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Transfers of Ownership Interest in Legal Entities that Own Real Property under San Jose’s Measure E
By: Jason Murai, Esq. On March 3, 2020, San Jose voters passed Measure E, which provides for a transfer tax on real property located in the City of San Jose. Beginning on July 1, 2020, the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office began collecting the Measure E transfer...
Attorneys Elizabeth Satterthwaite and Kevin Martin join downtown San Jose law firm Strategy Law, LLP.
Strategy Law, LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Satterthwaite, a Real Estate and Corporate Transactional Attorney, and Kevin Martin, a Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Real Estate Attorney, have joined the firm. Elizabeth Satterthwaite has...
Strategy Law, LLP attorneys named to the Northern California 2021 Super Lawyers List
Strategy Law is pleased to announce that two of our attorneys have been named to the Northern California 2021 Super Lawyers List. The Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than 5% of attorneys in each state to receive this honor. Tamara Pow, a business and real estate...
LOOSENING OF MANDATORY MASK REQUIREMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ANTICIPATED TO GO INTO EFFECT THURSDAY 6/17/21
By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. Cal/OSHA recently adopted new rules which allow vaccinated employees to work unmasked at their workplaces. Unvaccinated employees will continue to be obligated to wear masks until further notice. Employers will continue to be obligated to...
Reduced Covid Related Restrictions in Santa Clara County – Here is What you Need to Know
By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. On May 19th, the Santa Clara County Dept. of Public Health issued an Order which lifts a lot of restrictions. Like prior Orders, compliance with this Order is mandatory and may be quite time consuming. As such we urge businesses to immediately...
CHINA FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY UPDATE
Please read this very interesting and informative blog published by Special Counsel, Allan Marson that is a comprehensive summary an update of foreign investment law for any foreigner (e.g., from California) interested in setting up to operate a business in China or...
NEW SENATE BILL NO. 91
By: Jason Murai, Esq. On August 31, 2020, AB 3088, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act (the “CTRA”), was passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. For residential tenants, the CTRA prohibited an unlawful detainer action for failure to pay rent due to...
DO YOU EMPLOY MINORS?
AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021, EMPLOYERS ARE OBLIGATED TO REPORT TO THE POLICE ANY ACTUAL OR SUSPECTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF MINOR EMPLOYEES WITHIN 36 HOURS By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. One of the many new California employment related laws which went into effect on January 1, 2021...
EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE – JANUARY 2021
By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. The annual list of new employment laws which are effective 01/01/2021 includes laws related to both COVID and other more traditional employment law issues. The following is a brief summary of many of the important new Non-COVID laws and related...
EMPLOYERS – DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN AND TAKE STEPS TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES SAFE
By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. There are many reasons why companies need to be vigilant about their efforts to maintain a safe work environment during the pandemic. This includes both a desire to keep all employees and their families safe and the concern that a failure to do...
California Proposition 19 Passed – Now What?
By: Jason Murai, Esq. In our pre-election article we discussed two propositions that were on the ballot, Proposition 15 and Proposition 19, that would have raised property taxes for some owners of real property. Prop 15 was defeated, but Prop 19 passed by a slim...
POST ELECTION UPDATE – PROPOSITION 22 WIN
By: Lisa Chapman, Esq. APP-BASED AND RIDESHARING COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA CAN NOW CLASSIFY WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WITH CERTAIN NEW BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS The issue of worker classification in California continues to surprise! Concerned that App-Based and...
GIVING BACK IN THIS COVID-19 ERA
By: Jack Easterbrook, Esq. We are more than seven months past the initial Covid-19 lock downs and most experts expect we are still many months away from getting control over this virus. Many families in our area have been severely impacted and stressed by Covid-19,...
Required Notice to Employees About Voting
By : Lisa Chapman, Esq. Employers are also obligated ten days in advance of an election to post a notice to all employees about their right to take time off to vote. If you haven’t done so already, we recommend that employers do so immediately via email and a physical...
Property Tax Propositions – Prop 15 & Prop 19
By: Jason Murai, Esq. As election season heats up, it may seem like there is no end to the deluge of political advertisements on the airwaves. Most of the attention, it seems, is on the presidential race. However, closer to home there are two propositions on...
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