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Farella Braun + Martel is proud to be recognized as a winner of the 2024 Bay Area Best Places to Work, an awards program presented by the?San Francisco Business Times?and the?Silicon Valley Business Journal. This is the 18th?time Farella has earned the Bay Area Best Places to Work award. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUyWGB8T #BestPlacesToWork #MidsizeLawFirm

Today's EO Radio Show episode introduces several critical compliance topics relevant to international grantmaking by U.S. public charities and private foundations. These are the antiterrorism rules, income tax withholding rules, and special rules for private foundations. These "basics" episodes touch on the rules for U.S. charitable organizations that make grants to organizations or individuals not resident in the United States. Grantmakers need to be aware of a couple of general requirements, and private foundations also have an extra set of concerns to ensure that the expenditure outside the United States is not penalized as a taxable expenditure. The private foundation grantmakers also want to be sure that the expenditure does count towards its minimum distribution requirement. Cynthia Rowland starts this series with an episode focused on introducing the Patriot Act rules that apply to all grants, international and domestic. In the next episode of this series, she will provide a brief overview of the income tax withholding rules that apply to payments for services that come into play when making a grant to an international organization that may provide some services in the United States. The third installment of this series will focus specifically on the special private foundation rules, expenditure responsibility, equivalency determination, and other techniques used by private foundations that make grants to international organizations. Listen to the podcast: https://lnkd.in/gBVuTNUy #EORadioShowPodcast #InternationalGrantmaking #NonprofitLaw #ExemptOrganizations

Farella is a proud sponsor of Unified Patent's Corporate IP Strategy Conference.

Sarah Good is a speaker for the "Defending Diversity When DEI Initiatives are Challenged" session at the BASF Barristers Diversity Conference 2024 on October 18.??

EO Radio Show episode 98 is the fourth in a series of episodes in which we discuss fraud at nonprofit organizations?with the expert insight of Sly Atayee, a director at the national accounting firm BDO USA and a certified fraud examiner. In episode 94, we started with case studies of fraud at nonprofit organizations. Then, in episode 95, we discussed three immediate steps an organization can take to mitigate fraud risks. In episode 96, Sly walked us through several big-picture fraud prevention techniques for exempt organizations. Today, we wrap up the series with an "ask a certified fraud examiner" session to answer listener questions sent to our?[email protected]?mailbox. Listen to the podcast with host Cynthia Rowland: https://lnkd.in/ghP3PMHj #EORadioShowPodcast #NonprofitLaw #ExemptOrganizations #FraudPrevention #NonprofitFraudRisks

A recent Ninth Circuit decision clarifies employers’ obligations to address hostile work environment complaints arising out of employees’ off-premises social media activity. In?Okonowsky v. Garland, the Ninth Circuit overturned a Title VII sexually hostile environment summary judgment ruling, finding that the court had erred by considering only some of the evidence and by applying incorrect legal standards. Emphasizing the ubiquitous nature of social media and its impact on the workplace, the Ninth Circuit’s decision provides guidance for employer best practices in investigating and responding to employee complaints arising out of off-duty social media use. In her article, Rebecca Stephens outlines five key takeaways from the decision: https://lnkd.in/g6-y6fZi #EmploymentLaw #SocialMediaUse #EmploymentLawyer #WorkplaceCulture

Farella Braun + Martel has achieved “2023-2024 Mansfield Certification Plus” for the second consecutive year through Diversity Lab. This recognition reflects the firm’s intentional efforts to ensure that all talent, regardless of background, has equal opportunities for advancement into leadership roles. Learn more about our Mansfield Certification Plus status: https://lnkd.in/gP_AT6SM #Mansfield #MansfieldCertifiedPlus #LeadershipInLaw #DiversityLab

Want to know the ins and outs of one of the first big office tower acquisitions in San Francisco post-2020? Then you don't want to miss this Anatomy of the Deal program. We will dig into what the market looked like at the time, how SKS and Swig found their way to this property (and each other), the ups and downs of getting the deal done, and what's next for 350 California (and the SF office market in general)! Register at the link below!

Happy to support the All Stars Project and play in their benefit tournament last week. It was a lovely day at the Presidio Golf course only slightly ruined by my golf game. With Brian Donnelly, Jim Lynch, and Dave Foster.

Farella Braun + Martel proudly sponsored the 2024 All Stars Project Fall Benefit and Golf Classic, where we received the Corporate Philanthropy Award, honoring the firm's work in youth and community development. Thank you, Jim Day, for your dedication to the All Stars Project and the uplifting impact you've had on the lives of San Francisco Bay Area underserved youth. In the photos with Jim: Farella Managing Partner Brian Donnelly