On Saturday, March 15, 2025, Cummins & White, LLP attorneys Fred Whitaker (Managing Partner, C&W; former chair, Orange County Republican Party) and Garrett Fahy (Chair, Republican National Lawyers Association (CA))...
Author: Fred Whitaker
Cummins & White attorneys presented a continuing legal education (MCLE) program addressing current developments in election law, election integrity, constitutional issues, and related litigation at the California...
Alert: COVID Relief Package (Dec 2020)
December 28, 2020
President Trump has signed into law a spending and stimulus bill to help with the continued impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic. There is relief for both individuals and businesses. Relief for Individuals: $600 one-time...
Governor Newsom California Regional Stay At Home Order
December 7, 2020
Governor Newsom has initiated a regional “Stay at Home” order. This order applies to regions that have 15% or less of available intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in that region’s hospitals. The following...
House Passes Permanent Bonus Depreciation Bill
July 14, 2014
Friday morning, the House passed, by a bipartisan vote of 258-160, H.R. 4718, a bill that would restore and make 50% bonus depreciation permanent. This allows businesses to write off 50 percent of their capital investments,...
Succession Planning after ATRA 2012 – Government Shutdown
November 11, 2013
Last month we were in the middle of a 16 day government shut down and a looming default on debt payments. The Treasury Department had said that the government would run out of cash to pay its bills on October 17, 2013 if the...
Succession Planning after ATRA 2012 – Affordable Care Act
October 14, 2013
In this blog post, I will focus on looking at the tax effects of the Affordable Care Act rather than ATRA 2012. As most of you know, there are a tremendous amount of moving parts to the Affordable Care Act. There are a...
