By Natasha Bhushan – August 2024 The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”),[i] effective January 1, 2024, is arguably the most far-reaching federal legislation in twenty years. It requires an estimated 32.6 million existing business entities, plus an estimated 5 million new business entities per year,[ii] to report personal information about the entity’s owners and control […]
By Thomas G. Thornton – November 2023 Employers should be aware of significant new restrictions governing employment related noncompete agreements and clauses that go into effect in January 2024. As a result of the enactment of AB 1076, not only are noncompete clauses in the employment context void and unenforceable in California under Business and […]
By Thomas G. Thornton – June 2023 A pair of significant recent California court decisions have clarified two areas of law that regularly feature in wage and hour disputes, namely, claims of wage statement and break period violations. California law imposes strict requirements on what information must be included in an employee’s wage statements. In […]
By Gisele M. Goetz – April 2023 In a wide-ranging bid to reduce money laundering, in 2020 Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (codified at 31 U.S.C. 5336). The CTA will take effect on January 1, 2024. Non-exempt corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships are going to have to comply with the CTA by […]
By Susan H. McCollum – October 2022 What does it mean to work remotely? It is a worker who does their job from a location other than a central office run by the company. It could be at home or anywhere outside the traditional office building.
On April 16, 2019, the Santa Barbara City Council approved ordinances requiring mandatory 12-month leases and “just cause” eviction. The City is working to finalize the proposed ordinances. The result will be that landlords generally cannot evict unwanted tenants based on the typical thirty-day or sixty-day notice.
Gisele Goetz has joined Hollister & Brace as a principal attorney and Thomas Thornton has joined as an associate attorney.
In keeping with the firm’s history of dedication to supporting our local community, Hollister & Brace is proud to support the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as a Sponsor in its 5th year of the popular and sold out “Santa Barbara Beer Garden” event.
The Frank Crandall Community Service Award for 2016 has been presented to the firm of Hollister & Brace.
Effective January 1, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law emergency legislation, (responsive to the California case, Marriage of Boblitt1) relating to discovery in family law post-judgment proceedings.
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