Highly Appreciated Property and Capital Gains: A Look at Charitable Remainder Trusts
With rising real estate prices many people find themselves facing the prospect of high capital gains taxes when selling property. Most people are familiar with like-kind exchanges (1031 transactions), a method of selling real property...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Administration Overtime Rule
On Thursday, August 31, 2017, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s controversial rule that would have expanded overtime eligibility to more than 4 million U.S. workers. The rule, which was challenged by 2...
New I-9 Form Takes Effect September 18, 2017
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has issued a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9 that employers must begin using no later than September 18, 2017. Employers may begin using the...
Statutory Right to Prompt Payment - Or Maybe Not
A recent court decision in Georgia illustrates how laws enacted by many states to ensure prompt payment in the construction industry don’t always achieve their purpose. These “prompt payment” statutes typically require an owner to...
Can You Spot a Fake Invoice?
Today, we have a public service announcement in hopes you don’t fall victim to this ever-growing problem. If you have filed a federal trademark application or own a trademark registration with the U.S. Patent and...
United States EPA Reinstates Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Dental Offices
EPA recently finalized technology-based pretreatment standards under the Clean Water Act to reduce discharges of mercury and other metals from dental offices into municipal wastewater treatment plants, also known as publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)...
What Are Waters of the United States? Why It Matters
On Thursday, July 27, 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") published the latest iteration in trying to define what are "Waters of the United States." What...
WannaCry Ransomware Attack Underscores Cyber Risks to the Construction Industry
In a single day in May 2017, a powerful new ransomware program known as “WannaCry” infected hundreds of thousands of computers across at least 74 countries. Ransomware infects a target’s computer or network, encrypts the...