Business Attorneys With Four Decades of Experience

What is it like to work with San Diego business attorneys with four decades of experience and proven success?  The business attorneys at Watkins Firm have served the San Diego business and healthcare community for more than 40 years.  Our firm is focused upon serving the needs of business professionals...

Integrating Recent Changes Into Your Employee Handbook

Are you experiencing any challenges integrating recent changes into your employee handbook to keep up with recent substantial changes to federal and state employment laws?  The past several months have brought substantial change for San Diego employers, and your employee handbook should have several critical revisions. Arbitration Clauses Are Back!...

Expand Your Company With a Stock Purchase

Are you searching for ways to acquire a competitor or expand your company with a stock purchase?  The San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys at Watkins Firm provide sound counsel in these transactions while helping to create or preserve the positive atmosphere of the transaction. What is a Stock Purchase...

Sound Business Insights Episode 32 – Business Fraud

In Sound Business Insights Episode 32 – Business Fraud Dan Watkins discusses five areas of business-related fraud as well as remedies and real-life stories to illustrate appropriate examples of this complex topic. The five types of fraud we will cover are: Consumer Fraud Business Fraud / Unfair Competition Business Partner...

What is Corporate Governance and Compliance

What is corporate governance and compliance in San Diego and why this so important for any corporate entity? Protecting the corporate veil and reducing risk are an important part of doing business for any corporation or small business.  The risks faced by San Diego corporations and their officers, Board of...

Starting a New Business LLC in San Diego

Starting a new business LLC in San Diego is an exciting time.  Most new businesses in San Diego will be Limited Liability Corporations or LLCs or an S-Corporation.  What are the advantages of an LLC for a new business startup? LLCs Provide Protection and Flexibility LLCs provide protection for you...

When Does Business Cross the Line Into Unfair Competition?

When does business cross the line into unfair competition in California?  What is the difference between competing with another company for business and unfair competition in San Diego? What is Unfair Competition “Unfair competition” can generally be described as anything that one business does to prevent other businesses from being able...

Starting a New Healthcare Business in San Diego

Are you starting a new healthcare business in San Diego or Southern California?  The experienced healthcare and medical business attorneys at the Watkins Firm have more than four decades of experience in the formation of medical, dental, nursing or healthcare entities and supporting them through each phase of operations and...

Proven San Diego Business General Counsel

Why should every business have an experienced, proven San Diego business general counsel as part of their advisory team?  What role does a general counsel play for a business of any size in Southern California? What is a General Counsel? What is a business general counsel, and why should every...