Food and Beverage Fall 2018 Legal Update | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

Pooja S. Nair, a litigation attorney at TroyGould PC in Los Angeles, compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

Legislation and Election ResultsCalifornia Legalizes Sidewalk Vending: On September 17, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB946, The Safe Sidewalk Vending Act. The law prevents criminal penalties for sidewalk vending, offers retroactive relief to vendors with pending citations and prior convictions, and establishes flexible standards for local vending regulations.

California Legalizes Home Kitchen Operations: On September 18, California enacted Assembly Bill 626, which makes it legal to start a home-based food business in the state. The legislation was championed by former executives of a food sharing platform that was shut down based on legal issues from California’s ban on home kitchen products.

California Governor Vetoes 4 am Last Call: On September…

Pooja S. Nair

Pooja S. Nair is the head of the food and beverage group and litigation member at TroyGould PC in Los Angeles. She is experienced in complex commercial disputes, internal investigations, whistleblower issues, complicated eDiscovery collection and production issues, and governmental investigations.

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