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I Didn’t Know It Was Still Alive

August 10, 2025

Don’t you feel badly when you hear someone famous has died and you didn’t even realize they were still alive? Who knew AOL still had DIAL-UP Internet service? Actually who knew AOL still existed? Having met my husband on CompuServe…

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What I Did At the Office

August 6, 2025

One of the things I’ve always loved about my practice is that every day brings something new. You might think that business transactional law is a narrow field with a lot of repetitive tasks. I learned while teaching my assistant,…

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Independent Tax Audits can be Defeated

July 30, 2025

It’s celebration day here at LOONY (Law Office Of Nina Yablok). I now have 3 ½ wins out of 4 independent contractor employee tax audits defenses. 2 of the wins are in California, another in Washington. I used to handle…

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HOLY MOLY the Department of Labor “gets” independent contractor issues!!!

September 28, 2020

Clue: It’s not California’s AB-5 As anyone who has spoken with me about independent contractor issues since the advent of California’s AB-5 knows, AB-5 is just about the worst piece of legislation I’ve seen in my 43 years of law…

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What’s a Beige Paper?

August 14, 2020

Many people are writing White Papers these days. I was told I have a head full of information that people would like me to share, so I should write some White Papers. But I read white papers are: a government…

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