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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Legal Roundup


Seyfarth to Sponsor eCap24 Healthcare Summit on February 12, 2024

By The Northern California Record |
Seyfarth is proud to sponsor the eCap24 Healthcare Summit, an in-person conference scheduled for February 12-14, 2024 in Miami, Florida

Attorney General Bonta Announces $150 Million Multistate Agreement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals for its Role in the Opioid Epidemic

By The Northern California Record |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a multistate agreement in principle on monetary terms, requiring opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals to pay up to $150 million to address its role in the opioid epidemic.

Sheppard Mullin Selects San Francisco Partner Patricia Jeng as 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

By The Northern California Record |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that San Francisco partner Patricia (Patti) Jeng has been selected as the firm’s 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow.

Greenberg Traurig’s Nikki E. Dobay to Speak at Deloitte 2024 National Multistate Tax Symposium

By The Northern California Record |
Greenberg Traurig, LLPTax Practice Shareholder Nikki E. Dobay will speak at the Deloitte 2024 National Multistate Tax Symposium in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Feb. 7.

Holland & Knight Attorneys Secure Win for Grandma's House of Hope in Providing Transitional Housing in California

By The Northern California Record |
Holland & Knight attorneys secured a victory for California nonprofit Grandma's House of Hope by challenging the City of Anaheim's refusal to issue a permit to allow the organization to provide transitional housing for homeless women at a house in the city.

Troutman Pepper Releases Privacy Year in Review

By The Northern California Record |
A new report from Troutman Pepper explores key developments and trends across the privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) landscape from the past year while offering actionable insights for companies navigating the evolving areas.

Attorney General Bonta Announces Investigative Sweep, Focuses on Streaming Services’ Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act

By The Northern California Record |
Ahead of Data Privacy Day, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced an investigative sweep, and is sending letters to businesses with popular streaming apps and devices alleging that they fail to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Attorney General Bonta to Supreme Court: Healthy, Solvent Corporations Should Not Exploit Bankruptcy to Avoid Liability

By The Northern California Record |
Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a bankruptcy court’s decision permitting a Texas company to exploit an elaborate, unfair bankruptcy loophole enabling otherwise healthy corporations to avoid financial liability without ever declaring bankruptcy themselves.

State Bar of California Earns Gold DEI Leadership Seal Status

By The Northern California Record |
The State Bar of California announced that it has earned Gold level status in its DEI Leadership Seal Program, and the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has earned Bronze.

Mayer Brown continues West Coast expansion with litigator Sophia Mancall-Bitel

By The Northern California Record |
Continuing the momentum of litigator Tony Weibell’s arrival in Northern California earlier this month, Mayer Brown announces the arrival of Sophia (Sophie) Mancall-Bitel as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner in Los Angeles.

California Climate Legislation: How Should Companies Prepare for the State’s New Disclosure Laws? on January 31 2024

By The Northern California Record |
This complimentary Roux panel discussion will outline the reporting obligations under the new California climate legislation.

Benesch Welcomes Associate to Litigation Group in San Francisco

By The Northern California Record |
As Benesch continues to add to its roster of top-notch legal talent, the firm is pleased to welcome Associate Connor Dopeso to the Litigation Practice Group in San Francisco.

Attorney General Bonta Announces Charges Against Three Suspects in a Bay Area Organized Retail Crime Ring

By The Northern California Record |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced charges against three people allegedly involved in burglaries and attempted burglaries carried out at smoke shops and liquor stores and high-end retail stores in the greater Bay Area.

Reed Smith represents Prairie Capital on strategic investment from Level Equity in Upshop platform

By The Northern California Record |
Global law firm Reed Smith has advised Prairie Capital, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, on a strategic growth investment in its portfolio company Upshop by Level Equity, a private investment firm focused on providing capital to rapidly growing software and technology-driven businesses.

Attorney General Bonta Leads Coalition to Urge Biden Administration to Implement Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

By The Northern California Record |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, co-leading a coalition of 21 states, submitted a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget urging the Biden administration to complete its review and swiftly implement proposed public health regulations to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

Implicit Bias: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Company & Yourself Out of Trouble on January 24, 2024

By The Northern California Record |
Michele Ballard Miller and Walter Stella will present "Implicit Bias: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Company & Yourself Out of Trouble" at the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel's Race to the Finish 2024 virtual event.

Reed Smith's California CLE Day on January 24, 2024

By The Northern California Record |
You are invited to our annual California CLE Day on January 24, 2024.

Shail P. Shah, Martye Kendrick & Andrew P. Rubin to Speak at ABA 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting

By The Northern California Record |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Tax Practice Shareholder Shail P. Shah and Of Counsels Martye Kendrick and Andrew P. Rubin speak at the American Bar Association (ABA) 2024 Midyear Tax Meeting in San Francisco Jan. 19.

Attorney General Bonta Urges DEA to Reclassify Cannabis as Safe for Medical Use, Promote Research

By Northern California Record Report |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multistate coalition of 12 attorneys general in sending a letter expressing support for the federal government’s efforts to evaluate and reschedule cannabis to allow for federal recognition of its medical and research value.

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Coalition to Defend Biden Administration’s Final Rule of the Clean Water Act

By Northern California Record Report |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, co-leading a coalition of 18 states, filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges the Biden administration's regulation implementing Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (2023 Rule).