The California Supreme Court upholds class action waivers in arbitration agreements and employment contracts.The California Supreme Court's decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, confirmed that an express class action waiver in an employment...
The Small Business Administration expanded the definition of Small Business to include more businesses under its umbrella of opportunities. The SBA provides financing, government contracting and other opportunities to Small Businesses. The definition of a Small...
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby may affect your business. The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 decision, held, in part, that the Department of Health and Human Services' regulations imposing the contraceptive mandate, as applied to closely-held corporations,...
Does your Advance Health Care Directive provide HIPAA Authorization? An Advance Health Care Directive is an imperative part of your estate plan. It authorizes an individual of your choice to make health care decisions for you if you are incapacitated or too ill to...
Can out of State assets be held in your California Trust? A Living Trust, a common Estate Planning tool, created for a California resident is typically created under the laws of California, unless otherwise advisable. This raises the question as to whether or...
Effective January 1, 2015, the Documentary Transfer Tax Act is changing and it will impact real estate professionals.The California Documentary Transfer Tax Act (Cal. Rev. and Tax. Code Section 11901 et seq.)(the "Act") authorizes a county or city to impose a tax with...
A new approach to land use and litigation disputes under Village of Willowbrook v. Olech may arise in a variety of circumstances; e.g. downzoning, restricting use of property for environmental purpose, denial of development permit, a subdivision map, a conditional use...
Heggstad Petition: Transferring an Asset to Trust After DeathEstate Plans may not include all of the assets. Can you transfer an asset to trust after death? MAYBE.Generally, after the time of death a Living Trust or Revocable Trust becomes irrevocable. At that time,...
As a recent Forbes article titled "Legal Mistakes That Haunt After Death: Three Cases" pointedly highlighted, and as this blog acknowledged last month, legal documents are not something that should be left to an online document preparation service. Effectively, an...
An Estate Plan must consider the assets owned jointly between you and another person, such as a residence or assets for which you have designated a beneficiary, such as a life insurance policy.If an asset has a beneficiary designation, that asset will pass to...