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Please Click HerePosted on May 14, 2010 by Steven P. Lipowski
For years, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC) has regulated deceptive advertising under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the Act). This has included the issuance of non-binding, but very important, guidelines outlining the FTC’s views on the proper use of advertisements containing endorsements and testimonials. On December 1, 2009, these revised […]
Posted on May 11, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
Need a reason to start dealing today with the impact of health care reform on your group health plan rather than tomorrow? Are you so overwhelmed that you are looking for some discrete part of the new law to conquer so that you can tell the world that you are doing something to bring your […]
Posted on April 23, 2010 by Ruder Ware Alumni
The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires the payment of overtime pay to employees who work more than forty (40) hours in a work week. However, certain employees are exempt from the overtime pay requirements, including executive, professional, and administrative employees. These exemptions are commonly known as “white collar” overtime pay exemptions. Although some employee […]
Posted on April 20, 2010 by Ruder Ware Alumni
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. This Act contains a provision that requires employers to furnish “reasonable” breaks to mothers so they can express milk for infants under one year old. The law also requires covered employers to furnish a private space that is shielded […]
Posted on April 16, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
Late on April 15 President Obama signed the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, and included within that law is yet another extension of the COBRA premium subsidy enacted last February as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”). Our earlier updates on the ARRA COBRA premium subsidy can be found in […]
Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
Back on March 19, we alerted our clients and friends about the new Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (“HIRE”) Act, which grants employers a payroll tax exemption for wages and salary paid to previously unemployed individuals. See our previous alert here New Tax Incentives for Employers Who Hire in 2010. On April 7, 2010, the […]
Posted on March 19, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (“HIRE”) Act. The HIRE Act amends the Social Security tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by exempting wages paid to previously “unemployed” individuals from the employer’s Social Security tax obligation. Under the HIRE Act, wages paid by employers to […]
Posted on March 4, 2010 by Mary Ellen Schill
Late on March 2 President Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, and included within that law is yet another extension of the COBRA premium subsidy enacted last February as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”). Our earlier updates on the ARRA COBRA premium subsidy can be found in […]
Posted on February 2, 2010 by Mark J. Bradley
We previously announced that there is currently no federal estate or generation-skipping transfer tax in effect in the United States. The federal gift tax, however, is still in effect. The burning question is whether Congress this year will (i) extend the law that was in effect at the end of 2009, (ii) make repeal of […]
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Rules were made to be . . . ? In the complex world of farm regulation, rules were made to be acted upon and then re-created, modified, and expanded. A significant revision of existing rules that affect farming, particularly dairy producers, is underway. As part of that process, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has […]