The Internal Revenue Code imposes a significant tax on the transfer of a person’s estate by gift during life or at death. However, every person has a credit against the estate tax which exempts roughly $11,200,000 of gift/inheritance transfers. In the case
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On January 13, 2020, during ABA’s Bus Industry Safety Council (BISC) winter meeting, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Acting Administrator Jim Mullen announced that FMCSA has granted ABA’s petition stating that California’s Meal and Rest Break (MRB) rules are preempted under 49 U.S.C.
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Happy New Year! January is upon us again. It is a new year and new decade! Don’t wait to complete your estate plan, start now so you can start off the year with the peace of mind that you have this task
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Another year has come and gone, and California has again increased the state’s minimum wage. Effective January 1, 2020, the state-wide California minimum wage for employers with 25 or fewer employees will be $12 per hour and $13 per hour for employers
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The battle of whether an employer can mandate an employee to sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of employment continues! Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”), that was set to take effect on January 1, 2020, makes it unlawful for employers to
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On December 31, 2019, the U.S. Southern District Court granted the California Trucking Association’s request for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”). The Court Order prevents the state’s enforcement of Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) until the court makes a decision on the CTA’s
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We are pleased to announce that Natalia Canas has joined the firm of Chauvel & Glatt. Natalia is a part of our Labor and Employment team. Her primary focus is working with employers to ensure California labor compliance in all aspects of
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Our firm often prepares estate plans for blended families or for spouses that each have children from separate relationships. In blended families, spouses often elect to set up an estate plan where on the death of the first spouse, the surviving spouse’s
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I don’t know about you, but if someone sued me, I am pretty sure that hiring them for a future position at my business would not top my list of qualities I was looking for in a new hire. Governor Gavin Newsom
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Assembly Bill No. 51 (“bill”) was signed into law on October 10, 2019 and will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Specifically, the bill prohibits employers from requiring any applicant for employment or any employee to waive any right, forum, or
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