Business Law

Last Thursday, the California Assembly passed AB 1676 (Campos and Gonzalez), which seeks to prohibit businesses and other employers from requesting salary history information from an applicant (or an agent). Further, AB 1676 requires employers, except state and local...

One question we commonly receive from small business clients is, "Why does my single-member limited liability company (LLC) need an operating agreement?" To answer this question, we will briefly take a look at the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability...

Many small businesses regularly use the term "S-Corporation", but we've found that only a handful of people actually understand what this means. In general, when a corporation is formed, it will be treated as a "C-Corporation," which means that the entity will be...

On April 29th, President Obama declared May 1st-7th as National Small Business Week. In recognizing the impact of small businesses, the President noted that small businesses are "responsible for creating nearly two-thirds of net new jobs in the United States each year...

As we've noted before, online legal preparation services have not solved near as many problems for individuals and small businesses as their expensive television advertisements may lead you to believe. In fact, quite the opposite is true but many don't recognize the...

Many Americans are becoming all too familiar with the news that another large business has been the victim of a cyber attack. The most recent victims were two prominent, white-collar law firms based in New York City: Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Weil Gotshal...

We're once again excited to partner with the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and Savvy Women Wealth Management to celebrate women-owned businesses and professionals at "Glamour, Glitz, Hats & Heels, an afternoon tea and social." This second annual signature afternoon...

Late last week the California Assembly and Senate passed Senate Bill 3 (Leno - D), which will increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2022 (2023 for a business with less than 50 employees). The bill is now headed to Governor Brown's desk and he is...

About this time each year, The Loftin Firm sends out reminder letters to its business clients reminding them of their upcoming 2016 annual meeting requirement. Far too often, businesses are so focused on driving business-related growth that the simple compliance...

Businesses face many challenges including the increasing threat from cyber invasion of files.  Protecting businesses and people from the data breaches which creates financial and personal vunerability is an important concern for the State of California.  In...