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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - SECURE 2.0: Leveraging Opportunities Employees Want Most
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The Labor Law Insider: Recent U.S. Supreme Court, NLRB Decisions Highlight Labor Issues in Higher Education
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Federal and State Debt Collection Developments
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Cases Challenging Biden Administration Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Observations and Predictions
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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 361: Student Loan Repayment (w/Derek Brainard of AccessLex Institute)
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A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 294: Money Talk (w/Carrie Friedberg)
COVID-19 Impact for Health & Welfare Plans (Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Issues for Employers Podcast Series)
VIDEO: Top 10 COVID-19 Tips for Employers: Cares Act Tax Provisions Edition
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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Student Loan Benefits
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Education income tax credits are one way students and parents can help pay for college. There are two types of federal tax credits available to taxpayers: the American opportunity tax credit (AOTC) and the lifetime learning...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for August 21, 2023 – September 1, 2023....more
The 2022 holiday season brought a long-awaited gift from Congress; the retirement plan bill known as “SECURE 2.0” (successor to 2019’s Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, the original “SECURE Act”) was...more
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA, 2021) was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021 to address the continuing economic impact on employers and employees the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed. The ARPA...more
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Update: President Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021- On Wednesday afternoon, Congress passed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a broad, comprehensive policy response to the challenges brought...more
2022 AG Elections- Republican Candidate Seeks 2022 Rematch Against Minnesota’s Incumbent Attorney General- •Doug Wardlow, general counsel for My Pillow, Inc. and a former state representative, has announced he will...more
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In Washington - Senate Republicans delayed the release of their trillion dollar coronavirus relief package Thursday as they grapple with smoothing out policy disputes. ...more
In the second installment of the video series, Chartwell Law attorneys Robert Baker, Thomas Gallagher and Jonathan Spadea discuss the various beneficial tax implications of the CARES Act....more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our personal, financial and business lives, the government has responded with legislative and administrative relief. This is a high-level summary of some of the enacted measures...more
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) submitted by the Senate, and President Trump just signed the bill.The bill...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) is a comprehensive economic relief plan designed to stabilize and uplift the American economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unique not only because...more
On Friday, March 27, Congress passed, and the President signed, the bipartisan “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “Act”), a $2 trillion economic stimulus plan to provide funding and tax relief to...more
Friday, March 27th, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act contains significant tax relief for individuals and businesses. Below are the tax highlights....more
A Succinct Summary of the Key Tax Provisions - On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (colloquially, the “CARES Act” or the “Act”). The CARES Act is a...more
On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) passed the Senate and House and was signed into law. In addition to spending $2 trillion to support individuals and...more
Assistance to State, Local and Tribal Governments - The CARES Act establishes a $150 billion “Coronavirus Relief Fund” for state, local and tribal governments to use to cover any costs related to COVID-19 that had not...more
President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), providing liquidity and other economic relief to individuals, families, and businesses facing the hardships of the coronavirus...more
This advisory summarizes key provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) applying to employee benefit plans. We provide a summary of key items and more detailed FAQs relating to...more
Connecticut recently passed "An Act Establishing a Tax Credit for Employers That Make Payments on Certain Loans Issued to Employees by the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority" (Act). The Act, signed on...more
As New York state lawmakers prepare to learn details, schools and municipalities face impacts of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2019 spending plan. The State Budget, totaling $168.2 billion in spending calls for $100 billion in...more