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01.07.21
2021 Rings In Impactful New California Real Estate Laws and Regulations
By Procopio Real Estate Associates Sara Neva and Pooja Pujara By any measure, 2020 was an unprecedented year. The California commercial and residential real estate landscape changed significantly with the spread of COVID-19 and the resulting economic impacts. Throughout last year our Real Estate team provided updates on the latest legal changes through laws and emergency measures in a series of articles that can be found online on the firm’s COVID-19 resources page. It’s important...
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12.17.20
What A New COVID-19 Legal Order Means for San Diego County’s Hospitality Industry
By Procopio Hospitality Industry Group Leader Brook Barnes A significant order impacting San Diego County businesses could mean a welcome respite for local restaurants and other hospitality businesses. The Honorable Joel R. Wohlfeil issued an order December 16, enjoining the County of San Diego, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and the California Department of Public Health (“government agencies”) from shuttering Midway Venture LLC, which does business as Pacers Showgirls and&n...
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12.10.20
4 Keys to Protecting Your Trade Secrets with an NDA
By Procopio Partner Robert H. Sloss and Associate Soohyun "Stacy" Park Nondisclosure agreements (NDA) are an important tool in protecting a company’s confidential information. Companies often execute an NDA prior to entering into a contractual relationship to share proprietary and confidential information and allow the other side to understand its technical and financial data or information. However, merely having a boilerplate NDA may not be enough should a company attempt to enforce i...
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11.25.20
COVID Workplace Safety Just Got Stricter: Cal/OSHA’s New Emergency Standard For California Employers
By Procopio Partner Marie Burke Kenny and Associate Nicholas Kawuka The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) adopted on November 19, 2020, a temporary emergency standard imposing substantial new COVID-19 testing, reporting and documentation requirements on California employers. In an apparent over-reach by Cal/OSHA, the new standard also mandates that employees, who are excluded from work for COVID-19 related reasons, continue to receive earnings, sen...
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11.16.20
Mexican Professionals Offering Services to California Customers May Face Unexpected Legal Risks
By Procopio Partner Adrian Martínez Can Mexican professionals be sued in the state of California when they provide services to state residents, despite rendering the professional services exclusively in Mexico? It’s an important question to ask, particularly given the not unwarranted belief that the United States is one of the most litigious societies in the world, and we frequently see reports of California professionals being sued by their clients. The legal risks for Mexican entrepr...
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11.05.20
Six Key Things to Know About the Recently Passed Prop 24 (CPRA)
By Procopio Partner and Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group Co-Leader Frederick K. Taylor While this election cycle is most notable for what was at the top of the ballot, there are some significant changes coming to the privacy landscape for Californians. The California Privacy Rights Act passed this week, although most of its provisions will not go into effect until January 1, 2023. Now that it’s passed, we have new privacy provisions that work in conjunction with the existing Cal...
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10.30.20
Ransomware Attacks Are On The Rise: Are you Prepared?
By Procopio Partner Robert Marasco, Associate Diana Sfrijan, and Senior Counsel Elaine Harwell Cybercriminals are threatening data-extortion plots against the U.S. healthcare system, the FBI and two other federal agencies warned on October 28th. The plots are ransomware cyberattacks designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could lead to data theft and cause significant disruption of patient services as COVID-19 case numbers continue to surge. At least five American hosp...
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10.29.20
The Feds Are Investigating PPP Recipients: Are You Safe?
By Procopio Partner Robert G. Marasco Earlier this year, in May, we wrote to inform you about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the dangers that come with it. One such danger was potential liability under the False Claims Act. While subsequent guidance suggested the risk had lessened, it appears the risk remains very real for a wide range of companies in all sorts of industries. Word on the grapevine is that numerous whistleblower complaints under the False Claims ...
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10.29.20
City of San Diego Continues to Expand Zoning Flexibility for Granny Flats
By Procopio Land Use Group Leader Justine Nielsen and Land Use Planner Carey Algaze As the housing crisis continues to worsen amidst the backdrop of a global pandemic, the City of San Diego is going all-in on accessory dwelling units— also known as granny flats—as a critical component of its housing production program. The City recently approved one of California’s most progressive ordinances to incentivize and provide more regulatory flexibility for Accessory Dwelling Units (...
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10.27.20
Just When You Thought You Had a Handle on California Privacy Law: Significant Recent Developments in the California Privacy Law Landscape
By Procopio Senior Counsel Elaine F. Harwell, CIPP/US, CIPM They say life is fast and can change in an instant. The same thing can be said about privacy law, especially in California. The past few years have seen a number of significant privacy law developments globally and unlike many other things in the world right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly slowed this trend. Indeed, in the last couple of months, California has seen Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra begin enfor...
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