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Sarah C. Jenkins, Bruce Jones; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 On May 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Holder v. Gutierrez (No. 10-1542) and Holder v. Sawyers (No. 10-1543), holding that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reasonably concluded that an alien must independently meet the statutory requirements codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(a) to be...
| | Supreme Court Decides Astrue v. Capato
Christina L. Clark, Bruce Jones; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 On May 21, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Astrue v. Capato, (No. 11-159), holding, pursuant to § 416(h) of the Social Security Act ("Act"), that a biological child is entitled to Social Security survivors benefits only if the child qualifies for inheritance from the decedent under...
| | Supreme Court Decides Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
Bruce Jones, Larry E. LaTarte; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 On May 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., (No. 10-1472), holding that the cost of document translation is not within the definition of "compensation of interpreters" under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(6). Thus, document translation costs may not be...
| | Supreme Court Decides Hall v. United States
Christina L. Clark, Bruce Jones, Arleen Nand, Michael R. Stewart; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 On May 14, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Hall v. United States, No. 10-875, holding that a federal income tax liability resulting from the postpetition sale of an individual debtor's farm during the pendency of a Chapter 12 bankruptcy is not "incurred by the estate" within the meaning...
| | Health Care Reform - What Employers Should Be Thinking About Now
Maureen M. Maly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 14, 2012 As employers anxiously await the Supreme Court's decision on health care reform (expected by late June), there are many things employers should be thinking about now. The Supreme Court will most likely make one of four decisions on health care reform. Below, we describe how each of those possible...
| | Seventh Circuit Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Exempt Under FLSA
Ellen E. Boshkoff, Thomas W. Carroll, Daniel G. Prokott; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 11, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 On May 8, 2012, the Seventh Circuit became the latest U.S. Circuit Court to weigh in on the exempt status of pharmaceutical sales representatives under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Schaefer-LaRose v. Eli Lilly & Co., a consolidated case considering appeals from divergent district...
| | Indiana Updates Sales Tax Guidance for Agricultural Producers
Benjamin A. Blair, Ryann E. Ricchio; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2012, previously published on May 7, 2012 Effective May 2012, the Indiana Department of Revenue (Department) provided new taxpayer guidance to clarify existing exemptions from Indiana sales and use tax for agricultural production. The Department also reversed two of its previous policies involving the tax treatment of fertilization and...
| | Ohio, Kentucky and Texas Declare Tax Amnesty Programs
Benjamin A. Blair; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 In an effort to raise revenue and encourage tax compliance, taxing authorities in Ohio, Kentucky and Texas independently declared limited-time amnesty programs for certain taxpayers. These programs will allow taxpayers to pay overdue taxes without incurring the full penalty or interest rates that...
| | EEOC Issues Guidance for Use of Conviction and Arrest Records
Steven R. Anderson, Nicole Truso; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an enforcement guidance (Guidance) and corresponding Q&A that outline the EEOC's position regarding the use of criminal history information in employment decisions.
| | Can Cost Alone Justify Discrimination?
Anna Byford, Alex Denny, Victoria Pengelly; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article April 30, 2012, previously published on April 30, 2012 Every decision an employer makes is likely to involve a cost consideration, yet the traditional legal position is that cost saving is not, in itself, sufficient to justify discriminatory treatment. This position remains following the Court of Appeal decision in Woodcock v Primary Care Trust [2012]...
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