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Associate Kurt Rifbjerg Joins Donahue Fitzgerald
Kurt joins Donahue Fitzgerald’s Trusts and Estates practice. His practice focuses on trust administrations, probate, estate planning, conservatorships, and related litigation matters. He assists clients with the preparation of estate plans designed to achieve clients’ legacy goals and promote efficient administration of their trust and estate. He also represents lay trustees and professional fiduciaries in […]
Read »Donahue Fitzgerald Advises Game Taco in Acquisition of WorldWinner from GSN Games
Read the full press release, Game Taco Acquires Skill-Game Pioneer WorldWinner From GSN Games.
Read »Associate Arun P. Bose Joins Donahue Fitzgerald
Arun joins Donahue Fitzgerald’s Intellectual Property, Music and Entertainment, and Business and Corporate practices. His practice focuses on trademark, copyright, domain names, and business transactions. He assists clients in obtaining trademark and copyright registrations, and enforcing their intellectual property rights. Arun earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, and his […]
Read »Associate Janet Li Joins Donahue Fitzgerald
Janet joins Donahue Fitzgerald’s Litigation and Trusts and Estates practices. Her practice focuses on will and estates litigation. She uses her legal skills to help families reach amicable settlements or handle contentious litigation. She counsels clients ranging from individuals and small business owners to high net worth individuals who own multiple corporations and real estate […]
Read »Associate Julia L. Covello Joins Donahue Fitzgerald
Julia joins Donahue Fitzgerald’s Litigation practice with a focus on state and federal court litigation and has helped represent clients in a variety of complex state and federal law matters. She assists clients in all aspects of litigation, including pre-litigation investigation and resolution, discovery, motions practice, mediation, and trial preparation. Julia earned her J.D. from […]
Read »Donahue Fitzgerald Advises Prime Engineering in Strategic Investment from Godspeed Capital
Read the full press release, Prime Engineering Announces Strategic Investment from Godspeed Capital.
Read »Will Mandatory Covid Vaccinations For Employees Be Legal?
In December 2020, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 guidance to address vaccination issues. This new EEOC guidance states that a COVID-19 vaccine is not a medical examination for purposes of the ADA, however pre-screening vaccination questions and giving the vaccine can trigger ADA regulations on disability-related inquiries and reasonable accommodations. Under the ADA, an […]
Read »California Supreme Court Confirms Retroactivity of ABC Test
Language in Dynamex presaged this result. Vazquez is also consistent with the general rule that judicial decisions are given retroactive effect. However, because the 2018 Dynamex opinion was silent on the issue of retroactivity, some employer litigants hoped that the Court could be persuaded to treat Dynamex as an exception to the general rule of […]
Read »New Emergency Regulations With Covid-19 Paid Leave Benefits Enacted By Cal OSHA
Here are the key provisions: 1. The ETS applies to all employers and employees, except: a) Employees working on site but alone and with no contact with others; b) Employees when working remotely at home; c) Employees covered under the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases standard (CCR section 5199). 2. The ETS requires employers to have a […]
Read »California Passes Prop 24 Amending the California Consumer Privacy Act
The CPRA amends the CCPA and brings California’s privacy laws closer to the EU’s Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)). The CPRA will become effective on January 1, 2023, and it has a “look back” to January 2022. A Summary Of The CPRA Imposed Additional Consumer Privacy Rights And Business Obligations. Changes to the […]
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