use cases from 2024..…
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/ Education Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team:
San Francisco Why Mission Bay is recovering faster than anywhere else in San Francisco (SF Standard):
The redeveloped neighborhood is booming ahead of…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In light of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, we want to take a moment to express our deep concern for all those affected by this devastating disaster. Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the fires…
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/ Taxation
On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the nationwide injunction that temporarily halted enforcement of and compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a Texas federal judge granted a preliminary injunction halting the continuing implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting…
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