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New Tax Law Has Major Changes for Alimony

The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repeals the deduction for alimony payments after 2018. The United States Internal Revenue Code previously provided that the spouse paying alimony could deduct the alimony paid from his...

by Ann Ralls Brown January 18, 2018

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When Do Grown-Ups Get Snow Days? Reviewing the FLSA's Inclement Weather Rules

With severe winter weather pummeling much of the country, employers may be forced to delay opening their doors, close their doors early, or even close for days at a time.

by Shannon Antle Hamilton and Robin E. McGuffin January 09, 2018

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Tax Reform and Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships and S Corporations

Much attention has been paid to the doubling of the standard deduction as well as the lowering of the corporate tax rates contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”). The...

by Andrew R. Jacobs and Herbert B. Wolf Jr. (Bert) January 03, 2018

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Time to Amend Old Operating Agreements

Partnership audits might sound like a rather boring topic, but new rules now in effect make auditing partnerships much easier for the IRS and as such should be an area of concern for businesses. We...

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 02, 2018

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One Important Thing To Do Before You Ring In The New Year!

If your business relies on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for protection from copyright claims, you have until December 31, 2017 to complete the electronic registration of your DMCA agent with the Copyright Office...

by Joel T. Beres December 28, 2017

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First Amendment Protects Trademark Owners from Government Censorship

On December 15, 2017, in In re Brunetti, Case No. 2015-1109 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 15, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the federal trademark statute’s (the “Lanham Act’s”)...

by Joel T. Beres and Alexandra MacKay December 22, 2017

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High court enforces "pay-if-paid" clause protecting CM; but allows fabricator and erector to recover extras directly from owner

On Thursday, December 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Kentucky reversed an intermediate appellate court decision and reinstated a jury verdict of slightly more than $600,000 awarded to a structural steel fabricator and erector. The award compensated the fabricator and erector for unpaid retainage and extras on a high rise project.

by David B. Ratterman December 18, 2017

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Mary Beth Mantiply v. Patricia Horne: A Case Study

What is a Court to do when an attorney knowingly violates the automatic stay in bankruptcy, and after being sanctioned for that transgression, challenges an award of attorney’s fees at every possible opportunity? In its...

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC December 07, 2017