California Update -- First Quarter 2012 by Fox Rothschild on 3/28/2012 In This Issue: New California Employment Laws For 2012; Employment Issues Keep On Truckin’; IRS To Help Employers When Reclassifying Employees; Half Hour To Eat And A Suitable Seat; California Courts Remain Hostile To...more
CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE LAW: 2012: The Year Ahead... by Kathleen Carpenter, Esq. on 1/11/2012 As we begin 2012, Luce Forward's Real Estate Group would like to highlight a number of new developments in California law affecting residential and commercial developers, real estate professionals and others in the real...more
JAMS Dispute Resolution Alert - Summer 2011 by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 7/15/2011 In This Issue: FEATURE ARTICLES: In Depth: The Uniform Mediation Act Turns 10. ADR Conversations: Tax Mistakes Attorneys Make When Negotiating Settlements. International Focus: JAMS International Opens...more
Gaming Legal News - May 12, 2011 • Volume 4, Number 15 by Dickinson Wright on 5/12/2011 In This Issue: - DICKINSON WRIGHT FORMS ALLIANCE WITH WH LAW IN MALTA - U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ENFORCES ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN CONTRACTS by Kathleen A. Lang and Farayha Arrine* - iGAMING NORTH AMERICA...more
Non-Taxable Settlement Proceeds Require Careful Documents by Bruce Givner on 4/20/2011 You must clearly delineate which portion of a settlement relates to personal injuries, recovery of lost profits and other forms of recovery. Otherwise the IRS will take the position which generates the most income tax. The...more
MoFo Tax Talk - Volume 4, No. 1 - April 2011 by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/19/2011 In this issue: IRS Reverses its Position on Closing a Forward with Borrowed Stock; Equity Units Exchange Offer; Repurchase Premiums and Consent Fees; Reporting Obligations for Corporate Actions Continued; Withholding on ADR...more
Illinois Supreme Court Sets Busy Civil Argument Schedule for November by Sedgwick LLP on 10/27/2010 This afternoon, the Illinois Supreme Court published its Call of the Docket for the November term, and the Court will hear oral argument in fifteen civil cases. The cases, with the issue or issues presented in each,...more
Testifying On The Witness Stand by Gary Johnson on 12/4/2009 Ever wonder what to tell your client when they are going to be on the witness stand? This may help. ...more
Appellate Court Reverses Arbitration Award Because Arbitrator Failed to Allow Introduction of “Material Evidence” by TroyGould PC on 11/1/2009 Arbitration has become increasingly common because it is perceived to be a cheaper, less formal and faster method to resolve business disputes. Yet litigants and their lawyers have found ways to introduce into arbitrations...more
Bullet"iln" Volume 8 Issue 2 - October 27, 2009 by International Lawyers Network on 10/27/2009 In this Issue: *2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco - ILN Chairman, Lowell Lifschultz Steps Down After 21 Years Hosted by Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and Rabkin *2009 European Regional Meeting in Athens...more
International Legal News Volume 6 Issue 1 - March 27, 2009 by International Lawyers Network on 3/27/2009 In this Issue: *Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Management of Uncertainty Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP , Houston by James E. Smith & Benjamin A. Escobar *Watching from the Wings with Baited Breath – The WAL-MART...more
Fin 48 and tax risk management by DE Professional Consultants on 4/26/2008 "We experienced what might be characterised as FIN 48-lite in its first year of operation but the full impact is being felt now and it is a major problem for US companies and foreign multinationals listed in the States," says...more
International Legal News - Volume 5 Issue 1 - February 8, 2008 by International Lawyers Network on 2/8/2008 In this Issue: *Brazil's Tax System Nehring e Associados Advocacia, San Paulo by David SIlva & Joao Burke *The Federal Trade Commission’s Amended Franchise Rule: An International Perspective Ryley Carlock & Applewhite,...more
International Legal News Volume 4 Issue 2 - July 31, 2007 by International Lawyers Network on 7/31/2007 In this Issue: *The European Company in France: Two Years On Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, Paris by Roland Montfort / Véronique Deau *The Family Office Nigel Harris & Partners, Channel Islands by Anita...more
International Legal News Volume 1 Issue 3 - June 20, 2006 by International Lawyers Network on 6/20/2006 In this Issue: *China Issues Implementing Opinions on Approval and Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing, China by by Feng (Sandy) Lin *Bankruptcy - A New Guise PETERKA & PARTNERS...more