Employers have new emergency safety rules to follow for COVID
California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal‑OSHA) just issued 21 pages of COVID‑19‑related emergency rules,…
Estate Planning After the Election
California Proposition 19 Creates a Limited Time Frame to Transfer Certain Appreciated Real Property to Lock in Current Tax Benefits Although the…
November 24, 2020 | Categories: News, Estate Planning & Administration
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Private employers have qualified right to mandate employee COVID-19 vaccination
Earlier this month, Pfizer and Moderna separately announced each of their COVID-19 vaccines had proven at least 90 percent effective in clinical…
November 23, 2020 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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SCMV Named to 2021 “Best Law Firms” List
SCMV has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. Firms…
Proposition 22 and evolving law governing California contractors
With voter approval of Proposition 22, ridesharing companies succeeded in creating a new kind of independent contractor profession under California…
Voting and the law of the California workplace
The 2020 election season will soon end. A record number of Californians are expected to vote by mail; many already have. How do employers deal with…
Prop. 22 would create new kind of independent contractor
Proposition 22, a hotly contested ballot measure, would create a new profession under California law consisting of app-based rideshare and delivery…
San Diego Business Journal Women in Law Profile: Rhonda Crandall
Rhonda Crandall, a shareholder at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, has over two decades of experience in tax and estate planning. Her legal practice…
Pandemic related legal developments
Effective immediately, a new California law creates a rebuttable presumption through Jan. 1, 2023 that an employee’s…
Uber and Lyft face “day of reckoning”
On Aug. 10, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued an order effectively requiring ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft to reclassify…