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Document(s) published by this organization: 17
Show: results per page Sort by:  | California Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Meal and Rest Period Obligations
Cynthia Moir; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 Subject to limited exceptions, California law requires employers to provide employees who work more than five hours per day with at least one meal period of 30 minutes or more and a 10-minute rest period for every four hours worked or “major fraction thereof.” If an employer fails to...
| | Amendment to the California Corporations Code Governing Corporate Distributions and Dividends to Shareholders
Nikole Varvitsiotis; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article January 23, 2012, previously published on January 19, 2012 In September 2011, the Governor of California signed California Assembly Bill No. 571 into law, which modernizes and simplifies the distribution requirements for California corporations and quasi-California corporations.
| | Court Rules to Eliminate California Redevelopment Agencies
Amanda Steele, Michael A. Williamson; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article January 12, 2012, previously published on January 5, 2012 As 2011 drew to a close, the California Supreme Court struck a fatal blow for California’s redevelopment agencies. In upholding Assembly Bill X1 26 and striking down Assembly Bill X1 27 in California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos, S194861, the Court eliminated all four hundred...
| | Attention: Retailers, Manufacturers and Importers of Wearing Apparel!
Jeffrey H. Kapor, Tanya Viner; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article December 29, 2011, previously published on December 27, 2011 Beginning January 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, or “S.B. 657,” will require retail sellers and manufacturers “doing business” in California to post certain disclosures on their websites. The legislation seeks to improve human rights...
| | The Lion Has Roared: Proposition 65 Settlements and the Attorney General
Russell L. Allyn, Michael B. Fisher; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 9, 2011 California’s Proposition 65 permits “private enforcers” to send Notices of Violation and bring lawsuits on behalf of the “public interest” where they purport to find trace amounts of banned chemicals at elevated levels in consumer goods. Given the large statutory...
| | Looking Forward to 2012
Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 2011 With the stroke of several employee-friendly pens, Governor Brown enacted a number of new laws pertaining to employment in California. Most of these laws, which put increased burdens on employers, will take effect on January 1, 2012. This provides a brief synopsis of the aspects of these new...
| | California Tightens Accreditation Requirements for Surgery Centers
Carol K. Lucas; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article November 25, 2011, previously published on November 2011 Effective January 1, 2012, California law will impose additional requirements on the accreditation of ambulatory surgery centers. The same bill, SB 100, also addresses the issue of physician supervision of cosmetic laser procedures performed by nonphysicians.
| | Is Your Financial Institution Ready For The New "FIRM?"
Stuart A. Simon, Daniel F. Wheeler; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article November 2, 2011, previously published on October 2011 Without much fanfare, the State of California enacted legislation (California Revenue & Tax Code § 19266) that will impact virtually every bank, credit union, thrift and brokerage firm doing business in California. This new program will place a new burden on financial institutions in order...
| | CEQA Reform for Large Projects with Environmental Benefits
Howard N. Ellman, Jay L. Paxton; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article October 24, 2011, previously published on October 2011 On September 27, 2011, Governor Brown signed AB 900 into law. The bill was intended to streamline CEQA litigation that delays large, job-creating projects that include or implement significant environmental benefits.
| | New Law: California Restricts Use of Credit Checks by Employers
Peter D. Holbrook; Buchalter Nemer A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article October 18, 2011, previously published on October 2011 The practice of using pre-employment credit checks has come under attack for a variety of reasons. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) that restricts California employers from using consumer credit reports for employment purposes. This new law, which is effective...
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