Association Health Plans—Proposed DOL Rules Create Potential Opportunity for...
Our colleagues at Porter Wright’s employee benefits blog recently described a proposed rule that may be of interest to community financial institutions: proposed rules of the Department of Labor that...
View ArticleCryptocurrency Update
Porter Wright’s Jay Levine and Brett Thornton discussed e-currency with a focus on cryptocurrency in a current podcast on Porter Wright’s Antitrust Law Source:...
View ArticleEmployer disclosures of COVID-19 diagnoses
As more test kits become available for COVID-19 and an increasing number of people are tested, there will be more positive diagnoses. As our colleague Victoria Hanohano-hong writes, a combination of...
View ArticleWorkplace exposure to COVID-19: Can employers be liable?
As COVID-19 cases continue to mount nationwide, so have lawsuits relating to fallout from the virus. On April 6, 2020, in one of the first COVID-19-related lawsuits of its kind, the estate of an...
View ArticleDrop your pencils: The PPP Flexibility Act is here
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers across the nation have struggled to meet the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) guidelines, with many resorting to new and creative payroll expenditures...
View ArticleOhio irrevocable trusts – Respite for trustees? Proposed legislation...
An advantage of an inter vivos revocable trust, which becomes irrevocable upon the settlor’s death, is that the trust typically avoids all probate court filings. However, the lack of filings with the...
View ArticleFor public companies, the time to update executive compensation practices is...
At long last, the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service published final regulations to explain how changes to Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of...
View ArticleThe American Rescue Plan Act: What employers need to know
President Joseph Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act earlier this month. The measure provides $1.9 trillion in funds for individuals and businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For...
View ArticleUpdated CDC mask guidance: What it means for employers
Last week, the CDC updated its guidance regarding masks for individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19. My colleague Jourdan Day explains the new guidelines for masks, social distancing, travel and...
View ArticleNew consumer privacy laws, big developments in ransomware attacks and the...
By Porter Wright More states are working on comprehensive consumer privacy laws that could impact how companies share data, there have been more ransomware and supply chain attacks and there’s news of...
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