As discussed in a June 2015 Baird Holm Health Law Advisory, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it would expand the use of its enforcement resources against health care employers, focusing on (among other things) workplace violence, musculoskeletal disorders related to patient handling, bloodborne pathogens, tuberculosis, and slips, […]
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Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Settlement
If you purchased a desktop or laptop computer with a DVD or CD drive during the period of April 2003 to December 2008 then you may be eligible for an award under the Optical Disk Drive Antitrust settlement. This settlement is the second of two which have been entered into […]
Nebraska’s New Exemption for Advisors to Private Funds
In May 2016, the Nebraska Department of Banking & Finance (the “Department”) adopted a new rule (the “Rule”) for private fund advisers, permitting certain fund advisers to be excluded from the definition of “investment adviser” under the Securities Act of Nebraska (the “Act”). Generally, under the Act, it is unlawful […]
Cause-Related Marketing: Doing Good Has Legal Strings Attached
Cause-related marketing is nothing new. Most consider the cause-related marketing program by American Express to be the forefront of this “win-win” money-raising structure. In 1983, American Express offered to its customer to donate a penny for every American Express card transaction and to donate a dollar for every new card […]
Proposed Changes to IRS Valuation Rules would adversely affect Gift and Estate Planning Strategies
The Proposed Regulations in a Nutshell. In August, the IRS issued complex, proposed regulations that would change the way we value closely held business interests for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax purposes. Section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code has long instructed that certain restrictions found in the governing […]