Blogs

• Meet the Money Video: What's on the Horizon for the Hotel Industry?
• Hotel Lawyer: 2019 Boutique Hotel Report
• ADA Plaintiff Faces Felony Charges of Income Tax Evasion
• The current state of financing in the hospitality industry: Discussions and presentations at Meet the Money 2019
• ADA Defense Lawyer: DA sues to stop abusive ADA litigation

• Ethicon v. Covidien: District Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgment on Absence of Acceptable Non-Infringing Alternatives Where It Would Have Taken Ten Months to Implement the Non-Infringing Alternatives
• Bushnell v. Cisco: District Court Dismisses Willfulness Allegations Solely Based on Knowledge of Patents by Acquired Entity
• District Court Grants Supplemental Motion for Award of Attorneys' Fees after Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal on Appeal
• Bell Northern Research v. ZTE: Court Grants Protective Order to Prevent Plaintiff from Using a Former Consultant of Defendant as an Expert Witness
• District Court Denied Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Where Defendant Failed to Submit Any Evidence and Merely Relied upon Allegations of Complaint

• Complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act in 5 (more or less) Not So Easy Steps: Part 3 – The Privacy Policy
• Social Media Can Be Hazardous to Your Cybersecurity Health Part 2: Solutions
• Complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act in 5 (more or less) Not So Easy Steps: Part 2 – the Breach Response Plan
• Social Media Can Be Hazardous to Your Cybersecurity Health Part 1: The Problem
• Overstate Your Cybersecurity at Your Peril – Lessons from the Equifax Data Breach

• How the Latest IRS Opportunity Zone Regulations Help Real Estate Developers Qualify for Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits
• Opportunity Zones and U.S. Hotel Development
• Catherine DeBono Holmes recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine as a "Top 15 Corporate Attorney" for the second year
• Proposed IRS Regulations Offer More Potential Uses of Opportunity Zone Funds for Real Estate Development
• How Real Estate Developers Can Use Opportunity Zone Funds to Finance New Real Estate Projects

• State Water Resources Control Board Sued by City and County of San Francisco and Others Over Approval of Dredge and Fill Procedures
• California Construction and Industrial Materials Association Files CEQA Lawsuit Against Ventura County to Protect Important Mineral Resources
• Environmental and Land Use Lawyer Martin Stratte Joins JMBM's Natural Resources and Mining Group
• The DOI's Review of National Monuments – What it means to the mining industry
• Important news for mining companies with existing or future projects in the California desert

• JMBM Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Coalition Challenging Ventura County Wildlife Corridor Ordinance Approved Without Environmental Review
• California Appeals Court Upholds Legislative Workaround that Mooted CEQA Suit Targeting Development Project in Los Angeles
• JMBM's Land Use & Zoning Practice Ranked as Metropolitan Tier 1 "Best Law Firm" in 2019 by U.S. News & World Report
• New California Prop 65 Warnings Required by August 30, 2018 – Is your business ready?
• JMBM Government, Land Use and Environmental Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America® Guide