A question which frequently comes up in today’s business climate is what should I do as an owner of the business to protect my business’s confidential and proprietary information. 1. Implement a program in the business that requires every employee to not only execute a terms sheet for the terms of his/ her employment , [...]

1. WHAT IS AN ESTATE PLAN? There are probably as many answers to this question as there are lawyers in the area of practice along with financial planners and Cpa’s in the area of practice. In a nutshell an Estate Plan, is an earnest attempt by a single person, married couple and or family, to [...]

WHAT IS YOUR BEST ALTERNATIVE TO THE MEDIATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT SYSTEM? As most people today know, there are myriad places where one can turn to find a Mediator outside of the California Superior Court System. As with much of the information gathering that is sought in today’s world, a person can [...]

ONE AUTHOR’S VIEW OF THE INSTITUTION OF MEDIATION In this day and age of maximal angst in Society and the continued onslaught of litigation there has been a huge push by the Court systems in general to seriously encourage all participants in the Court system to partake in what is styled ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) [...]

Importance of your CORPORATE (LIMITED LIABILITIY CO.) VEIL Often times when attending a cocktail party or other business social event owners of businesses will hear stories about ‘Piercing the Corporate Veil’, and how easy the same is to accomplish for a particularly aggressive Trial Lawyer. Since such a piercing could result in a total collapsing [...]

TO BE OR NOT TO BE? THE AGE OLD ISSUE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS VS. EMPLOYEES  (or what every business person should know about the subject of independent contractor status) For as long as this author can remember there has been and continues to be an issue as to whether someone providing services for you (personally) [...]

Importance of your CONTRACT   Every business regardless of whether it be a brick and mortar type business or on the internet is going to be dealing with multiple different contracts throughout the course of its existence.  Thus, a fundamental knowledge of ‘contracts basics’ is KEY. The intent of the within presentation/ article is to [...]

GIVEN THE RECENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE  ‘BUSINESS ORGANIZATION SERVICE/FIELD—THE PURPOSE OF THE WITHIN PRESENTATION / PAPER IS TO ALERT THE CONSUMER TO THE PITFALLS OF USING A ‘BUSINESS  SET UP SERVICE’   Certain old sayings come to mind As this writer has reviewed [...]