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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 1, 2022

Universities Share Lessons Learned from Ransomware Attacks "According to a recent Sophos poll of IT professionals, 44 percent of educational institutions suffered ransomware attacks in 2020, and 58 percent of those hit...more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Laws in Pennsylvania to Affect Statute of Limitations for Childhood Sexual Abuse Claims, Mandatory Reporting, NDAs

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On November 21, 2019, both branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature passed The Statute of Limitations Child Sexual Abuse Reform Package, a series of four bills that will have significant implications for institutions...more

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Courts, by too readily sealing records, contributed to opioid crisis, report finds

The blame and shame for the opioid-drug overdose crisis that kills tens of thousands Americans annually has moved to yet another set of individuals and institutions now — judges and courts that handled Big Pharma lawsuits and...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Why the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act May Not Always Help Sexual Harassment Victims

...Recently there has been public outrage over learning that a number of powerful individuals and institutions repeatedly had entered into confidential settlements of sexual harassment and sexual abuse claims (I’ll call both...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

#MeToo Movement Creates Change in Tax Code

During the height of the #MeToo movement and in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Congress enacted a sweeping tax reform bill containing a provision intended to penalize businesses who settle claims involving sexual...more

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Confidential sexual harassment settlement payments no longer tax-deductible

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In a workplace era that may soon be referred to as “Pre-Weinstein,” employers not only could quietly settle sexual harassment claims by including a nondisclosure agreement that virtually assured the matter would be kept...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Reform Impacts Confidentiality in Sexual Harassment Settlements

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The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) contains a largely unnoticed provision worth the attention of human resources professionals and legal counsel who draft and implement settlement agreements and releases of...more

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New Tax Reform Bill Stifles #MeToo Settlement Deductions

In acknowledgment of the recent sexual misconduct allegations and the confidential settlements in connection with those allegations, Congress added a new section 162(q) to the Internal Revenue Code as part of the Tax Cuts and...more

Foster Garvey PC

Decoding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Part I: Obscure Provision in New Tax Law Denies Deductions for Sexual Harassment Settlements...

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As indicated at the end of 2017, I intend to provide our readers with an in-depth review of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). With the help of two of my colleagues, Steven Nofziger and Miriam Korngold, we will do this in a...more

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New Tax Act Affects Settlements of Sexual Harassment Suits

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has a special provision that addresses the recent concerns growing out of Harvey Weinstein and other scandals related to sexual harassment and abuse. Specifically, the Tax Act addresses the concern...more

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#MeToo Settlements and the Tax Code Overhaul: No More Tax Incentive to Hush Victims

Taking note of the #MeToo movement, Congress included a new provision in the tax code overhaul bill — Section 13307 – which is titled “Denial of Deduction for Settlements Subject to Nondisclosure Agreements Paid in Connection...more

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