The healthcare sector, a cornerstone of U.S. public infrastructure, relies heavily on a diverse and multinational workforce. From physicians to support staff, many hospital employees are immigrants—often working under temporary…
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/ Health, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
California enacted two major laws related to climate change in 2023 and both have 2026 deadlines looming:
SB 253, the California Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, requires businesses with total annual revenue in…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
The Department of Justice has launched an aggressive new enforcement strategy that could dramatically influence how organizations approach diversity programs, student policies, and civil rights compliance. On May 19, 2025, the…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting
In Part I of this series, the legal foundation for “air rights” development was introduced. The following hypotheticals illustrate practical examples of air rights development. As discussed in Part I, air rights development is a…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
A bill recently introduced in the California State Senate would have imposed a tax on commercial buildings that have prolonged vacancies, but has been rewritten after facing strong opposition. Authored by California State…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Following a recent Washington Supreme Court decision, plaintiffs’ attorneys in Washington are targeting a new type of class action claim against employers: alleged violations of Washington’s noncompetition statute based on…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
A recent bill introduced in the California State Senate would impose a tax on commercial buildings that have prolonged vacancies. Authored by California State Senator Caroline Menjivar, SB 789 is intended to discourage…
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/ Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
On April 11, 2025, a class-action lawsuit was filed accusing online fashion retailer Revolve Group Inc. of violating the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, the Unfair Competition…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
International students, who commonly have what is known as an F-1 visa, are authorized to enter the U.S. to pursue full-time academic degrees at accredited institutions, certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Immigration Law
The Buchalter LA Wildfire Taskforce is happy to report some good news for certain commercial property owners impacted by the LA Wildfires.
On March 28, 2025, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) agreed to…
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/ Administrative Law, Insurance, Real Estate - Commercial
Recent court decisions have raised the bar for enforceable arbitration provisions in website Terms of Service (ToS) agreements. E-commerce businesses must ensure their website architecture and ToS design meet current legal…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Individuals and business or nonprofit entities–such as corporations, partnerships and LLCs– that do not receive political contributions (i.e., do not have a PAC), but only make such contributions to California state and local:…
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/ Business Organizations, Elections & Politics, Taxation
On March 12, 2025, the SEC dropped a massive amount of changes to their Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDI’s) related to Regulation D and other forms of exempt offerings, including clarification (and flexibility!)…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) requiring all money services businesses (MSBs) operating within 30 specified ZIP codes near the U.S.-Mexico border to…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
March 12, 2025 By: Kripa Upadhyay As the Trump administration continues to implement changes to immigration policies affecting adjudications within the U.S. and at consular posts abroad, the following recommendations are…
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/ Immigration Law, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law
