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As discussed in last week's Blog article, Financial Elder Abuse is a growing and serious problem in California. The Welfare and Institutions Code defines it as a situation in which someone:(1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal...
Financial elder abuse in California is a pervasive and growing problem. Buffington Law Firm's Trust and Elder Law litigation attorneys have frequently and repeatedly encountered egregious examples of financial elder abuse. We have a track record of solving such...
You have lived next door to Margie for five years now. You get along well, and you thought you knew her—but that was before the tree-trimming incident.Several branches of the box elder Margie owns hang over your property. You told your neighbor that you intend to trim...
As a small business owner, you have a variety of tasks you must complete each day. When trying to maximize profits, please customers and retain employees, you may eventually rub someone the wrong way. If you do, you should know about some workplace torts that may...
Running a small business seems to become more challenging every day. Not only must you comply with an increasingly complex set of laws and regulations, but you also must likely work with contractors. If one of your contractors fails to deliver, you may be unable to...
A severance agreement is normally part of an employment agreement. However, it can also be a stand-alone document an employer wants a departing employee to sign.If certain elements are missing, the document will not stand up in court. The drafting of an enforceable...
When it comes to contract disputes and resolutions in California, many entrepreneurs are not aware that there are measures they can take to resolve them outside the courtroom. Though going to court is often best reserved as the last tactic, sometimes, taking things to...
Buffington Law Firm's trust and elder law litigation team has decades of experience dealing with cases in which undue influence is alleged. The fact patterns for these cases are depressingly similar in many instances. Typically a younger friend, relative, or adult...
Businesses have various kinds of trade secrets. The company information you must protect need not be a world-famous recipe like Kentucky Fried Chicken.The California Uniform Trade Secrets Act offers protection against the misappropriation of vital company information...
Buffington Law Firm's elder law and trust litigation attorneys have frequently dealt with situations where two persons (not spouses) are co-owners of bank accounts. This often occurs, for example, when a relative is placed on an elderly person's bank account as...