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.
Published: March 8, 2024
In honor of International Women’s Day, Weintraub Tobin celebrates four women who have recently moved into prominent leadership positions in the California Law Firm: Jessica Marlow, elected to the Firm’s Board of Directors; Jeanne Vance as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors; Tara Sattler as Marketing Shareholder; and Jennel Fernandez as Chief Administrative Officer.
Published: March 7, 2024
On Saturday, March 9th, Weintraub attorney Alison Geddes presented at the California Lawyers Association 2024 Real Property Law Retreat. The presentation, titled, “Weathering the Looming Office Storm: Strategies to Navigate the Rough Waters Ahead,” addresses issues being faced by and strategies for success for office tenants in the post-COVID pandemic office leasing world.
Published: March 7, 2024
If you’re a California employer, I hope the following is not news to you. Pursuant to SB 553, most employers in California are required to put in place an effective Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP”) by July 1, 2024. SB 553 added section 6401.9 to the California Labor Code to address the requirements for a compliant WVPP.
Published: March 6, 2024
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Caroline M. Korpiel as an associate in the Firm’s Entertainment & Media practice group, where she assists clients in a wide spectrum of entertainment and intellectual property matters.
Published: March 5, 2024
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law in regards to reproductive loss. Lizbeth “Beth” West and Shauna Correia review this new protected leave in this episode of California Employment News.
Published: March 5, 2024
On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Importantly, this ruling DOES NOT affect the legal obligation of entities formed in California, Nevada, or Delaware (among other states) to file their BOI Report within the timeframes specified in the chart below at this time. We are monitoring the development of this and similar court actions across the nation and will continue to provide information about them to those who have indicated a desire to receive this information from us.
Published: March 4, 2024
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that attorney Scott Hervey has been named the Top Author for Trademarks, and the Firm has been named the Top Firm for Trademarks, in the 2024 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.
Published: March 4, 2024
Weintraub client Zosia Mamet is set to star alongside Ann Dowd in the upcoming horror thriller “The Undertaker’s Children” from producer and seller The Exchange. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of a girl and her younger brother who are sent to live with their distant relative, a reclusive undertaker, after becoming orphans. Production is due to start filming in late spring of 2024.
Published: March 1, 2024
Delve into the new WGA and SAG contract provisions relating to AI. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg tackle the terms and changes in this installment of “The Briefing” by Weintraub Tobin.
Published: February 29, 2024
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down many patents on the grounds that they are invalid as directed to an abstract idea, relying on the Supreme Court’s Alice decision. In In re Elbaum (Fed. Cir. 12/20/2023) 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 33719, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s rejection of the claims in a patent application as directed to an abstract idea.
