by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 28, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
McCain was a bigger surprise. He has long called for repeal, but grew frustrated over the secretive process that GOP leaders employed to draft various repeal measures. When he returned this week, he made an impassioned speech on the Senate floor for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 22, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
Despite facing a $400 million budget hole, Delaware is the latest state to repeal its estate tax—as of Jan. 1, 2018. Democratic Governor John Carney Jr. signed a stand-alone estate tax repeal bill today, just two days after signing the 2018 state budget, which...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 4, 2017 | Archived, Orange County Events
Like music? Well, one of the best things about summer in Orange County is all the great concerts you can enjoy, without paying a dime. Bring your beach chair, picnic and blanket, and prepare to tap your feet, or whatever other part of your body starts to move.Here are...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
While the scene has long been a favorite of many Disney fans, it has occasionally been the brunt of criticism for what some believed to be a “sexist” approach to women. Years ago, the scene that comes after the auction scene, which used to have pirates chasing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – In a major shake up of the Vatican’s administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism’s top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff’s vision of a more...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Hopefully the muskrat will be so busy with his tunnels he keeps his dirty paws off our freedom to drive. Dangerously nuts libtard! Elon Musk recently announced that his tunnel-digging operation, The Boring Company, is done carving out its first segment. He bundled the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
NRA tries to find the pony in Peruta, which was a lemon from the start. Fact is, there are very good arguments against making concealed carry a fundamental right in lieu of open carry, which is exactly what Peruta would have us do in California. There are better cases...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Exactly two weeks after the Czech Republic announced that they would challenge restrictive changes to the European Union’s European Firearms Directive in the European Court of Justice, the small nation has once again acted to defend themselves against...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Mr. Mattis has been under pressure from conservative activists and Republicans in Congress to deny recruitment to transgender people They also want him to roll back President Barack Obama’s decision last year to let transgender troops remain on active duty...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 20, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 14, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection
More and more coyotes are being spotted within urban areas of Southern California. Here’s a look at coyote attacks reported from August 2012 to 2016.Between August 2012 and August 2016 there have been 50 coyote attacks in Southern California in which a person...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 14, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New California gun legislation would ban anyone convicted of hate crimes from purchasing a gun.Current law bans criminals convicted of felonies from owning guns.The Disarm Hate Act would apply to misdemeanor hate crimes. Source: California...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The tenuousness of the President’s plan raises a whole host of additional questions. These include: (1) whether the President’s plan would be coupled with a step-up in basis at death versus carryover basis (carryover basis would effectively increase total taxes...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency and Republican control of both houses of Congress make estate tax reform extremely probable in the next two years. However, given the new administration’s other proclaimed priorities, including the repeal of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The way things ought to be! Under the Trump plan, the top income tax rate of 35 percent would be reduced to 15 percent for pass-throughs. The pass-through rate under the W&M plan would be 20 percent (instead of a top rate of 35 percent). Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning
What a coincidence — I am an estate planning attorney in Laguna Hills, with expertise in high net worth planning! (But why would a Nellie Gail resident need an extra $61 million?) The unidentified lone jackpot winner can claim their prize starting Monday,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today announced it is supporting, along with the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), an important Second Amendment lawsuit challenging California’s newly expanded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Today, April 24, attorneys supported by CRPA and NRA filed the first of many critical lawsuits; the first step in restoring the full freedoms of the Second Amendment in California. This lawsuit challenges California’s newly expanded “Assault Weapon Control Act”...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
AGAIN — concealed carry ban fails to ban concealed carry at school: ORANGE A 10-hour standoff between police and an El Modena High School employee threatening to kill himself with a handgun ended peacefully Source: Barricaded school employee with handgun at El...