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January, 2014 Articles

Taxation and Trusts & Estates The 13.3% Solution: of DINGs, NINGs, WINGs and Other ThINGs

Download this article as a PDF: The 13.3% Solution: of DINGs, NINGs, WINGs and Other ThINGs Wealthy taxpayers have now experienced the impact of higher federal and state income tax rates for a full year.1 Many have created or would like to create trusts for their children and grandchildren, which also could be subject to extraordinarily […]

ADA Representation and Global Hospitality Group® Hotel Online: Failure to provide an Ounce of ADA Compliance is worth a Pounding by the DOJ – What you can learn from the DOJ’s settlement agreement with Starwood and The Phoenician

Marty Orlick’s article, “Failure to provide an Ounce of ADA Compliance is worth a Pounding by the DOJ – What you can learn from the DOJ’s settlement agreement with Starwood and The Phoenician,” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and was picked up by Hotel Online and ehotelier.com.

Cybersecurity and Privacy Group Client Alert – California’s Do Not Track Amendments

Effective January 1, 2014, amendments to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) require all commercial websites and online services that collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) to include additional disclosures in their privacy statements: how the operator responds to browser “Do Not Track” signals or other similar mechanisms; and whether other parties may collect PII […]

Chinese Investment Group™, Global Hospitality Group® and Investment Capital Law Group California’s New Rule for Private Fund Advisers Will Result in Significant New Requirements and Restrictions for Many Real Estate and Other Investment Funds

On August 27, 2012, the California Department of Corporations adopted a new Rule 206.204.9, which was intended to encourage capital investment in private investment funds by providing an exemption from investment adviser registration requirements for the managers of these funds. However, the new Rule imposes so many new requirements that it may be a shock […]