Publications

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 […]

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 […]

On October 14, 2016, the Nebraska Supreme Court held a taxpayer was eligible for the special capital gains exclusion based on a plain reading of the statute and that the economic substance and sham transaction doctrines could not be used to disallow the Nebraska special capital gains exclusion. The special […]

At the end of September 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a settlement with Care New England Health System (“CNE”), the parent company of several covered entity hospitals. The sole reason for the settlement was impermissible disclosures made as a result of an outdated business associate agreement (BAA). […]

On October 14, 2016, the Nebraska Supreme Court held a taxpayer was eligible for the special capital gains exclusion based on a plain reading of Nebraska Revised Statutes section 77-2715.09, and the economic substance and sham transaction doctrines did not disallow the Nebraska special capital gains exclusion. The special capital […]