Month: August 2025
Donna Courville presented at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation’s Planned Giving 101 program alongside John Koch, Planned Giving Consultant, and Chelsea Fahr, Senior Director of Philanthropy. Together, they shared insights on how estate planning and philanthropy go hand-in-hand. Why Estate Planning Matters Estate planning is often thought of only in terms of wills and trusts,…
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For craft beer drinkers, IPA (i.e., India Pale Ale[1]) has seemed the preferred style for some time. IPA is really just a standard pale ale that has been modified by adding more barley to increase the alcohol content, and more hops to increase the hoppy flavor and bitterness. And so it is with Internal Revenue…
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California employers navigating the state’s complex meal period requirements received useful guidance in a recent appellate decision. In Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc. (2025) 110 Cal.App.5th 899, review denied July 2025, the Court of Appeal for the Second District held that written waivers of meal periods executed in advance of shifts are legally valid when made…
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