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Coleman & Horowitt LLP partner Lee N. Smith is participating in AB 617 South Fresno Steering Committee. In mid-December and January dozens of residents, business representatives and other community members attended the first meeting of the South Central Fresno Steering Committee as part of AB 617 Assembly Bill (“AB”) 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017) was approved by the…
Government Code§ 1090 and the Political Reform Act This article is part of presentation that was made to the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) by David Weiland on January 9, 2019. Government Code § 1090 Fresno Law Firm Government Code § 1090(a): Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers…
COLEMAN & HOROWITT LLP ARTICLE ON AB 617 WAS PUBLISHED IN THE WINTER ISSUE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOR.
The California Supreme Court in October denied the Petition for Review of the Second District Court of Appeal’s opinion that a Proposition 65 suit concerning acrylamide in breakfast cereals was preempted by federal law. Although the trial court rejected this argument the cereal manufacturers successfully appealed to the Court of Appeals. The Court found that a Prop. 65 cancer warning on…
Lee N. Smith of our office will be participating in a Water Law and Regulations Conference in Sacramento on January 16, 2019. Mr. Smith will be discussing Water Quality issues in California. His talk will encompass the origins of water quality regulation, the relevant agencies, liability under the Water Code, and touch upon several of the emerging issues including the…
Mistakes Inventors Make When Dealing with Patent Lawyers Download a PDF of the article here By Gary S. Shuster As an inventor with well over 150 issued U.S. Patents and a Harvard Law degree, I have a unique perspective on the inventor/lawyer relationship. I understand the frustration that patent lawyers feel when the inventor doesn’t understand that patent lawyers aren’t…
California Supreme Court Applies an “ABC” Test for Employers to Use When Assessing Whether Worker Is an Employee or Independent Contractor Download a PDF of the article here By Judith M. Sasaki and Gregory J. Norys For years, even the most conscientious California employers have had difficulty determining whether a worker can correctly be classified as an independent contractor. The…
Download a PDF of the article here By Darryl J. Horowitt Picture this scenario: You are ready to start your business and you have picked what you think is a great, catchy name that is sure to propel your business to the stratosphere from day one. You file a fictitious business name statement, prepare business cards, marketing materials, and letterhead,…
On Tuesday December 11, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency released the long awaited (promised by President Trump) proposed rule that would reduce the types of areas covered by the wetlands programs under the federal Clean Water Act. ( Pre-publication version of the Federal Register notice, the supporting analyses and fact sheets are available at: https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule) The proposed rule from the…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Findings in the Federal Register (62720 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 234 / Thursday, December 6, 2018) on Thursday that the PM 2.5 Attainment Plan for the Central Valley is overdue and that if it not completed and incorporated into the State Implementation Plan within 18 months-sanctions will be imposed that…