After returning from recess on August 12, the California Senate Appropriations Committee took up the package of six remaining higher education bills intended to address concerns about private postsecondary education providers in the state, sending...
What will happen to your estate if your primary beneficiary does not survive you? If your will does not name an alternate beneficiary, your estate will be divided according to state law. The way the state divides your estate may not agree with your...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cancelled an incoming Harvard freshman’s visa and deported him back to Lebanon eight hours after arriving at Boston’s Logan International Airport to start his college career. CBP detained the incoming student along...
At the height of the #MeToo movement, California lawmakers enacted a requirement that all employers with five or more employees would need to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees by January 1, 2020. However, in response to...
A trust is a trust is a trust, right? But overlooking the trust situs can be a big mistake - it may govern creditor protection, privacy, reporting obligations, and maybe most important, influence state income taxation. Learn about maximizing the...
As part of its sweeping tax reforms, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) moved the United States from a global to a territorial tax system. A related change is the creation of the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) inclusion, a new tool...
Private equity firms continue to target the healthcare industry. In fact, this industry has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services believes that national healthcare spending will rise to 20% of GDP...
The Florida House of Representatives and Senate unanimously passed into law Senate Bill 1020, which legalizes and creates a regulatory framework for hemp and hemp-derived products, such as cannabidiol (“CBD”). The state’s hemp program will be housed...
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Orchid Orthopedic Solutions Alabama, LLC, (“OOSA”) entered into an August 20th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of portions of the ADEM Administrative...
Whether big or small, internal investigations require companies to mobilize their resources efficiently and effectively. Internal investigations can be driven by external sources like the government or a lawsuit, while others are driven by internal...
