by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
12-year-old boy saves father in Wisconsin bear attack by shooting the bear! Story here. Owen knew he had to do something to save his father’s life. “I saw him (the bear) knock him to the ground, and I just saw the black outline and shot over the dog’s back and hit the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
John Lott reports: The just-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) shows violent crime has soared under Biden-Harris. If you look at rape, robbery, and aggravated assaults (the NCVS doesn’t measure murder),...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Entity Formation, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Fortune, Income Tax, Regulatory Compliance, Tax Planning, Trust Admin, Venture Protection
Under Private Letter Ruling 202428003, the IRS has allowed late filing of a Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST) election, to obtain relief from termination of S corporation status. The corporation represented that the termination was inadvertent and not for tax...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Honor, News & Commentary
This would appear to be illegal: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) accepted campaign donations from a woman who died several months prior, records that the New York Post obtained revealed Friday. Carol Ann Baker of Elmore died at the age of 77 on December 10, 2023, at a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2024 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
This is a brave dad who should be commended for quick action to save his son: The victim was treated for his injuries then released, but had to return to the hospital after experiencing complications with wounds to his eyes. His current condition is not clear, the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2024 | Blog, Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Punishment, Religious Faith
This shocking story is a reminder that not all threats appear as Darth Vader: Police in Minden, Louisiana, revealed on Monday that an 11-year-old boy confessed to the murder of former Mayor Joe Cornelius Sr., age 82, and his 31-year-old daughter, Keisha Miles....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, News & Commentary, Pet Protection
To you, your pet may be “Fluffy”. To someone else, your pet may be dinner. How big is the threat posed by Asian or Haitian cuisine? Probably not huge, depending where you live. But inflation is a huge threat, affecting everyone to some degree, including...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Dying Embarrassed, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Fortune, Gift Tax, GST Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Estate reduction surgery may be more urgent than you think. Understandably, a lot of folks are sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see what happens in November — not only in the presidential race, but in the congressional races that will determine the balance...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2024 | Blog, Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Life, News & Commentary
The CRPA on September 19, 2024, petitioned for en banc review of the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision regarding preliminary injunctive relief in May v Bonta (written by Judge Graber aka Grabber) oppressively curtailing the right to bear arms in California. En banc...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 24, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Fortune, Honor, Income Tax, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
The decision to hire family members for your business is a delicate balancing act that involves both personal and professional considerations. Working with loved ones can create a sense of trust and unity within the workplace and has been shown to increase business...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 23, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Bloodline Protection, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Starting a business requires a great deal of planning and execution. Exiting from your small business should entail a similar level of forethought and preparation. Nevertheless, some surveys indicate that nearly half of business owners have no exit strategy.[1] After...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 20, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Estate Planning, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Venture Protection
Remote work has become the new norm for many employees, creating opportunities as well as challenges for employers. One of those challenges is verifying the identity and eligibility of remote workers for employment in the United States. Form I-9,[1] a document all...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 19, 2024 | Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Fortune, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Venture Protection
The limited liability company (LLC) has only been around since the first LLC statute was enacted in 1977. Within a few decades, it has become the most popular legal entity formed by new US businesses due to its ease of formation, flexibility, low start-up costs, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 18, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Creditors & Predators, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Venture Protection
Limited liability is an important advantage provided by corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs). The personal asset protection that corporations and LLCs provide for their owners, however, is not absolute. To maintain the liability shield, owners must...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 16, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Creditors & Predators, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Fortune, Income Tax, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
There is no law that limits the number of LLCs an entrepreneur can own. Forming multiple LLCs may make sense under certain circumstances: for example, companies that have several rental properties, separate businesses with common ownership, or when one business makes...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 13, 2024 | Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Fortune, Income Tax, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Increasing costs and rising interest rates have impacted many businesses. If your business is in crisis, there are steps you can take that could improve your business’s financial condition and help it successfully move forward. Entrepreneurs are competent, but they...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 12, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Creditors & Predators, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Equipment leasing is an alternative to purchasing new equipment. Amid volatile interest rates and inflated equipment costs, more businesses are turning to leases as they look for ways to preserve cash while acquiring the equipment they need to operate. Equipment...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 11, 2024 | Blog, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Written contracts are the backbone of business relationships. They outline the rights, obligations, and expectations between parties and provide a legal framework that ensures parties keep their promises. Absent written contracts, business relationships are less...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 10, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Creditors & Predators, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Fortune, Income Tax, Operation & Governance, Tax Planning, Trust Admin, Venture Protection
A distribution from a limited liability company (LLC) is a payment of cash or property made by an LLC to the LLC’s owners, also known as members. Although state law sets forth certain default rules, LLC members can specify in the LLC’s operating agreement when and how...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 7, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Health Planning, Honor, Life
The Ninth Circuit panel in the May and Carralero (“May v Bonta”) sensitive places cases yesterday issued its opinion, written by Judge Graber (i promise to refrain from adding another b to her name), which, if not soon corrected by en banc ruling (either...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Bloodline Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Fortune, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Punishment, Religious Faith, Spendthrift Children
I’ve written several times lately on disinheritance and more benign alternatives to disinheritance. There is definitely a trend afoot toward greater disinheritance. I’ve noticed this trend in comments from colleagues on our estate planning attorney online...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
[UPDATE: Gov. Noisome signed AB 262 into law on 9/22/24.] AB 262 is an innocuous sounding bill providing for the study of safety regulations relating to children’s camps. Yet given California’s recent history of attacking gun culture, we can expect this...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
The Massachusetts Supreme Court in Commonwealth v Canjura has struck down a ban on switchblade carry as violating the Second Amendment. Following Bruen analysis, the Court could not find any historical analogues from the time of the Founding, or ratification of the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
The Ninth Circuit in Nguyen v Bonta has reversed its stay on a preliminary injunction against California’s “1-in-30” ban on purchasing more than one firearm in a thirty day period. After only one day of oral arguments, it was clear the State could...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Creditors & Predators, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Fortune, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning, Trust Admin
There is a wonderful recent story about a Minnesota family that has baptized 27 babies over three generations with a baptismal gown made from the World War II parachute that saved grandpa’s life! I’m always coming up with analogies for trusts and often use...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Fortune, Health Planning, Honor, Incapacity Planning, Life, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
The brother of Terri Schiavo, famous in the estate planning world for issues surrounding her diagnosis of Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), is warning of a possible weakening in Catholic teaching in favor of providing basic care for the incapacitated. The brother,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Life, News & Commentary
After correcting massive errors found in FBI reports, Dr John Lott reports that at least 35% of mass shootings from 2014 through 2023 were stopped by private armed citizens. (I’m intentionally using the term “mass shooting” even though the studies,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
The stream of reporting continues on knife attacks in gun free Europe. I don’t know if that’s because the frequency of these attacks has increased, or if this is just due to increased media attention, but it’s always interesting to note the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Fortune, Gift Tax, GST Tax, Income Tax, News & Commentary, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
The American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2024 (AHEMA) is a giant $5 trillion tax increase now before both houses of Congress which has the potential, if Democrats end up with enough control after elections this year, to radically change estate planning. These...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 31, 2024 | Blog, Life, News & Commentary
I’ve posted several times before on the occasional mountain lion attack in California, but bear attacks are less common here. (A few years ago this young California lady was attacked while taking a nap in her backyard near Los Angeles; of course Canadians see...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 4, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, Punishment
Documents produced by Morro Bay city clerk on request for public records: 3_ccw denial response to mbpd 1_Duringer Denial Letter draft.doc-redacted Response to your PRA request.html-redacted Re Safety.html-redacted Re Response to your PRA request.html-redacted RE PRA...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
Kamala Harris, in a recent speech to the American Federation of Teachers, mocked as “extremists” those who would arm teachers for classroom defense: “While you try to create safe and welcoming places where our children can learn, extremists attack our...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
Breitbart reports on CNN report that more Americans are now armed for self-defense than ever before. The report cited data from Injury Prevention journal, which revealed the percentage of gun owners that cited “personal protection” as the reason for getting a gun...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Punishment, Religious Faith
Elon Musk blames the “woke mind virus” for robbing him of his son whom he considers basically dead at this point because of the transgender cult. Call it cultural marxism, woke, whatever, I have definitely seen a trend among colleagues on estate planning...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Punishment
John Lott has some examples here of recent Hollywood propaganda using anti-gun scripts. This is a longstanding problem I’ve posted on for many years, particularly on bad gun handling. Lott notes (with examples) such shortcomings as failing to portray successful...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Life, News & Commentary
John Lott reports here that the CDC is showing an increase in homicides despite the FBI reporting a sharp drop in murders. Lott has previously criticized FBI data in recent years. One major problem is the large drop in police department reporting to FBI. The only...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
UPDATE: To quell out-of-control rumors and riots resulting from the information vacuum, British judge has released information about the suspect in custody even though he is a minor, a few days short of his 18th birthday. Turns out the suspect is a migrant from...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Fortune, Honor, Life, Venture Protection
Unfortunately, you really do not know exactly how well your estate plan will work until after you are gone. No way around that, but you can improve chances with thorough comprehensive planning and a good maintenance plan. But there is something else you can do: You...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Life, News & Commentary
Ominous report from San Diego: Border Patrol agents took three suspected Palestinian terrorists into custody earlier this month after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico into California, the New York Post reported. One of the men reportedly had a “salacious...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 31, 2024 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life
About a month ago the video at left was posted by Mark Smith of the Four Boxes Diner channel who, like me and quite a few other attorneys, is a member of the US Supreme Court bar, a fact I know only because he actually introduces himself as such in the first few...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 29, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Fortune, Gift Tax, GST Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 made several significant changes to the tax code that affect small businesses and business owners. It introduced the qualified business interest deduction, added a bonus depreciation deduction for qualifying property, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 28, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Entity Formation, Estate Planning, Fortune, Income Tax, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
The rise of home-based businesses represents a fundamental shift in the way Americans work. Home businesses offer their owners a convenient and flexible way to earn income without commuting to a traditional office. They may also qualify for tax breaks in the form of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Business Succession, Estate Planning, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Venture Protection
Business partnerships, like marriages, are complex relationships with highs and lows, challenges and rewards, good times and bad times. When people start businesses together, they should expect to experience growing pains. However, when differences are irreconcilable...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 19, 2024 | Blog, Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Entity Formation, Fortune, Limitation of Liability, Operation & Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Venture Protection
Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a new business or are running a well-established business, your success often depends on safeguarding innovative ideas and information that give you an edge over competing businesses. If you have spent years perfecting a secret...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Honor, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
Elon Musk announced yesterday he is relocating headquarters for both SpaceX and Xitter from California to Texas, due to concerns over bad new laws and escalating crime in California. In particular, Musk cited concern over Governor Noisome’s signing of AB 1955, a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 21, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
The US Supreme Court today released its 8-1 decision in US v Rahimi, holding that: When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 19, 2024 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Life, News & Commentary
An FBI memo sent shortly after the Covenant School shooting urged police not to release the Nashville shooter manifesto to the public. Reasons given: future mass attackers would learn and copy methods; such “legacy tokens” are often misleading and not...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 19, 2024 | Asset Protection, Blended Families, Blog, Bloodline Protection, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Fortune, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
A new Pew poll finds that Trump voters are FAR more likely (59%) than Biden voters (19%) to say that society should prioritize marriage and having children. That the rate is higher among Trump voters should not surprise anyone. I’ve definitely noticed a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 18, 2024 | Blog, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
A few days ago (June 14, 2024) in Garland v Cargill, the US Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision ruled that bump stocks are not machine guns. Actually, the Court ruled they are not “machineguns” and the Court uses that single word throughout the opinion as that...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
Although most research finds that concealed carry reduces violent crime, several recent studies claim to show that concealed carry increases violent crime. In a new study linked here, Professors Lott and Moody analyze three possible causes for the supposed increase,...