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We are working hard (from home) to help our clients navigate business and personal challenges during this difficult time. Our latest blog is for business owners and residents looking for information about financial assistance during COVID-19. Please continue to call or email Porter Simon if you have questions. Check back on our website for further updates. Thank you.

Porter Simon is honored to have been a part of such an extraordinary event this past Saturday! Thank you Achieve Tahoe!!! We are in awe of how wonderful the members of our community are when we all come together. Thanks again for having Ravn as your emcee!

This week the Law Review analyzes a Third Appellate District court case (Bustos v Wells Fargo) where Wells Fargo started foreclosure proceedings against a residential borrower WHILE she was in the process of obtaining a loan modification from Wells. A huge no-no, ‘dual tracking’ is expressly forbidden by the 2012 Homeowner Bill of Rights law enacted to prevent banks from abusing their residential borrowers. Justice Butz issues a scathing Opinion, worth reading for sure.

We are thrilled to share that Ravn Whitington will emcee at the 26th Annual Achieve Tahoe Gala this Saturday! Achieve Tahoe provides a variety of services and programs that build health, confidence and independence in people with disabilities. Check out their website for more info.

For years, employers have hired some employees as independent contractors, not as employees with all of the associated obligations like worker’s comp, disability, overtime, etc. Well - those days are over as of January 1 due to Assembly Bill 5. A revision to the Labor Code severely restricts when workers may be 1099’d as independent contractors. More on that in Porter's latest Law Review.

New year, new laws! Jim Porter’s Law Review column highlights a handful of interesting new California laws, several of 1,200 signed by Governor Newsom. Pay particular attention to the discussion of AB 5, the scary change in the law regarding employees vs independent contractors and (if you haven't already) take a look at Porter Simon’s blog on AB 5 while you are at it!