Court clears up lunch break rules
Businesses don’t have to force their workers to take lunch breaks – they need only make them available to avoid penalties under California labor law. But they still face the threat of class-action lawsuits if they have a policy of promoting only the employees who work through their lunch breaks. The California Supreme Court handed Read More →
Challenger in Ventura County wants judicial records overhaul
It’s not often that a sitting judge faces an election challenge, but that will be the case in the June 5 primary election when Westlake Village attorney Brad Bjelke runs against Ventura County Superior Court Judge Harry Walsh.
Name changes and new faces at SLO and Oxnard law firms
Two tri-county firms are changing names.
SLO law firm to change name
San Luis Obispo County’s second-largest law firm is changing names as one of its partners departs. On Feb. 1, Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & McIvor will become Sinsheimer Juhnke McIvor & Stroh. Before the change, the firm ranked ninth-largest in the Tri-Counties with 12 attorneys and the second-largest in San Luis Obispo County. Its website now Read More →
A preview of what’s to come in employment, property and tax law
A host of new laws took effect on Jan. 1, and some important decisions are coming down in the courts and in Congress that will affect businesses and their owners.
Adamski team dug in on construction suit and didn’t come up empty
Dave Cumberland and Josh George of San Luis Obispo County’s Adamski Moroski Madden Cumberland & Green took a general contractor on a public construction project to a jury trial, and they won.
