Newsletters

• Employee Blogging: Sticks and Stones for the New Millennium
• 10 Practical Steps for Protecting Your Trade Secrets
• Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Is Likely to Give Employers a Headache
• Too Big for Your Britches: Managing Expansions & Relocations
• Legislation Alert: FACTA Reform Act
• Jamie Katzman Named Rising Star
• What the Starbucks Decision Means for Your Tip Pool
• Meal and Rest Periods Still a Hot Topic

Aisha Shelton Adam, Bess Blank, Daniel J. Katz, Jeffrey W. Mayes, Michelle C. Cuenca, Tara Bays Hitchcock

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• A Letter from the Managing Partner
• Restaurants Targeted by Proposition 65
• Acquiring Multi-Family Residential Assets: Reflections on the Purchase Agreement
• The Evolution of the Briefcase: Then and Now
• The Facts on FACTA
• Setting the Daubert Motion into... Motion
• What's in a Word: Recent Ruling Impacts Employers' Anti-Fraternization Policies

Bess Blank, Beth A. Schroeder, Daniel J. Katz, Jamie Katzman, Michelle C. Cuenca, Samantha F. Spector

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• Don’t Blink...or You Might Miss the Next Play in the Meal and Rest Break Game
• California Passes Nation’s First Anti-Phishing Law
• The Meal Break Mire: The Wal-Mart Case Adds to California’s Confusing Rulings about Meal Breaks
• Employment Law Q&A Corner: s Stupidity in the Workplace Enough to Create Liability?
• The Basics of Business Forms
• The Importance of Management Training
• New Bankruptcy Law Affects Family Law

Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Beth A. Schroeder, Celine M. Wyman, Michelle C. Cuenca, Neil H. Freedman, Stuart Y. Kim

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• Are You an Inadvertent Franchisor?
• To Arbitrate or Not To Arbitrate:  That is the Question for Employers
• Recent Case Stresses Importance of Clear Policies On Employee's "Personal Use" of Company Property
• U.S. Supreme Court Broadens Definition of Retaliation
• California LLC Fee Found Unconstitutional:  What Does This Mean for Your LLC?
• Employers Have "Friends" in High Places
• Recent Lawsuits Challenge the Long-Standing Practice of Sharing Tips

Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Belle C. Mason, Beth A. Schroeder, Celine M. Wyman, Jeffrey W. Mayes

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• Use of Letters of Intent in Corporate Transactions
• Acquiring Hotel Assets: Reflections on the Purchase Agreement
• Unanimous California Supreme Court Decision Narrows the Gap of Individual Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors for Wage Claims
• Beware of Paramours: A Supervisor’s Sexual Favoritism of Paramours Presents Liability Risk for California Employers

Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Barry M. Weisz, Daniel J. Katz, Jamie Katzman, Samantha F. Spector

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• Silver & Freedman Helps Business Paper Make Big Bucks Fending Off Class Action
• Lack of Injury Prevention Can Cost Thousands in Citations
• Q&A for the Inquisitive Employer 
• What To Know About Permissible Deductions 
• Curtailing Punitive Damages Finally Succeeds 
• I Have Intellectual Property? I Didn’t Know 
• You’ve Been Drafted! Do You Have a Shredder Yet?

Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Bess Blank, Gregory N. Weisman, Jeffrey W. Mayes, Richard L. Sprunger

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• Why You Want To Plan Your Estate
• Is Your Company an Accidental Franchisor?
• California Court Challenges Profit-Based Bonus Plan
• Recent Court Decision Puts Pre-Dispute Jury Waiver Agreements in Doubt
• California "WARN" Create Liability for Unwary Employers
• What if Your Customer is the Victim of Crime Outside Your Front Door? The Latest From the Courts

Andrew B. Kaplan, Beth A. Schroeder, Mark R. Sieke, Mitchell B. Stein, Perry S. Silver

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• Trade Secrets 101: Protecting Your Company's Assets
• Worker's Compensation Update: What Employers Need to Know About Provisions of SB 899
• Financing and Lending Pitfalls in Real Estate
• What are Your Fiduciary Duties as a Manager of a Limited Liability Company?
• California Supreme Court Hears Argment in Sav-on Case
• California Employers are Unlikely to Benefit from New Federal Overtime Regulations

Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Andrew B. Kaplan, Barry M. Weisz, Stuart Y. Kim

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• More Bad News for California Businesses
• The Anatomy of Private Policy
• Overview of the New California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003
• Are You Going to Acquire/Sell a Business? Make Sure Your Nondisclosure Agreement Does Not Create a "Tax Shelter"
• Adding "Gender Identity" as a Protected Class - What's Next?

Andrew B. Kaplan, Beth A. Schroeder

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• The New Tax Act: Immediate Relief, But At What Cost?
• Basic Form Agreements Every Company Should Have
• New Cyber Security Law in California
• Another Obstacle for Employers Under FMLA

Beth A. Schroeder, Mark R. Sieke, Stuart Y. Kim

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• Unfair Competition - The Fashionable Cause of Action
• Look Before You Leap Out of a Deal
• Employee Need Not Be a "Qualified Individual with a Disability" to Claim Failure to Reasonably Accommodate
• Employer Alert: You May Not Fire Employees for Discussing Their Compensation
• Troubleshooting Guide to Commercial Lease Negotiations A Tenant's Perspective
• Silver & Freedman's Appellate Practice Flexes Its Muscles

Bess Blank, Donna Yamini

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• Valuing the Ownership Interest
• Walking the I-9 Tightrope: Collecting Immigration Related Employment Docs
• SELLERS: Don't Count Your Chickens Because You May Have to Return One
• Supply and Terrorism: FDA Issues 'Guidance' to the Food Service Industry
• Good News for Some Employers from Work Comp Appeals Board
• Did You Know...?
• What's New at Silver & Freedman?

Barry M. Weisz, Beth A. Schroeder, Gregory N. Weisman, Mitchell B. Stein

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• Tips to Protect Trade Secrets
• Conducting a RIF Without Causing a Rift
• Do You Have the Right to Defend Against Workplace Injury Claims?
• Circuit City v. Adams: Proving that Arbitration is “State of the Art”
• The IRS and Under-Reporting of Tips
• Is the Market Killing You, Or Is It Your Broker?
• Ninth Circuit Applies Federal Defense to California FEHA Claim
• Home is Where The Heart Is

Beth A. Schroeder, Perry S. Silver

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