Dealer Bond vs. Cash Deposit
In order to operate as a dealer in California, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) requires dealers to provide a $50,000 dealer bond to protect purchasers, sellers, financing agencies, […]
Reduce Taxes By Investing In Qualified Opportunity Zones And Like Kind Exchanges
The Commodore Hotel Revitalizes New York City’s Grand Central Neighborhood In 1976, New York City (“City”) was bankrupt and crime-ridden. While City residents and businesses fled to avoid the City’s […]
PG&E Chapter 11 Bankruptcy—It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
On January 29, 2019 at 6:32 am, PG&E Corporation (“PG&E”) filed its petition for bankruptcy relief in the San Francisco Division of the Northern Bankruptcy District of California for Case […]
THE PURPOSE & BENEFITS OF MEDIATION
Mediation, in one form or another, has been around since the dawn of civilization and is widely used for dispute resolution in many cultures. However, mediation was not a part […]
Neighbor Disputes: Shared Fencing
One of the most common disputes arising among landowners in California is, when a shared fence needs to be repaired or replaced, which neighbor pays? The short answer is that […]
Electronic Signatures in Vehicle Sales
Electronic transactions have vastly simplified the way many industries document deals. Several of my automobile dealership clients have inquired as to whether vehicle transactions can be documented electronically. Currently, the […]
California Assembly Bill (AB) 516 – Temporary License Plates
September 20, 2018 Re: California Assembly Bill (AB) 516 – Temporary License Plates California Assembly Bill (AB) 516 was chaptered on July 25, 2016, with an implementation date […]
Proposition 65 Warning & Your Dealership
PROP 65 GENERALLY Prop 65, aka the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, requires CA to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, and […]
How To Effectively Protect Your Intellectual Property: Trademark, Patent, or Copyright?
Have a symbol? Trademark it. Have an invention? Patent it. Have an idea? Copyright it. Many individuals lump these three property right protections into one category. However, in order to […]
Why it is Important to Document Employment Relationships
Most dealerships in California utilize a commission compensation structure in order to pay their sales staff. Doing so is generally allowed if the dealership complies with the myriad of laws […]