False Eyelashes Catch Our Attention in More Ways Than One
Written by: John Parkerson, Esq. Note the interesting recent “reminder” about the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforcement of laws prohibiting doing business with certain countries, entities and persons: ht
UTMA Custodial Accounts: Transferring a UTMA Account to a Trust
The Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA or the Act) of each state provides for the management, use, and disposition of property gifted or otherwise transferred to a minor
I.P. Counterfeiting: Protection from Counterfeiting in an Increasingly Online World
Written by: Reid Morelli, Esq. and Andrew Bayudan Counterfeiting continues to remain one of most dangerous threats to I.P. owners – cutting into owners’ profits and injuring reputations. Counterfeit products bear the insignia of a tradem
Immigrants Feel Pain as Government Shutdown Creates Delays, Backlogs
Written by: Ashik Jahan, Esq. Thousands of immigrants and their families face uncertainty and lengthy delays in hearings before immigration judges as the longest U.S. government shutdown in history causes massive backlogs in immigration courts a
Music Modernization Act Blog Post
Written by: Karl Braun, Esq. As a brief introduction to discussion of the new Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (“MMA”), a cursory understanding of a few key terms and concepts is essential. An “artist” in the contex
Shutdown on Immigration Harms E-Verify
Written by: Ashik R. Jahan The government shutdown over a border wall ironically leads to the shutdown of E-Verify, the program used to confirm eligibility of an employee to work in the U.S. https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681969112/an-irony-shut
Insurers Beware of Form Releases- GEICO Dodges Bad Faith Verdict in 11th Circuit
Written by: Stephen D. Delk, Esq. Nearly all insurers, both as a matter of habit and perhaps in effort to curb expenses, routinely use form releases in settling cases. Although some standing operating procedures in claim handling may often times
CFIUS – Increased Restrictions on Foreign Investments
Written by: Mina Zhan CFIUS stands for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. It is a federal interagency committee chaired by the U.S. Treasury Department that is authorized to review any transactions that may result in forei
Gifting for High Net Worth clients
There have been a lot of changes in the estate tax laws in the last several years. We now have an exemption amount of $11,180,000, and it is portable between spouses in most instances. This combination of amount, and portability, has virtual
Pennsylvania Court Holds Employer Liable For Breach Of Employees’ Personal Information
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. In a recent case, Dittman v. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the Medical Center owed a duty to their employees to exercise reasonable care in collecting an