To follow up on our prior message to you yesterday, this is to inform you that the U.S. Treasury Department has now issued the application form and guidance for...

The Senate Republicans admitted defeat for the latest version of the "repeal and replace" bill.

Today, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released new association health plans (AHPs) rules that allow small employers and self-employed individuals to join together to purchase health insurance coverage.

Early on Saturday morning (March 14, 2020), the House of Representatives passed a coronavirus relief bill, H.R. 6201, which includes...

As in the past with the ACA, the release of final regulations is quickly followed by litigation.

Late yesterday, the White House stated that it would immediately stop the funding for billions of dollars in Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.

Late Tuesday, the Senate voted by a narrow margin (a 51-50 vote that required a tiebreaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence) to debate health care reform.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently announced that it is extending the remote I-9 verification for employers and workspaces operating remotely through December 31, 2020.

Richard Rivera wrote the article, "Quixotic Applicant Cannot Register Tilted Windmill Design," published in the latest International Trademark Association Bulletin. Below is an excerpt

In order to register a trademark based on use in commerce, or to renew a registration based on a foreign or international registration, trademark owners are required to verify that the mark is in use in U.S. commerce...

O.C.G.A. § 9-10-31.1 allows a court to dismiss a lawsuit filed in Georgia, "for the convenience of the parties and witnesses" when that claim "would be more properly heard in a forum outside of" Georgia.

Several Georgians borrowed modest sums and secured those loans using the proceeds they might recover on personal injury claims.

Earlier this month, Kobe Steel, Ltd. made several public announcements stating that products it had shipped during the past year had not met customer specifications.

One of the unique aspects of decisions of the Georgia Court of Appeals has been the concept of "physical precedent." With rare exceptions, the Georgia Court of Appeals relies on three-judge panels to decide cases.

A previous post in this blog reported that the Georgia Court of Appeals decided in Cherokee Funding, LLC v. Ruth, Case No. A17A0132 (decided June 27, 2017) ...

Continuing its aggressive approach to the enforcement of privacy law violations, the FTC last week imposed on Musical.ly, Inc., the operator of the popular TikTok app ...

Last week, following President Trump's March 13, 2020 declaration of a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) postponed the April 15, 2020...

If the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") is enacted, as currently drafted, then it would kill non-qualified deferred compensation as we know it today.

Many LLCs and partnerships amended their governing documents in 2018 because of the various new tax rules that came into effect last year.

On August 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued guidance for employers with respect to the deferral of the employee portion of certain payroll taxes.