Whether you just purchased your first home or you moved into a new home, that is a perfect time to consider, or re-consider, your estate plan. Particularly in California, your home may be one of the most valuable assets in your estate when you pass away. Ensuring that

What is Retaliatory Eviction?  Retaliatory Eviction usually arises when a landlord engages in retributive acts against a tenant for exercising their legal rights or participating in conduct that the landlord finds offensive. Some basic examples of objectionable conduct that might induce retaliatory actions from a landlord might include

Litigation is time-consuming, expensive, and risky. In the United States of America, over 97% of all civil and criminal disputes are resolved before the first day of trial. When people allude to the crowded court system, it is over-crowded with less than 3% of the legal actions that

What do Mark Zukerberg, the Beatles, and John D. Rockerfeller all have in common? All of them have been embroiled in disputes that drained resources, time, and control over their business. Business partners and businesses fall apart 80% of the time, almost double the divorce rate for families

360 Deal Defined A 360 contract, also known as a multiple rights agreement, is an approach from the record companies that encompasses more of an artist’s output than the recorded music. Using this approach, record companies are able to participate in “non-recorded rights” such as the artist’s tours and

In challenging economic times, money can be tight. So tight, in fact, that many homeowners are unable to make their monthly mortgage payments. As payments mount, this may lead to default under the loan obligation, enabling the lender to decide to foreclose upon the home. A foreclosure is a

As of 2016, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Obama administration announced a proposed revision to the Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) that the agency says will assist in identifying possible instances of pay discrimination and help employers promote equal pay in the workplace.  The EEOC collects