California Business Litigation and Legal Insights
Publications from Elpis Law on California business, civil, real estate, family, trust, technology, and cross‑border disputes.
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Why California Trade Secret Claims Are Difficult to Litigate and Prove
A plaintiff must identify the secret precisely enough to litigate while still protecting it, then prove misappropriation as a separate element.
Read the Article →Can Gifts Be Recovered After a Breakup in California?
An introduction to California’s conditional gift statute: what section 1590 covers, when it applies, and why it reaches money and property rather than engagement rings alone.
Read the Article →When Can a California Court Sanction a Party for Refusing to Withdraw a Claim?
Continuing to press a claim the court has already rejected can create exposure beyond losing it. On sections 128.5, 128.7, and the safe-harbor procedure.
Read the Article →California’s Delete Act Is Now in Effect: What Data Brokers Need to Know About DROP
From August 1, 2026, registered data brokers must process consumer deletion requests through a single state platform.
Read the Article →Can a Company Transfer Assets to Avoid Creditors in California?
Restructuring is lawful. Moving value beyond a creditor’s reach may not be. Civil Code section 3439.04 and the badges of fraud.
Read the Article →Can Cookies and Tracking Pixels Violate California or Federal Privacy Law?
The question is rarely whether a site uses cookies. It is what the technology collects, when, and who receives it.
Read the Article →Can California Refuse to Recognize a Foreign Default Judgment?
A default abroad does not decide the question. Recognition turns on jurisdiction, notice, fraud, and due process under California’s recognition statute.
Read the Article →The Meta Youth-Safety Trial: What California Online Businesses Should Know
The trial places product design, data practices, public safety claims, and internal risk analysis in the same courtroom. The lessons apply well beyond Meta.
Read the Article →Can a Beneficiary Remove a Trustee in California?
Learn the statutory grounds for removing a California trustee, why hostility alone may be insufficient, and what evidence can support a removal petition.
Read the Article →Can a Beneficiary Sue a Trustee in California?
Learn when a California beneficiary may petition against a trustee for breach of trust and what information, protective, financial, and removal remedies may be available.
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