Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement
In this episode, Let’s Talk Compliance Hosts Jana Kolarik a partner of Foley’s Health Care Practice Group and PYA principal Angie Caldwell, discuss physician compensation plans and the latest trends in physician compensation...more
How are child support obligations affected when formerly married couples reconcile numerous times? When do children of the marriage become independent? In a recent case heard by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the...more
In what should come as no surprise to FinTech sponsor banks, the FDIC is reemphasizing the need to maintain control over synthetic account ledgers in the wake of the Synapse collapse. On September 17, the FDIC's rulemaking...more
Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for the next few presentations in a monthly series regarding Hot Topics in International Trade Compliance...more
What is It? The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was established in 2008 to document the history and legacy of residential schools, which were operated between the late 1800s and the late 1990s by the...more
LLC operating agreements frequently provide for indemnity to the LLC’s manager. This is consistent with the statutory default rule embodied by California Corporations Code section 17704.08(a), which provides for indemnity...more
Anytime a person is considering filing for a divorce, it is an important decision. There are families, finances and emotions involved in the process. Even when a divorce has been filed, the filing party can request a...more
Senators Schumer and Manchin announce a bill that includes drug pricing and an extension of the advance premium tax credits, the amount individuals pay for monthly health insurance premiums when they buy health insurance on...more
On Friday morning, November 19th, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, on a party-line vote of 220 – 213, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to vote against the bill. The...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority’s recent letter to the CEOs of the UK’s banks and building societies highlighted their disappointment in finding numerous issues in how many UK institutions managed their preparation of...more
Congressional Update, Part I: Budget Brinksmanship. This time next week, we could be in the middle of a government shutdown. Always the masters of brinksmanship, our congressional legislators still do not have a deal to...more
Democratic leadership announced today that an agreement has been reached to fund the pending infrastructure and budget reconciliation measures. There does not appear to be any agreement regarding which specific tax measures...more
On Sunday, September 12, 2021, the House Ways & Means Committee (the "Committee") released draft legislation as part of Congress' ongoing $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation process. The legislation, as approved by the...more
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - As reported in our previous Washington Updates, months of negotiation and a great deal of compromise between the White House and bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill resulted in a...more
September 13th, the Senate returns to D.C., while the House returns September 20th. With just a four-vote margin in the House, an even split in the Senate, and 10 days before the end of the fiscal year, Speaker Pelosi,...more
Living the Dream- “How was your weekend?” Thank you for asking. Awful. “Why?” you ask. (Humor me. Pretend you’re interested.) I’ll tell you. One word, with 535 syllables: Congress. When the reconciliation budget...more
After weeks of negotiation between the White House and a bipartisan group of Senators, on July 28 agreement was announced on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with President Biden saying in a statement...more
As Congress and the White House look to make a deal on infrastructure by this summer, negotiations regarding changes in the tax law continue. Since our prior alert, while progress has been made regarding a bipartisan...more
The Senate on Friday took the first step toward advancing filibuster-proof legislation that congressional Democrats hope to enact by mid-March that would include $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief and other policy priorities....more
Procedural Mumbo Jumbo? Remember your civics class in elementary school? * * * . What’s that? Not really. * * *. Doodling, you say? * * * . The principal’s office? OK, what about high school social studies? * * * ....more
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the national organization of men’s basketball coaches, and its Committee on Racial Reconciliation has forwarded a letter to all of its member coaches encouraging...more
New infrastructure projects will be an important part of Canada's recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, and many will be situated on the path of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Listen to what the evolving legal, policy...more
"My spouse and I are separated, but we are discussing reconciliation. If we do reconcile, how does this decision affect me?" When faced with a divorce, this is a common question, and it is important to have an...more
The use of non-GAAP financial measures is nearly ubiquitous for U.S. public companies. According to Audit Analytics, 97% of S&P 500 companies used non-GAAP financial measures in earnings releases during 2017. Many...more
On April 11, 2018, the General Assembly’s Revenue Laws Study Committee released a draft tax bill for possible introduction in the legislative session that convenes May 16. This Alert provides a summary of the more important...more