Browse below for news, legal insights, information on presentations and events, and other resources from the Weintraub Tobin legal team.
Published: February 23, 2024
Graffiti artists Nekst and Bates have filed a lawsuit against Guess and Macy’s for incorporating their tags in various articles of clothing. Scott Hervey and James Kachmar discuss this case in the next installment of “The Briefing.”
Published: February 21, 2024
In December 2023, the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”) filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit under the California Fair Chance Act (“Act”) against Ralphs Grocery Store (“Ralphs”) in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Attorneys Meagan Bainbridge, Lukas Clary, and Nikki Mahmoudi of the Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin presented this informative seminar discussing navigating performance management.
Published: February 20, 2024
New laws in 2024 expand workplace protections for employees regarding their current and past cannabis use. Nikki Mahmoudi and Tomiwa Aina review these changes, previewed in our 2024 Employment Law Update seminars, in this episode of California Employment News.
Published: February 16, 2024
Weintraub client and filmmaker Jon Gunn has been tapped to oversee story development for the independent faith-based studio The Wonder Project. In addition to overseeing story development for the studio’s growing film and television programming, he will also serve as executive producer and occasional co-director for House of David – TWP’s sweeping Biblical drama series for Prime Video.
Published: February 16, 2024
As James Kachmar previously wrote on the IP Law Blog, the man who was photographed as a naked baby in 1991 for Nirvana’s iconic “Nevermind” album cover is now suing the band for distributing child pornography. Scott Hervey and James discuss the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on the case in this episode of The Briefing.
Read James’ article here.
Published: February 15, 2024
On February 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, saying that a human must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention. The USPTO explained that while AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable, the inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity. Thus, patent protection may be sought for inventions for which a natural person provided a significant contribution to the invention, and the guidance provides procedures for determining the same.
Published: February 15, 2024
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Jessica Marlow has been elected to the law firm’s Managing Board. A shareholder in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice group, Jessica is based in Los Angeles with a global practice of groundbreaking young talent.
Published: February 12, 2024
California law requires private employers with 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights Department (CRD). This year, the pay data reporting portal opened on February 1, 2024, and employers have until May 8, 2024 to submit their annual reports. To aid employers, the CRD released updated FAQs as well as new versions of the pay data reporting Excel templates, a user guide, and training slides. The FAQS are available here.
Published: February 12, 2024
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Lizbeth “Beth” West has been selected by the Sacramento Business Journal to serve as a mentor at their 11th Annual Mentoring Monday.
The event, held on Monday, February 26, 2024 at the Sierra College Campus Center, provides opportunities for attendees to network and partake in rounds of speed-mentoring, where they can gain valuable advice and constructive feedback from fellow businesswomen. Beth joins the panel of some of the region’s most influential businesswomen in the Sacramento community.
