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  • 2025
    • January
      • Navigating Business Disputes: A Guide for Small Business Owners
      • Trademark Updates: Effective January 1, 2025
  • 2024
    • December
      • Notice to Clients: Updated Deadline for Corporate Transparency Act Filing
    • November
      • Legislative Relief for Unpermitted Accessory Dwelling Units
    • October
      • Legal Steps to Take After a Workplace Injury
      • Join JRG in Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month
      • New California Landlord-Tenant Law: Extended Response Times and Oral Hearings
      • Understanding Arbitration Clauses: Key Facts for Businesses and Consumers
    • July
      • What Are the Benefits of Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney?
    • April
      • Who Can File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
    • January
      • New Restrictions on Non-Compete Clauses: What California Employers Need to Know
  • 2023
    • November
      • Introducing the Corporate Transparency Act
  • 2022
    • December
      • URBAN LOT SPLITS
      • SALE OF BUSINESS AND REAL PROPERTY
      • RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER TO PURCHASE PROPERTY
      • ELECTION OF ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
      • CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT
      • ADDRESSING TENANT FINANCING LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY
    • November
      • Psychedelics Are Going Mainstream—What Does That Mean?
      • There is No Room for Error in Unwritten “Handshake Deals”
    • January
  • 2021
    • September
      • U.S. Supreme Court: Even Claims for as Little as $1 Can Keep You in Court
    • July
      • Breaking Down the Proposed Section 1031 Exchange Deferral Update
    • May
      • Employer Mandated Vaccines
    • April
      • Right to Recall Law Hits Hospitality Industries
    • March
      • #SPONSORED: FTC Endorsement Guidelines and Social Media Influencers
    • February
      • Court Puts Damper on Efforts by Defendants to Hide Assets from Judgments
  • 2020
    • December
      • 2020 Election Updates (And How They Relate to Your Estate Planning)
    • October
      • New California Law Requires Minority Representation on Board of Directors of Publicly Traded Corporations
    • September
      • Taxation of Short-Term Rentals
      • New Rent Control Law
      • New Residential Eviction Requirements
      • Right of First Refusal Lapses with Holdover Lease
      • Landlord Options for Delinquent Tenants
    • June
      • JRG Wins Client the Right to Use Private Road Leading to His Property
      • California Lenders with Multiple Leans Secured by the Same Real Property May Find It Easier to Recover Deficiency Judgments Once
      • Governor Suspends Certain CEQA Noticing, Posting, and Consultation Requirements
    • May
      • Landlord-Tenant Matters & Evictions in the Era of COVID-19
    • February
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  • 2019
    • November
      • Creating Value in Agtech: The Role of Intellectual Property
    • July
      • Know Your Policy: Medical Payment Insurance
    • May
      • New Federal Guidance on Independent Contractors
    • April
      • Liability of Corporate Individuals for Labor Code Violations Under the New Fair Day’s Pay Act
    • January
      • What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
  • 2018
    • October
      • How to Estimate the Value of Your Patents
    • September
      • Can Software be Patented?
    • August
      • Busy Week for Apple: Hit by $145 Million Jury Verdict & Reaches $1 Trillion Company Mark
      • New California Employment Laws Are on The Way
    • July
      • Leading Northern California Litigation Attorney Stephan Barber Joins JRG Attorneys at Law
    • May
      • Murphy Oil: Use of Employee Arbitration Agreements Affirmed By U.S. Supreme Court
      • CA Supreme Court Dynamex Decision Changes Independent Contractor Laws
    • February
      • Moral Turpitude Clauses in the Time of Social Media
    • January
      • Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep...
  • 2017
    • November
      • What's The Matter Here? MICRA California
    • October
      • Recall Insurance—The Plain Truth About It For Produce Companies
      • Timeframe to Join SBASG and Receive a Reprieve From Enforcement Efforts Extended but Fast Approaching
    • September
      • The Basics of Litigation Guarantees
      • California Supreme Court expands employee rights to discovery in PAGA actions
    • August
      • About bringing ICE agents to your defense at the Labor Commissioner’s Office…
      • New Federal Guidance on Independent Contractors
    • July
      • May an Employer and its Attorney Be Sued by a Former Employee for Calling ICE to Deport Him?
      • JRG Installs New Solar Roof
      • Restaurant Surcharges: The Right Way to Pass the Buck?
    • June
      • Monterey Law Firm JRG Welcomes New Executive Assistant and Director of External Affairs to Its Team
      • Liability of Corporate Individuals for Labor Code Violations under the new Fair Day’s Pay Act
    • May
      • A Good Estate Plan is Good Business
      • Dissociating From an LLC
    • April
      • Welcome
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      • Monterey Law Firm JRG Welcomes New Member to Its Agricultural Business and Litigation Teams
    • February
      • Do You Qualify For One Of California's "Secret Liens"?
    • January
      • JRG Attorneys at Law invites you to wear red!
  • 2016
    • December
      • Amending a Contract: Why and How
    • November
      • McLaren Woodland Hills Accident
    • August
      • American Heart Association Fundraising
      • Settlement Agreements
      • Probate Fees: Why Dying Without an Estate Plan is so Expensive
    • July
      • The Lawyer in Red Is Working For A Lot of Great Causes
    • May
      • New Salary Requirements Hit California Employers
    • February
      • American Heart Month
  • 2015
    • December
      • Small Monterey Firms Join Forces
    • June
      • PACA Pitfalls: Waiving PACA Protection Through Arbitration Provisions
    • May
      • The Dawn of a New Era Groundwater Regulation in California
    • February
      • Salinas Lawyer Shows Heart on National Wear Red Day
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