All in the Family: Techniques and Pitfalls to Consider When Transferring Your Vineyards to Your Heirs
Mark Weaver, speaker, "All in the Family: Techniques and Pitfalls to Consider When Transferring Your Vineyards to Your Heirs"
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Four Tips for High Net Worth Individuals Desiring to Utilize Record-High Lifetime Exemptions
The historically high lifetime exemption amount for gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes increased from $11,400,000 to $11,580,000 per person this year due to inflation indexing. Individuals who had used up their lifetime exemption...
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Your Retirement Planning and the SECURE Act
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (or SECURE Act), signed into law on December 20, 2019, changes retirement planning significantly and unexpectedly. The bulk of the changes become effective as of January...
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Wealth Transfer Strategies in Today’s Market
Current market conditions and the federal gift and estate tax laws present wealth transfer opportunities that high net worth individuals may wish to leverage over the near term. Federal Gift and Estate Tax Exemption...
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Farella Braun + Martel Announces 2020 Partner Elevations
SAN FRANCISCO/ST. HELENA, Calif., January 21, 2020: Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce the election of senior associates Evan Abrams, Lauren Galbraith, and Alex Reese to the partnership...
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Farella Braun + Martel Recognized in 2020 Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Law in Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2020: Farella Braun + Martel’s Private Client Industry Group earned recognition in the 2020 Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) guide as a leading firm in the Private Wealth Law category...
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Reopening Businesses Must Consider Employee and Consumer Privacy
While we’re far from returning to the “normal” that predated the COVID-19 pandemic, states have begun to relax lockdown requirements and some previously “nonessential” businesses are returning to operations. Along with these openings, governmental...
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Farella Advises on Sale of Diamond Creek Winery to Maison Louis Roederer
SAN FRANCISCO/ST. HELENA, March 16, 2020: Farella Braun + Martel represented the family of the late Boots Brounstein on the sale of their Diamond Creek Winery in Calistoga, Calf. to French Champagne producer Maison...
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Dan Cohn Named to American Friends of Tel Aviv University Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2020: Farella Braun + Martel Partner Daniel E. Cohn was elected to the American Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU) Board of Directors. AFTAU is a nonprofit organization that raises...
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Supreme Court Ruling Expands Reach of Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting
Read the article on California Ag Net , here . In April, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling clarifying the reach of the federal Clean Water Act. The Court decided that a...
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CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Summary (Updated)
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aims to provide qualifying small businesses, nonprofit organizations, veterans organizations, tribal businesses, sole proprietors, and independent contractors forgivable loans of...
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