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Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres announced that control of the franchise will be passed to an ownership group led by investor couple Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano, a few months after the family of the team's late...more
On March 30, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N‑5‑26, which includes directives “to both leverage GenAI for the benefit of Californians and to ensure these tools are deployed transparently and in...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that Virginia is one signature away from having a retail market. The Congressional Research Service...more
Longtime California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton “Chuck” Bonham recently stepped down after 15 years at the helm. His departure marks the end of the longest tenure in the Department’s 150‑year...more
This article is part of a regular column in which each installment features observations on one state's attorney general enforcement news and trends, and the compliance implications....more
California lawmakers have enacted a significant change to civil sexual assault litigation that took effect on January 1, 2026. Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, Assembly Bill 250 (“AB 250”), in which adult survivors of...more
In October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 646, which requires, among other things, the testing of prenatal multivitamins for heavy metals and public disclosure of the results. Below is...more
In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills that create additional hurdles for investors in healthcare businesses. AB 1415 and SB 351 are both set to take effect on January 1, 2026, and transacting...more
Governor Newsom recently signed into law a bill that temporarily revives certain claims seeking damages resulting from a sexual assault that would otherwise be time barred on January 1, 2026. ...more
As in previous years, California saw a significant volume of new housing legislation emerge from Sacramento in 2025. (See Holland & Knight's previous annual recaps of California Housing Laws in the final section below.) This...more
Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 683, which makes a significant addition to Civil Code § 3344, California’s Right of Publicity statute. With the amendment, § 3344 now expressly...more
Responding to mounting concerns about data centers’ strain on local water supplies and electrical grids, the California Legislature approved two transparency measures, Assembly Bill 93 and Senate Bill 57, intended to bring...more
California has once again expanded employee leave protections and benefits—this time through two significant bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom: Assembly Bill 406 and Senate Bill 590. ...more
On October 6, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 766—the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act—which purports to help make the car-buying process more transparent and strengthen consumer...more
As we approach 2026, California employers once again face a wave of new legislation, court decisions, and regulatory changes that will shape the workplace in the year ahead. Join CDF Partners Todd Wulffson and Alessandra...more
On September 29, 2025, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53 (“SB 53” or the “Act”), officially titled the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”. This legislation is the first U.S. state statute to...more
Governor Newsom has signed into law AB 566, also known as the California Opt Me Out Act. ...more
On September 29, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) safety legislation in the nation, Senate Bill (SB) 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial...more
On October 6, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws amending the Cartwright Act to create two new violations specifically focused on certain uses of “common pricing algorithms” by competitors. The amendments...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation lifting moratorium on transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline. ...more
In October 2025, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law multiple new pieces of legislation with the goal of strengthening consumer protections in California and alleviating financial burdens on working families....more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) No. 464 into law on October 13, 2025, making significant changes as of January 1, 2026, to the state’s pay data reporting requirements. ...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law sweeping legislation designed to restrict employers and training providers from requiring workers to repay costs or fees when they leave employment, so-called “training...more
AB 1207 and SB 840 create regulatory certainty and renew the market architecture of California’s approach to greenhouse gas emissions....more