Author: danr

As a business attorney in Silicon Valley practicing in our firm’s office in San Jose, I spend a lot of time creating license agreements for our licensor clients. In creating and negotiating licenses, a number of risks need to be allocated. One of the...

  By: Tamara Pow Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are complex entities for tax purposes. Generally, for LLCs choosing to be taxed as a partnership, the taxation of independent members depends on the profits or losses of the entity, and the basis of the LLC...

  By: Tamara Pow In two of my previous blogs I have discussed the individual tax consequences to members when they make contributions to an LLC taxed as a partnership or contributions to an LLC taxed as a corporation . When contributing property or...

  By: Tamara Pow I was recently training a new attorney at my law firm. We were discussing some of the things to look for when reviewing a commercial real estate lease or any business contract where one or more of the parties is...

  By: Tamara Pow Before you form a limited liability company to do business in California, make sure you understand the California LLC taxes. Both limited liability companies (“LLCs”) formed in California, and LLCs formed in a state other than California that are doing...