A great many of our clients create and operate businesses and employ people to staff them. However, this creates challenging issues in dealing with a vast myriad of employment law issues. With the addition of Associate Attorney Elizabeth Arias to our legal team, BPE Law Group has added employment law as a practice area we […]
In our last article, I introduced BPE Law’s new professional practices corporate practice. It is a full service practice representing and assisting dentists and other professionals navigate the laws and business world of California. Today we are going to discuss one of the most important aspects of a professional business entity, the entity structure. California […]
By BPE Law Senior Attorney and General Manager, Keith Dunnagan The attorneys here at BPE Law have for many years provided sophisticated legal services for their business and corporate clients and it is with great excitement that BPE Law is announcing its full service corporate practice for Dentists and other professionals. Professional practices require specialized […]
By BPE Law Attorney Matthew Kirkpatrick Clients often come to us with business or investment property that is under-performing. The client wants to continue the investment but feels that a new property would generate a higher rate of return. The client’s perceived problem is that as soon as they sell the property, they will get […]
As we should all remember, late in the night on New Year’s Eve, Congress and the President reached a brief stop-gap agreement to keep the Nation operating while they worked on the Budget. Unfortunately, in the months that followed the political infighting stopped any resolution and so, a drastic series of cuts automatically took effect […]
Since mid-2012, the real estate market nationally and here in Sacramento has been marked by very low inventory of homes for sale. Statistics from local Boards of Realtors indicate that there has been only a three week supply of available homes for sale. These are being chased by a far larger pool of prospective buyers […]
Following the real estate crash starting in late 2006, real estate prices in California fell up to 50% and more. In many cases, those who held onto their homes saw a substantial drop in their property taxes as County Assessors adjusted their values. Now that the economy is recovering and prices are rising, property tax […]
We are often asked the question: can a loan be modified after a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Discharge? While we are not Bankruptcy attorneys, after much research and inquiry wih BK attorneys, the simple answer appears to be “Yes” … if both the lender and borrower agree to do so. However, the more important questions that […]
This economic recession has been forcing budget cuts and business closings everywhere. One place that these cuts are being felt especially hard is in the legal justice system where access to the Courts is getting harder then ever. For several years, the Sacramento Courts, along with the rest of the State, have been struggling to […]
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was passed late in the evening on January 1st and was quickly signed into law by President Obama. While much of this contentious Bill was disappointing to all and, in effect, kicked the can down the road for more negotiations in the months to come, reading through the […]
