Corporate Transparency Act Resources

Welcome to the Weintraub Resources section. Here, you can find our Blogs, Videos, and Podcasts, in which Weintraub attorneys regularly provide insights and updates on legal developments. You can also find upcoming Weintraub Events, as well as firm and client News.

Ask the Experts: Can someone living abroad administer a revocable trust?

Published: January 11, 2013

Figuring out who should be the administrator of your living trust can be tricky. This week, Sacramento estate planning attorney Kay Brooks answers a reader’s question on that topic.

Q: Can my daughter, who is an American citizen but lives (overseas), be administrator of my revocable trust? My trust is small and mostly insurance proceeds.

To read Kay Brooks answer, visit the Ask the Expert column here on the Sacbee.com.

Employment Law Update – SF Editions: 2012—A Year in Review: 2013—A Challenging Year Ahead

Published: December 28, 2012

Summary of Program

Join the attorneys from Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2012 and review the complexities of a number of new laws facing employers in 2013.

Program Highlights:

  • Wage and Hour Law: New Legislation Makes Compliance Harder Than Ever;
  • Discrimination and Retaliation: New Protected Activities and Regulatory Crackdowns
  • Privacy: Social Media and Beyond;
  • Developments in Leaves of Absence and Accommodation Law;
  • Policies and Contracts: What’s Required and What’s Prohibited; and
  • The NLRB’s Attack on the Non-Union Workplace.

This seminar is available either in person or via webinar! If attending via WEBINAR, you will receive login information one week prior to the seminar.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

9:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m.

475 Sansome Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Registration Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Program

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

There is no charge for this seminar

Approved for 3 hours MCLE Credit; HRCI credits available upon request

RSVP:

Ramona Carrillo
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916.558.6046
Fax: 916.446.1611
[email protected]

Employment Law Update: 2012—A Year in Review: 2013—A Challenging Year Ahead

Published: December 28, 2012

Summary of Program

Join the attorneys from Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2012 and review the complexities of a number of new laws facing employers in 2013.

Program Highlights:

  • Wage and Hour Law: New Legislation Makes Compliance Harder Than Ever;
  • Discrimination and Retaliation: New Protected Activities and Regulatory Crackdowns;
  • Privacy: Social Media and Beyond;
  • Developments in Leaves of Absence and Accommodation Law;
  • Policies and Contracts: What’s Required and What’s Prohibited; and
  • The NLRB’s Attack on the Non-Union Workplace.

This seminar is available either in person or via webinar! If attending via WEBINAR, you will receive login information one week prior to the seminar.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

9:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m.

400 Capitol Mall, Floor 11

Sacramento, CA 95814

Registration Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Program

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

There is no charge for this seminar

Approved for 3 hours MCLE Credit; HRCI credits available upon request

RSVP:

Ramona Carrillo
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916.558.6046
Fax: 916.446.1611
[email protected]

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage.

Ask the Experts: No Easy Answers on Refinancing Mom’s House

Published: December 26, 2012

How do six siblings refinance Mom’s house?

This week, “Ask the Experts” tackles this financial topic. The answers are from Sacramento estate planning attorney Kay Brooks, one of Sacbee.com’s online contributors.

Q: Several years before my mother passed away in 2010, she added her six kids to the deed on her house. The oldest sibling is executor, and I am secondary. The first loan is in (Mom’s) name only. She is on the second deed, as well as myself. One sibling lives in the house and would like to refinance both loans, but her name is not on them. Does she need permission from all of us to refinance? The bank can’t seem to give us an answer.

Also, what is the difference between a “trustee” and “executor”? Is being the executor the same as having power of attorney?

To read Kay Brooks answer, visit the Ask the Expert column here on the Sacbee.com.

Ask the Experts: No Easy Answers on Assigning Burial Plots, Refinancing Mom’s House

Published: December 26, 2012

How do six kids refinance Mom’s house? Who gets the burial plot after a divorce?

This week, “Ask the Experts” tackles those two very different financial topics. The answers are from Sacramento estate planning attorney Kay Brooks, one of Sacbee.com’s online contributors.

Q:My husband and I bought two burial plots when we married. Later we got divorced, and he remarried. The plot is listed in both our names but did not come up in our divorce settlement. My ex died two years ago and was cremated. Am I entitled to the other burial plot, or does his new wife get it? The plot is listed in our names.

To read Kay Brooks answer, visit the Ask the Expert column here on the Sacbee.com.

Save the Date: Employment Law Update: 2012—A Year in Review: 2013—A Tough Year Ahead

Published: December 7, 2012

Please join the attorneys from Weintraub Tobin’s Employment Law Group as they review new laws facing employers for the upcoming 2013 year, and discuss important case law developments from 2012.

Dates:

January 17,2013 – Sacramento

January 31,2013 – San Francisco

More details to follow. Please register now as seating will be limited.

RSVP:

Ramona Carrillo

Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin

400 Capitol Mall, Floor 11

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916.558.6046

Fax: 916.446.1611

[email protected]

 

Founding Partner Joe Genshlea Turns a New Page

Published: November 29, 2012

Download: Genshlea Press Release 2012.pdf

SACRAMENTO / SAN FRANCISCO / LOS ANGELES –Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation, a business law and litigation firm, announced that founding partner, Joe Genshlea, is leaving the firm at the end of 2012 to focus his attention on his new mediation practice.

While Joe has enjoyed his years as one of our state’s most pre-eminent trial attorneys, receiving countless accolades over four decades, he has always had an appetite for peacemaking. As a mediator, or “negotiator” as Joe likes to say, he will continue to put his lifetime of experience to good use. Joe’s knack for persuading parties to recognize their own solutions to intractable conflict is unmatched.

“Joe has been our esteemed partner since 1978, and while we are losing a dear friend, we fully support his decision to turn a new page and wish him tremendous success and happiness” says Michael Kvarme, Managing Shareholder.

“The firm is on solid ground and in good hands with its current leadership. The direction the firm has gone these last few years gives me great confidence that the legacy I helped to build will carry on” says Joe. “I am equally confident in the future generation of leaders at the firm and will be watching with pride where the firm goes in the years to come.”

Joe has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in an extraordinarily wide range of disputes, both large and small, including banking, real estate, commercial contracts, fraud, intellectual property, accounting malpractice, labor and employment, personal injury, and securities just to name a few. His accomplishments are impressive and include being the tenth lawyer in California to be elected to its State Bar Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1986, and selected in 2001 as the “Distinguished Lawyer of the Year” by the Sacramento County Bar Association. Joe will move into his new office at 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1750, on January 1st. You will then be able to contact him at [email protected].

Ask the Experts: Do I need to set up a trust?

Published: November 26, 2012

This week, Sacramento, Calif., attorney Kay Brooks answers one of the most basic questions in financial planning: Do I need a trust or not?

Q: When is it best to set up a trust? My assets are four cars, household goods (but no house), less than $100,000 in savings, and a federal retirement account. What type of trust would you recommend, and how do I select a firm to set one up?

To read Kay Brooks answer, visit the Ask the Expert column here on the Sacbee.com.

WEBINAR: Tips When Hiring and Firing – Get It right Before The Fight

Published: November 8, 2012

Download: Tips when Hiring and Firing.pdf

Summary of Program

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin is pleased to offer this very informative training session that will discuss recent cases to help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers avoid liability and effectively hire employees as well as carry out disciplines and terminations.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

  • Effective hiring practices.
  • What can you ask during an interview?
  • An employer’s right to discipline employees; is it limited?
  • Effective policies, training and documentation to reduce liability.
  • Beware of “Progressive Discipline” policies.
  • Did the employee quit or was [s]he “constructively terminated?” (What does that mean?)
  • What type of conduct can constitute “retaliation” and under what law?
  • Who is a “whistleblower” and under what law?
  • Can an “at-will” employee be wrongfully terminated?
  • What constitutes “wrongful termination?”

 

Lunchtime Webinar:

This program is available only via webinar.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

HRCI credits available upon successful completion and verification of attendance for duration of webinar.

There is no charge for this webinar.

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
[email protected]

Information on registering and logging in to this webinar will be provided after you have RSVP’ed and approximately one week prior to the session.