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Estate Planning Rates

Like clockwork every year, the day after school starts, our phones at LayRoots start ringing off the hook. Parents emerging from the “summer fog” as one client put it, are ready to get estate planning off the to-do list.

Many of these parents want to know our rates. They ask some variation of “what do you charge for [blank]?” Any decent estate planning attorney hates this question due to the ol’ lawyer motto…it depends.

And I get it…people want to make a budget and have an idea of what type of investment they are getting ready to shell out. I believe the reason most people ask about cost is that it is something they can understand. Most people don’t know enough about the details of estate planning to compare anything but the dollar bills.

Here are some fun analogies to drive home the point. [Read more…] about Estate Planning Rates

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Asset Protection Podcast: Episode 02 “Frivolous Lawsuits”

What are frivolous lawsuits?

There’s a certain violence that goes unreported to the police every day in America. This violence occurs to a third of all US citizens over their lifetimes, but you don’t often see it reported in the news headlines. Millions and millions of cases a year…but you might think it can’t happen to you. What are these violent acts that slide by the authorities? [Read more…] about Asset Protection Podcast: Episode 02 “Frivolous Lawsuits”

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Asset Protection for the Cannabis Industry

How to protect your cannabis-related profits

If you search the interwebs for asset protection for the cannabis industry, you mostly find companies offering services to physically protect assets like farms, products, and piles of cash. We’re talking security, alarms, armored cars, armored men, etc. But what about protecting your assets, i.e. the profits made from successfully operating a business in the cannabis industry? Since the Trump election, people have been wondering whether the federal government will crack down the industry. [Read more…] about Asset Protection for the Cannabis Industry

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How to lose millions of dollars

Federal Trade Commission has a bill for you

A recent episode of Silicon Valley addressed what happens when a company violates a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulation. One of the show’s characters accidentally violates the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).  The COPPA rules are meant to protect kids from all the perves lurking out on the interwebs. By overlooking these regulations, the company’s app lures in a bunch of creepy old dudes. By the time the characters figure out their mistake, they’ve already racked up millions of dollars in penalties and fines.  [Read more…] about How to lose millions of dollars