The Supreme Court's decision and the potential changes forthcoming in the redesign of the delivery and payment of healthcare will impact both providers and payers.

On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation immediately repealing a court-imposed mandate that companies use lawyers to handle garnishment responses filed in Georgia courts.

On April 14, 2011, the Georgia Legislature passed House Bill 87 which "creates new requirements for many Georgia businesses to ensure new hires are eligible to work in the United States".

As a follow up to our previous email blast about the new rule, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") has postponed the effective date of the rule from November 14, 2011 to January 31, 2012.

On October 9, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that will ban employers’ use of credit checks to screen employees and job applicants.

The start of the New Year marks the implementation of a new federal tax bill signed by President Obama in December, which includes a 13-month extension for unemployment benefits.

On October 7 and 9, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed several employment-related bills into law which will take effect January 1, 2012.

House Bill 30, designed to substantially reenact the substantive provisions of the new Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act passed in 2009, was passed by the Georgia House of Representatives in a 104-58 vote on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The bill now moves to the Georgia Senate for consideration.

On September 24, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed suit against six high-tech companies - Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Intel, Pixar, and Intuit - charging that their agreements to refrain from "cold calling" each other’s employees for employment are illegal under federal antitrust law.

Does your cafeteria plan need to be amended soon in connection with the new Health Care Laws?

British Petroleum ("BP") has reached a preliminary settlement of the class action lawsuit related to the 2010 Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The June 30, 2012, deadline for filing a Report of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts ("FBAR") with the Department of the Treasury is rapidly approaching. (Form TD-F 90-22.1).

Employers must now affirmatively notify an employee within ten days of placing negative information in an employee’s personnel record.

The Georgia Legislature has taken its first step toward resolving constitutional questions regarding the new Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act (the "Act").

Have you analyzed whether your insurance agents are independent contractors or employees? A federal appeals court recently did, and its holding provides some valuable guidance.

Real estate fund managers that are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as investment advisers should be reviewing now each of their current and planned funds to determine whether they should be registering to meet fast approaching SEC deadlines.

On July 1, 2010, the new South Carolina immigration requirements went into effect for all employers. The new requirements are a part of the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act.

By now, almost everyone has heard that the federal estate tax was eliminated as of January 1, 2010. Although tax repeal usually is a welcome development, the 2010 estate tax repeal is only temporary, and the full tax is scheduled to be reinstated in 2011 at even higher effective rates.

Annual Registrations (also called Annual Reports) are due annually in a company’s state of formation, as well as in the states where the company is "authorized to transact business."

Annual Registrations (also called Annual Reports) are due annually in a company’s state of formation as well as in the states where the company is "authorized to transact business."