CalChamber Joins Effort to Prevent Supply Chain, Ports Disruption in New Year
The California Chamber of Commerce has joined a coalition of 267 federal, state and local trade associations in urging East/Gulf Coast labor and management leaders…
Social Narratives, Reality, Economic Data and How They Mesh with Election Results
Who Should We Credit for Trump’s Big Win? Jerome Powell Of Course… The red wave that swept Donald Trump to a second term took most…
Hong Kong Business Associations Elect Margaret Wong as Chairman
Margaret Wong, president and founder of mwConnect (formerly McWong International), was elected chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations (HKBA) Worldwide on December…
Panelists Weigh the Issues Arising from Antitrust Legislation/Regulations
Moderator Kurt Oneto, partner, Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni, LLP, poses questions about the issues raised by misguided antitrust legislative and regulatory efforts to…
CalChamber Welcomes Legislators to State Capitol
As the California Legislature began its two-year term this week, the California Chamber of Commerce was pleased to co-host a reception on December 2 to…
Legislative Analyst Forecasts Multiyear State Budget Deficits
The new year will bring in big changes to California politics and governance. Some 35 new legislators will start work in the State Capitol. A…
Don’t Discourage Employee’s Use of California/Federal Family Leave
One of our employees has notified us that he wants to use state/federal family leave in approximately two months when his baby is born. Although…
CalChamber Small Business Policy Council Meeting Provides Updates on CalOSBA Programs, State Races, Key Legislative Wins
The California Chamber of Commerce Small Business Policy Council recently hosted Tara Lynn Gray, director of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA),…