Attorneys in the Corporate Group help clients in entity formation and operation, developing and negotiating contracts for the sale of goods, license agreements, and distribution agreements. In consultation with foreign counsel, we also assist clients in structuring contracts to comply with foreign law.
California leads all other states in farm output and is a trailblazer in food manufacturing and processing. Food manufacturing and processing companies face distinctive challenges, and Weintraub Tobin works closely with the industry and has gained experience and knowledge in the most recent regulatory issues, technologies, and industry practices to guide and counsel our clients through the maze of state and federal industry regulations and laws.
Weintraub Tobin understands the myriad of legal complexities involved in food businesses, including the drafting of agreements, protecting intellectual property, complying with labor and employment issues, unfair competition, and the protection of trade secrets. Our strong relationships within the industry, including a strategic partnership with the Milk Producers Counsel, has enabled Weintraub Tobin to assist food entrepreneurs throughout California to establish, grow, and maintain successful businesses.
Representative Agriculture Business Matters:
The attorneys in our Banking & Finance, Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy groups are familiar with issues of concern to both agricultural lenders and borrowers. We have represented lenders in unsecured loans, subordinated debt transactions, real estate loans and loans secured primarily by crops or other personal property. We have represented lenders and debtors in structuring workouts of distressed loans and foreclosures of agricultural property. We also are familiar with the unique characteristics of collateral involved in agribusiness lending transactions and are experienced in assisting both borrowers and lenders in evaluating such collateral.
Representative Agribusiness Lending and Finance Matters:
Representative Agriculture Regulatory Compliance Matters:
Summary of Webinar: California laws and regulations are replete with California specific provisions that can trip up the out of state manufacturer, supplier or retailer of goods in the state. Manufacturing for, and selling products into the California market, directly or through the internet is complicated by several California specific…
Don’t Wait for the Stork To Teach You What It All Means Summary of ProgramJoin the Employment Law Group of Weintraub Tobin for an informative and up-to-date discussion about the rights and obligations of pregnantemployees. Program Highlights Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) What is it? Which employers are covered? When is…
Attorneys Lee Smith and Alden Parker will present at an upcoming webinar: “FSMA Made Simple: Strategic and Tactical Approaches In Preparing for New Regulations” at 2 p.m. August 14. After participating in this webinar, attendees will have knowledge of how to realistically analyze the effects of FSMA regulations on their operations…
SACRAMENTO, California – Weintraub Tobin congratulates its 14 attorneys who have been included in Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar 2019. Attorneys selected to the 2019 Best of the Bar list include Gary L. Bradus, Kay U. Brooks ,Dale C. Campbell, Christopher Chediak, Janet Z. Chediak, Jim Clarke,Edward J.…
Sacramento, California – Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin, a business law and litigation firm, announces that Chris Chediak has been named Lawyer of the Year in Corporate Law for 2017 in Sacramento by Best Lawyers in America®. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers…
Download: Milk Producers Council Brochure_final.pdf Milk Producers Council and Weintraub Tobin announce their strategic partnership to provide members with consultation and education services on labor and employment and environmental issues. Click PDF to see brochure.
Download: Milk Producers Council Brochure_final.pdf Milk Producers Council and Weintraub Tobin announce their strategic partnership to provide members with consultation and education services on labor and employment and environmental issues. Click PDF to see brochure.
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The USDA has issued a new “strategy” document that outlines the agency’s direction with regard to implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”). The document is intended to “to guide the next phase of FSMA implementation by outlining broadly the drivers of change in FDA’s approach to food safety and the…
Download: WTWB Merger Press Release FINAL.pdf Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation and Waldron & Bragg, a professional corporation, have jointly announced the merger of their business law and litigation firms. The combined firm will be named Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin and have offices in Sacramento, Calif., San…
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…
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin, a business law and litigation firm, is pleased to announce that eight of its partners were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. The honored attorney are: Chris Chediak, Corporate David Adams, Leveraged Buyouts and Private…
Download: Super Lawyers 2013.pdf SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 8, 2013 – Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin, a business law and business litigation law firm congratulates seven attorneys on being named as one of the Top 25 Sacramento Super Lawyers of 2013. To receive this honor, the attorneys – Gary Bradus, Dale…
Download: Lee Smith Joins Weintraub Tobin.pdf SACRAMENTO / SAN FRANCISCO / LOS ANGELES –Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation, a business law and litigation firm, is pleased to announce that Lee N. Smith has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Real Estate Group and will head up…
By Agricultural Law DTSC on Thursday March 13, 2014 announced the first three Priority Products under the Green Chemistry Regulations. The manufacturers of these products that sell into California are now on a regulatory time schedule to try to find alternatives to the use of the identified chemicals in the specified…
By Agricultural Law The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) under the auspices of Governor Brown’s declaration in May 2013 (after a failed legislative effort) that he would further reform Prop 65, last week OEHHA released the proposed regulations with respect to Prop 65 warnings. Regulations can be found here.…
By Agricultural Law According to the California Environmental Insider, Governor Brown’s 2014-15 draft budget contains a proposal to allocate almost $800,000 to OEHHA (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) to revise the Prop 65 regulations and to finance the development of a website to provide detailed information about listed chemicals.…
With little public notice the final version of the Green Chemistry regulations has been released. The final regulations show no substantive changes made to the regulations from the April version that has already been reviewed and commented upon. OAL has until August 29 to complete its review of the regulations…
This is from OEHHA’s website; the colored comments are ours. On July 30, 2013, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will hold a public pre-regulatory workshop for the purpose of gathering input from interested parties on the content of a regulation that would address Proposition 65 warnings. Such…
On July 12, 2013 the FDA announced a proposed action level of 10 ppb (parts per billion) for arsenic in apple juice. The 10 ppb is the same as EPA arsenic in drinking water standards. “The FDA is committed to ensuring the safety of the American food supply and to…
