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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…

The New Year is here.  In California, that means a new set of employment laws with which employers must become familiar and deal with.  While there are too many to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

As foreshadowed in our July 2015 Advisor, the Department of Labor has issued the long awaited revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” overtime exemption.  (29 CFR 541). The…

On May 16, 2016, the much-anticipated SEC rule commonly known as “Regulation Crowdfunding” went into effect, providing you with a potential new source of capital in a time where it…

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