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Intuit has announced a price increase this summer. If you are a QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Payroll user, you will see a markup of anywhere from $1-20 per month per user. Quickbooks Desktop users will experience a price increase this fall. To find out more information, follow Intuit’s article below. Upcoming Changes to QuickBooks products and pricing...

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Advocate Capital is adding a new member to our team! We are currently hiring a Marketing Specialist to join our marvelous marketing team! The Marketing Specialist with a tradeshow and sponsorship emphasis will capably execute Advocate Capital’s marketing strategy through various channels, publicize the Advocate Capital story and educate trial lawyers on A...

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Authored By: Candace Whitman According to Daniel Weissner of Reuters, the Supreme Court ruled that California's Private Attorneys General Act is not above the Federal Arbitration Act. In other words, an employee cannot sue their employer in court under the state's name if they have an individual arbitration agreement in place.  Weissner writes, "Justice S...

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Authored by Elizabeth KapamasAccording to Wayne Parry of The Associated Press, Ford Motor Co. is accused in a lawsuit filed on Thursday of dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a 500-acre former mine site which is the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe. The state and local governments are seeking unspecified damages for restoring the l...

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Authored by: Ollie Lammers Are you attending the PILMMA Super Summit from June 27-29th? Donna Jones, President, and Director of Associate & Client Experience will be heading to New Orleans, LA to attend the conference. Stop by the Advocate Capital booth and say hi to Donna! You can enter our drawing to win a Nespresso Vertuo Plus Coffee and Espresso M...

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Authored By: Elizabeth KapamasGoogle has agreed to pay a settlement of $118 million to 15,500 underpaid female employees who have been with Google in California since 2013. The lawsuit alleges that "Google paid women, on average, approximately $16,794 less per year than similarly situated men, in base pay, bonus, and stock."Plaintiffs in the gender discri...

Read More About Google’s Female Employees to Receive Total of $118MM After Underpayment Accusation

Authored by: Ollie Lammers Our team recently attended the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Women in Law Conference in Huntington Beach. For the conference, CAALA invited attendees to donate gently used women's professional clothing to the non-profit Clothes the Deal. The non-profit Clothes the Deal is an organization that provides clo...

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Our offices will be closed Monday, June 20 in observance of Juneteenth.  Fundings received on Monday will be processed on Tuesday, June 21. Payments received will be processed on Wednesday, June 22. Should you have any questions regarding the processing of any transaction, please feel free to contact our Accounting Team at 1-615-577-5448 or email us at Ac...

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CEO and Chairman, Paul B. Myers, sits down with President and Director of Associate and Client Experience, Donna Jones, to discuss rising interest rates and inflation. Paul and Donna discuss the huge impact this has on contingent-fee law firms, and what can be done to mitigate the negative impact. Watch now!

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Authored By: Candace Whitman According to Nate Raymond of Reuters, the state of Missouri and Trinity Industries have reached a settlement of roughly $56 million in a class action claim filed by the state. The state claims that Trinity changed the design of its guardrails without notifying them. The changes to the guardrails made them dangerous and in need...

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