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Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training: Engaging and Effective Training for Non-Supervisors and/or Supervisors

  • When: Jun 8, 2023 09:30 am PDT - 11:45 am PDT
  • Where: 400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814

The regulations regarding California’s Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for non-supervisors and supervisors require that employers with five or more employees provide at least two hours of classroom or interactive training for supervisors and at least one hour of classroom or interactive training for non-supervisors. Training must be provided every two years.

Join Lizbeth “Beth” West from Weintraub’s Labor & Employment Group for an effective, interactive, in-person training session that will comply with the requirements outlined in the regulations, including things like:

WT Clients: AGC Studios and Gianni Nunnari Begin Filming ‘Those About to Die’

Published: May 26, 2023

Production has begun in Rome on the new gladiator action series presented by Weintraub client AGC Studios along with High End Productions, “Those About to Die.” Directed by Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”), the series features a star-studded cast led by Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) and including Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”) and Johannes Haukur Johannesson (“Vikings”).

Safe Harbor from Class-Based Waiting Time and Wage Statement Penalties for Employers with “Good Faith Disputes” That Meal or Rest Period Premiums Were Owed — the Latest Chapter in the Naranjo Saga

Published: May 25, 2023

by Ryan E. Abernethy
The Labor & Employment Law Blog

Almost exactly one year ago, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Gustavo Naranjo v Spectrum Security Services, Inc. (“Naranjo”), reviewing a decision by the Second Appellate District (the “Appellate Court”) in 2019. As we discussed in our California Employment News episode at that time (available here on YouTube, or here on our podcast) and here on our blog, the Supreme Court’s decision opened the flood-gates for employees to recover waiting-time and wage statement penalties whenever meal or rest period premiums went unpaid. This ruling immediately hyper-inflating the value of many wage and hour class actions across the state. On remand, the Appellate Court halted this inflation in some instances by clarifying that such penalties are not available to a class of employees where the employer has a good faith dispute that the premiums were due.

SCOTUS Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Are Not Fair Use

Published: May 25, 2023

by Josh H. Escovedo
The IP Law Blog

In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. The decision affirms a previous ruling by the Second Circuit, which found that Warhol’s artwork shared the same commercial purpose as the original photograph taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

BASF Barristers Club Presents Yoga for Lawyers

Published: May 24, 2023

WHEN: Thursday, June 1, 2023 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM (PST)

WHERE: Venable, 101 California St, Suite 3800, San Francisco, CA

Join the Barristers Wellness Committee for a 1 hour all levels yoga class taught by Jackie Simonovich, Esq. (RYT-200), followed by a networking reception. Free yoga mat and accessories provided to the first 20 registered attendees.

WT Wins: Construction Team Successfully Settles 15-Year Dispute

Published: May 24, 2023

On May 18, 2023, Dan Steinberg and his team successfully settled a case in arbitration that had been contested for over 15 years and had the potential for damages against his client in excess of $3 million.  His client, the largest land developer in the Sacramento region, was in involved in a dispute relating to a development in El Dorado Hills that began prior to the Great Recession.  There was an option agreement and 16 amendments, and taken together there were several poorly drafted and conflicting contractual provisions.  The client is greatly relieved to have this long-standing dispute finally resolved.