Handing Off Your IRS Audit
You’ve been making a lot of money and now you’ve been notified you’re being audited by the IRS. It’s too late to worry about an aggressive position you took on your return…
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Precedent-Setting Trust Amendment Decision in Haggarty v. Thornton
A precedent-setting appellate decision regarding how revocable trusts may be modified was just affirmed by the Supreme Court of California in the case Haggarty v. Thornton. Based on the Supreme Court’s statutory interpretation, the Court’s…
MOLLY H. TEAS NAMED OUTSTANDING NEW ATTORNEY BY SAN DIEGO DEFENSE LAWYERS
SAN DIEGO (Dec. 19, 2023): Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) attorney Molly H. Teas has been selected as the “Outstanding New Attorney” by San Diego Defense Lawyers (SDDL), and she will receive…
HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK LLP LAUNCHES GIG ECONOMY PRACTICE GROUP
SAN DIEGO (December 13, 2023): San Diego-based law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) has launched a new Gig Economy practice group and is already representing gig economy clients in various legal…
HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK NAMED TO 2024 BEST LAWYERS® “BEST LAW FIRMS” LIST
Firm Earns Regional Recognition in 24 Different Practice Areas SAN DIEGO (November 2, 2023): Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) has been included in the 2024 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list and…
HFM Attorneys Selected Across Multiple Categories in Best Lawyers® 2024: 28 Selected to Best Lawyers®, 12 Recognized as “Ones to Watch”
SAN DIEGO (August 17, 2023): Twenty-eight Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) attorneys have been named to the 2024 list of “Best Lawyers® in America” and twelve attorneys were named to the publication’s…
From H-1B Worker to Start-Up Entrepreneur – Strategies to Make it Happen
Many U.S. tech companies, including some of the nation’s top H-1B employers (Amazon, Meta/Facebook, Google, etc.), have been laying off thousands of workers in 2022 and 2023. Among those laid off are…
IRS EXPANDING AUDITS OF EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDITS AND PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANS
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued another warning to taxpayers to be on guard against third parties aggressively promoting the use of the Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERTC”) enacted in March 2020…
HFM Earns Mansfield Certification
Higgs Fletcher & Mack is proud to announce that we have achieved Mansfield Certification. The Mansfield Certification, facilitated by Diversity Lab, recognizes the structural changes and actions we have taken over 18…
DOL Posts PERM, Prevailing Wage Processing Updates
The Labor Department (DOL) has posted updated processing times for permanent labor certification (PERM) applications and prevailing wage determination (PWD) requests. PERM Processing: As of March 31, the Department was adjudicating applications…