What is the best U.S business entity to have if you have foreign resident investors (in order to avoid double taxation)?

LLCs were originally created because foreign investors (or corporations or trusts) could not be shareholders in a corporation electing treatment...

Do government investigators engage in the similar conducts as the private lawyers/private investigators to try to find dirts

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Sadly or luckily, the law does not have a solution for all of life's problems. If you have already contacted the police and the management, you...

Is the standard/criteria for the criminal prosecution and civil lawsuit the same for assault case?

The standards are totally different, the level of proof required is different, the interests of the state versus the interests of the individual...

Question about the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Fourth Amendment only regulates government not private activity.

Can a California Attorney talk directly to a defendant after defendant has been served a law suit?

Until a party is represented by legal counsel they are deemed to be in pro per and can directly speak with opposing counsel. You lawyer had no...

Can I sue a lawyer for derogatory comments?

Welcome to the world that many of us attorneys have to live in with a small minority of our colleagues. You chose (or for financial reasons had) to...

Is it legal malpractice if an attorney you retained withholds information

Conservatorship over the person, conservatorship over the estate, and a durable power of attorney have different functions and different powers....

Nude Pictured Posted to Facebook with out consent and knowledge of being taken

First, if the someone is not you, it's not your business. Second, if it is you the legal grounds are invasion of privacy and intentional/negligent...

Is non disclosure agreement enough to protect me from a supplier going behind my back and deal with my buyer?

The name of the document is not as importan t as its contents. Non-disclosure normally means communications of matters and usually involve...