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May 2013
Tax and Estate Planning Newsletter – Summer 2015 Dear Clients and Colleagues: This summer’s weather is a mix of hot and cold temperatures, and the rain we need so desperately is coming now in sprinkles along with thunder and lightning. Along with changes in the weather patterns, I am changing the style of my......
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May 19, 2013
Firearms Industry Alert: Obama’s Executive Order Broadens Regulation, Highlights Compliance Challenges
Firearms Industry Alert: Obama’s Executive Order Broadens Regulation, Highlights Compliance Challenges This article is a preliminary report on the Obama administration’s action on gun control, which was announced on January 5, 2016, and provides a...
May 17, 2013
New Restrictions: CMS Limits Scope of Review on Redeterminations and Reconsiderations for Certain Audit Appeals
New Restrictions: CMS Limits Scope of Review on Redeterminations and Reconsiderations for Certain Audit Appeals On August 13, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued instructions to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and...
May 13, 2013
OSHA Updates Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule – New Rules Take Effect January 1, 2015
OSHA Updates Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule – New Rules Take Effect January 1, 2015 OSHA just announced updates to its reporting and recordkeeping requirements for injuries and illnesses, found at 29 CFR 1904. The updates...
May 10, 2013
Eleventh Circuit Rules Lenders Can Demand Flood Insurance Coverage That Exceeds Loan Balance
Eleventh Circuit Rules Lenders Can Demand Flood Insurance Coverage That Exceeds Loan Balance Agreeing with the First Circuit’s recent en banc ruling in Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, — F.3d —, 2013 WL...
May 06, 2013
Community right to buy to be extended to urban areas Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill introduced on 11 June 2014
Community right to buy to be extended to urban areas Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill introduced on 11 June 2014 Introduction In November 2013 the Scottish Government published a consultation paper to which was annexed a...
May 04, 2013
Maximizing Insurance Recovery For Businesses Impacted By Recent Natural Disasters
Maximizing Insurance Recovery For Businesses Impacted By Recent Natural Disasters There has been a spate of natural disasters throughout the world recently—from major earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador to torrential rainfall and flooding in Texas....
May 03, 2013
Asbestos MDL Court Concludes Punitive Damages for Unseaworthiness Allowed for Seaman But Not for a Seaman’s Personal Representative in Wrongful Death or Survival Actions
Asbestos MDL Court Concludes Punitive Damages for Unseaworthiness Allowed for Seaman But Not for a Seaman’s Personal Representative in Wrongful Death or Survival Actions In a consolidated asbestos products liability multidistrict litigation (MDL), the U.S....
May 01, 2013
District Court in Fourth Circuit Rejects Extension of Amara-like Remedies to Benefit Cases
District Court in Fourth Circuit Rejects Extension of Amara-like Remedies to Benefit Cases The Honorable Martin Reidinger, sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, declined Plaintiff’s invitation to...
May 01, 2013
New Jersey Clarifies Independent Contractor Classification Test
New Jersey Clarifies Independent Contractor Classification Test The New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision defines a test that applies to employment classification disputes under the state’s Wage Payment Law and Wage and Hour Law. In a...