The IRS has issued the contribution and benefit limits in effect for 2016. Most of these limits remain the same as in 2015. The following chart details the compensation, contribution and benefit limits for 2016. All limits are applicable for the plan...
About six months ago, the National Labor Relations Board’s new regulations and procedures governing union representation elections went into effect. Before they did, many people predicted that the new rules would significantly increase the number of...
A California Court of Appeal in Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc. held that Labor Code § 1102.5, which protects employees from retaliation for reporting illegal conduct to law enforcement agencies, applies to an employee’s report of illegal...
The global climate for international tax is rapidly changing. The OECD, the EU and tax authorities around the world have focused attention on tax planning implemented by leading multinational companies. The OECD believes that tax planning and related...
In Staff Legal Bulletin 14H released on October 22, 2015, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance weighed in on two important means by which a company may exclude a shareholder proposal from company proxy materials: - Rule...
A recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is the federal appellate court for Arizona and California, has made a predictable determination that a sequence of yoga moves cannot be protected as intellectual property....
Amidst all the other newsworthy topics, the New York Times editorial board made law school debt the lead editorial for today's Sunday edition. And the story line is not good. The editorial starts with the bleak statistics for Florida Coastal Law...
Introduction - On October 2, 2015, the City of New York moved to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the City of unlawfully perpetuating racial segregation in the housing industry. See Janell Winfield, et al. v. City of New York, Index No. 15-cv-05236,...
Last week, CMS released its report to Congress regarding the results of the FY 2014 Medicare Recovery Audit Program (the “Report”). Of note, the Report notes that RACs identified and corrected more than 1 million claims for improper payments, which...
The change provides clarity regarding the pledges over credit rights, restoring pledges as effective and efficient security interests. The Spanish legislator has finally enacted the long-awaited reform to Article 90.1.6º of the Insolvency Law, as...
