By Robert S. Gilmore and Kirsten B. Mooney From Hollywood to Washington, claims of sexual harassment against powerful people have dominated national headlines for months, fueling the #MeToo movement of women stepping forward with their own accounts of sexual...
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2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Summary of Domestic Business and Individual Provisions
Below is a brief executive summary of domestic business and individual highlights of the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. We’ve attempted to condense nearly 750 pages of statute into an easy-to-use and brief synopsis of some of the most widely encompassing...
SEC Issues Warning To Celebrities Touting Initial Coin Offerings
Bitcoin has been in the news recently for its meteoric rise in value this year, achieving an all-time high of more than $7,500 even after China outlawed initial coin offerings, or ICOs, in September. An ICO is a crowdfunding tool in which a newly-issued cryptocurrency...
Ignoring California labeling rules could be costly
Manufacturing companies are no strangers to product labeling regulations, whether it's ingredient labeling for food products, OSHA hazardous material statements for chemicals or recycling symbols for packaging. But there's one labeling requirement that's less...
Protecting Your Brand From Unauthorized Resellers Online, Part 2
By: Alex Jones In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the importance of registering and protecting your trademarks as a means of warding off unauthorized resellers of your products. While trademark infringement claims are an important tool in fighting unauthorized...
Special Alert: Recent Proposed Treasury Regulations on Partnership Audits
On June 13, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service re-issued regulations that implement a new centralized audit regime for partnerships and limited liability companies taxable for federal income tax purposes as partnerships. The new audit regime is effective for...
4 Ways You Can Respond to the Equifax Breach
By: Andrew Wilber Last week, the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax revealed a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 143 million Americans. From mid-May through July, hackers gained access to the agency’s system, which houses a trove of...
Controversial “White Collar” Overtime Rule Struck Down by Texas Judge
On August 31, 2017, a United States District Court Judge in Texas, Judge Amos L. Mazzant III, struck down a portion of the Obama administration’s so-called overtime rule, which it introduced in May 2016. The new rule would have increased the minimum salary level for...
Protecting Your Brand From Unauthorized Resellers Online, Part 1
The scenario is a familiar one – you’re a manufacturer and seller of goods and come to discover unauthorized retailers selling your products at lower prices on websites like Amazon and eBay. These unauthorized resellers undercut your sales, anger your true authorized...
3 Big DOL Changes Employers Need to Know
Much has been happening at the Department of Labor (“DOL”). The DOL under the Trump administration got off to a slow start, but it is now signaling that changes will be forthcoming. In a June 27, 2017 press release, the DOL announced it would restart the practice of...