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Document(s) published by this organization: 105
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Spotlight on SALT: Waiting for the Goldilocks Moment - e-Retailers, Taxes and Jobs
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 20, 2012, previously published on January 19, 2012 In our December 8, 2010 Tax Alert, we reviewed how Amazon.com was confronting challenges from aggressive taxing states, namely New York and North Carolina. We noted that other remote vendors should expect to confront a similar taxing environment in other states as these states established their...
| | SEC/FINRA Issue Guidance Related to Use of Social Media
Mark D. Griffin, Wendy B. Hart, Lori Hackleman Patterson, Jackie G. Prester, Scott N. Sherman, Matthew G. White; Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 19, 2012, previously published on January 18, 2012 Social media use by members of the financial services industry is becoming increasingly common. In growing numbers, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers and dual-registrants are using social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to communicate with existing and potential...
| | SEC Alters Policy On "No Admit, No Deny" Settlements
Mark D. Griffin, Wendy B. Hart, Lori Hackleman Patterson, Jackie G. Prester, Scott N. Sherman, Matthew G. White; Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 18, 2012, previously published on January 13, 2012 On January 6, 2012, Robert Khuzami, the Director of Enforcement at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a change in its long-standing policy of allowing defendants to enter into settlement agreements without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations of wrongdoing....
| | Foreign Financial Account Update: IRS Gives Taxpayers Third Chance to Report Unreported Foreign Accounts and Assets
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 12, 2012, previously published on January 10, 2012 On January 9, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it has reopened the offshore voluntary disclosure program (2012 OVDP), giving U.S. citizens and resident aliens one more opportunity to disclose foreign financial accounts and assets with reduced penalties. Failure to report...
| | Health Insurance Rebates May Be Headache for Employers
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 6, 2012, previously published on January 5, 2012 One of the new requirements of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) is that insurance companies must report and rebate profits that exceed permissible amounts under medical loss ratio (MLR) rules. Regulations recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for...
| | Southern States Legal Round Up
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 6, 2012, previously published on January 4, 2012 In late September, an Alabama federal court issued orders to prevent enforcement of several provisions of Alabama's controversial immigration law while the overall constitutionality of the law is being litigated.
| | New Protections Proposed for Domestic Caregivers Under FLSA
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 2, 2012, previously published on December 28, 2011 The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division recently announced proposed rules to expand minimum wage and overtime protections for domestic caregivers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new rules propose to limit the types of work exempt from FLSA wage requirements,...
| | NLRB Delays Posting Requirement Yet Again
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 2, 2012, previously published on December 30, 2011 On December 23, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it is postponing until April 30, 2012, a requirement for employers subject to NLRB jurisdiction to post a notice informing employees of their federal labor law rights.
| | Another Federal Contractor Hiring Quota? Say It Ain't So!!
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article January 2, 2012, previously published on December 30, 2011 Just several months after the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that sought significant revisions to the regulations implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) of 1974, the OFCCP issued another NPRM....
| | Give 'Em An Inch (Part Deux): NLRB Issues Final Election Rule
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz PC;
Legal Alert/Article December 26, 2011, previously published on December 22, 2011 On December 21, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) gave an early Christmas gift to organized labor and a big lump of coal to America's job creators when it issued its "Ambush Election Rule," as Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo) has aptly named the rule. As expected, the...
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