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James Millane

Why Every California Business Owner Needs an Estate Plan Estate & Succession PlanningNews

Why Every California Business Owner Needs an Estate Plan

As a business owner, you’ve spent years—maybe even decades—building your company from the ground up. You’ve handled everything from hiring and growth strategies to operations and contracts. But one area that often gets overlooked is what happens to your business…
James Millane
James MillaneAugust 19, 2025
Requirement to File Business Beneficial Ownership Information Business Transaction LawNews

Requirement to File Business Beneficial Ownership Information

*UPDATE* US Companies No Longer Required to Report Beneficial Ownership Information Under the Corporate Transparency Act After much back and forth regarding the legality and enforceability of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements,…
James Millane
James MillaneApril 23, 2025
Why do I need a Succession Plan for my Business? Estate & Succession PlanningNewsservices

Why do I need a Succession Plan for my Business?

Today's topic that we’re going to discuss is succession planning for companies. Succession planning ensures that as the ownership of the company either wants to retire, or perhaps sell the business, that key employees or other personnel are in place…
James Millane
James MillaneMarch 14, 2023
Wrap Insurance Policies: Avoiding Problems and Gaps in Coverage News

Wrap Insurance Policies: Avoiding Problems and Gaps in Coverage

Wrap-Up Insurance policies have been available on large construction projects for many years and provide a single project specific policy to cover the owner, general contractor and subcontractors as named insureds for liabilities that arise out of construction at the…
James Millane
James MillaneNovember 19, 2020
Succession & Continuity: Does Your Business Have a Plan? Newsservices

Succession & Continuity: Does Your Business Have a Plan?

With the onset of COVID-19, many business owners, contractors, insurers, and sureties are inquiring about succession and continuity planning. This guide is to help assist contractors and small businesses with navigating the issues. What is Succession/Continuity Planning? Succession/Continuity Planning is…
James Millane
James MillaneJuly 8, 2020
IP, Transactional Services, and More services

IP, Transactional Services, and More

L&H Senior Counsel Jim Millane is a registered patent attorney experienced in securing and protecting intellectual property including procurement of patents, trademarks and copyrights and related litigation. Jim is also experienced in a wide variety of transactional matters including contract…
James Millane
James MillaneNovember 8, 2019
Corporate Formalities: Are They Necessary? Business Transaction Law

Corporate Formalities: Are They Necessary?

‍Many of our clients have us form corporations to shield them from personal liability for their business endeavors. However, courts sometimes find reasons to “pierce the corporate veil" and impose personal liability on company owners and shareholders if the company…
James Millane
James MillaneMay 14, 2019
Don’t Fall Behind: Maintaining Corporate Formalities Business Transaction Lawlegal-terms-laws

Don’t Fall Behind: Maintaining Corporate Formalities

Many small business owners are well aware of the importance and benefits of incorporation. If properly formed and operated, a corporation shields its shareholders from personal liability. A corporation is also treated separately for purposes of taxation, either providing that the corporation…
James Millane
James MillaneAugust 27, 2018

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