California Labor & Employment Law Blog

Are you aware of the new laws going into effect in 2008? Have your safety/driving policies and practices been updated to comply with SB 1613 and SB 33? Are you aware of the recent cases indicating that employers may not be liable for meal break pay when employees knowingly and voluntarily fail to take their meal break? Do you know about the new military spouse leave law in California and have you implemented policies to address it? Were you aware that the ability to use administrative exemption as a defense to state law overtime claims in California was substantially limited in 2007?

If you want to make sure that you are up to speed with all the latest developments in California labor and employment law, then you should attend Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP's November HR Roundtable meeting on November 13, 2007. CDF LLP attorneys at each office (Sacramento, San Francisco, LA, Irvine, San Diego) will provide a complimentary live breakfast presentation discussing these latest developments and the steps that California employers can take to make sure that they are complying with the changes. For more information on locations, click here.

November 13, 2007

7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. - Networking

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Program

Continental Breakfast Provided

To register for this Roundtble, please e-mail the following information to register@cdflaborlaw.com:

Your Name

Your Company Name

Date of Roundtable

Location of Roundtable or contact

On October 25, 2007, Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP was honored at the 2007 Unity Bar Dinner with a Unity 2007 Award by the Sacramento County Bar Association and its Unity Bar Association.  This prestigious award was presented to the firm for its promotion of diversity in the legal profession, and in particular for its ongoing participation and service to the Sacramento County Diversity Hiring and Retention Committee and that Committee's Diversity Summer Fellowship Program.  With the leadership of partners Vanessa Whang and Mark Spring, both of whom serve as active members of the Diversity Hiring and Retention Committee, our Sacramento office has supported this outstanding program for a number of years.  We are honored to have received this award and hope and expect to continue to take affirmative steps to promote diversity, both at our law firm and in the legal professional generally, for the forseeable future.

For more information on the Diversity Summer Fellowship Program or the Diversity Hiring and Retention Committee, please contact Vanessa W. Whang at vwhang@cdflaborlaw.com or Mark S. Spring at mspring@cdflaborlaw.com.

Marianne Koepf, partner at Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger's San Francisco office, will be conducting a presentation covering the recent California legislative session and recent case law and regulations in the employment law field that California lodging industry employers need to be concerned about going into 2008. The presentation is part of the California Lodging Expo and Conference on November 6, 2007 at the Oakland Marriott, and is being sponsored by the California Lodging Industry Association and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association. For more information click here.

Mark S. Spring, our firm's Managing Partner, was the featured guest expert for the most recent In the Know Podcast series. In this podcast, Mr. Spring discusses the issues related to the California meal and rest break compliance difficulties and the recent waive of class action lawsuits against California employers related to the meal and rest break regulations. You will hear Mr. Spring discuss the ramifications of several recent court opinions and provide some recommendations that California employers can use to try to minimize the risk of being the next defendant in one of these class actions. To listen/download the podcast click here.

Superior results, exceptional quality, and unsurpassed value to our clients are the highest priorities at the law firm of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP. Founded in 1994, we have spent the past decade combining the talents and energies of attorneys trained at some of the best law firms and law schools in the nation. We have assembled a team of almost 40 attorneys who represent California employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. By establishing offices in Orange County (Irvine), San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, we have become one of the few statewide firms exclusively servicing the needs of employers in California. In addition, although we are a mid-sized firm, we have more California-based attorneys exclusively practicing labor and employment law than most of the large multi-national firms in California - without the corresponding overhead.

We are honored to represent a wide spectrum of employers ranging from Fortune 100 companies to regional and local enterprises. Whether we are providing day-to-day human resources advice, or handling sophisticated class action litigation involving thousands of employees, our mission remains to provide our clients with legal services of the highest quality, to achieve superior results, and to assist our clients in attaining their ongoing business goals.

When a client hires our firm, it not only obtains top-notched legal representation, it also adds a valuable member to its business team. Although many of our clients hire us initially to defend a particular matter, we often continue to work closely with them thereafter to provide counsel on litigation and non-litigation matters alike. Our greatest success is evidenced by the long standing relationships we have developed with so many of our valued clients.