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Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the following changes to the jurisdictional amounts for California state courts apply:
Small claims: Maximum claim increased from $10,000 to $12,500;
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2020-03-23 01:54
Federal, state, and local governments are announcing economic aid and loan programs to assist small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (coronavirus). These include: U.S. Federal government (IRS… Read More
2019-09-16 23:50
Updating my 10-year old post, How to Avoid an IRS Tax Audit: Incorporate Your Small Business, the IRS' own most recently available data (for tax year 2017), show that, for a taxpayer with $1… Read More
2019-01-09 03:29
As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Wayfair decision, starting 2019, California will require remote sellers with no presence in the state to register and collect and pay over to the stat… Read More
2018-12-11 02:48
The recently created California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) has issued a ruling in the Satview case against the Franchise Tax Board (FTB)'s position that a 25% member of a California limited… Read More
2018-06-05 06:13
The Supreme Court has resolved a conflict amongst the U.S. Federal Circuit Courts, and once again the Ninth Circuit has been overruled. This time it was for SCOTUS to confirm that class act… Read More
2018-06-05 00:01
The California Supreme Court has made an important change to employment classification law for California employers, which will make it more difficult for companies to appropriate classify w… Read More
2017-12-02 19:49
Jonas M. Grant was recently quoted as a California corporate law subject matter expert in an article in an online journal covering Los Angeles real estate news:[The] corporation ... continue… Read More
2017-05-15 01:28
LegalZoom offers trademark filing services, so naturally, when it comes to its own trademarks used to promote this and other of its online, non-attorney services, it trusts these to its in-h… Read More
2017-03-22 01:52
Why Do TV Networks Have 'No Unsoliciated Materials' Policies? One reason:LAWSUITS. Networks do not want to get sued because you thought they stole your idea. When creators pitch an undevelop… Read More
2016-10-08 00:34
ScreenwritingU is offering a free teleconference on a topic many new screenwriters have lots of questions about - how to land an agent. Sign up here Read More
2016-09-20 01:13
Tips for Starting a Side Business from balance.com include:[C]onsider running your business as a part-time operation alongside your current job... understand and follow your employment cont… Read More
2016-09-16 20:06
Getting representation from an agent or manager in Hollywood is not easy. You have to find someone who believes in you and your work, and you need to believe that they are both capable and w… Read More
2016-07-14 02:31
Some of my favorite quotes of interest to entrepreneurs and small business people from a collection of 20 Small Business Quotes ("20 Small Business Quotes That Will Inspire You", about.com… Read More
2016-06-02 04:51
Today, a client launched a new website - www.recursor.tv - "The Future Reflected" - dedicated to original and aggregated science fiction videos and web series. Please visit and enjoy! Read More
2016-04-18 22:54
Two-thirds of California's overall tax revenue comes from personal income taxes, with the top fifth of income earners paying 90%, and the top one percent paying 45%, of these taxes.Source: T… Read More
2016-04-15 05:25
A recent survey of 15,000 California lawyers uncovered the following statistics concerning the Los Angeles and San Francisco legal markets and the lawyers who work there:New business growth… Read More
2016-04-05 01:29
California has implemented legislation that is slated to increase the state minimum wage to $10.50 for larger employers on January 1, 2017, with employers of 25 or less employees following b… Read More
2016-02-07 23:13
As part of her campaign, Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton has called for increasing the estate tax rate and the number of estates the tax would apply to. Specifically, her… Read More
2015-06-26 02:52
New York "business divorce" lawyer Peter Mahler blogs about his experiences involving two members of a New York limited liability company who relied on LegalZoom to draft their LLC's operati… Read More
2015-06-20 05:31
The California Labor Commissioner has determined than a driver for Uber was misclassified as an independent contractor rather than as an employee. The decision is under appeal and will… Read More
2015-01-04 00:43
California's many new laws for 2015 include some of interest to employers, including local minimum wage increases in Richmond, San Jose, and other California cities and mandatory paid sick l… Read More
2015-01-04 00:42
Following an increase in the California state minimum wage (with another coming in 2016), Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed raising the City's minimum wage by steps to $13.25 by 2… Read More
2014-11-06 02:18
In the November 2014 elections, voters in the Northern California cities of San Francisco and Oakland have approved local increases to the minimum wage, that will apply to employees working… Read More
2014-09-24 06:40
California's minimum wage increased from $8.00 to $9.00 per hour today (a 12.5% increase), and will rise again to $10.00 on January 1, 2016 (a further 11.1% increase). California employers… Read More
2014-09-09 20:22
A good example of why it's often not a good idea to leave an inheritance outright to a young child, and better to instead consider an ongoing trust, staggered and/or contingent distribution… Read More
2014-05-25 22:39
A recent Forbes article highlights three recent cases where do-it-yourself legal planning and failure to follow through on the details resulted in unintended postmortem consequences:[L]egal… Read More
2014-05-11 03:09
Client BriMar Entprises, LLC has launched their fascinating new websiteTheFutureIsUnmanned.comfocusing on unmanned systems and robotic technology.The site provides news, information, and com… Read More
2014-04-24 05:32
As reported yesterday by the Wall Street Journal (Colleges, Employers Rethink Internship Policies) unpaid interns continue to cause labor law issues for companies and non-profit organization… Read More
2014-03-07 02:52
California's existing limited liability company law was replaced with the California Revised Uniform Limited Liabilty Act, effective January 1, 2014. For a brief discussion, please see this… Read More
2014-03-03 00:39
My article discussing S corporation taxation and potential self-employment tax savings has been updated for 2014: Self-Employment Tax Savings With An S Corporation Read More
2013-12-21 20:22
A recent Wall Street Journal article entitled "How to Avoid Estate Fights Among Your Heirs" (Andrea Coombes, Dec. 15, 2013), highlighted one useful estate planning tool, the personal propert… Read More
2013-11-02 20:16
The lifetime estate and gift tax exclusion amount (also called the unified credit amount, or exemption amount, or applicable exclusion amount) will increase in 2014 from $5.25 to $5.34 milli… Read More
2013-09-15 08:25
This short article[1], published September 4, 2013, may help you to understand the difference between what clients often think they need, "a will" or "a trust", and what they likely need ins… Read More
2013-08-24 22:22
A North Carolina landlord who is being sued by the state’s Attorney General over security deposit violations says his lease is to blame. . . . In a news interview, he explains that he… Read More
2013-01-12 23:20
One lawyer's opinion on when to call a lawyer and when not to Read More
2012-08-29 19:18
Because my practice is a mix of serving small businesses and families, I am separating these two facets of law into separate blogs, so that going forward posts of interest to entrepreneurs a… Read More
2012-08-18 18:10
Choosing a guardian for one's children is but one consideration and purpose of estate planning. According to Forbes, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, who died in 2012, and his wife, struggled with t… Read More
2012-08-12 23:06
A recent Forbes article written by Deborah L. Jacobs serves as a helpful reminder as to when one may want to consider updating an existing estate plan:These documents, along with the rest of… Read More
2012-08-06 21:52
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is now warning trademark applicants and registrants about misleading solicitations sent by private companies based on the publicly avail… Read More
2012-07-09 23:19
Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) and all other California counties' filing fees are being increased, in accordance with a series of budget bills just signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown… Read More
2012-06-29 22:35
What employees do while telecommuting or working from home apparently isn't all work, but that may not matter all that much, according to this recent article reporting on a study of employee… Read More
2012-05-07 02:41
A new page has been added to the website providing information of interest to potential foreign national incorporation clients regarding LLC and corporate formations, as well as other legal… Read More
2012-05-07 00:19
A 2012 law is helping small businesses (corporations and LLCs) avoid getting scammed by the corporate minutes solicitations that were the subject of one of this blog's earliest, and by far i… Read More
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