Charitable Planning With Guest Stephanie Hood: Navigating Complex Rules and Traps for the Unwary
Once Removed Episode 11: Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, or SLATs
The Line Between Gift Giving and Bribery
Hedge Fund Guy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Statue
The Federal Gift Rules Assistant: What You Need to Know and Why
NGE On Demand: GRAT Trusts with Eric Mann
To Give or Not to Give: Considerations for Year-End Gifting
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance - updated with impact of COVID-19 on NYS lobbying community
In a pair of rulings issued near the end of the last Term, Fischer v. United States and Snyder v. United States, the Supreme Court continued to cut back on the Justice Department’s interpretation and enforcement of criminal...more
On February 27, a Minnesota federal court jury ruled in the favor of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in a False Claims Act (FCA) case based on allegations of Anti-kickback Statute (AKS) violations. The focus of the case...more
The holidays are here, and with them come good tidings of comfort and joy, and increased corruption risk. Holiday gifts, both given and received, can lead to serious compliance challenges. In this podcast Richard Bistrong of...more
Gift-giving is common in many workplaces, especially during the holiday season. While giving your coworker or customer a present can help to build business relationships, not all forms of gift-giving happen with such...more
Mr D Thompson v Informatica Software Ltd- In a recent appeal at the EAT an individual (the “appellant”), who had been a senior employee of the employer (ISL), was found to have been fairly dismissed for gross misconduct...more
The French Anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") has published a draft "Guide on Gifts and Invitations Policies" ("Guide pratique sur les politiques cadeaux et invitations en entreprise") for corporations and non-profit...more
I live in an unincorporated village on the south shore of Nassau County and the elected Board of Education has this problem that doesn’t want to talk about and it’s called nepotism. Three out of the seven members have a child...more
I’ve been a New York Giants football since the days of Ray Perkins, Brad Van Pelt, and Joe Danelo. 4 Super Bowl victories have been far more rewarding than my time as a Mets fan. Thinking about football reminded me of a...more
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has followed the governor’s lead1 and implemented a gifts and favors ban (the ban) for PUC employees and the families of PUC employees. The ban, which is available here,...more