The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) imposes far-reaching new reporting obligations on many U.S. businesses, and the penalties for non-compliance are substantial. With only a few months left before the January 1, 2025, deadline…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law, Taxation
In the article that appeared in last month’s blog, I indicated that we utilize a structure that avoids the taxing authorities’ challenges to “drop and swap” transactions and, instead, that is structured to comply with an…
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/ Business Organizations, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
On July 1, 2024, a number of local governments throughout California will raise their minimum wage. In the City of Los Angeles, the minimum wage will rise from $16.78/hour to $17.28/hour ($20.32/hour for hotel employees at…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
The federal government has started to reclassify cannabis. When, and if, that reclassification is finalized, licensed cannabis businesses should see dramatically higher after-tax income and access to services from credit card…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
On June 13, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Vidal v. Elster, 602 U. S. ____ (2024), a case involving a plaintiff’s attempt to register the trademark “Trump too small” (a reference to a key political issue in the 2016…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
UPDATE: On June 12, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a preliminary injunction in The Personal Care Products Council v. Bonta…
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/ Environmental Law, Consumer Protection, Toxic Torts
California took a significant step in streamlining the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process with the passage of SB 149, a law that allows the California Governor to certify certain infrastructure projects for…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Those of us in California who give advice regarding the structuring of IRC Section 1031 like-kind tax-deferred exchanges of real property are well aware that the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has an active program of…
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/ Franchise Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
In an effort to alleviate the financial burdens faced by small residential landlords during the ongoing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles County has introduced the Los Angeles County Rent Relief Program…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Real Estate - Residential
As was widely published last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its long-awaited Final Rule which prohibits employers from entering into non-compete agreements with employees with limited exceptions. The next day,…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Amid little clarity from courts, wiretap claims targeting the use of data analytics tools are becoming increasingly common. Here are ways to stay compliant and avoid costly litigation…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
It's finally happened. The US Environmental Protection Agency has designated two widely used PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS, as "hazardous substances" under CERCLA…
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/ Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In much anticipated news for followers of PFAS, or so-called "forever chemicals," USEPA announced today final, enforceable drinking water standards (MCLs) for six PFAS, including PFOS and PFOA at 4 parts per trillion. EPA…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On April 4, 2024, rather than waiting for the Eighth Circuit to issue a ruling on plaintiffs’ pending emergency motion for an administrative stay of the SEC’s final rule regarding the Enhancement..…
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/ Environmental Law, Securities Law
As previously posted, in a landmark legal challenge, a coalition led by prominent business federations is challenging California's pioneering climate disclosure laws, Senate Bill 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability…
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/ Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
