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Published: November 14, 2024
In a Nov. 12th article for Yoga Journal, Weintraub attorney Jacqueline M. Simonovich shares good practices to help minimize exposure to potential liability for yoga teachers offering hands-on alignment suggestions with students who have consented to receiving them.
Published: November 13, 2024
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Lukas Clary
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
In a recent presentation at the Central Valley Business Expo, Weintraub shareholder Lukas Clary highlighted key changes in California employment law that employers need to be aware of. The discussion covered critical legal updates, including new workplace violence prevention and indoor heat exposure requirements, as well as expanded definitions of harassment and retaliation and newly enacted legislation impacting employer practices.
Published: November 12, 2024
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Mark E. Ellinghouse
Real Estate Legal Updates
Though Halloween has come and gone, a real-life scare continues to linger: the office sector of commercial real estate. Office has been the slowest sector to recover from COVID, as companies wrestle with remote/hybrid work policies in determining their future office needs. While some businesses have relinquished their office space completely or downsized to maximize the efficiency of square footage in highly amenitized buildings, others are making efforts to bring their staff back in and negotiating the inevitable reluctance from employees who got comfortable working in their loungewear. The future of office is uncertain, to say the least.
Published: October 18, 2024
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Lizbeth (Beth) V. West
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
The California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) recently issued some FAQs regarding how PAGA claims are administered following reform legislation. As you may know, the CA Legislature acted earlier this year to pass legislation to reform PAGA in order to avoid a vote by citizens this November on a ballot measure to repeal the PAGA statute.
Published: October 17, 2024
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
Election season is upon us. This means your employees have already voted or will request leave to vote on election day. In California, employees who are eligible to vote in a statewide or national election may request leave to vote from their employers if the employees do not have enough time outside their working hours to vote. California employees are allowed to take as much time as needed to vote; but employers are only required to pay employees for up to two hours of voting leave. Any remaining leave time will be unpaid. In California, an employee may take voting leave at either the beginning or the end of their regular work shift, whichever will give the employee the most time to vote and the least amount of time away from work.
Published: October 8, 2024
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Ryan E. Abernethy
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
In a recent presentation at the SHRM Northern California 2024 Annual Conference, Weintraub shareholder Ryan Abernethy outlined significant updates in California employment law for employers to be aware of. The session addressed employment-related legal updates that recently took effect, including workplace violence prevention requirements, new indoor heat exposure regulations, and expansions in harassment and retaliation laws, as well as pending legislation that could have a crucial impact on employers. Recent changes to the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) are not addressed herein but can be found here in one of our episodes of California Employment News.
Published: October 7, 2024
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Jeanne L. Vance
Healthcare Legal Updates
As we move into the fourth quarter of 2024, there are a flurry of breaking news items that relate to healthcare provider government disclosure obligations for healthcare providers. Weintraub shareholder Jeanne Vance outlines a few of them here.
Published: September 26, 2024
In an article for the Vol. 3, 2024 edition of Sacramento Lawyer Magazine, Weintraub attorney Carly M. Moran writes about the Barristers’ Club of Sacramento’s 29th Annual Summer Associates Reception, which took place on July 25th. The annual event aims to celebrate the achievements of the club’s Diversity Fellowship Program participants and welcome law students, summer associates, and new attorneys into the region’s rapidly growing legal network.
Carly’s full article can be viewed in this digital edition of Sacramento Lawyer Magazine.
Published: September 3, 2024
Weintraub Shareholder Jeffrey Pietsch authored chapters 17 and 18 for the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) publication “Financing and Protecting California Businesses.” The publication covers the practical issues of raising capital, tax and regulatory compliance, and protection of business operations.
The guide is available for purchase on the CEB website.
Published: August 26, 2024
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Shauna N. Correia
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
If you have been following our podcast California Employment News, you know that the Federal Trade Commission issued a rule that would act as a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements. The ban would have taken effect next month, and would have invalidated non-compete provisions in millions of existing agreements and would have precluded non-compete provisions in future agreements with employees, independent contractors, volunteers and other workers. It would have preempted the laws of the 46 states that already regulate noncompete. In a victory for employers and business owners nationwide who rely on some form of non-competition provision to protect their IP, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas invalidated the FTC rule in its ruling on August 20, 2024.