Be Careful What You Say – Trade Secret Theft
I read an interesting story from the CBS affiliate in NYC about rival pizzerias. Prince Street Pizza contends that an 8-year employee left and took a secret recipe to Made [...]
IRS Announces No Clawback for Large Gifts!
When the Trump tax plan was passed, one of the most-discussed items in the estate planning community was the fact that estate and generation-skipping exemptions were doubled to a whopping [...]
AB 3080 Vetoed! Employers Can Use Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers
Last May we were pleased to report on the United States Supreme Court decision in Epic v. Lewis Corp., 138 S.Ct. 1612. In that case the court confirmed that the [...]
Proposition 13 Under Fire
As many predicted, 2020 will be the year not only of the Gas Tax repeal initiative (an anti-tax initiative); but also the year that Proposition 13 may be impacted by [...]
Gas Tax Repeal Will Appear on November CA Ballot
State officials have announced today that sufficient signatures were gathered and verified to qualify the gas tax and vehicle fee repeal as a November ballot initiative. Look for boths sides [...]
The Supreme Court Validates Class Action Waivers in Arbitration
Several years ago, Stephen Morris, an accountant working for Ernst & Young LLP in California, signed an agreement requiring him to arbitrate claims against the firm on an individualized [...]
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