By: Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen. The Treasury Department issued final regulations on January 18, 2019, on Code Section 199A and its 20 percent deduction against qualified business income. 

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. The following article was featured in the January 2019 edition of Legacy, the Vorys newsletter focused on wealth planning.

By: Spiegel Sohmer. The holiday season brought with it the publication of the proposed amendments to the Federal Cannabis Act (the “Act”) as well as proposed amendments to the Cannabis Regulations (the “Regulations”).

By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. As of January 1, 2019, Connecticut became one of the latest jurisdictions to prohibit employers from inquiring into applicants’ salary history.

By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. Summing up the results of the previous year, regulatory experts have noted that more than half of the businesses punished for HIPAA lapses in 2018 involved well-known big business entities making it a notable theme of the year.

By: Varnum LLP/ On December 20, 2018 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) vacated the incentive provisions of its final wellness program regulations, effective January 1, 2019.

By: Rich May. We congratulate our colleagues James Heffernan and David Glod on being elected as shareholders of the Firm.

By: Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot. We recently posted an article (see below) regarding recent legislation impacting how small business size will be calculated. 

By: Boase Cohen & Collins. A range of issues affecting the legal industry were discussed when Legislative Councillor Dennis Kwok and Law Society of Hong Kong Council member Eric Cheung visited the Boase Cohen & Collins offices.