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Piercing the Corporate Veil

The so-called corporate veil is the legal designation of a limited liability company (LLC). The LLC designation is what offers business owners protection from legal responsibility for the company. When...

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Is Crying at Work Appropriate?

Crying at work is a topic that has come up a lot recently. Workplaces are changing and employees want to feel like they can behave in a “genuine” fashion when...

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The Rise of the Gig Economy

Uber and Lyft have changed the face of traditional transportation systems, making it easier for people to hop a ride almost anywhere and, in some cases, live without owning a...

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Ask A Lawyer with Ian Alden

In our third installment of “Ask a Lawyer” we featured questions from Ian Alden. [Read it here: Ask A Lawyer with Ian Alden] Since his admission to the State Bar...

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Ask A Lawyer

Providing answers to real questions. Real life stories and real life answers; That’s what we look for when providing legal advice. Hypothetical situations are just that… hypothetical. We want to...

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Proper Copyright Licensing is Important

Driving to work the other day, I happened to find myself driving behind the truck you see above. Apparently owned (or contracted) by an exterminating company called Manzano Pest Management...

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Boilerplate Matters in Contracts

I’ve been running into a lot of contracts disputes lately where a party’s rights were potentially affected by missing boilerplate provisions.  Boilerplate generally refers to language that is reused from one...

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What is an Estate Plan?

In my years working as a Trust Officer, my clients would ask how often they needed to review and update their “estate plan”. For the wealthiest of that group, an...

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Copyright Office Announces New DMCA Agent Rules

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA“) protects businesses operating on the Internet (called “Service Providers”) from liability for copyright infringement for the actions of their users under certain conditions.  Whether...