Top Legal Stories You Might Have Missed
In some recent articles, linked below for your ease of reference, we wrote about:

  • Police chases in the company vehicle (as an example of employer liability for employee crimes);
  • Why Buy-Sell Agreements should contain a right of first refusal;
  • Gender quotas for California publicly traded companies are now required;
  • The case for ADA web accessibility of business websites was dismissed; and
  • How to protect your trade secrets via federal law.

Read all our articles at https://sdcorporatelaw.com/blog/

Please enjoy the articles below and feel free to contact me for a consultation when you require legal counsel.
There is nothing like logging onto your news app or turning on the television to see video of your company’s delivery truck prominently featured in a police chase. Your first thought might be “oh no.” Your second thought might be to accept the Hollywood adage that “bad publicity is better than no publicity.” Famously, sales of white Ford Broncos surged after OJ Simpson’s police...

A buy-sell agreement governs the terms and conditions under which a business owner can sell — or be forced to sell — his or her ownership shares/units in the business. In general, a buy-sell agreement is an attempt to plan for adversity if an owner has an untimely death, becomes disabled, ends up in bankruptcy, gets divorced, or wants to sever the business relationship. Some buy-sell...

Governor Brown recently signed Senate Bill 826, which required that publicly-traded companies headquartered in California must have women as members of their corporate board of directors. The final version of SB 826 requires that all such corporations have at least one female director by the end of 2019. Two years later, by the end of...

Title III of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires that businesses be accessible to those with disabilities. Of late, one of the thorny legal questions is whether the ADA requires that websites be accessible to those who are sight impaired and hearing impaired. The federal courts have been trending in the direction of saying “yes,” as long as there is some connection to a physical location. Previously, we...

Almost every business — even small businesses — have trade secrets that should be legally protected. California law protects a business’ trade secrets, such as a client list, under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”). See Cal. Civ. Code §§ 3426, et. seq. There is also a federal version of the law passed in 2016 called the “Defend Trade Secrets Act.” See 18 U.S.C...

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