by Leslie Marenco | Sep 6, 2014 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business/ Corporate Law
Small businesses can ill afford litigation – not only because of the cost, but also for the time and attention lawsuits can divert from your business. Here are six tips to help you avoid one of the most prevalent sources of business litigation: employee lawsuits. ...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 6, 2014 | Articles, Business/ Corporate Law, Intellectual Property
Unless you’ve been hiding under a bucket this summer, it’s likely you’ve heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. If you haven’t yet been called on to donate or douse yourself with a bucket of icy water, you’ve certainly seen the thousands of videos of people far and...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 5, 2014 | Articles, Business/ Corporate Law, IRS
The IRS and State Governments have both stepped up their enforcement action against business owners who mis-classify employees as independent contractors. One friend of ours was just fined $150,000 for Worker’s Comp Fraud stemming from a mis-classification of...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 5, 2014 | Articles, Trusts, Uncategorized
You bring your children into the world with love. You raise them with love. If you’re going all the way as a parent, you also create an estate plan to safely pass on your legacy of love as well as your assets. But does your plan simply leave your assets outright, so...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 4, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning
After nearly 20 years of litigation and fighting in the press, the conflict between the estates of Anna Nicole Smith and her billionaire husband J. Howard Marshall has been “resolved.” MAYBE. POSSIBLY. PROBABLY NOT. It’s like a bad soap opera that refuses to end. An...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 3, 2014 | Articles, Case Law, Estate Planning
I, like most estate-planning attorneys come across clients who want to attach all sorts of conditions on gifts they make to descendants and other beneficiaries. And most estate-planning lawyers know that conditions creating restraints against marriage, religion and...
