What Are Blue Sky Laws?
Protecting the consumer from securities fraud is a key focus of the Securities and Exchange Commission on the federal level. There are agencies and numerous federal laws in place to help ensure the public is protected. Besides federal laws, there are also many state...
What is Involved in Setting Up a Subsidiary in the United States?
What’s involved in setting up a subsidiary? Companies with operations abroad often want to set up subsidiaries in the United States. These companies may elect to do this for several reasons. Perhaps the company seeks a tax benefit for the parent company. Perhaps the...
When Filing a Lawsuit What Court Should I Be In?
To file a lawsuit, you have two options. You can sue on the state level or you can sue in the federal court system. How do you know where your case belongs? And what are the advantages of each option? A person bringing a lawsuit only two ways to hear a case in federal...
I Got a Summons and Complaint in the Mail? What Do I Do?
Receiving a summons and complaint in the mail may seem terrifying at first. For many people, their first instinct might be to just throw it in the trash and hope that their problem goes away. Hoping is not a plan, and is the last thing they should do. If you receive a...
What is a 30(b)(6) Deposition?
Under the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6), a party may depose – or ask questions of - public or private corporations, partnerships, associations, or other entities. To do this, the party needs to subpoena the public or private corporations, partnerships,...
What To Do If You Haven’t Filed a Tax Return In Years
It may come as a surprise, but each year there are many, many Americans who simply do not file a tax return. Each person who does not file their tax return has many reasons this happens. For some, it could be because of physical or mental health issues that prevented...