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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

When Should I Start Creating a Business Succession Plan?


Individuals who have built successful businesses want to ensure that those businesses continue to thrive after they’re gone. For this reason, it is critical to draft a business succession plan.

A business succession plan is a vital legal document outlining the process of transferring ownership and management of a company.
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Monday, November 28, 2022

Ways a Business Succession Plan Can Help Your Small Business


While there’s a fair bit of order in the business world, much of it is characterized by unpredictability.

Planning for both expected and unexpected eventualities is the best way to weather seismic shifts in your company’s operations, including changes in ownership caused by death, disability, or retirement.

Changes in ownership are both exciting and frightening.
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Monday, October 3, 2022

Ways Creating a Trust Can Protect Your Business


Small business owners face some unique problems when they're planning their estates. If a business operates as a sole proprietorship, the law might not distinguish between business and personal assets.

Before and after death, a business owner can benefit from the protection a trust provides. A trust for personal assets can draw a clear line between personal and business assets for protecting assets from creditors, creating a business continuity plan, and planning an estate.

Here are some ways that creating a trust can protect your business.
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Monday, September 5, 2022

Estate Planning for Small Business Owners


Almost everyone can benefit from an estate plan. But for small business owners, an estate plan could help your business avoid litigation or even liquidation upon your death.

Small business owners face different tax issues, including estate tax, that many salaried employees never worry about. Depending on the ownership structure of your business, your estate could own a piece of your company's assets and get taxed accordingly.

Why Estate Planning for Small Business Owners Is Different

Small business owners have different concerns than employees.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

What to Consider When Leaving Your Business to Your Family


When you’ve worked for years to build your business, it’d be difficult to imagine it ceasing once you retire or pass away. That’s why many business owners consider leaving their businesses to their families, namely their children. A successful business can provide an abundance of financial security for your loved ones. However, since proper estate planning is so important for business owners, it’s best to establish a Read more . . .


Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Should You Have a Business Succession Plan?


There are many things that go into owning a business. One such thing is a business succession plan. A business succession plan is a legal document that provides what is to happen should there be a change in ownership of the business.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Planning for the Future of Your Business


As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wage war on the American economy, small businesses are feeling the effects. Many business owners are left wondering about the future of their companies. But with so much else going on, they often fail to proactively plan for the future. Now is a great time to do so. Even after navigating through the era of coronavirus, if small business owners fail to establish an estate plan, some day when they die, the business will simply die with them.
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Monday, August 19, 2019

What to Know About Estate Planning for High-Risk Professionals


Lawsuits are a real part of all businesses. No matter which industry you’re in, you may always be exposed. But although everyone runs the risk of facing a lawsuit, there are certain professionals who are at a much higher risk. These individuals include physicians, business owners, financial advisors, and lawyers. The nature of their work is inherently more open to liability.
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Friday, December 29, 2017

Mid-Century Modern - Can You Sell Those Designs Again?

I was thinking about the mid-century modern phenomenon and how much I like some of the architectural and furniture design elements when it occurred to me that I don’t really know how to define “mid-century modern”. I checked with my assistant, who claims to have lived through most of that era. She says that depending on with whom you talk, the term can apply to the new designs in architecture, furniture, fabric design and even clothing fashions, all the way from before the German Bauhaus movement in the 1920’s to the growth of the U.S. civil rights era in the 1970’s.


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Monday, August 3, 2015

The No-Party Clause and Other Bumps in the Road

The No-Party Clause and Other Bumps in the Road

Everyone has questions from time to time about how to handle knotty problems that threaten to make life miserable. I get phone calls or emails from many of these people who hope that I can provide answers, or refer them on to someone who can. Some are minor issues or sad ones – and some of them are very serious. They cover a vast range of troubles that could happen to any of us. Here are a few recent questions that came up:

Question: Two friends and I get along really well, so we signed a lease on a house together.


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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

I'm a Consumer! What has the California Attorney General's Office and the Department of Consumer Affairs Done for Me Lately?


The Attorney General heads up the California Department of Justice (DOJ), and according to the department’s mission statement, has broad responsibilities to enforce laws fairly and impartially; ensure justice, safety and liberty for everyone; encourage economic prosperity, equal opportunity and tolerance; and safeguard California’s human, natural, and financial resources for this and future generations.  Justice is served by helping to prevent and prosecute criminal activity, protect consumers from victimization, and promote public safety.

The Attorney General can’t give specific legal advice about personal problems or represent individual Californians, but whether you realize it or not, your life is touched by many of the Attorney General’s actions every day. Here are some of the major areas that are designed to support your safety, general welfare, and quality of life:

 The Attorney General heads up the California Department of Justice (DOJ), and according to the department’s mission statement, has broad responsibilities to enforce laws fairly and impartially; ensure justice, safety and liberty for everyone; encourage economic prosperity, equal opportunity and tolerance; and safeguard California’s human, natural, and financial resources for this and future generations.  Justice is served by helping to prevent and prosecute criminal activity, protect consumers from victimization, and promote public safety.
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