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By: Kristen Abram and Shivangi Yadav
As the recent two-year California legislative cycle comes to an end, a wide array of privacy, AI, and technology-related bills were signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
This article provides a brief summary of thirty bills that were signed or vetoed by the Governor. The bills aimed to regulate a variety of ...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the Circuit Court) recently held that a creditor need not file a proof of claim in the bankruptcy court in order to use its right of setoff in a purely defensive position. In this circumstance, the right to setoff was not a claim. SVB Financial Trust v Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (In re SVB Financial Group), ___ F. 4th ___, 20...
In a recent unpublished disposition, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the Court) affirmed a bankruptcy court ruling that a guarantor of a loan to the debtor was entitled to statutory subrogation under 11 U.S.C. § 509(a) and equitable subrogation. The Court distinguished between types of guaranties under Texas law in determining that the guarantor’s co-liability with the de...
A monthly publication of the International Law and Immigration Section of the California Lawyers Association.
Editor-in-Chief: Radhika Balaji
Contributions by Neeraj Bhatia
On September 14, 2026, in Presidents’ Alliance on High...
The following is a case update written by Shelby Poteet, Esq., an associate attorney at the San Diego firm of Franklin Soto Leeds, analyzing a recent case of interest:
SummaryIn re Pearlman, — B.R. —, 2026 WL 1791719 (9th Cir. BAP June 22, 2026): The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held that a creditor willfully violated the automat...