Construction

• 07.01.2008

  Solid Contracts: Negotiating construction contracts to limit or avoid financial loss or liability  74.12 KB

• 02.01.2008

  California Statutes and Legal Update for 2008  323.93 KB

• 06.01.2007

  Don't get burned on the boilerplate: How preconceptions can leave tenants vulnerable  52.98 KB

• 04.01.2007

  Mezzanine Loans to Developers and Owners of Real Estate Projects: 10 Ways to Improve the Quality of the Equity Pledge  72.81 KB

• 04.01.2007

  California Statutes, Status Update For 2007  85.74 KB

• 03.01.2007

  The Benefits of Equipment Leasing  566.95 KB

• 10.02.2006

  Winning in Mediation  49.01 KB

• 09.21.2006

  California Land Reuse And Revitalization Act of 2004 Limits Liability For Purchasers Of Impacted Properties  467.9 KB

• 03.15.2005

  Legislature Enhances Density Bonus and Other Incentives or Concessions for Developers Providing Lower-Income Housing [  380.04 KB

• 01.15.2004

  Negotiating Disputes with a Defaulting Tenant  22.43 KB

• 11.01.2001

  Comparative Analysis of U.S. vs. Mexican Commercial Real Estate Transactions  2.28 MB

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Corporate and Securities

• 07.31.2008

  SEC Grants No-Action Relief For Reporting Transactions on Forms 4 and 5  87.65 KB

• 07.28.2008

  Clogging the PIPEs: The SEC Cracks Down on "Death Spiral" Convertibles  109.96 KB

• 07.28.2008

  How Management Suffers in Down-Round Financings  87.76 KB

• 07.28.2008

  The Risks of Using Non-Registered "Finders" To Raise Capital  127.26 KB

• 07.28.2008

  Negotiating the Buyer's Right to Terminate an Acquisition Agreement Post-Cerberus  115.32 KB

• 07.16.2008

  ADA Update: Small Businesses Hit With Lawsuits Regarding Service Animals  100.21 KB

• 03.01.2008

  Better Board Effectiveness  560.76 KB

• 11.14.2007

  Legal Issues for Small Businesses - Corporate & Tax Overview  129.88 KB

• 11.01.2007

  Weighing exit strategies: Both initial public offerings and acquisitions have their advantages  54.84 KB

• 01.01.2007

  Maximizing Business Value: Planning Ahead For Future Liquidity Events  438.77 KB

• 09.01.2006

  Internal Control Audits: How Small Public Companies Should Respond To SOX  452.91 KB

• 05.12.2005

  Board of Advisors: Key Tool For Successful Companies  1001.82 KB

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Emerging Growth and Technology

• 06.25.2005

  The New Federal Spam Law: You're Likely Not In Compliance  21.15 KB

• 06.25.2005

  Competition and Royalty Issues in Technology Licensing   39.83 KB

• 09.01.2003

  Biotechnology Leasing: Special Issues in Leasing Laboratory Space  2.77 MB

• 06.19.2000

  Silicon Valley South: The Explosion of Intellectual Property Practices in San Diego  22.81 KB

• 08.30.1996

  New California Law Regarding Online Transactions  9.13 KB

• 08.30.1996

  Contractual Uncertainty in Multimedia Products  16.35 KB

• 03.12.1996

  Who Owns The Web Site -- The Developer Or The Owner?  17.43 KB

• 03.12.1996

  Advertising Rules on the Web  15.3 KB

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Employment, Labor and Benefits

• 08.29.2008

  Megan's Law Loophole Gives Predators an Advantage  126.5 KB

• 07.16.2008

  ADA Update: Small Businesses Hit With Lawsuits Regarding Service Animals  100.21 KB

• 04.01.2008

  Employers Should Limit Risk with Severance Agreements  24.41 KB

• 02.01.2008

  Sexual Harassment: Taking Proactive Steps to Deter and Defend Costly Litigation  64.24 KB

• 08.01.2007

  Attorney-Client Confidentiality: How To Assure The Confidentiality Of Your Company's Legal Records  58.53 KB

• 03.01.2007

  Employee Handbooks: An Effective Management Tool For Large And Small Businesses  61.24 KB

• 11.01.2006

  Gelfo v. Lockheed Martin: How A New Ruling On Disabilities Affects California Businesses  561.91 KB

• 07.01.2005

  Foreign Students and Trainees Beware: California State Unemployment Insurance And California State Disability Insurance Applicable to F And J Visa Holders  65.43 KB

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Environmental and Land Use

• 08.01.2008

  Global Impact - Anticipating California’s global warming legislation  68.26 KB

• 06.06.2008

  Climate Change: Treaties, Legislation, Due Diligence and Litigation Update  3.61 MB

• 06.01.2008

  Go Green - Reaping the Benefits of Green Workplace Practices  58.76 KB

• 04.01.2007

  Storm Warning: Requirement For Stormwater Permits May Affect All Businesses  170.17 KB

• 09.21.2006

  California Land Reuse And Revitalization Act of 2004 Limits Liability For Purchasers Of Impacted Properties  467.9 KB

• 09.21.2006

  EPA's Proposed "All Appropriate Inquiry" Rule  493.24 KB

• 04.01.2006

  Environmental Hazards and Jurisdiction on Tribal Lands  49.69 KB

• 06.27.2005

  California's Ban on Point and Non-Point Discharges of into Areas of Special Biological Significance  357.15 KB

• 06.27.2005

  California's Ocean Plan Ban on Waste Discharges into Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS)  1.34 MB

• 06.27.2005

  Presentation: The Role of Economic Considerations in Stormwater Permits  108.55 KB

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Finance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy

• 12.01.2007

  Bankruptcy-Related Litigation: Protecting Secured and Unsecured Ceditors From Financial Loss  445.61 KB

• 03.01.2007

  The Benefits of Equipment Leasing  566.95 KB

• 06.23.2005

  California Finance Lenders Law - Which Financing Transactions Trigger the Licensing Requirements?  45.98 KB

• 12.01.2004

  California Legislature Passes Law Exempting Commercial Bridge Loans Made by Venture Capital Companies to Operating Companies from California Finance Lenders Law  44.29 KB

• 10.10.2002

  Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code - An Update and Look Ahead  2.38 MB

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Franchising

• 08.01.2007

  Good News For Franchisors  261.28 KB

• 02.01.2007

  Strategic Licensing Of Intellectual Property: How Licensing Can Be A Competitive Advantage In Your Business  564.29 KB

• 06.27.2005

  Licensing: The Least You Need To Know  341.2 KB

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Government and Public Affairs

• 01.01.2008

  The Relph M Brown Act and Related Statutes  282.87 KB

• 12.01.2007

  Charter School Regulations  566.61 KB

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Health Care

• 09.01.2007

  Taking Control: Managing Health Care Costs through System Knowledge and Support  26.42 KB

• 07.25.2005

  Wireless Health Combines San Diego Tech Firms  54.61 KB

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Intellectual Property

• 04.01.2008

  Protect Your Brands  65.13 KB

• 04.01.2008

  Protect Your Business' Brand and Products, Avoid Knockoffs  44.59 KB

• 12.01.2007

  Protection of Intangible Assets  44.86 KB

• 10.01.2007

  Business Method Patents: Protecting Your Firm's Inventions  55.01 KB

• 02.01.2007

  Strategic Licensing Of Intellectual Property: How Licensing Can Be A Competitive Advantage In Your Business  564.29 KB

• 10.01.2006

  Patent Trolls: Beware Of Licensing And Patent Complications  563.56 KB

• 09.30.2006

  Beware: You May Have To Make Your Websites Accessible To The Blind  14.62 KB

• 08.01.2005

  How to Comply with the Spam Law  15.03 KB

• 07.25.2005

  Wireless Health Combines San Diego Tech Firms  54.61 KB

• 06.27.2005

  Licensing: The Least You Need To Know  341.2 KB

• 06.25.2005

  Competition and Royalty Issues in Technology Licensing   39.83 KB

• 06.19.2000

  Silicon Valley South: The Explosion of Intellectual Property Practices in San Diego  22.81 KB

• 04.03.2000

  Patenting of "Business Method"  9.18 KB

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International Law

• 06.02.2008

  Mexico's New Tax on Cash Deposits and its Creditability Under IRC Section 901  51.11 KB

• 02.06.2008

  Coming to America: The "Throwback Tax's" Ugly Head - The Non-Resident Alien Cum Resident as Beneficiary of Accumulated Income  111.19 KB

• 01.01.2008

  Doing Business in Mexico  56.1 KB

• 11.02.2007

  Surprise! You have a Foreign Trust  105.75 KB

• 10.11.2007

  Forms Of Doing Business In Mexico Compared To The U.S.  31.7 KB

• 10.01.2007

  So, You Want to Advertise and Sell Your Mexican Residential Real Estate Project in the United States - Now What?  35.54 KB

• 06.15.2007

  I grandi miti fiscali sugli investimenti di stranieri in immobili statunitensi  32.54 KB

• 12.01.2006

  Foreign Taxes: How International Joint Ventures Can Open The Door For Tax Violations  558.92 KB

• 08.15.2006

  What Happens In Mexico . . . Has To Be Reported To The IRS! Mexican Residential Trusts and the Reporting Requirements Under IRC Section 60481  57.36 KB

• 04.18.2006

  Mexican Residential Trusts and the Reporting Requirements of Section 6048  64.08 KB

• 07.01.2005

  Foreign Students and Trainees Beware: California State Unemployment Insurance And California State Disability Insurance Applicable to F And J Visa Holders  65.43 KB

• 06.29.2005

  The 10 Most Relevant 2007 Mexican Tax Reforms  85.36 KB

• 06.28.2005

  How Do You Say "FIRPTA" In Spanish? A Comparative International Tax Analysis For Foreign Investors Of U.S. & Mexican Real Estate  269.28 KB

• 06.05.2005

  Investing in Mexican Real Estate - FAQs  160.25 KB

• 04.25.2005

  Oops - The Accidental Inversion: The Scope of Section 7874 - To Certain In-Bound International Transactions Not Intended by Congress to be a "Corporate Inversion"  86.99 KB

• 04.01.2004

  Why Regulation 301.7701(b)-1(b) and the Definition of "Lawful Permanent Resident" Must Address Non-U.S. Citizens Who Have Left and Permanently Reside Outside the United States  43.73 KB

• 08.26.2003

  The High Risks of Commercial Transactions in Mexico  64.65 KB

• 08.25.2003

  Obscure U.S. Excise Taxes on Ozone-Depleting Chemicals and the Montreal Protocol (How it applies to Importing Products to the U.S.)  27 KB

• 10.09.2002

  Summary of Mexican Visas for Business Purposes  30.68 KB

• 03.01.2002

  Legal and Practical Issues Involved with Maquiladora Financing  1.23 MB

• 12.21.2000

  Summary of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act  13.99 KB

• 02.04.1999

  Basic Issues for Foreign Corporations Doing Business in California  23.87 KB

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Licensing

• 02.01.2007

  Strategic Licensing Of Intellectual Property: How Licensing Can Be A Competitive Advantage In Your Business  564.29 KB

• 10.01.2006

  Patent Trolls: Beware Of Licensing And Patent Complications  563.56 KB

• 06.27.2005

  Licensing: The Least You Need To Know  341.2 KB

• 06.25.2005

  Competition and Royalty Issues in Technology Licensing   39.83 KB

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Litigation

• 05.07.2008

  A Quick, Temporary Solution - Halt Irreparable Damage to Your Business by Filing for Emergency Injunctive Relief  60.47 KB

• 02.01.2008

  Sexual Harassment: Taking Proactive Steps to Deter and Defend Costly Litigation  64.24 KB

• 02.01.2008

  California Statutes and Legal Update for 2008  323.93 KB

• 12.01.2007

  Bankruptcy-Related Litigation: Protecting Secured and Unsecured Ceditors From Financial Loss  445.61 KB

• 07.01.2007

  Managing Litigation Costs: How to Make a Difference on the Bottom Line  54.06 KB

• 04.01.2007

  California Statutes, Status Update For 2007  85.74 KB

• 08.30.1996

  The Importance of Agreements For Trial Products and Services  9.17 KB

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Native American Law

• 04.01.2006

  Environmental Hazards and Jurisdiction on Tribal Lands  49.69 KB

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Patent Prosecution and Sounceling

• 12.01.2007

  Protection of Intangible Assets  44.86 KB

• 10.01.2007

  Business Method Patents: Protecting Your Firm's Inventions  55.01 KB

• 10.01.2006

  Patent Trolls: Beware Of Licensing And Patent Complications  563.56 KB

• 06.27.2005

  Patent Protection - A Primer   188.21 KB

• 04.03.2000

  Patenting of "Business Method"  9.18 KB

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Real Estate

• 10.01.2007

  So, You Want to Advertise and Sell Your Mexican Residential Real Estate Project in the United States - Now What?  35.54 KB

• 06.01.2007

  Don't get burned on the boilerplate: How preconceptions can leave tenants vulnerable  52.98 KB

• 05.01.2007

  Land Assembly in a Changing Environment of Eminent Domain  48.14 KB

• 04.01.2007

  Mezzanine Loans to Developers and Owners of Real Estate Projects: 10 Ways to Improve the Quality of the Equity Pledge  72.81 KB

• 09.21.2006

  California Land Reuse And Revitalization Act of 2004 Limits Liability For Purchasers Of Impacted Properties  467.9 KB

• 06.05.2005

  Investing in Mexican Real Estate - FAQs  160.25 KB

• 03.15.2005

  Legislature Enhances Density Bonus and Other Incentives or Concessions for Developers Providing Lower-Income Housing [  380.04 KB

• 01.15.2004

  Negotiating Disputes with a Defaulting Tenant  22.43 KB

• 10.09.2003

  U.S. Tax Implications of Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate  275.55 KB

• 09.01.2003

  Biotechnology Leasing: Special Issues in Leasing Laboratory Space  2.77 MB

• 11.01.2001

  Comparative Analysis of U.S. vs. Mexican Commercial Real Estate Transactions  2.28 MB

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Sustainability and Climate Change

• 06.06.2008

  Climate Change: Treaties, Legislation, Due Diligence and Litigation Update  3.61 MB

• 08.01.2008

  Global Impact - Anticipating California’s global warming legislation  68.26 KB

• 06.01.2008

  Go Green - Reaping the Benefits of Green Workplace Practices  58.76 KB

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Tax

• 07.16.2003

  Advanced Solutions For Transferring Wealth When Interest Rates are Low: Grantor-Retained Annuity Trusts and Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts  20.22 KB

• 03.03.2006

  California LLC Gross Receipts Fee is Unconstitutional  44.07 KB

• 02.06.2008

  Coming to America: The "Throwback Tax's" Ugly Head - The Non-Resident Alien Cum Resident as Beneficiary of Accumulated Income  111.19 KB

• 03.05.2003

  Explanation of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers ("ITINs") and Procopio's ITIN Services for Non-Resident Aliens  15.51 KB

• 05.12.1998

  Foreign Individuals and the U.S. Estate Tax (similar to an Inheritance Tax)  33.25 KB

• 12.01.2006

  Foreign Taxes: How International Joint Ventures Can Open The Door For Tax Violations  558.92 KB

• 06.28.2005

  How Do You Say "FIRPTA" In Spanish? A Comparative International Tax Analysis For Foreign Investors Of U.S. & Mexican Real Estate  269.28 KB

• 11.03.2005

  International Tax Update: American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and Other New Developments  298.21 KB

• 08.26.2003

  IRS Reporting Requirements for Foreign Partnerships  35.66 KB

• 11.14.2007

  Legal Issues for Small Businesses - Corporate & Tax Overview  129.88 KB

• 06.02.2008

  Mexico's New Tax on Cash Deposits and its Creditability Under IRC Section 901  51.11 KB

• 10.01.2004

  Mexico’s New Proposal for International Tax Anti-Deferral Rules  54.02 KB

• 08.25.2003

  Obscure U.S. Excise Taxes on Ozone-Depleting Chemicals and the Montreal Protocol (How it applies to Importing Products to the U.S.)  27 KB

• 03.26.2003

  Overview of U.S. Interest Income, Exempt from U.S. Income Taxation for the Foreign Investor ("Portfolio Interest")  48.56 KB

• 11.02.2007

  Surprise! You have a Foreign Trust  105.75 KB

• 10.31.2007

  Tax Relief for Fire Victims  63.06 KB

• 06.29.2005

  The 10 Most Relevant 2007 Mexican Tax Reforms  85.36 KB

• 11.11.2004

  The Boogey Man - Informational Reporting of International Transactions and the Hefty Penalty Provisions   420.28 KB

• 10.09.2003

  U.S. Tax Implications of Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate  275.55 KB

• 08.15.2006

  What Happens In Mexico . . . Has To Be Reported To The IRS! Mexican Residential Trusts and the Reporting Requirements Under IRC Section 60481  57.36 KB

• 04.01.2004

  Why Regulation 301.7701(b)-1(b) and the Definition of "Lawful Permanent Resident" Must Address Non-U.S. Citizens Who Have Left and Permanently Reside Outside the United States  43.73 KB

• 05.28.2004

  Why Section 2104 Must Address When Partnership Interests Owned by Foreign Investors are (and are not) Subject to United States Estate Tax  48.15 KB

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Trade Secrets

• 06.27.2005

  Trade Secret Protection - A Primer  226.09 KB

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Trademarks and Copyrights

• 06.27.2005

  Copyright Protection - A Primer  216.08 KB

• 03.12.1996

  Copyright Protection on the Web  18.83 KB

• 06.25.2005

  Making a Name - Distinctive and Distinguishable Trademarks  51.53 KB

• 08.26.2003

  Overview of Trademark Registration Process in Central and South America  36.97 KB

• 04.01.2008

  Protect Your Brands  65.13 KB

• 04.01.2008

  Protect Your Business' Brand and Products, Avoid Knockoffs  44.59 KB

• 03.12.1996

  Trademark Law and Internet Domain Names  19.67 KB

• 06.27.2005

  Trademark Protection - A Primer  222.89 KB

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Trusts, Estates and Probates

• 08.26.2003

  Estate Planning - Frequently Asked Questions  53.21 KB

• 05.01.2007

  Estate Planning For Executives  64.2 KB

• 05.12.1998

  Foreign Individuals and the U.S. Estate Tax (similar to an Inheritance Tax)  33.25 KB

• 04.18.2006

  Mexican Residential Trusts and the Reporting Requirements of Section 6048  64.08 KB

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