by Anthony F. Geraci, Esq. Geraci LLP The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business...

Each year the California Legislature somehow thinks up 2000-2500 proposed new laws to make all of our lives better. To be fair, we are a highly-codified state, and a substantial percentage of the bills just tweak or refine...

by Jason E. Goldstein, Esq. Buchalter, PC CMA members possess valuable intellectual property rights. These include “trade secret” information regarding their investors and the “brand name” which is...

by Dennis H. Doss, Doss Law by Christopher J. Donovan, Doss Law We have written many times about consumer bridge loans and the exemption they enjoy from the scary and potentially litigious Ability to Repay (“ATR”)...

by Bradley Rogerson, Hanson Bridgett LLP You just don’t see mortgage REITs in the hard money lending world. There is nothing that says a private money mortgage fund can’t operate as a REIT. It’s just rarely...