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Everyone Can Now Invest In Private Companies, Effective Today

Until now, private businesses were banned from soliciting the public for equity investments. At the same time, individual investors were barred from trying their hand at investing in private businesses…

Intellectual Property: The Most Valuable Asset of Your Business

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET OF YOUR BUSINESS March 2016 Intellectual Property (“IP”) is an increasingly valuable asset to the modern business, and appropriate steps must be taken to…

AshleyMadison.com Breach is a Reminder to Employers to Update Data Security

Stacie D. Nyborg, Attorney On Tuesday, Impact Team, an anonymous group of hacker activists (hacktivists) leaked over 10GB of compressed data from AshleyMadison.com’s internal customer database. The Impact Team posted…

BUSINESS BREAKUPS

Statutory Balancing of Interests of Continuing and Outgoing Owners of Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, LLCs and Corporations Upon Separation S. Timothy Buynak, Partner November 2015 The concept of “disassociation” has now…

Beware of Short-Term Vacation Rentals

Have you thought about renting out, or do you currently rent out, your home in Santa Barbara as a short-term vacation rental? If so, you should know the rules applicable…

Tip Pooling Legal Alert

Trevor D. Large, Partner In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2011 U.S. Labor Department rule that businesses cannot share tips given…

Redefining a Sale for California Real Property Transfer Tax

When real property changes hands, California imposes two separate taxes – the annual real property tax and a documentary transfer tax. The annual real property tax is reassessed to fair…

FLAS Partner Trevor Large Takes a Stand to Assist Local Businesses

Rebuilding the local business scene is going to take more than just hoping for the best. Thankfully, the Santa Barbara community is making moves to preserve local businesses and bring tourism…

BFAS Attorneys Among the “Who’s Who in Professional Services”!

We’re excited to congratulate BFAS Partners Michael S. Fauver and Trevor D. Large for being named in the Pacific Business Coast Times “Who’s Who in Professional Services” list this year!…

Elected Officials Reception Hosted By Hospitality Santa Barbara

Hospitality Santa Barbara recently hosted an Elected Officials Reception. This event introduced new city officials to hospitality business owners and the Santa Barbara community. Managing Partner, Trevor Large, is Board…

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Everyone Can Now Invest In Private Companies, Effective Today

Intellectual Property: The Most Valuable Asset of Your Business

AshleyMadison.com Breach is a Reminder to Employers to Update Data Security

BUSINESS BREAKUPS

Beware of Short-Term Vacation Rentals

Tip Pooling Legal Alert

Redefining a Sale for California Real Property Transfer Tax

FLAS Partner Trevor Large Takes a Stand to Assist Local Businesses

BFAS Attorneys Among the “Who’s Who in Professional Services”!

Elected Officials Reception Hosted By Hospitality Santa Barbara

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