Legal Updates
- May 2021 Legal Update: Romag and the Damages Dilemma
- May 2021 Legal Update: IRS and DOJ Ramping Up Enforcement Against Cryptocurrency Owners
- November 2020 Legal Update: The Real Property Tax Consequences of Proposition 19
- September 2020 Legal Update: Planning for Election Outcome: Should You Act Before Year End?
- September 2020 Legal Update: So, There’s a Vaccine (or two) for COVID… Now What?
- July 2020 Legal Update: Arthur Minasyan discusses last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that “Booking.com” is entitled to trademark protection
- June 2020 Legal Update: IRS Audit Enforcement Initiative to Target High-Income Households and Private Foundations
- April 2020 Legal Update: Supreme Court Rules Willfulness Not Required for Disgorgement of Profits From Trademark Infringers
- January 2020 Legal Update: New Legislation Changes the Estate Planning Landscape for Retirement Accounts
- October 2019 Legal Update: The Impact of Brexit on Your IP Protection
- October 2019 Legal Update: Independent Contractor or Employee? AB 5 and The ABC’s of Classifying Workers in California
- June 2019 Legal Update: On June 17, Canada will join the Madrid Protocol and offer broader rights to TM holders
- May 2019 Legal Update: China Reforms its Trademark Law to Crack Down on Infringement
- December 2018 Legal Update: California Enacts the Uniform Trust Decanting Act
- September 2018 Legal Update: The New ABC’s of Hiring Independent Contractors
- June 2018 Legal Update: Combatting the Grey Market: Manufacturers of Luxury Goods May Have New Options
- December 2017 Legal Update: The Tax Bill is Now Law: Does Your Estate Plan Still Work for You?
- November 2017 Legal Update: House Tax Bill Arrives…Now What?
- November 2017 Legal Update: IRS Announces Increases in Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions for 2018
- October 2017 Legal Update: Wine Country Fires – Implications for Property Owners
- June 2017 Legal Update: DMCA Alert – Don’t miss the December 31st 2017 deadline to renew your DMCA Agent Designation
- September 2016 Legal Update: Act Now: Once Finalized, New Regulations Will Eliminate Discounted Transfers To Family Members
- August 2016 Legal Update: Post-Nuptials – What You Should Know
- August 2016 Legal Update: Employees Who Refuse to Cooperate in Investigations Do So At their Own Peril
- August 2016 Legal Update: How to Help Your Client Through a Divorce
- July 2016 Legal Update: Prenuptial Agreements and Hong Kong
- February 2016 Legal Update: Reasons Your Clients Should Consider Using a Divorce “Consultant”
- February 2016 Tax Controversy Alert: IRS releases annual report on Whistleblower Program – 2015 was “a big year” for awards under the Program
- November 2015 Legal Update: California’s New Equal Pay Law is a Game-Changer
- November 2015 Legal Update: Come January 1, 2016, Taxpayers with More than $50,000 of Unpaid Taxes Could Lose their U.S. Passports
- October 2015 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: California End of Life Option Act
- September 2015 Legal Update: Fair Use Analysis Required For DMCA Takedowns
- July 2015 Tax Controversy Alert: IRS Releases Annual Report on Whistleblower Program
- May 2015 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Are Your Family and Loved Ones Prepared To Carry Out Your Estate Plan?
- March 2015 Legal Update: California Court of Appeal Upholds Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Claims
- January 2015 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Estate Planning Resolutions for 2015
- October 2014 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Keeping Your Revocable Trust Funded Is More Important than Ever
- August 2014 Legal Update: Employers on the Hook for Employee Cell Phone Costs
- July 2014 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Reducing California Income Tax on Trusts
- April 2014 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Assisting Aging Parents
- April 2014 Legal Update: Time May be Running Out to Disclose Offshore Accounts
- February 2014 Tax Controversy Alert: Tax Court Opens Door to Interest Suspension Cases
- January 2014 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: New Year’s Resolution: Check Beneficiary Designations
- December 2013 Sunrise, Sunset: Sunrise Periods Open for new gTLDs
- October 2013 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Choosing Your Trustees, Guardians and Other Fiduciaries
- August 2013 Supreme Court Decisions Mean Financial Benefits for Same Sex Married Couples
- June 2013 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Getting Your Virtual House in Order – Estate Planning for the Digital World
- March 2013 California’s Elimination of Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion for All Individual Taxpayers for 2008 State Returns and Beyond May Not be the Final Result
- March 2013 Open For Business: Trademark Clearinghouse Opening March 26th
- March 2013 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: How the New Tax Law Affects Estate Planning
- December 2012 The Changing Online Landscape: the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in 2013
- September 2012 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Irrevocable Trusts That Don’t End Up As Planned
- June 2012 QUARTERLY INSIGHTS FOR CLIENTS: Opportunity To Make Tax-free Gifts Set To Expire
- November 2011 The New Internet – Is Your Company Prepared?
- September 2011 SUNRISE, SUNSET: Your Rights and the Dawn of the .XXX Domain Names
- February 2011 IRS Announces Second Special Offshore Account Initiative
- January 2011 The December 2010 Tax Act