California Lawyers Association

October 4, 2019

Is Climate Change the next Big Tobacco? A wave of lawsuits in California seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their contribution to climate change. In 2017, the Counties of San Mateo, Marin, and Santa Cruz, and the Cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Imperial Beach, and Santa Cruz filed complaints against more than three dozen fossil fuel companies under theories including public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability for design defect and failure to warn, negligence, and trespass. Will courts apply these ancient legal doctrines to this modern existential threat? What are the hurdles and complexities in this emerging area of climate law?

https://cla.inreachce.com/Details/Information/D8538947-1100-4465-B617-FBABD1CB9CDD?_ga=2.191411306.1333819376.1569799822-1096278632.1566233242

Marin County Bar Association

THURSDAY | OCTOBER 17, 2019
11:45-1:15P

It’s official! Statewide rent control will be effective January 1, 2020. Vince DeMartini, Neusha Ghaedi and Len Rifkind will discuss the new watershed rent control law affecting nearly all residential landlords and tenants throughout California, as well as the distinctions of each local just cause eviction measure in Marin County.

https://marinbar.org/events/?type=event&id=335

Marin County Bar Association

WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 16, 2019
12:00-1:30P

The speakers will address how these directives work and don't work in real life situations and what every lawyer can do to educate clients adequately about them. Including the appointed agent in the education can make all the difference. There are good ways to "outsource" that as needed. The AHD should not be an afterthought in estate planning.

https://marinbar.org/events/?type=event&id=293

Marin County Bar Association

TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2019
12:00-1:15P

This presentation will include an overview of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, along with how to use DissoMaster under TCJA. This includes changes related to exemptions, itemized deductions, spousal support deductibility and taxability, qualified business income and more.

https://marinbar.org/events/?type=event&id=305

Sonoma County Bar Association

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

This presentation will address how California’s longstanding sexual harassment training requirements have been significantly expanded by both the Legislature and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. New statutes and regulations have expanded the training requirement to virtually all employees of a business or agency in California, regardless of size. In addition, key regulations went into effect mandating new content for sexual harassment trainings, including training meant to address harassment and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

This panel will address:
1) What you need to know about the new employer requirements;
2) Best practices for conducting sexual harassment training; and
3) How an effective training program can help prevent, correct, and defend against “me too” and related claims.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/controller.cfm?view=public.event_detail&cid=454AF682-5056-A62A-6666CCAABFA4CB8A

Sonoma County Bar Association

Monday, October 28, 2019

Jack M. Sanford
Attorney
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery, P.C.

Ahmad Zeki
Key Account Manager, Ontellus

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/controller.cfm?view=public.event_detail&cid=1A8708FA-5056-A62A-6676D35D0385FCF8

Sonoma County Bar Association

Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2019

This workshop will include an overview of deed types, Recorder functions and basics, fees, forms including preliminary change of ownership, searching records, online purchase of documents, e-recording, best practice and common errors.

https://www.sonomacountybar.org/controller.cfm?view=public.event_detail&cid=DF4A6348-B47D-1F89-5D15E4DC7899C8BC

ABA Journal News

September 25, 2019

Lawyers working in the field of criminal justice reform, restorative justice and cyber harassment are among this year’s 26 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winners.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/three-lawyers-are-among-this-years-genius-grant-winners

The Bar Examiner

Winter 2018 - 2019

Concerns about access to justice throughout the country have caused some jurisdictions to explore means by which they can provide the public with affordable and easily accessible legal services. In this section, we look at three models, both new and long-standing, developed in Utah, Washington, and Arizona. 

https://thebarexaminer.org/article/winter-2018-2019/limited-practice-legal-professionals-a-look-at-three-models/

September 6, 2019

SLS Blogs

Workers in the gig economy in California may be getting extra labor protections if Assembly Bill 5, which could upend the definition of contract employees, is taken up by the California Senate by the time it adjourns on September 13, as is expected. The bill cleared the fiscal committee in the state senate on August 30. Here, labor law expert Stanford Law Professor William B. Gould IV discusses the bill and objections to it by Lyft and Uber.

https://law.stanford.edu/2019/09/06/stanford-laws-bill-gould-on-assembly-bill-5-labor-rights-in-the-gig-economy/