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Client alerts, firm announcements, and the occasional storm advisory. For our monthly briefing, The Line-Up, ask any member of the team.
Storm Advisory · 5:50 a.m.
Client alert: phishing season never closes
A rise in convincingly branded invoice-fraud campaigns is washing through coastal businesses. Our incident-response group's advice is unchanged: verify by phone, distrust urgency, and treat unexpected attachments the way you'd treat an unfamiliar fin in the water. If it looks off, it is. The full advisory is available to clients on request.
Kira Riptide to speak on cyber incident readiness
Name partner Kira Riptide joins a panel on privileged investigations, secure communications, and the first 24 hours of an incident. Her presentation, “Before the Swell Arrives,” emphasizes preparation over improvisation — and includes exactly one slide about riptide safety, because she has earned it.
Firm recognized for coastal technology practice
Utah, Bodhi & Riptide has been included in the California Current Business Review for its work with marine-technology and outdoor-recreation companies. The editors cited the team's ability to navigate intellectual-property disputes without losing sight of the commercial shoreline.
Land-use team secures approval for breakwater research facility
The firm assisted a coastal-engineering client in obtaining approvals for a low-impact marine research facility. The project involved access, habitat, noise, and visual-impact conditions — plus extensive briefing on what legally constitutes a “temporary observation platform.”
Beau D. Bodhi authors maritime risk update
Beau D. Bodhi has published a client alert on charter provisions, recreational waivers, and insurance coordination for marine operators. The alert notes that a waiver can allocate risk, but cannot make gravity, weather, or federal jurisdiction disappear. Some things, the alert concludes, simply must be respected.
Thirty-fifth annual firm retreat concludes without incident
For the first time in firm history. The partners thank Celeste Ventura, who this year reviewed the venue's proximity to skydiving facilities in advance.