Executive Committee: Message from the Chair

• Publication year: 2014
• Author: Charles E. McKee

Executive Committee: Message from the Chair

Charles E. McKee

The State Bar year is coming to a close, and with it my term as the Chair comes to an end. It has been a privilege and an honor to serve as the Chair of the Business Law Section. I have been blessed with so many hardworking and talented people serving on the Section's Standing Committees and the Executive Committee who have accomplished so much during the year. What have we done this year? Well, I'm glad you asked.

After several years' gestation, we now have a brand new Standing Committee: the Business Litigation Committee, which is aimed at serving the needs of attorneys who litigate business-related issues. Congratulations to those whose efforts turned this dream into a reality! We wish this committee future success.

The Business Law News, which you are reading, published five outstanding issues this year, and changed its format with an exciting, brand new design. At the beginning of the year, we updated the design of the E-Bulletins to have a fresher yet still professional look. Meanwhile, the Standing Committees have been producing an ever greater number of E-Bulletins, providing their constituents with timely information about the latest cases and regulations to come down, and other useful information for practitioners. By the end of the year, we hope to reach the 400 mark for E-Bulletins. If you are not receiving any, go to your State Bar account and sign up.

This year saw two major works published by the Business Law Section. The Insolvency Law Committee produced the California Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors Desk Guide, which brings together in one place relevant statute and case authority. The Opinions Committee completed the Sample California Third-Party Legal Opinion for Venture Capital Financing Transactions, which has been (or is being) published in Business Lawyer. Other publications now available online, through the heroic remediation efforts of State Bar staff, include seven opinion reports from the Opinions Committee regarding a wide array of legal opinions in business transactions, and the Annual Review issues of the Business Law News from 2003 to present.

The Section has also been very active in providing educational opportunities to members of the Section. In the fall and winter, we presented eleven webinars in our "How To: Beyond the Basics" series designed for the new business attorney, with subjects ranging from buy-sell agreements and trade secrets to partnership...