Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
A Conversation With NAAG Executive Director Brian Kane - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Chipotle and Sweetgreen Settle Food Fight Over CHIPOTLE Trademark
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Chipotle and Sweetgreen Settle Food Fight Over CHIPOTLE Trademark
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Feds Danske to a New Tune
State AG Pulse | Money, Money, Money: Where does it go and why?
The Chartwell Chronicles: Occupational Exposure Claims
The Chartwell Chronicles: An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Patient Steering and Charting
A Look at the Unique Features of State AG Investigations and What Companies Should Consider in Selecting Outside Counsel - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
An Overview of South Carolina Workers' Compensation
An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
No Harbor is Limitless: Restrictions of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute's Safe Harbor Provisions
Episode 149 -- A Deep Dive into Alexion's SEC Settlement for FCPA Violations
Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
DOL Sets Enforcement Records Again - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
Jones Day Presents: Large Business & International Examination Strategies: Fast Track Settlements
Takeaways: •The Office of the Attorney General for D.C. announced a $40 million settlement with Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy, Inc., marking the largest income tax recovery in D.C. history. •The resolution arose from a...more
Approximately 6 percent of adult Americans experience an activity-limiting injury every three months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Injuries can happen because of carelessness, such as...more
Settlement payment subject to tax as employment income - In Mathur v HMRC, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld the FTT’s decision that a £6 million settlement payment to a former employee following an employment tribunal...more
US tax filing is underway, and as we approach the April 15 deadline we would like to offer additional tax updates and information for US expatriates. The first and most important thing for US expatriates to know about taxes...more
By all measures, 2021 was a banner year for hiring, but 2022 and 2023 have been the opposite. According to one media source, more than 121,000 jobs in the technology sector alone — think Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc.,...more
Welcome to the August edition of the UK Tax Round Up. August turned out to be not such a quiet month on the UK tax front. We have seen several important and technical case law decisions, some of which we discuss below, and...more
In Stassi v. Commissioner, the United States Tax Court found that a settlement was not excludable from income as a personal physical injury because the taxpayer failed to demonstrate that her shingles was caused by her...more
Taxpayers who suffer from physical injuries or physical sickness can generally take advantage of a special provision in the Code that makes such damages non-taxable. See I.R.C. § 104(a)(2). Generally, this can be an easy...more
Two recent developments, generated from the tidal forces of the #MeToo movement should get manufacturers’ attention. On December 22, 2017, Congress adopted a comprehensive tax reform law. Included in the statute is an...more
Agreeing with Benjamin Franklin that there is nothing certain except death and taxes, Sketch Wood and his partner Minnie Brix, owners of Wood & Brix, and their 200 employees are certain that the new tax law will affect them,...more
Now is the Busy Season for Cyber Criminals Posing as Executives to Obtain W-2s - It’s the start of tax season, and many employers are sending W-2 forms to employees so they can get ready to file their tax returns. As was...more
The California Court of Appeal recently confirmed that employment-related settlements or judgments are wages from which employers must withhold payroll taxes. In Cifuentes v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Cifuentes...more
This rarely litigated question was presented to the Seventh Circuit in Patrick v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 14-2190, 2015 WL 5024985, — F.3d —- (Aug. 26, 2015). Previously, the First Circuit, in Fresenius Medical...more
Appellate court affirms $50 million tax refund to FCA defendant, holding that the “economic realities” of settlement payments determine whether they are compensatory. Civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlements, which...more
On August 13, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment in a tax dispute proceeding that Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (Fresenius) was entitled to more than...more
The SEC announced that the former Chief Operating Officer at Harbinger Capital Partners LLC has agreed to settle allegations that he assisted a scheme by the firm and its owner to misappropriate millions of dollars from a...more
In Sharp v. Commissioner, the United States Tax Court once again demonstrated the importance of carefully crafting settlement agreements and reaffirmed that emotional distress damages are taxable income to the recipient....more
The IRS recently released a memorandum advising taxpayers on the proper tax characterization of attorney’s fee payments in connection with a settlement of or judgment in an employment dispute. Courts have long held...more