Newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released a memo to House Republicans last Friday titled “Initial September Outlook” .
McCarthy’s memo focuses on three items which, he says, members might “wish to factor into your district events” over this summer recess—including a package that deals with the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy matters.
Following the NLRB’s announcement on July 29th of its position that McDonald’s and its franchisees are joint employers, commentators across the spectrum have been opining about this actually means for employers, unions and workers.
This week the AFL-CIO weighed in with its opinions in a post on its blog AFL-CIO NOW. After recounting the background of the developments, in section called “What’s the Big Picture?” the author points out how organized labor intends to take advantage of the Board’s anticipated broadening of the standards for finding joint employer status:
By Peter M. Panken, Steven M. Swirsky, and Adam C. Abrahms
In May, we cautioned employers that the NLRB would be increasing its aggressive pursuit of injunctions under Section 10(j) of the Act to pressure employers in a range of unfair labor practice cases. The Board’s aggression and apparent overreach is clearly revealed in one recent case in which the Board petitioned for and was granted an injunction to end a lockout, only to have the underlying unfair labor practice allegation dismissed eight days later when the Administrative Law Judge who heard the case found that the parties had indeed reached impasse as the employer claimed, and thus, that the lockout was lawful.
The Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) has recently modified the existing pricing guidelines governing subscription to, or transfer of, shares of unlisted Indian companies by, or to, non-residents, and for exit from investment in equity shares with or without optionality clauses of unlisted Indian companies, vide its A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 4 dated July 15, 2014.
In terms of the above circular, henceforth, the issue and transfer of shares of unlisted Indian companies, including compulsorily convertible preference shares and compulsorily convertible debentures with or without optionality clauses, would be at a price worked out as per “any internationally accepted pricing methodology” on arm’s length basis, while ensuring that non-resident investors are not guaranteed any assured exit price on their investments. The investments with optionality clauses will, however, continue to be subject to a lock-in period of 1 (one) year in accordance with the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 86 dated January 9, 2014 (refer our newsletter of January 31, 2014).
A court case over the £42 million residuary estate of the painter Lucian Freud has resulted in its true recipients remaining a closely guarded secret, despite the fact that his will was made public when it was proved at the Probate Registry.
So how was this feat achieved and, for anyone not wanting the world to know to whom they leave their wealth after death, is this a trick worth imitating?
On its face, Freud’s will left his residuary estate (the rest of his assets after specific gifts) to his solicitor and one of his children – the Claimants – seemingly as a personal gift to them. However, the Claimants were adamant that they held residue on the terms of a ‘secret trust’ instead. A secret trust is a trust separate from a will but which impinges on a beneficiary named in a will – the will itself does not reveal that a trust exists but because of an earlier agreement between the will-maker and the recipients during the will-maker’s lifetime, the recipients are regarded in equity as bound to distribute the assets to the intended recipients under the agreement, not to themselves personally.
A majority of states have had tax amnesty programs during the past several years. Amnesty programs generally allow a business to achieve state tax compliance while paying taxes for only a limited number of past years (as opposed to all possible years). As an additional benefit, amnesty programs generally waive all or a portion of the taxpayer’s penalties and/or provide relief from all or a portion of the interest owed on past due taxes. In all, such programs are a great benefit for taxpayers who are not in full compliance with state tax law. However, most amnesty programs are available for a limited period of time. Furthermore, if your business is already under a tax audit, it is often too late to apply for participation in a state’s amnesty program – your business is either stuck with the results of the audit or, if you decide to fight the proposed audit adjustments, the outcome of litigation or negotiation.
It’s a Wondering Wednesday today, and our video looks at some of the sources I look to for content inspiration for blog posts and articles.
For me, it all starts with an editorial calendar.
Tip One: Have an editorial calendar
Before putting together the editorial calendar, first look at what you regularly write about now, and identify what you’d like to continue writing about. This is also a good opportunity to identify what you’d like to write more about.
So far in the “State of the Creative” series, we’ve heard from Chief Creative Officer’s at: Ogilvy & Mather North America, Weber Shandwick, and GREY. This week we continue to examine what it means to be a creative in today’s world…
The increasing prevalence of mobile technology in the healthcare sector continues to create compliance concerns for physician practices and other health care entities. While the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services, has traditionally focused on technology breaches within larger health systems, smaller physician practices and health care entities must also ensure that their policies and practices related to mobile technology do not foster non-compliance and create institutional risk.
Physicians Integrate Mobile Technology Into Daily Practice
Social media is a part of everyone’s daily life. Agencies use a variety of social media channels – such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest – to promote their clients as well as themselves. Companies utilize these platforms to promote their own brands. Additionally, it is often expected – or at least accepted – that employees will communicate in social media and blogs about their jobs. More…
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