Manhattan Beach resident Justin Blaine grew up in a family that valued strong relationships. Raised in West Lake Village, he watched his dynamic father create a vibrant career built on strong networking and mentors.
Davis Blaine founded a successful California networking group, and Justin learned from example, forging a similar but distinct path of his own—as a baseball player, investment analyst and co-founder of Athlete’s Touch, a membership-based group of former professional…
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(August, 2016) – Carico Johnson Toomey LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher D. Carico has been named to the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list…
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(June, 2016) – William G. Benz has been named to the 2016 California Rising Stars list By Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
William G. Benz represents and assists a broad array of clients, ranging from privately-owned companies to public municipalities. He is experienced in civil, employment, and labor litigation, as well…
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What are the effects of new overtime rules on small businesses?
According to new regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor, as of this past December, approximately 4.2 million more Americans have become eligible for overtime pay. As long as you own a small business with full-time employees, this change is likely to affect you.
The new regulation stipulates that hourly workers, lower-wage earners and non-managerial workers must now be paid overtime wages, one and a…
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by Christopher D. Carico | Partner
Change in Tax Focus of Basic Estate Planning
The federal government’s recent adoption of “portability,” allowing the transfer of the deceased spouse’s estate tax exclusion to the surviving spouse, and the fixing of the maximum federal estate tax rate at 40%, has shifted the tax planning focus for estate planners from estate taxes planning to capital gains tax for couples with wealth under $11,000,000. Those couples may now be…
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