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The COB Legal Research Center (LRC) is pleased to announce its gratuitous membership to the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Access to this new resource will provide individuals to the LRC unlimited use of legal resources, including but not limited, to textbooks, informational tutorials and other valuable legal information.

Pane e Pomodoro  DOING BUSINESS IN ITALY Webinar  Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Time and Zoom Link on flyer Speaker: Allison E. Butler, JD, CSULB Lecturer in the COB Legal Studies in Business Program, Advisor to the COB Legal Resource Center, and licensed California and Florida attorney, will discuss her comparative research on contract law while fulfilling a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italia. Tentative Guest Speakers from…

Native Americans are known for their distinctive cultures and special symbols. Protecting these cultures from being abused is difficult. In the article "Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional Cultural Expressions in Native American Tribal Codes,” author Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala explains what is considered as Native American intellectual property and why it needs protection. According to Shabalala, Native American intellectual property includes traditional knowledge,…

Under Business Section of the Highlights of New California Laws Elimination of private prisons and immigration detaining centers phased out by 2028. See AB 32 effective January 1, 2020. Under Assembly Bill No. 32 Chapter 739, effective January 1, 2020, it would be prohibited for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from entering into or renewing an existing contract with…