William Ross is of counsel in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He is a transactional attorney with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and the formation, operation and dissolution of corporations and limited liability companies. Bill also has experience as outside counsel for many privately held and public companies, as well as non-profit higher education institutions, on a wide variety of corporate issues, including corporate governance matters, general business advice, executive compensation, and employment law issues. He has written articles on corporate matters and has lectured on various legal and business topics.
Bill is a long-standing member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar (now the California Lawyers Association), and was Co-Chair during its 2016-2017 term. He has also been a member of the American Bar Association Corporate Governance Committee for many years.
In his spare time, Bill enjoys hiking, traveling, and spending time with his wife and children.
“Federal Trade Commission Proposes to Abolish Non-Compete Agreements,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, January 6, 2023
“California Courts Strike Down Corporate Board Diversity Requirements,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, May 20, 2022
“Selected 2021 Developments in California Corporate Law,” Annual Review 2021 of Business Law News, The California Lawyers Association, May 2022
“Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiffs Challenging California Law Requiring Diversity for Underrepresented Communities on Boards of Directors of Publicly-Held Corporations,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, April 6, 2022
“The Launch of the California Secretary of State’s Enhanced Online Filing Portal Has Been Delayed to April 7, 2022,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, March 29, 2022
“California Secretary of State Announces Enhanced Online Filing Portal to Launch on March 29, 2022,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, March 8, 2022
“SEC Charges Nevada Lawyer With Issuing False Legal Opinions that Facilitated the Unregistered Sale of Millions of Shares of Stock,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, September 16, 2021
“9th Circuit Reinstates California Law That Employers Can’t Mandate Employment Arbitrations,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, September 16, 2021
“California Appellate Court Holds that Director of a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Loses Standing to Maintain an Action against the Corporation if She is not Re-elected During the Litigation,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, August 23, 2021
“Federal District Court Complaint Filed Challenging California Law Requiring Gender and Other Diversity for Directors of Publicly-Held Corporations,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, July 19, 2021
“California Appellate Court Affirms that Only Shareholders of Record (And Not Beneficial Shareholders) Can Assert Statutory Inspection Rights Under California Law,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, July 14, 2021
“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court Dismissal of Challenge to California’s Gender Quota Law,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, June 25, 2021
“New York Court Determines that Delaware, Not California, Law Applies to Employee Covenant Not to Compete,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, March 24, 2021
“Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Delaware, Not California, Law Applies to D & O Insurance Policy Dispute Involving Delaware Corporation Headquartered in California,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, March 17, 2021
“Delaware Court Holds that Claim under California Corporate Securities Law Is Not Waived by Delaware Choice of Law Provision in Stock Purchase Agreement,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, February 9, 2021
“SEC Proposes Rules to Help Gig Companies Compensate Their Workers,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, December 1, 2020
“Invention Assignment Agreements Can Be Unenforceable Covenants Not To Compete,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, November 30, 2020
“Confidentiality Agreements Can Be Unenforceable Covenants Not To Compete,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, November 23, 2020
“New Law Mandates Diversity On Corporate Boards in California,” The California Workplace Advisor, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog, October 19, 2020
“A Reminder that the California Corporations Code Provides Flexibility in Corporate Governance During A State of Emergency,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, March 27, 2020
“California Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court Ruling that Purchasers in the Secondary Market Lacked Standing to Pursue Federal Securities Law Claims Against the Issuer of an Exchange-Traded Fund,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, February 6, 2020
“California Appellate Court Determines that Business and Professions Code Section 16600 Does Not Apply To Non-Compete Agreement During Employment,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, January 30, 2020
“Another Lawsuit Seeks to Halt SB 826 – California’s Gender Quota Law for Boards of Directors,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, November 19, 2019
“California Appellate Court Determines that Forum Selection Clause that Includes a Pre-Dispute Jury Trial Waiver is Unenforceable under California Law,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, November 13, 2019
“California Appellate Court Declines to Extend the Holding in Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP to an Exclusive Dealing Business Arrangement,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, September 5, 2019
Co-Author, “Lawsuit Seeks to Halt S.B. 825 – California’s Gender Quota Law for Boards of Directors,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, August 14, 2019
“California Court of Appeal Upholds Enforceability in California of Forum Selection Bylaw of Delaware Corporation Headquartered in California,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, January 7, 2019
“Governor Brown Signs Board of Directors Gender Quota Bill,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, October 2, 2018
“Sweeping Changes to Sexual Harassment and Corporate Laws in California,” Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Client Alert, October 1, 2018
“Selected 2017 Developments in Corporate Law,” (co-written with Richard G. Burt) Annual Review 2018 of Business Law News, The California Lawyers Association, June 2018
“SEC Issues Its Largest Whistleblower Awards,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, March 21, 2018
“U.S. Supreme Court Issues Significant Decision on Whistleblowers,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, February 22, 2018
“California Corporations Code Amended Regarding Dissolution/Agreements Among Shareholders,” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, October 16, 2017
“Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Merger Agreement When Covenant to Deliver Tax Opinion is not Satisfied” Corporations e-Bulletin of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, April 4, 2017
“For the First Time, SEC Charges Persons for Hacking into Law Firm Computer Networks,” Corporations e-Bulletin, Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, January 19, 2017
“U.S. Supreme Court Issues Insider Trading Opinion,” Corporations e-Bulletin, Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, December 6, 2016
“SEC Continues Bringing Enforcement Actions Against Companies for Restrictive Language in Confidentiality and Severance Agreements That Could Stifle Whistleblowers,” Corporations e-Bulletin, Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, October 18, 2016
“SEC Brings Enforcement Action Against a Company for Restrictive Language in Confidentiality Agreement That Could Stifle Whistleblowers,” Corporations e-Bulletin, Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, April 14, 2015
“California Court Refuses to Enforce Bylaw Amendment Compelling Arbitration by the Members of the Corporation,” Corporations e-Bulletin, Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, March 13, 2015
“Court Finds Successor Liability for FLSA Judgment in Asset Sale,” The California Workplace Advisor (Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog), June 19, 2013
“SEC Issues Report on Public Companies’ Use of Social Media,” The California Workplace Advisor (Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP Blog), April 18, 2013
