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In addition to its blog, the firm provides resources and useful links that can be viewed by selecting from the titles and sites listed below under the following topics:
Employment
Business
Trusts and Estates
Real Estate
Intellectual Property
Other Information
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Employment
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Commission Plans
Commission Plan Review Checklist -
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Ruling expands field of sexual harassment victims - First Wednesday (A monthly discussion of employment law issues and other hot topics for management):
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September, 2010 (PDF) (HTML)
California Courts Expand Wrongful Termination Law – Again -
August, 2010 (PDF) (HTML)
Unpaid Interns – The Legal Test -
July, 2010 (PDF) (HTML)
U.S. Department of Labor Expands Family Leave
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September, 2010 (PDF) (HTML)
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Business
- Use the link below to download copies of the following Guidance Memos and model forms:
- Business Formation Questionnaire
- Model Seed Financing Term Sheet
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Trusts & Estates
- Trusts & Estates Notes
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Estate Planning for Parents of Young Children
By Stewart Richardson
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Tips to Avoid Common Estate Planning Mistakes
By Michael Curtis
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Death, Taxes & Congressional Malpractice
By Michael Curtis
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Factors to Consider Before Making Gifts
By Michael Curtis and Eiko Itoh
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Creating the First Estate Plan
By Stewart Richardson
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Living Trusts
By Eiko Itoh
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Estate Planning
By Eiko Itoh
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Use of Lifetime Trusts in the Estate Plans of Parents of Young Children
By Stewart Richardson
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Estate Planning for Parents of Young Children
- Estate Planning Forms
- Trust Administration Checklists
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Real Estate
- Real Estate Law Alerts
- Real Estate Co-Ownership Briefs
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Co-Ownership Agreements – Key Issues
By Thomas B.Jacob
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Buy-Sell Provisions of Co-Tenancy Agreements
By Anne E.Senti-Willis
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Is joint ownership the best way to hold an interest in real estate?
By Kathryn Andrews
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Terminating Tenants-In-Common Ownership – Partition Actions
By Stephen C.Gerrish
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Property Tax Re-assessment Upon Transfer of Co-owned Real Property
By Scott M.Toussaint
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Other Real Estate Related Materials:
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Estoppel Certificate Waiver Addendum
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Co-Ownership Agreements – Key Issues
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Intellectual Property
- Updates in Trade Secret Related Cases (A monthly article by Andrew Holland):
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- Playing by the Rules in Trade Secret Litigation
- Identifying Trade Secrets with “Reasonable Particularity”: What is Required?
- Narrowing the Claims in Trade Secret Litigation: Preemption Under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act
- Plaintiffs! Beware the Risks of Tactical or Preemptive Claims for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- Customer Information. What do Courts Require Before Information About Customers is Given Trade Secret Status Under California’s Uniform Trade Secret Act?
- Is Identifying Trade Secrets with “Reasonable Particularity” Whatever the Court Decides?
- Other Intellectual Property Related Articles:
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Other Information
- Warren Thoits: Shaping Palo Alto
- U.S. Figure Skating Establishes Athlete Support Fund to Honor Ron And Gayle Hershberger
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