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  • Employment Update: Department of Labor Announces Enforcement Initiative Aimed at Bay Area Restaurants

    On April 2, 2012, the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division announced that it will focus on San Francisco Bay Area restaurants in its latest enforcement and education initiative.  According to the DoL, investigations of some 500 restaurants over the past five years revealed violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 68% of them.

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    Posted on: April 3, 2012 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • Employment Alert: NLRB Posting Requirement Delayed Yet Again

    Last fall, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule requiring all employers under its jurisdiction (which includes nearly all private sector employers) to post a notice informing employees of their rights to organize, form and join unions, to engage in other concerted activities, and to refrain from so doing. The rule was to go into effect on April 30, 2012.

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    Posted on: April 2, 2012 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • A Review of the New 2012 Employment Laws

    Is your company in compliance with new California employment laws?  The 2011 legislative year was busy for lawmakers.  Effective January 1, 2012, employers are: mandated to make specific wage disclosures; restricted from conducting credit checks; and required to extend coverage for pregnancy disability leaves

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    Posted on: February 1, 2012 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • Real Estate Update: State Releases Draft Guidelines for Streamlined Environmental Review of Infill Development Projects

    On January 25, 2012, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) released draft CEQA Guidelines to implement Senate Bill (SB) 226, which the Governor signed last October. SB 226 creates a streamlining mechanism under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for qualified infill development projects. Whether SB 226 is a useful tool will depend in large part on the criteria in these performance standards and whether they ultimately bring sufficient certainty and efficiency to the CEQA process.

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  • Real Estate Update: Court Invalidates BAAQMD’s CEQA Air Quality Guidelines

    On January 9, 2012, Alameda County Superior Court issued a ruling that will affect CEQA air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) analyses for all pending projects in the Bay Area. Please read the Real Estate alert for further information.

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    Posted on: January 1, 2012 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • Tax Update: Employer Reporting Requirements: Incentive Stock Options & Employee Stock Purchase Plans

    Time is running out for corporate employers to provide employees and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) certain statements regarding the exercise of incentive stock options (“ISOs”) and the transfer of shares at a discount under employee stock purchase plans (“ESPPs”). Please read the Tax Alert for further information.

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  • Family Wealth Update: Golden Age for Wealth Transfer Planning – Part 2 (Or, if something seems too good to be true…)

    In a prior CPDB Update we described the unprecedented opportunities that are available through 2012 for estate and gift tax planning. The $5 million exemptions for estate tax, gift tax, and GST tax are at their highest levels ever. The tax rate for transfers in excess of these exemptions is 35% – the lowest rate in 80 years!

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    Posted on: November 1, 2011 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • Real Estate Reminder: October 1 Deadline for Energy Efficiency Reporting (for SF Nonresidential Buildings over 50,000 Square Feet)

    Owners of most nonresidential buildings of 50,000 square feet or more must comply by October 1, 2011, with the new energy-efficiency reporting requirements imposed by San Francisco’s Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance.

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    Posted on: September 1, 2011 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • IP Update: Protect Your Brand From New Adult Entertainment Domain

    IP Update: “Protect Your Brand From New Adult Entertainment Domain.” Trademark and brand owners may wish to take quick action to protect their brand names from being snatched up under a new “.xxx” top-level domain designed for the adult entertainment industry.

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    Posted on: August 1, 2011 Tags: Categories: Publications
  • Family Wealth Update: Golden Age for Wealth Transfer Planning

    This is the best opportunity in at least 25 years for affluent families to transfer wealth to junior generations.  A combination of factors has created this favorable environment, including:  (i) generous gift, estate and generation skipping transfer tax (“GST”) exemptions, (ii) unrestricted techniques (GRATs, QPRTs, loans and sales to family members and to grantor trusts f/b/o family members), (iii) low interest rates, (iv) valuation adjustments for inter-family transfers, and (v) still recovering values in closely held businesses and real estate.

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    Posted on: February 1, 2011 Tags: Categories: Publications
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