Greetings!

I hope all is well with you. Soon we will enter the busy Fall season. I'd love to hear from you if you are facing any legal challenges now, or beginning your year end planning which will involve legal issues. ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------My legal team includes affordable specialists in all areas of law, who work with individuals and small businesses throughout Metro Detroit. After you have a free intake call with me, I can provide you with a referral to the right attorney to assist you with your legal matter. Click here for a sampling of some of the ways my team and I can help you.

Until your next legal question or referral to me, I hope you will enjoy this month's newsletter featuring new articles on the following topics:

• Legal
• Financial
• Privacy and Security
• Marketing and Sales
• Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
• Consumer Warnings

All my best,

Lori

Lori T. Williams, Owner/Managing Attorney

Your Legal Resource, PLLC

248 594 4470

Lori@BestLegalResource.com

www.bestlegalresource.com

Serving as Your Legal Resource since 2004

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Legal

• 31 states have 'touch law' fines up to $450 if drivers touch phones while in car, even at red lights
• Estate planning documents everyone needs
• Judge blocks attempts to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees
• Judge dismisses case against Abbott Laboratories involving preterm baby formula
• Coinbase faces DOJ investigations after customer data leak
• DOJ agrees to drop felony case against Boeing in exchange for admitting wrongdoing and paying $1 billion
• Supreme Court upheld provision requiring insurers to provide preventative health-care services and screenings free of charge
• SEC dismisses lawsuit against Binance

Financial

• The Rule of 240 Paychecks in Retirement
• Credit card rewards are becoming less rewarding
• 4 cases when a Roth conversion won't pay off for you
• Judge blocks attempt to move student loans to the SBA

Privacy/Security

• Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
• FBI issues critical cyberattack alert
• Adidas warns of data breach after one of its customer service providers was hacked and stole some customers' data
• LexisNexis says data breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people
• Hackers leaked employee's personal data when Coca Cola didn't pay ransom
• $20M payout to data breach victims, and over 5 million people are eligible to receive share of settlement
• Microsoft takes down malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs
• Beware of this Android malware which adds fake contacts to your phone to spoof trusted callers

Marketing and Sales

• The role of social media in lead generation funnel
• New social media features and updates to know about existing platforms
• Trust, transparency and the power of brand intimacy
• How to create a business event that drives real connections, momentum, and results

Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

• Strengths of Small Businesses
• Why small business owners avoid succession planning
• How small businesses can survive tariffs, tighter lending criteria, and SBA rule changes
• 5 small business tax tips for beginners
• The tax consequences of debt financing for small business loans
• 8 must-have items on your small-business tax checklist

Consumer Warnings

• Did you know 'forever chemicals' has been found in beer in various US locations?
• TSA issues major warning over USB charging ports at US airports
• Do you stock up ice cream in the freezer when it's on sale? Beware of this May ice cream recall
• Ford recalls over 273,000 SUV's for brake line issues
• Food, toy, car and other recalls the last week of May
• US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
• TSA reinforces the liquids rule for carryon luggage this summer
• Ford recall impacts 42,000 vehicles across 5 models
• Google confirms most Gmail users must upgrade all their accounts
• Toyota recalls 450,000 cars
• Hormel Foods recalls 256,000 pounds of canned goods due to pieces of wood found in in cans
• Breyers recalls more than 6,000 cases of ice cream
• TSA rolls out facial recognition at more airports. What to know.
• Ford is recalling almost 500,000 Explorers for exterior trim that could fall off

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