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“We welcome Shinmei U.S.A. to the growing community of food-related companies in the Sacramento region, America’s farm-to-fork capital,” said SACTO Chair Gary Bradus, shareholder with Weintraub Tobin. “We are honored that Shinmei has chosen West Sacramento in which to locate its new U.S. headquarters and production facility.”

Click the link above to read the full press release.

For a third year in a row, Weintraub Tobin is working to raise funds for cardiovascular diseases and stroke by partaking in the American Heart Association Heart Walk on Saturday, September 21 at William Land Park.

Our attorneys and staff work hard during the summer months to gear up for the walk, which raises the dollars needed to fund life-saving research and initiatives in our local community. Each year, the firm thinks of unique and creative ways to solicit donations for the cause – from firm potlucks and bake sales to a vendor fair in the Wells Fargo lobby and an annual pancake breakfast. The firm raised $8,000 in 2011 and $9,500 in 2012, with the hopes of bringing in even more for the cause this year.

Attorney Jim Clarke serves as the firm’s Heart Walk captain.

To join Weintraub Tobin in the fight against cardiovascular diseases and stroke, visit our Heart Walk Homepage.

Download: Flyer. Risks and Benefits of Social Media and Computers in the Workplace (1672660).PDF

Summary of Program
Employees use networking sites to communicate with one another (as well as current and potential customers). They post their daily thoughts and activities, uploading photos and,
occasionally, adversely impact their employers’ business. What can an employer do to protect itself without intruding on employee rights?
Program Highlights

• Employer’s use of employee’s social media information versus the employee’s right to privacy.
• Protection of employer’s Confidential and Proprietary Information.
• Potential employer liability for employee’s on-line conduct.
• The importance of effective Electronic Use and Social Media policies.

Seminar Program
9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar
Approved for 2 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.
RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

This seminar is also available via webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending via webinar. If attending via webinar, MCLE and HRCI credits will be provided upon
verification of attendance for the entirety of the webcast.

Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th Street.

Shareholder and SACTO chair Gary Bradus was quoted in the following article in the Sacramento Bee on Friday, July 26

German chemical giant to open agricultural research and development center to West Sacramento

By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee
West Sacramento scored a major gain at the expense of nearby neighbor Davis on Thursday.

Germany-based agrochemical company Bayer CropScience announced that it will move its U.S.-based research and development operations for vegetable seed and crop-protection products into an existing 164,000-square-foot facility in West Sacramento.

The move into the shuttered Affymetrix Inc. plant on nearly 10 acres of land is scheduled to happen in next year’s first quarter.

Bayer did not say how many workers the facility would have initially, but noted that it has the capacity to employ 300.

The building at 890 Embarcadero Drive was abandoned in 2009 as part of a consolidation move by Affymetrix, a biotech firm based in Santa Clara.

Bayer, a subsidiary of German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG with annual sales of more than $1.5 billion, also said it plans to acquire additional, as-yet-unidentified, land nearby in West Sacramento to build a greenhouse and test plot facility.

The move will relocate Bayer’s vegetable seeds research and business management operations, which are currently housed in multiple facilities in Davis – the primary one comprising about 30,000 square feet in south Davis.

Bayer CropScience said it has big plans for the West Sacramento site.

“Integrated crop solutions, with biologics and vegetable seeds as key components, will give growers worldwide new tools to manage the diverse demands of the food chain while maximizing the yield and quality of their crops,” said Mike Miille, a business management executive with Bayer.

“It is exciting that the new jobs that will be created in greater Sacramento through this investment and expansion will have such a wide-reaching impact.”

The Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization said the move will have an annual economic impact of more than $127 million in the region.

SACTO was one of multiple entities working to land Bayer in the region.

“The commitment to the Sacramento region that this investment represents by a company with the global stature of Bayer AG validates the region’s strength in agriculture, biotech and related sciences and paves the way for more companies to follow,” said Gary Bradus, SACTO’s board chairman.

Read the entire Sacramento Bee article here.

Weintraub Tobin client Diane Lane has a number of upcoming projects worth noting.

Diane will star as Hillary Clinton in a four event series/miniseries called “Hillary.” Oscar nominee Courtney Hunt will script the project that would “recount Clinton’s life as a wife, mother, politician and cabinet member from 1998 to the present.” NBC hopes to broadcast the series before any possible formal declaration that she was running.

Diane will also reprise her role as Superman’s surrogate mother in the sequel to “Man of Steel” which was announced at last month’s Comic-Con. The sequel will combine Superman and Batman. Returning stars also include Henry Cavill, Laurence Fishbourne and Amy Adams.

Diane was nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in the film “Unfaithful.”

For more information on “Hillary,” read the New York Times article: “NBC Announces Mini-Series on Hillary Clinton.”

For more information on the sequel to “Man of Steel,” visit Coming Soon.net

Weintraub Tobin is proud to announce that our client David Mamet, who wrote and directed HBO’s “Phil Spector,” recently received two Emmy nominations, including Best Writing and Best Direction. This is the first Emmy nomination for the playwright. Phil Spector, which starred Al Pacino, received a total of 11 Emmy nominations.

Read the full story in the Los Angeles Times.