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A couple of recent cases have come down that I thought were worthy of note. The first case, Alexander v. Farmers Insurance Company, decided by the Second Appellate District in California, deals with whether a court can stay...

Expert consultants are chosen for a myriad of reasons, some good and some not.  Hopefully, the expert is selected because he or she has a proven track record, knows the subject matter, investigates in a thorough and...

Business and Professions Code Section 7068.1 specifically states that the person qualifying on behalf of an individual or firm shall be responsible for exercising that direct supervision and control of his or her...

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...

I hear from many human resources professionals that the often stressful and unenjoyable task of administering corrective discipline, including terminations, falls to them.  It is counterproductive for a company’s HR staff...

I recently met up with Sudden Wealth Radio to speak about the asset protection strategy of using a Delaware Series LLC or a Nevada Series LLC.  In the interview below, I will discuss how sudden wealth can be suddenly gone if...

On September 9, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 44 (“AB 44”), which amends Public Contract Code §4104 of the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act.  According to AB 44, all bids on...

Throughout the previous blog posts, we have been examining the use of a Captive Insurance Company – specifically, Internal Revenue Code Section 831(b) small insurance company captive to save current taxation.  In summary,...