Understanding Private Road Maintenance By: Trey Van Dyke (3L) August 23, 2022 Individuals may share certain pieces of real property for specified uses, such as using a common driveway to access housing developed on neighboring parcels of land. The shared use of the same property creates what is known as an easement or right-of-way. Ordinarily, […]
New Laws and Regulations for 2022 – Part 3 By: Sierra N. Grandbois, Esq. February 8, 2022 2021 proved to be an interesting year for California in terms of new laws and regulations as we attempt to transition into a post-pandemic world. Some of the changes to be aware of as we head into 2022 […]
California Passes AB 80 Clarifying Taxability of PPP Loans By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. May 11, 2021 As we all recall early in the COVID pandemic the CARES Act was passed creating PPP loans for struggling small businesses. Many small businesses jumped at the opportunity to take these forgivable loans to help them weather the […]
Employment Law Changes Impacting Retirement and Insurance Benefits By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. March 23, 2021 Retirement planning has been a topic at both the federal and state levels for many years. It is no secret that Social Security as currently structured is struggling. It is projected that by as early as 2035 the social […]
State Rental Assistance Program Application Opens By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. March 16, 2021 Previously, we addressed the implications of SB 91 on evictions and the creation of the State Rental Assistance Program (SRAP). At that time, much was still uncertain as the law had just been passed and there was a lack of implementing […]
What Happens If you Die Without a Will in California? By: Debbie Jones, Esq. February 23, 2021 Dying without a will popped back up recently related to the terrible and tragic death of Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos. People ask how can this happen? For some, estate planning seems far in the future. […]
In our previous installment on loan workouts, we discussed being proactive in approaching a lender when a commercial loan is in trouble. Today, Attorney, Matthew Kirkpatrick walks us through the process of how a commercial loan default (a trouble asset) is handled with the bank. There are a many different ways loans can be negotiated […]
Thomas Jefferson stated following a period political and economic uncertainty: “if we can but prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” In the wake of the COVID outbreak, much of the legislative action has been carried out by executive order. […]
We previously discussed business interruption insurance during the COVID-19 outbreak. Many insurance providers were summarily denying claims without investigation. Recently, the DOI issued a notice requiring investigative compliance and today, Attorney, Robert Enos, explains the issues related to the notice and COVID-19. As always, if you have any questions about your real estate, business, estate […]
The COVID-19 outbreak has sparked immense amount of legislation. Funding bills, eviction and foreclosure curtailments and others are getting constant attention. Today we look at legislation appropriating additional funds for the popular paycheck protection program and bills that have been put forth in California dealing with evictions and foreclosures. In the infamous words of Bob […]
