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California bill to expand data security breach notification law clears Senate hurdle

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

Last week, the California state Senate passed S.B. 46, a bill to expand the triggering data under the existing data security breach notification law

An unreasonable royalty rate is no gaming matter

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

The Honorable Judge James L. Robart recently took on the challenging task of determining a reasonable and non-discriminatory ("RAND") royalty rate

USCIS stakeholder engagement regarding ELIS and the EB-5 immigrant investor program

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On May 17, 2013, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would hold a stakeholder meeting to discuss the utilization

USCIS EB-5 team updates and movement

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 19 2013

The new EB-5 Program office in Washington, DC, went "live" on Monday, May 6, 2013, and stakeholders are waiting anxiously to determine if the

New York City Council passes Act requiring mandatory paid sick leave

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

On May 8, 2013, the New York City Council, by a 45-3 vote, passed the New York City Earned Sick Time Act which will require employers with 20 or more

The Ninth Circuit holds that bankruptcy courts have authority to recharacterize debt as equity

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On April 30, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the bankruptcy court has authority to recharacterize as equity

New appellate decision applies Brinker to require certification of certain meal and rest claims

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On Friday afternoon, the Fourth Appellate District, Division 3 (Orange County) decided Faulkinbury v. Boyd & Associates (Faulkinbury II). This was a

California Court of Appeal allows injunction under unfair competition law to prevent horizontal competitor from diverting business through unlawful means

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

For many years, California's Unfair Competition Law had no traditional standing requirements. But since the passage of Proposition 64 in 2004

California TEA designations shift in policy

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) held a conference call on May 6th to discuss investment in California

Ninth Circuit holds that federal securities laws preempt California Labor Code's ban on forced patronage at brokerage firms

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In McDaniel v. Wells Fargo Investments, LLC, Nos. 11-17017, 11-55859, 11-55943, 11-55958, 2013 WL 1405949 (9th Cir. Apr. 9, 2013), the United States