Blogs

• Hotel Lawyer: Brand franchise owners ask "What happened to my Area of Protection?"
• Jim Butler Hosts Senior Chinese Government Officials
• Hotel Lawyer project development update: SLS Resort Residence & Marina Hallandale Beach
• Avoiding Hotel Data Breaches With a Risk Assessment Audit™ – Lessons From the Marriott International "Glitch"
• Hotel Lawyer purchase & sale update: Marriott Warner Center Woodland Hills

• JMBM Ranked as Metropolitan Tier 1 "Best Law Firm" in 2019 by U.S. News & World Report for Patent Litigation
• Karl Storz v. Sryker: District Court Strikes Infringement Expert Who Provided No Analysis of Infringement
• District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Requiring Defendant to Stop Inter Partes Review at Patent Office Because of Forum Selection Clause
• Ericsson v. TCL: District Court Tosses Out Damage Theory Based on Improper Use of Survey
• Administrative Law Judge at ITC Denies Motion to Compel Non-Parties to Produce Compilations of Prior Art on Grounds that such Compilations Constitute Work Product

• Why is data security so hard in the hospitality industry? What can be done about it?
• Data Breaches and Cybersecurity: What the hospitality industry can learn from the Marriott breach
• Cyber Risk and Internal Accounting Controls: How Should Boards Respond?
• Cyber Resiliency: Designing for Disaster
• Lessons From the Record-Setting Uber Data Breach Settlement

• 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
• Webinar: "How can EB-5 issuers make the most of the Opportunity Zone program?"
• Catherine DeBono Holmes Recognized in EB5 Investors Magazine's List of "Top 15 Corporate Attorneys"
• Fiduciary Duties of General Partners and Managers in Connection with Redeployment of EB-5 Capital

• 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
• California Mining Update — AB 1142 and SB 209: What operators need to know about SMARA modernization
• California Mining Update — AB 1142 and SB 209: What lead agencies need to know about SMARA Modernization

• 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
• State Agencies Cannot Use State Budgetary Uncertainties to Escape Mitigation Obligations under CEQA