PodcastEpisode 28 – The Practice Of Yoga With SGR Partner Tony Cochran (Podcast)In this podcast, SGR Partner Tony Cochran discusses a different kind of practice. The practice of Yoga. United StatesLaw Department PerformanceSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleFifth Circuit Rules The ACA's Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Asks Lower Court To Decide On The RestDemocrats defending the constitutionality of the ACA have indicated they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's decision. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleFTC Tracking Company Settlement Highlights Importance Of Keeping Privacy PromisesIt has long been the Federal Trade Commission’s position that if you make a privacy promise to consumers you should expect to be held to that promise. United StatesPrivacySmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleAre The Deferred Compensation And Other Equity Award Arrangements For My U.S. Affiliates Going To Fundamentally Change?As many of you in Israel may have heard, a major change to the U.S. Tax Code has been proposed and is being negotiated (perhaps fought over) by various constituent groups, and their lobbyists.United StatesTaxSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSenate Passes Tax Reform-Individual Mandate Penalty EliminatedEarly Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed tax reform along party lines, by a vote of 51 to 49. The Senate version of tax reform includes a 20 percent corporate rate, rate cuts for individuals ...United StatesTaxSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSenate Will Likely Vote On Tax Reform Late Today Or Tomorrow: Individual Mandate Penalty Relief Is IncludedAccording to multiple sources, the U.S. Senate is close to voting on tax reform either later today or in the morning.United StatesTaxSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleExecutive Order Creating A Buy American Requirement For Pharmaceuticals And PPEOn August 6, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order to boost domestic production of pharmaceuticals, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and personal protective equipment (PPE)United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Smith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleFinal Regulations Allow Employers To Reimburse Premiums For Individual Medical InsuranceYesterday, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued final regulations allowing health reimbursement arrangements.United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticlePaid Sick And Family CARE Leave – Employer Obligations Expanded And Refundable Tax Credits GrantedThe "Families First Corona Response Act" ("FFCRA") signed into law on March 18, 2020, requires employers with 500 or fewer workers to provide up to two weeks of sick leave at full pay up to a $511-per-day cap...United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCounsel Christopher Smith Featured By Global Arbitration Review: Atlanta-headquartered Firm Launches Practice With Hire From King & SpaldingGlobal Arbitration Review recently highlighted Christopher Smith and the International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Practice.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleThe U.S. DOL's White Collar Overtime Rule May Come Sooner Than ExpectedOn Monday, March 14, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) sent the final overtime rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEmployers May Limit Union's Access To Its Premises For Organizing Purposes— Reversing NLRB PrecedentOn June 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"), in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital held by a 2-1 majority that employers need not allow non-employee union United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticlePennsylvania Joins The List Of States Outlawing The Fluctuating Workweek Pay MethodIn Chevalier v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently decided that the fluctuating workweek pay method is unlawful under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA).United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleThe Gift That Keeps On Giving: Gift Cards Without Braille May Now Lead To LitigationIn the past three weeks, almost one hundred lawsuits have been filed on behalf of blind and vision-impaired individuals claiming both restaurants...United StatesEmployment and HRSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleU.S. Gas Plants Will Be Outperformed By Wind And Solar By 2035Natural gas-fired power plants, which are largely responsible for undermining the economics of coal-fired plants, are expected to be undercut by renewableUnited StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEPA Administrator Promises To Listen To ScientistsIn an eight-page letter to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (Board), EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler provided assurances to the Board that the EPAUnited StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleEPA Proposes New Aircraft Emission StandardFor the first time, the EPA has proposed a rule setting an emission standard for nearly all commercial aircraft for greenhouse gas emissions.United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleCMS Issues Final Rule Amending "Stark Law" RegulationsThe final rule sets forth an effective date of 60 days after the date of display in the Federal Register for all but one provisionUnited StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleWill The Supreme Court Abrogate Sovereign Immunity For A State's Infringement Of Intellectual Property Rights?In 1990, Congress passed the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act ("CRCA"), and in 1992 passed the Trademark Remedy Clarification Act ("TRCA") and the Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act.United StatesIntellectual PropertySmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleSluggish Response To Opportunity Zone ProgramResponse from renewable developers has been slow to the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017's Opportunity Zone program, with only 11 Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) focused on renewable energy since the program began. United StatesTaxSmith Gambrell & Russell