by law_ewoxi5 | Mar 16, 2015 | Estate Planning News, News, Newsletter Articles, Special Needs Planning
The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, a new federal law passed this year, gives some people with disabilities or their families the ability to establish tax-free savings accounts that will not affect the ability to qualify for, or maintain, government...
by law_ewoxi5 | Jan 16, 2015 | Estate Planning News, News, Newsletter Articles, Special Education News, Special Needs Planning
Medi-Cal and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are not affected by funds held in a properly drafted special needs / supplemental needs trust. However, problems can arise when funds are withdrawn from a special needs trust. This leads to one of the most...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 8, 2013 | Business Law News, Employment Law News, Newsletter Articles
Employee discipline and termination are probably the most dreaded tasks for entrepreneurs and small business owners. The anxiety and trauma related to a termination can sometimes be just as bad for the boss as it is for the employee. But in our litigious society,...
by law_ewoxi5 | Sep 8, 2013 | Business Law News, News, Newsletter Articles
As a small business owner, you spend a lot of time and money and invest plenty of sweat equity into building a business and create intellectual property that needs protection along the way. So I thought I would suggest a few strategies to protect your business’s...
by law_ewoxi5 | Jun 3, 2013 | Business Law News, News, Newsletter Articles
Every business owner makes the decision to assume some portion of risk when they operate a business, but no one wants that potential risk to affect their personal wealth. Unfortunately, there are all too many business owners who neglect to implement the correct asset...
by law_ewoxi5 | Mar 18, 2013 | Estate Planning News, News, Newsletter Articles
The State of Virginia recently proposed a law that would provide families with access to the online accounts of a deceased relative. The law is in response to what happened when a 15 year old boy committed suicide two years ago and Facebook denied the family’s...
