As businesses continue to grapple with the operational and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a recent order in Omega Liner Company, Inc. v. BUERGOFOL GmbH, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied Patent Owner's request to submit new inventor declarations with its sur-reply, highlighting the high bar...

On March 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced temporary changes to how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will manage its workload...

In a case indicating that courts may be weary of serial plaintiffs filing multiple cookie-cutter lawsuits, a United States District Judge in the Northern District of New York...

Recently, there has been a flood of ADA lawsuits against small businesses in the City of Berkeley. Berkeley has historically been overlooked by serial ADA plaintiffs,...

On July 1, 2024, the first comprehensive Junk Fee Law in the United States took effect in California. It prohibits drip pricing, which involves advertising a price that fails to include all mandatory charges and fees.

Hotel operators and owners have long been focused on the privacy of the personal information they collect from guests – because of the global nature of the hospitality business...

JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® recently hosted the 30th edition of Meet the Money® national hotel conference. Alongside investment boot camps and insightful discussion panels...

JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® hosted the 30th edition of Meet the Money® national hotel conference on May 1-3, 2023. Alongside investment boot camps and insightful discussion panels...

Individually, these claims are not new. What is new—and concerning—is how aggressively they are now being bundled together by a small group of repeat plaintiffs and their attorneys.

In 2017, when blockchain was the new shiny thing, a little-known micro-cap stock, Long Island Iced Tea Corp., changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp.

Sales of electric and hybrid vehicles are on the rise, as is the need for electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) to charge those vehicles.

Summer is just at the half-way point, but financial reporting for many borrowers for second quarter is still around the corner. Given market volatility, tariffs and other financial burdens – initial indicators...

The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to prohibit conduct for which a person was acquitted in federal court from being used to calculate a sentence range...

As explained by the district court, Zadro Products, Inc. ("Zadro") sued Feit Electric Company ("Feit") for patent infringement alleging that Feit infringed on two of Zadro's patents: United States

The Global Hospitality Group of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce the completion of $172 million in C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing...

Recently, at least three attorneys who formerly worked for Center for Disability Access (AKA Potter Handy, LLP) branched off and founded a new firm called Seabock...

California businesses offering subscription services, from skincare products to online memberships, are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of class action lawsuits...

We express our deepest sympathy and concern for all of those affected by the Southern California wildfires.

As employers prepare for 2026, it is increasingly important to monitor not only state-level employment law changes but also the wave of local ordinances emerging across California.