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Allen Matkins

A Critical Prepositional Phrase Is Missing From This California Statute

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It is a peculiar hubris of California's legislators that they often presume to extend the application of the state's laws beyond its legal borders.  Corporations Code Section 2115, for example, presumes to apply multiple...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Class Actions Are Testing the Limits of California Consumers’ “Right to Gripe”

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On September 9, 2014, then-Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2365. The law, which went into effect in January of 2015, prohibits contracts for the sale or lease of consumer goods from...more

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Incoming: California's Digital Financial Assets Law Dropping July 1, 2025

On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California Assembly Bill 39, California’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). DFAL will regulate “digital financial assets” and require companies engaged...more

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California Enacts Digital Financial Assets Law

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On October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 39 (AB 39), establishing a Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL) set to go into effect July 1, 2025. Whereas previously the California...more

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The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California Announces Securities Fraud Task Force

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On October 4, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Martin Estrada announced the formation of a new task force, the Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California imposes CLRA advertising requirements

Covered entities in California are reminded that Section 1770 of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act requires persons offering or providing a consumer financial service or product to include certain language when making...more

Allen Matkins

California Court Of Appeal Says Forum Selection Clause Should Not Be Enforced In Usury Case

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Does California's usury limitations constitute a "strong public policy"?  Seemingly, that question was decided over a half-century ago by the First District Court of Appeal in Ury v. Jewelers Acceptance Corp., 227 Cal. App....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB and State Regulators Hone in on Interest-Bearing Crypto Accounts

On November 22, the CFPB denied a crypto lending institution’s petition for an order modifying a pending civil investigative demand (“CID”) that the Bureau issued to the institution in December of 2021. The CFPB issued the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Approves Commercial Financing Disclosure Regulations

On June 9, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) proposed commercial financing disclosure regulations issued pursuant to SB 1235...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Regulator Seeks Comment on Future Crypto Guidance

On June 1, the California DFPI began formally seeking input from the public to assist in developing guidance and regulatory clarity for Blockchain and Crypto companies as directed by Governor Newsom’s Executive Order (which...more

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Are Applications Submitted To The DFPI Subject To Inspection Under The California Public Records Act?

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California's Public Records Act, Cal. Gov't Code § 6250 et seq., provides for public access to California state and local government records.  The PRA defines "public records" broadly to include "any writing containing...more

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DFPI Approves EWA Provider

On February 11, the California DFPI issued an opinion letter in response to an EWA provider’s request for a specific ruling from the DFPI about whether the company’s EWA solution is subject to licensure under the California...more

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