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Bodybuilding Co. Says Steroid-Alternative Suit Lacks Detail
A bodybuilding supplements maker has urged a California federal judge to dismiss a rival’s suit accusing it of misrepresenting the health effects of steroid alternatives used in some of its products, saying the claims do not specify who made the allegedly false statements. Click here to read more.
Michael Rubin to Receive Anti-Defamation League’s Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Award
COSTA MESA, CA – The Orange County/Long Beach Region of the Anti-Defamation League has chosen Rutan LLP Partner Michael Rubin to receive the 2018 Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award along with co-honorees David Flattum of PIMCO and Ellen S. Bancroft of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. The prize is named after Justice Marcus Kaufman, the 103rd…
SEC Shuts Down Coin Offering by Review App
Daily Journal The Securities and Exchange Commission made another show of strength in the virtual currency market by shutting down an initial coin offering on Monday. The SEC halted the initial coin offering by Munchee, Inc., a California-based company that was trying to raise $15 million to improve a restaurant meal review app for iPhones…
Cybersecurity & Privacy Predictions For 2018
Rutan Partner Lisa Neal was quoted in Allison Grande’s article on Cybersecurity & Privacy Predictions For 2018 in Law360 on January 1, 2018. The article focused on some of the biggest privacy and cybersecurity issues in the coming year including data breaches, security risks related to IoT, global privacy law and cyber security insurance. Neal commenting…
Rutan Promotes Eight to Partnership
(Costa Mesa, CA) January 4, 2018 – Rutan, LLP announced today the promotion of Tonissa Agajanian, Ben Deming, Robert Dillaway, Kathryn Domin, Deja Hemingway, Michael Page, Alisha Patterson, and Ajit Thind to partnership effective January 1, 2018. “We are very pleased to elevate these eight attorneys to partnership,” said Managing Partner William Meehan. “Each one…
SEC Cyber Unit Files Its First Case
Daily Journal The Securities and Exchange Commission’s newest enforcement arm froze an initial coin offering accusing a Quebec company of defrauding investors of $15 million. These were the first charges filed by the SEC’s Cyber Unit, which was created in September 2017 to better regulate cyber activities, including ICOs, the unregulated vehicles entrepreneurs use to…
CA bill leaves general contractors on the hook for subcontractors’ employee wage obligations
John Antracoli was quoted in Construction Dive December 6, 2017, discussing California Assembly Bill 1701 that Governor Jerry Brown signed into law in October, making general contractors responsible for any employee wage or benefit payments their subcontractors fail to make. According to the Bill, “for all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018,…
M&A – Rutan helps trucking company find new home
Los Angeles Daily Journal Dealmakers Rutan LLP advised The Roadmaster Group and its owner Lyons Capital in a deal with Daseke Inc., announced on Dec. 4. Daseke, one of the largest owners of flatbed equipment in North America, bought The Roadmaster Group, a high-security cargo carrier based in Phoenix. Adding The Roadmaster Group strengthens Daseke’s…
Calif. Executor Seeks $3.8M Estate Tax Refund
Law360 recently wrote about Rutan’s client Judith Badly a co-executor of the estate of her mother, Patricia Yoder asking the Northern District of California court on Nov. 20 to refund $3.8 million in estate tax, plus interest, arguing Yoder did not hold a “right to income” or “possession or enjoyment” from an interest on part…
