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
Litigation
Business
Real Estate
Intellectual Property
Other Information
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Employment

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):
March, 2010   (PDF) (HTML)
Employment Law Risk Avoidance

February, 2010   (PDF) (HTML)
Prevailing Employee Loses $870,000 in Attorneys’ Fees

January, 2010   (PDF) (HTML)
Employment Agencies and Joint Employer Liability for Unpaid Wages


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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

Trusts & Estates Notes

Estate Planning for Parents of Young Children
By Stewart Richardson
(PDF) (HTML)

Creating the First Estate Plan
By Stewart Richardson
(PDF) (HTML)

Living Trusts
By Eiko Itoh
(PDF) (HTML)

Estate Planning
By Eiko Itoh
(PDF) (HTML)

Real Estate Law Alerts

October 2008 (PDF) (HTML)
Your Real Estate Purchase Contract or Option May Be Void


Real Estate Co-Ownership Briefs



Co-Ownership Agreements – Key Issues
By Thomas B.Jacob
(PDF) (HTML)



Buy-Sell Provisions of Co-Tenancy Agreements
By Anne E.Senti-Willis
(PDF) (HTML)



Is joint ownership the best way to hold an interest in real estate?
By Kathryn Andrews
(PDF) (HTML)



Terminating Tenants-In-Common Ownership – Partition Actions
By Stephen C.Gerrish
(PDF) (HTML)



Property Tax Re-assessment Upon Transfer of Co-owned Real Property
By Scott M.Toussaint
(PDF) (HTML)




Other Publications

Use the link below to download copies of the following information:

Intellectual Property:

Updates in Trade Secret Related Cases (A monthly article by Andrew Holland):

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:

Gray Market Goods: An Overview Of U.S Trademark Law To Prevent The Unlawful Importation Of Gray Market Goods

Trade Secret Protection Plan Checklist

FAQS About Trademarks

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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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Links

California Court Information (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/)