by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Asset Protection, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Estate Planning, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
For international investors who want to thrive in the California lifestyle, they face three different issues: immigration status, business investment and tax planning. For these clients, I recommend they consider “Roundtripping”, (i.e., they invest in a CA...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
A House Republican introduced a bill that would delay the effective date of the DOL rule by two years. At the same time, a House committee called the rule “reckless” and “misguided.” Source: New Congress Goes After DOL Fiduciary Rule
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, states his case. Source: The 10 Best and Worst Sub-Industries of 2016
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
A new website is keeping track of radical leftist professors; mainstream media and academia are having a fit: And it’s REALLY not common sense, according to a growing roster of anguished media accounts, to aggregate a list of online news stories about academics...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The innocuous video (above) is dangerous only to anti-gun propaganda. The academic community has gone nuts, holding kids hostage for their own enrichment. Certainly they can no longer be called educators. A teacher found a flash drive after school hours in a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Health Planning
This woman is an inspiration, leaving a rich legacy of charity. But note part of the reason she is able to do this: Finances aren’t a worry: A long-term disability policy she invested in provides 70 percent of her wages; Guy Morrison continues to work as a physical...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
On January 10, the state Assembly is scheduled to start confirmation hearings on U. S. Representative Xavier Becerra, who was nominated by Governor Brown on January 1 to be California’s next Attorney General. California’s Attorney General heads the California...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Islamic terror cells shift from Mideast to U.S.-Mexican border Sept. 30, 2014 – (FILE PHOTO) – ISIS militants like these in Syria are filing into Mexico. (Credit Image: © Medyan Dairieh/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com) A new report by a government watchdog agency says...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The new Nazis in Europe: Not who you think News that Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" manifesto is once again a bestseller in Germany has raised concerns that it could be contributing to growing anti-Semitism in Europe by "right-wing" political groups. That...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The group then got onto a private party bus that drove north on Pacific Coast Highway. Officers stopped the bus a short distance away, Marlatt said. There were about 80 people on the bus, requiring Huntington Beach police to request assistance from Newport...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”We just want our voices heard. – Rachel Gunther, CA grassroots Trump leader #MCGA #MAGA” username=”guntrust”] Right on, Rachel! Her group is doing great things to educate our fellow Californians (including the GOP...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Health Planning, Retirement Planning
Advisors can steer clients towards the technology that will help them in old age. Here are the top five ways. Source: Five Ways Technology Will Change How Your Clients Age
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning
If you’re looking for a way to stay current and learn about the finer points of investing, sales, and leadership, look no further than these new podcasts. Source: Ten Podcasts that Will Give You an Edge in 2017
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning
Personally, I think this is the best of the several solutions discussed: Another way for clients to avoid new account fraud is to put a freeze on their credit report with all three bureaus, which prevents anyone else from opening accounts in their name. There is...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”…at least two cadets fired at close range toward the terrorist #2A” username=”guntrust”] These attacks would rarely occur, or at least rarely be newsworthy if more victims were able to carry. Here in the US, we have...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 7, 2017 | News & Commentary
On my first trip to Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine (via Aeroflot and a long road trip through southern Russia in the icy winter of 2001), there was only one restaurant in the whole city (about the size of Oceanside). On another trip a couple years later, there were a bunch...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 7, 2017 | Estate Planning
The future is NOW here at LawNews.TV — much of what the article talks about, we have already implemented. We meet with clients all over the state via Skype; we provide all levels of assistance to clients, alone and in collaboration with other...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 7, 2017 | Estate Planning
Interesting article, especially for those of us drafting trusts with the descendants of King George VI as Rule Against Perpetuities measuring lives. 1. Prince of Wales, Charles 2. The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William 3. Prince George of Cambridge 4. Princess...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 7, 2017 | News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”Out of sight is out of mind, and open carry is ultrasound for #2A” username=”guntrust”] Lack of screening in baggage claim areas a weak point in security? Nonsense. Any additional screening will just push the envelope out,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | News & Commentary
We already know that nearly every mass shooter was taking psychotropic drugs either actively or recently before the shooting. And people wonder why there are mass shootings? The new analysis provides the most fine-grained snapshot of prescription drug use for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | News & Commentary
More importantly, marijuana users are prohibited from possessing firearms. CHS can lead to dehydration and kidney failure, but usually resolves within days of stopping drug use. That’s what happened with Crowder, who has been off all forms of marijuana for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”Open carry deters, without the extra baggage of gun free zones #2A” username=”guntrust”] Concealed carry is better than no carry, but unfortunately it fosters gun free zones which put all our rights at risk. Open carry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Practitioners should review options with clients that might include: Outright bequest to surviving spouse, with contingent disclaimer trust, subject to the problems that this approach creates Clayton QTIP approach, subject to the complexity it creates...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Income Tax, Tax Planning
On Dec. 12, 2016, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced final regulations (issued in proposed form on May 5, 2016) requiring domestic disregarded entities with foreign owners to file Form 5472 information returns with the IRS...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
Interesting speech below on crucial importance of philanthropy, even for national defense:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”Open carry deters, without the added baggage of gun free zones #2A” username=”guntrust”] Florida is reputedly very pro-gun, a pioneer in shall-issue concealed carry, yet no Floridian bothered to return fire? The solution...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
Below, a possible alternative to the Harries (illustrated above) flashlight technique: Again (as with the decocker), many of these alternative methods arise because gun owners are not getting the training they need (and usually only affordable at Front Sight...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | News & Commentary
I doubt this technology will ever be safe enough to satisfy consumers, but that doesn’t mean the commie libs won’t try to force it on us, one way or another. The fanciful notion of self-driving cars is another attempt at introducing Soviet-style...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | News & Commentary
This alert citizen deserves thanks, not the sort of abuse he got from Mark Thompson who was filling in for Tim Conway Jr on KFI. (Thompson took Avila to task for “bragging” on Facebook but libs like Thompson will never understand the need for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
CZ’s argument in favor of the decocker may in fact apply to most shooters, but certainly does not apply to Front Sight students, who generally do have the necessary skill to carry cocked and locked after one or two classes. As Col. Jeff Cooper said, the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training, News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”If you have training, you access it with adrenaline. If you lack training, you panic.” username=”guntrust”] Free Front Sight membership to the hero if he contacts me, and is not already a member. In firearm training, we like...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | News & Commentary
Thursday’s incident comes in the wake of a surge in robberies at Newnan-area Waffle Houses. A restaurant on Highway 154 at Interstate 85 was robbed twice in one month this fall.Waffle House is a gun-free zone at all 1,800 of its restaurants across the country. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
The Constitution secures your freedoms as an American.Understand it like never before in Hillsdale College’s free online course. The U.S. Constitution is the key to securing liberty for all Americans — yet very few know exactly what it says, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Another bad celebrity legacy, and we haven’t even heard from probate court yet. The star’s uncle killed himself the day Michael was born in 1963, with his heartbroken grandad committing suicide soon after, and the singer lived in fear of history...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
YOUNG people are clueless when it comes to basic survival skills such as tying a knot or sparking a fire from scratch, according to research. Source: Millennials lack basic survival skills, research shows | UK | News | Daily Express
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | News & Commentary
To apply for employment with Wayne County Sheriff click here. When Wayne County Sheriff’s officer Philip Kozlowski Sr. complained at work that a female boss was sexually harassing him, his male supervisors allegedly laughed it off.When a Genesee County Sheriff...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | News & Commentary
A man suspected of squirting women with syringes of his semen in a number of Ohio malls has been arrested. Timothy Blake told police his bizarre crime was inspired by “the internet.” Source: Semen syringe squirter arrested after reign of terror at US malls — RT...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | News & Commentary
“Many also shook their heads when Ronald Reagan was elected: ‘For God’s sake, an actor from California!’ But Reagan was certainly one of the best presidents the U.S. ever had. So you should not be too quick to judge.” Source: ‘Next Pope’ Says Trump Could Be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 3, 2017 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
In late September, Trump Jr. gave an interview to an American silencer company called SilencerCo, in which he — like my friend — pointed out that when he shoots in Europe, the guns he uses are almost invariably silenced. “It’s about safety,” he said. “If you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 3, 2017 | News & Commentary
Top priorities for the gun rights lobby include federal concealed carry reciprocity, which would recognize out-of-state permits anywhere in the country, and repealing gun-free zones around military bases and schools. Source: Gun rights groups give GOP...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 3, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
The so-called U.S. Golden State, California, can now add one more progressive action to its list of legal shenanigans including California’s illegal-alien sanctuary cities, transgender toilet regulations, and anti-American education curriculums. Starting on New...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning
Hopefully your working clients are maxing out opportunities to save all they can into 401(k)s, IRAs and Roth IRAs. Those who still have money left over should consider purchasing Series EE savings bonds with any extra funds. In the short term, they will get...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
When it comes to modern-day estate planning, trusts invariably are an integral part of the structure. In the authors’ daily reviews of trusts, they have found that thoughtful planning can at times be rendered problematic due to trustee selection. The consequences can...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Retirement Planning, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
While it’s important that charities and their staff understand how to match various tools, such as charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), charitable lead trusts (CLTs), charitable gift annuities and other gift plans with the needs of their donors, which may...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Protection, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Wealthy families can now transfer wealth to children and grandchildren at a transfer tax discount of up to 50 percent, while receiving up to a 50 percent current charitable income tax deduction—all while avoiding tax on the subsequent sale of appreciated...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Grant writing expert Dr. Drew has solid conservative credentials — I should know, I ran with him on a tea party slate for Central Committee. I’ll bet things will certainly change for those promoting climate fraud. Trump’s stunning win will...