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By: Jack Easterbrook, Esq. Introduction A loan by a bank that was well intended when made experiences payment defaults. Our story often begins here! The borrower (Sheen) understandably requests the loan be modified, a classic strategy in any workout situation. And now the homework...

Strategy Law is pleased to announce that all three partners, have been named to the Northern California 2022 Super Lawyers List. The Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than 5% of attorneys in each state to receive this honor.   Tamara Pow, Managing Partner...

Caroline Chen has received tenure at San Jose State University (“SJSU”) and will be promoted to Associate Professor at the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University where she has been teaching corporate, individual and international tax in the...

By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. Due to the increase in fuel prices, for the first time in over ten years the Internal Revenue Service has issued a special midyear optional standard mileage rate increase effective for the last six months of 2022 (IR-2022-124, June...

By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. CalSavers is a California retirement savings program for employees that do not have a retirement plan through their employer. If your business has a qualified retirement plan, you are exempt and may not enroll in CalSavers. However, if your...

By: Tamara B. Pow, Esq. When California first passed the Passthrough Entity Elective Tax (“PEET”) the law (AB 150) had some limits that made it not as attractive for some taxpayers. Since then there have been some retroactive fixes to the law (SB 113)...

In order to assist law enforcement and national security by preventing owners from hiding behind shell and front companies, the new Corporate Transparency Act will require companies to report beneficial owners (direct and indirect) who own at least 25% and those persons who exercise...

By: Jason Murai, Esq. On December 7, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), an agency within the Treasury Department, issued proposed regulations to implement reporting requirements pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Under the proposed regulations, certain entities must report beneficial owner...

One of our Founding Partners, Robert Hawn, passed away in December 2021. He will be greatly missed by all who worked with him. If you would like to send condolences to the family, please let our firm know and we will forward them to...

By: Jason Murai, Esq. On March 3, 2020, San Jose voters passed Measure E, which provides for a transfer tax on real property located in the City of San Jose. Beginning on July 1, 2020, the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office began collecting the...