The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent focus on compliance and enforcement issues surrounding laws barring national origin-based job bias has some attorneys wondering if new guidance may be forthcoming. The EEOC held a meeting on Nov. 13 to address the ...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made some changes to help lawyers settle personal injury cases and address “secondary payer” reimbursement to Medicare. As of Oct. 1, liability insurers are obligated to collect data on personal injury settlements ...

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The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance on a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires employers to report the cost of health coverage on employees’ W-2 forms. The requirement is informational only ...

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The ABA has released a formal opinion that outlines the ethical pitfalls of legal websites and recommends how to avoid them. Formal Opinion 10-457 addresses three main hot-spots for law firm websites ...

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It’s been an unusual year for estate planners. The lack of a federal estate tax, and the uncertainty about whether it will return, has encouraged some clients to transfer their wealth by making gifts.

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