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Am I Responsible for Repairs/Maintenance or Is My HOA Responsible?
Homeowner’s Associations have their pros and cons. Nobody likes to pay for the HOA monthly fees, but when they exist homeowners enjoy the benefits of a neat and well-maintained community. As time goes on in your homeownership experience and HOA membership, there will be a point where something requires replacement or repairs. This is true […]
Mechanic’s Liens and How Business Owners Can Avoid Them
What is a Mechanic’s Lien A mechanic’s lien is a security interest in the title to property for the benefit of those who have supplied labor or materials that improve the property. The lien exists for both real property and personal property. A University Heights Story A restaurant owner and client in the University Heights […]
Document Review: Have Your Contract Reviewed For Specific Terms
A client of mine in in the City and County of San Francisco California called in to my office because he had just landed a new independent contractor gig in a nationally recognized technology company in the Bay area. As part of the new position he was tasked with the job of creating manuals for […]
Protecting Your Product Name – When To Do This & How It Works
You have spent countless hours developing your product. You’ve hire professionals like an attorney to help you set up your business structure and spent a chunk of change to receive help from a CPA to set up your financial structure. You’ve hired an employee to help you develop your product and other professionals to help […]
Selling Arts & Crafts Depicting Famous Faces & Characters. Can You Do It?
With Comic-Con International 2016 right around the corner (July 20-24 including preview night) in San Diego, I am sharing a question that comes up quite often in my practice in Business and Intellectual Property Law. The question, often involving famous comic characters and celebrities, goes something like this – Q: I created an art piece for […]
What is a Contingent Beneficiary and Why Is That Important to Me?
In short, a Contingent Beneficiary is a person who will receive a benefit under a Will or Trust subject to a condition or event occurring. I am in the process of assisting another San Diego family prepare their Estate Plan. A husband and wife team happily married for 25+ years with two children are planning […]
Neat! Check out the brick at CSUSM
Neat! Look for Ruth Ryan-Cruz’s brick located at California State University San Marcos adjacent to the Starbucks patio near the Kellogg Library. Go Cougars! Participate in the CSUSM Giving Program.
New Overtime Pay Laws for Salaried Workers Making Less Than $47,476
Under a new rule announced by the White House last month (May, 2016), effective December 1, 2016, anyone earning a salary of less than $47,476 ($913/week) will automatically qualify for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week. Currently the threshold is at $23,660. The new rule is intended to expand access […]
February, 2016 Bar Exam Results Are Released Today. Good luck, recent exam takers!
On Friday, May 13, 2016, results from the February 2016 California Bar Examination will be mailed to applicants. Applicants will be able to access the pass list this evening, beginning at 6:00 PM (PST). Wish them all plenty of luck today! To my past California Western School of Law mentees and interns waiting on bar results […]
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