On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, May 10, 2013. Exempt, nonexempt, hourly, minimum wage, overtime pay, rest breaks, meal breaks, vacation time, floating holidays, comp time and much more. Keeping it all straight and above board is a full time job for employers. Following California and...
Shareholders settle BofA derivative suit, fees awarded
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Monday, April 29, 2013. A derivative lawsuit is one that can be filed by shareholders in San Diego, California or any other state across the nation on behalf of a corporation. A corporation may be an entity, but it is not...
La Jolla doctor taking healthcare into the age of cloud data
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Our world seems to be moving from the world of tangible goods to one filled with data and information stored on hard drives and data clouds that seem even less tangible to the average person as a...
San Diego business becomes top seller following merger
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013. If done correctly, company mergers can be beneficial to every company involved in the transaction. Mergers often lead to companies pooling resources, eliminating inefficiencies in the way the two businesses are run, and providing needed capital to...
Energy companies a concentrated target of hackers
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, March 29, 2013. Businesses do not simply want to handle an issue after it presents itself, but they instead want to protect themselves and minimize the risk that the company might find itself involved in business litigation. In the age...
Math is a building block of life… and worth millions in business
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. While curriculums in schools are changing, one subject is still taught in every school across the nation. Most adults remember completing math problem after math problem. And as any parent knows, for kids, the adding, subtracting, multiplying...
Backlog and business registration focus of California bill, II
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Our prior post talked about the massive backlog in business registration with California’s Secretary of State’s Office that has built up since 2009 when the average wait time was around 20 days. That number has jumped around...
Apple shareholders concerned about stock, CEO says no worries
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, March 15, 2013. For years Apple stock prices have soared. The company has remained at the top of the miniaturized electronics market with the continual popularity of the “everything i” products, including the iPod, iPad and iPhone. However, lately the...
$1 million tab for Coca-Cola Co. if drink ban falls into place
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Business these days crosses borders. Even small businesses based in California are often required to learn the laws of another state on the east coast. Think about soft drink distribution. A manufacturing company may be based in...