California High Speed Rail: How to Defer Paying Income Tax on the Sale of Your Property
Partner, Bob Fishman, recently finished writing an article on the tax aspects of having your real property condemned by the High Speed Rail Authority to make room for California's impending high [...]
FEHA Disability Regulations — Invitation to Our Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Training Course
The DFEH disability regulations were modified effective December 30, 2012. These are the first changes since 1996. Disability complaints now comprise 57 percent of the complaints filed with the Department [...]
Obama’s Proposed Budget: Making the Death Tax More Deadly
So much for the "permanent" tax law changes that were just enacted a few months ago. President Obama's new budget now includes an increase in the estate tax along with [...]
The Impact of the Private Attorneys General Act on Employment Claims
In 2004 California enacted the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). (Cal. Labor Code sections 2698 - 2699.5.) The law allows persons to sue on behalf of the Labor and Workforce [...]
Occupational Assumption of the Risk
Can an employee assume the risks associated with the job and thus lose the ability to sue a third-party for an injury? That's what a California Court of Appeal concluded in Gregory [...]
Income Earned by Tribal Members on Reservations Now CA Tax-Exempt
The Franchise Tax Board has recently announced that tribal members who live on reservations and who receive income from reservation sources are not subject to California state income tax on [...]
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