2033 N Main Street
Suite 720
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

P 925.944.9700 F 925.944.9701

All Publications

ALERT: New Legislation Voids Out of State Non-Compete Agreements

ALERT – New SEC Rules Regarding Mandatory Disclosures Concerning Privacy and Cybersecurity Attacks

Alert – New Reporting Requirements to be Imposed Upon Businesses Pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act

Alert: Employment Law re: Atlanta Opera, Inc.

Brothers Smith LLP Super Lawyers 2023

Brothers Smith LLP – New Attorney Announcement

Alert – Proposed Bill Would Provide an Alternative Enforcement Mechanism Under the Labor Code

Alert – Proposed Bill Would Add “Family Caregivers” To The “Protected Categories” List

Brothers Smith LLP – New Partner Announcement

Alert: The Partition of Real Property Act (“PRPA”)

Alert – The Impact the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Has on Estate Planning

ALERT – Employment Arbitration Provisions (Still) Legal in California

ALERT – NLRB Imposes New Restrictions on Severance Agreements

Robert A. Buchman In Memoriam

ALERT: California LLCs May Avoid Judicial Dissolution Buyout Procedures by a Vote of the Majority of the Members to Dissolve

Alert – Transparency Pay Bill

Super Lawyers Announcement 2022

ALERT: THE NINTH CIRCUIT REITERATED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ENFORCING CONTRACTS MADE ONLINE

ALERT: CAL OSHA’S READOPTION OF ITS COVID-19 EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD

ALERT: CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS MAY HOLD VIRTUAL MEETINGS THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022

ALERT – New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Sellers and Purchasers of Businesses Should Beware of Non-Solicitation Provisions

ALERT: California Likely to Reactivate COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Alert: FinCEN Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Potentially Requiring Companies to Disclose Identities of “Beneficial Owners”

ALERT: OSHA withdraws ETS

Alert: OSHA ETS Blocked by U.S. Supreme Court

Alert: Oral Arguments on OSHA ETS

EMPLOYMENT ALERT: UPDATE RE CDC PANDEMIC GUIDELINES

Alert – Update on OSHA Vaccination and Testing Standard

EMPLOYMENT ALERT: OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) Stayed

EMPLOYMENT ALERT – OSHA Vaccination and Testing Standard

ALERT: COVID-19 Safety Measures and Business Patrons

COPYRIGHT ALERT : De Minimis Use Is Not an Affirmative Defense for a Copyright Infringement Claim

Alert – Assembly Bill 663 Provides Flexibility for Corporate Governance

ALERT – Silenced No More

ALERT: INSURANCE PROVIDES NO RELIEF FOR COVID CAUSED BUSINESS LOSSES

ALERT: Wage Theft Equals Grand Theft

EMPLOYMENT ALERT – Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

ALERT – Governor Newsom Signs New Business Recovery Bill

ALERT – California Expands First-Year Exemption From Minimum Franchise Tax

California Court of Appeal Denies Inspection Rights to Beneficial Owners

ALERT – SBA Rescinds Necessity Reviews for PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications

BROTHERS SMITH SUPERLAWYERS ANNOUNCEMENT – 2021

EMPLOYMENT ALERT – CAL/OSHA REVISES COVID-19 EMPLOYER STANDARDS

EMPLOYMENT ALERT – Fully Vaccinated – No Mask! But what does that mean for the Employer?

ALERT – Right of Recall and Rehire – Senate Bill 93

ALERT – New California Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Act – Senate Bill 95

ALERT: SECOND DRAW PPP LOANS AND RESUMPTION OF FIRST DRAW LOANS

EMPLOYMENT ALERT: Can You Mandate That Your Employees Get The Covid-19 Vaccine?

ALERT – Proposition 19 Impacts Estate Planning

EMPLOYMENT ALERT – UPDATE REGARDING SB 1447

Alert – SEC Expands “Accredited Investor” Definition

Trade Secret Misappropriation Requires Acquisition and/or Use (Not Just Knowledge), and Broken Promises Do Not, Alone, Amount to Fraud: Lessons from Hooked Media Group, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

ALERT – Employers Must Notify Employees of Potential COVID-19 Exposure – AB 685

EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: NEW YORK COURT STRIKES DOWN THE ADMINISTRATION’S JOINT EMPLOYER REGULATION

EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: California Uses the FFCRA as a Guide to Provide Employees of Large Employers, 500 plus Employees, COVID Related Leave

ALERT: Governor Newsom Signs Three Business Recovery Bills

EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: SB 1383 EXPANDS THE CALIFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT

EMPLOYMENT ALERT: NEW LAW EXEMPTS ADDITIONAL WORKERS FROM AB 5

Alert: California Attorney General Finalizes CCPA Regulations

ALERT – California Supremes: At-will contracts can leave parties on the outside looking in, in cases of interference with prospective business advantage, absent a “separate wrong”

Alert – PAY-WHEN-PAID PROVISION IN CONSTRUCTION SUBCONTRACT CANNOT HAVE INDEFINITE TIME PERIOD

ALERT – Nevada Developer’s Lack of Contact with California Investors Precludes California Court’s Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction

ALERT – Supreme Court Ruling Paves the Way for Potential Registration of “GENERIC.COM” Trademarks

ALERT – PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 8 2020

Super Lawyers Announcement 2020

ALERT – The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act

ALERT Concise Overview of the California Consumer Privacy Act Updated May 2020

PowerPoint Overview and Guide for the California Consumer Privacy Act

ALERT – The California Consumer Privacy Act Updated May 2020

ALERT – COVID-19 – Can My Employees Refuse to Come Back to Work?

ALERT – SBA Indicates It Will Not Review PPP Loans Under $2 Million; Small Loan Borrowers Presumed to Have Certified Economic Necessity in Good Faith

ALERT – COVID-19 and Material Adverse Effect Clauses in M & A Agreements

ALERT – COVID-19 – It’s time to return to work. Now What?

ALERT – DOES YOUR INSURANCE POLICY COVER LOSSES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC?

Alert – Employment Law Update

ALERT – The CARES Act – Employee Retention Credit and Employer Payroll Tax Deferral

Alert – UPDATED Qualifications and Application Procedures for CARES Act Relief Programs

Alert – Qualifications and Application Procedures for CARES Act Relief Programs

Alert – The CARES Act and Small Businesses

ALERT – Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Brothers Smith LLP Announcement – Safety and Health Priority

ALERT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS CODE

Happy Holidays

ALERT – DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REVISES REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME PAY REQUIREMENTS

Alert – California’s Consumer Privacy Act – Updated

California’s Consumer Privacy Act

ALERT: California Senate Passes AB 5 Employee Status Bill

Super Lawyers Announcement 2019

California’s Consumer Privacy Act

The Importance of Documentation

Employment Laws for 2019

Administrative Dissolution of California Domestic Corporations and LLCs

New California Rules of Professional Conduct for Corporate Counsel

Sun v. Advanced China Healthcare, Inc. – Forum-Selection

Marks v. Crunch San Diego LLC – Automatic Telephone Dialing System – Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Handling and Preserving Electronically Stored Information and Litigation

Business Succession Planning Opportunities Under the New Tax Act

New Sales Tax Rules – South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.

Super Lawyers 2018

New Employment Laws for the California Employer – 2018

The Ninth Circuit Rejects The Department Of Labor Guidelines For Determining Whether Unpaid Interns At For Profit Companies Are “Employees”

Employer’s Procedural Modifications to Arbitration Process Renders Arbitration Provision Unenforceable

Covenants Not to Compete

Super Lawyers 2017

Copyright © 2000-2023 Brothers Smith LLP | Sitemap
Terms of Use: This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site does not constitute legal advice nor does it create an attorney/client relationship. For more information click on Disclaimer.