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Tax Tips from the Tax Lawyer
A new provision was added to the Internal Revenue Code (Section 162(q)) under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Section 162 generally provides deductions for ordinary and necessary trade or business expenses. However, the newly-added Section 162(q) provides that confidential sexual harassment and sexual abuse settlements are no longer tax deductible as ordinary and...
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This month we decided to do something a little bit different. Instead of choosing a theme and asking people to write about it, we channeled our inner law-school professor and created a fact pattern and then we asked people in different areas of expertise to look at and give us their insights. Our fact pattern...
Read ArticleFact Pattern: When Work, Family and Business Collide
Note: For this issue of the Contra Costa Lawyer, instead of choosing a theme and asking attorney members to write about it, the guest editors created this fact pattern and asked attorneys in different practice areas to provide their insights. Family Co. began in 1974 in the San Ramon garage of Family where classic cars...
Read ArticleWhen Love Goes Wrong: Criminal Consequences to a Messy Divorce
If police and prosecutors get involved, Veronica and Albert’s situation is what is called a “domestic violence” case. Criminal defense attorneys call it “DV” for short.
Read ArticleTaking the Employee’s Side – An Employment Attorney’s Perspective
Sexual harassment is more than politically incorrect behavior; it must be sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the terms or conditions of employment. Unless it is extreme, one incident is typically not enough.
Read ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Perspective
Labor Code Section 3553 requires that an employer provide an employee who is a victim of a crime that occurred at the place of employment written notice that the employee is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for injuries, including psychiatric injuries, that may have resulted.
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