By John Tulac China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations.  Its history can be traced back 5,000 years.  It was the most civilized culture when Europe was in the Dark Ages. China was once and may soon be again the richest country in the world. While most Chinese are …

A Series of Articles by John Tulac Welcome to Whither China, 2019-2020.  This series of articles over the upcoming weeks will help prepare any business to deal with the complexities arising out of the interactions between China and the United States and the rest of the world. You’ll learn how …

By John W. Tulac The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 24.  The GDPR is now a part of your business life, whether you realize it or not.  GDPR applies potentially to just about everyone. Unless you are strictly local in your business and approach …

By John W. Tulac On April 30, 2018, The California Supreme Court ruled that independent contractors for the most part no longer exist in California. In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v Superior Court, the California Supreme Court discarded the old test for independent contractors and imposed a new three-part test …

By John W. Tulac Four score or so years ago, the Dean of Yale Law School, addressing lawyers of the American Bar Association, said: “There are two things wrong with legal writing. One is style. The other is content.” Things are not much better today. Reading contracts is necessary, but …

By John Tulac Teddy Roosevelt referred to the Spanish American War of 1898 as a splendid little war.  It didn’t last long and it didn’t kill a whole lot of people.  It created the American Empire, even though the United States never considered its new holdings colonies or part of …