Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and in episode 154 of EO Radio Show, I welcome back my Farella partner, Ben Buchwalter, to discuss changes in employment laws affecting California…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Nonprofit Law
On May 1, 2026, CalRecycle announced final regulations implementing SB 54, published a new Producer Guidance website, and launched a new online portal.
As a reminder, SB 54 is California’s extended producer responsibility…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
California employers are caught between two legal systems that are moving in opposite directions.
The Trump administration has reshaped U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement priorities, dialing back…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
EPA has released a new Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Materials Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, dated April 20, 2026, which is the…
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/ Environmental Law, Insurance
I recently posted about another case where a company that developed a white-label software platform for a customer later sued that customer for trade secret misappropriation when the customer terminated the contract and then put…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last year brought several pronouncements with the potential to have significant effects on U.S. enforcement of money laundering-related violations, as well as attrition among enforcers' ranks. Whether those developments would…
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/ Criminal Law, Finance & Banking
For a company protecting and enforcing its intellectual property, patents and trade secrets are two very common and important forms of protection. However, these two types of IP can create tension with each other. In a recent…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property
California's “Know Your Rights Act” enactment requires employers to provide written notice of certain employment rights to all employees. Effective February 1, 2026, that notice requirement included reference to workers'…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
On March 17, 2026, a number of parties filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California challenging California’s SB 343…
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/ Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Fintech company MyCard Inc. dba as Knot filed an interesting and sprawling lawsuit against a competitor, Atomic F1. Of particular interest is the allegation that MyCard has caught Atomic F1 redhanded in copying MyCard's source…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On March 23, 2026, CARB held a public workshop and solicited comments on SB 253 reporting for 2026 and upcoming rulemaking that will address reporting that will start in 2027…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
On March 19, 2026, CalRecycle submitted the most recent version of its proposed regulations implementing SB 54 to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval, and OAL has until May 1, 2026 to either approve or disapprove…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on an issue that could have a profound effect on trade secret damages. TCS is questioning the Fifth Circuit's affirmance of $56 million of unjust enrichment…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
In my post from yesterday, I referred to a Tata Consultancy Services' trade secrets case where Tata is trying to get the unjust enrichment damages award stricken from its case based on an argument that, under the federal Defend…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
Trade secret holders, when it comes to damages, often face a dilemma. They believe they have been substantially harmed and want to seek large damages. But courts have required trade secret holders to apportion damages on a…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property
