ArticleNJ Law Grants Tenants Implied Right To Attorney’s Fees Under Residential LeasesNew Jersey’s residential landlord/tenant statute has long been considered "tenant-friendly." United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleFurther IRS Clarification On Tax Credit Prerequisites For Renewable EnergyThe American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 modified the definition of a qualified facility under Section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of the production tax credit replacing the "placed in service" requirement for receiving the credit with a "begin construction" requirement. United StatesTaxPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticlePepper@WorkRecently Enacted New Jersey Law Requires Employers to Provide Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault as of October 1, 2013 United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleNegotiation Tactics To Consider As Dispute Over Control Of EHR Brews In MilwaukeeA contractual dispute between an electronic health records vendor and a federally qualified community health center based in Milwaukee over access to, possession of, control over electronic patient medical records demonstrates the need to negotiate EHR vendor contracts carefully for foreseeable legal risks.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticlePennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms Superior Court Decision Protecting Attorney-Expert Communications From DiscoveryAn evenly divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court resolved an issue of paramount importance to Pennsylvania litigants.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPepper Hamilton LLP
Article2012 DOJ Criminal Antitrust Results Show Increased Risk For International Businesses And EmployeesThe holidays have come early for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. The new fiscal year 2012 statistics for the Division’s accomplishments have been released.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleEaton Looks To U.S. Supreme Court For Help After Third Circuit UpholdsOn February 25, 2013, Eaton Corporation filed a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court seeking to reverse a jury verdict finding Eaton liable for illegal monopolization.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleM&A Season: What To Expect, And Are You Ready?A discussion on what pitfalls buyers, sellers and intermediaries commonly encounter during M&A transactions. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleProposed Legislation Addresses Delaware’s LLC Default Fiduciary Duty DebateOn March 20, 2013, legislation proposing to amend the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101, et. seq. was submitted to the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleIRS Provides Administrative Guidance On Excludable Transportation Benefit Limits, Retroactively Increased As Of January 1, 2012On January 16, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2013-8 providing a special administrative procedure for employers with respect to 2012 transit benefits.United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleJanuary 2014 Monthly Independent Contractor Compliance And Misclassification UpdateCalifornia state court orders San Diego Union Tribune, owned by Copley Press Inc., to pay $6.1 million in legal fees to the attorneys for a class of over 1,200 paper carriers who had earlier been awarded $3.2 million in damages for misclassification as independent contractors and another $1.75 million in interest.United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleJuly 2013 Monthly Independent Contractor Compliance And Misclassification UpdateA summary of the most recent independent contractor compliance and misclassification update. United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleNew Jersey Joins The 'Ban The Box' MovementOn August 11, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law the Opportunity to Compete Act which prohibits private and public employers that employ 15 or more employees from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history until after the employer has conducted a first interview. United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleNLRB Focuses On Employers’ Internal InvestigationsThe National Labor Relations Board has increased its focus on social media and employer/employee communications, regardless of whether the employee is represented by a union. United StatesEmployment and HRPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleWorkshops On Risks And Regulation Of Shale Gas Exploration Conclude Without ConsensusThe National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences recently held the second of two workshops in Washington, D.C. dealing with the risks associated with shale gas development and the growing debate over how to regulate the industry.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleThe Final Blow Against Utility Scale Wind TowersThe U.S. Department of Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of the subject wind towers from China and an antidumping duty order on imports of these products from Vietnam.United StatesEnvironmentPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleCFTC Grants Exemptive Relief To Private Fund Managers: General Solicitation Conditionally PermittedThe JOBS Act and the regulations thereunder applies to private issuers that want to make general solicitations within the context of their "private offerings."United StatesFinance and BankingPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleIRS Defers Effective Date For Repair RegulationsIn Notice 2012-73, the IRS announced that its regulations will be amended to delay the effective date of the 2011 temporary tangible property regulations (T.D. 9564) (the 2011 Regulations), which were to apply to tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2012.United StatesTaxPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleThe Permanent (For Now) Fiscal Cliff Compromise Of 2012In dramatic fashion, Congress adopted its New Year’s tax resolutions just in time to save us from falling off the cliff. United StatesTaxPepper Hamilton LLP
ArticleExtension Of The IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program: Is It Worth The Price Of Admission For Businesses Concerned About Independent Contractor Misclassification?The IRS earlier this week temporarily expanded the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program. United StatesTaxPepper Hamilton LLP