July 9, 2014Seeking: Employment Lawyer with 3+ years’ experience in litigation and counseling for San Diego office. The Job: The job will be equal parts counseling and litigation. The firm acts as outside and general counsel for seve...
read more June 20, 2014One of the best pieces of advice that I received as a young lawyer was “Never confuse good news with good advice.” What does that mean? It means that you should tell or hear the truth, even when it hurts. I feel strongly that ...
read more June 12, 2014That’s Elliot, the office cat. He’s actually not just an office cat, he’s my full time cat; but he hates being alone, so he goes to the office with me, where he promptly annoys everyone by sleeping in their inb...
read more June 10, 2014It is a well-documented fact: most small businesses fail. All too often, I advise business owners and officers on what to do when it looks like the company just cannot make it another month. What to do? Should the business o...
read more June 5, 2014Today, I saw a T-Shirt that I wanted instantly. It said, “I’m a lawyer. I’m here to defend your ass. Not kiss it.” That prompted me to republish a blog post I wrote on my personal blog about a year ago. Wit...
read more June 3, 2014Today Seattle made the economically insane move to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour, which is more than double the Federal minimum of $7.25 per hour. Other cities and states have also added to wage and price inflation and...
read more May 31, 2014Employers should think twice before firing alcoholic employees because of the American with Disabilities Act (and similar state laws, such as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Missouri Human Rights Act). Ma...
read more May 30, 2014The original title to this article was: “Why having 1099 independent contractors working at your business will get your audited by the IRS and the Labor Department for tax evasion.” I opted for the shorter, if simplist...
read more May 29, 2014Small business owners often live, eat and breathe their businesses. They become one with their businesses like Buddhist monks try to become one with the universe. They have no life outside what they do for a living. But when...
read more May 28, 2014A small business owner in San Diego once said to me he has a “zero comeback” policy for his employees. Once they quit, that’s a forever choice, zero exceptions. It made me laugh because, as he put it, “You ...
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