By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Business & Contracts on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Why are Minnesota and California so friendly for innovation? Knott recognized in her article that on a cursory look, these two states could not be more different. California and Minnesota...
The Two Most Innovation-Friendly States: Minnesota and California
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Intellectual Property / Trade Secrets on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. According to a recent report from Anne Marie Knott in the Harvard Business Review, the two friendliest states for innovation are Minnesota and California. Innovation, based on Research...
Protect Your Company’s Trade Secrets (Part 2)
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Business & Contracts on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. MGA Entertainment Brings $1 Billion Trade Secret Lawsuit Against Mattel Recently, MGA Entertainment filed a $1 billion trade secret lawsuit against Mattel. MGA's lawsuit claims that Mattel toy company spied...
Sales of California Businesses at a Nine-Year High
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Mergers & Acquisitions on Friday, February 6, 2015. Mergers and acquisitions, and the sales of California businesses are at the highest point since 2005. This is good news for those looking to buy and sell a business in California....
Public. Resource. Org Files Lawsuit to Compel Release of E-Filed Forms for Nonprofits
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Tax on Thursday, February 5, 2015. In June of 2013, Malamud, through his nonprofit, sued the IRS after the agency denied his request for IRS Form 990 tax records filed electronically by nine tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. The IRS...
Not filing your taxes is a dangerous game that’s not worth playing
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. We have all dreamed of simply not filing our taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Bailing on the paperwork; not having to deal with complicated rules, codes and brackets; just sitting back, relaxing, and not...
IRS Officer Improperly Tried to Condition Notice of Lien With Taxpayer Installment Agreement (Part 1)
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, February 2, 2015. If a US taxpayer has outstanding tax liability, the Internal Revenue Service may sometimes be particularly aggressive with its efforts to collect. Furthermore, the IRS does not always properly interpret or follow...
IRS Allows Deductions Without Receipts?
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Sunday, February 1, 2015. A recent Forbes article leads with the a hopeful title suggesting receipts are optional, asking us to hope that it is possible to take deductions and withstand IRS audit or scrutiny without receipts....