Legal History

Eyal-Cohen: Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor's Tax Philosophy
Mirit Eyal-Cohen (S.J.D. Candidate, UCLA) has published Preventive Tax Policy: Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor's Tax Philosophy, 59 Hastings L.J. 877 (2008). Here is the abstract: Justice Roger J...

House Proposes Seven Tax Code Changes to Help Small Business
The House Committee on Small Business yesterday held a hearing on Modernizing the Tax Code: Updating the Internal Revenue Code to Help Small Businesses Stimulate the Economy (see the video of the hearing on YouTube)...

Taxing Questions
In defending his proposed tax increase in last night?s debate, Sen. Obama said, as he has said on numerous occasions, Only a few percent of small businesses make more than $250,000 a year...

IRS Business Products for Free
The IRS Small Business Products Catalog has 5 publications and guides that all small businesses should own. You can order up to 5 copies of each for free. They can be viewed online...

SBA Warns of Fraudulent Attempts to Obtain Bank Account Information from Small Businesses
News release: "The U.S. Small Business Administration issued a scam alert today to small businesses, warning them not to respond...

Los Angeles: Small Businesses Offer Alternatives to Gang Life
March 20, 2008, NY Times Entrepreneurial Edge Small Businesses Offer Alternatives to Gang Life By JAMES FLANIGAN IN Los Angeles, a corporation that runs several small businesses is demonstrating that the training and discipline of working in a small company...

Building Codes
National, local, and municipal building code sources

Uniform Commercial Code and Contracts
Interstate commercial transactions and sale of goods in the United States

Office Politics
Ramsey County pays two deputies $750,000 settlement after being placed in dead end jobs.