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Monthly independent contractor compliance and misclassification news update

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

Nationwide food distribution company reportedly agrees in December 2012 to pay $3.53 million in allegedly unpaid employee benefits to settle proposed class

Splitting foreign tax credits the last three weeks of December

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2010

On December 6, 2010 the IRS released Notice 2010-92, which provides guidance on how to apply the Section 9091 rules on the timing of foreign tax credits that relate to dividends from certain foreign corporations (902 Corporations

April 9, 2011 deadline for compliance with the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2011

Effective April 9, 2011, employers in New York must comply with the Wage Theft Prevention Act, including the notice, recordkeeping and payroll information requirements addressed in detail below

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extends temporarily full exclusion from gross income of gain from qualified small business stock to encourage investment

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) (the Act) to avert certain tax increases set to take

Prepetition post-default rents: who gets the cash Round 2?

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2013

In Prospect Studios, the law firm representing a chapter 11 debtor requested court authority to apply a prepetition retainer to payment of its fees. Since

Hidden due diligence risk in mergers, acquisitions and investments: independent contractor misclassification oftentimes overlooked by private equity firms, hedge funds and other investors

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Many due diligence reviews in mergers, acquisitions and investments have ignored the issue of independent contractor (IC) misclassification liability

Beginning in 2012, new 3 percent withholding applies to Medicare payments

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2010

In an attempt to address tax non-compliance, Congress amended the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) to require withholding of 3 percent from payments made by governmental agencies in the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005

Saf(er) practice: social networking tips for physicians

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 2010

Social networking can provide many benefits for physicians: information sharing in the health professional community and in the patient community, transparency, education, community building, marketing and networking of physician practices, to list a few

Michigan governor signs Part 201 reform package

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2010

On December 14, 2010, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed a series of bills reforming the State of Michigan's environmental cleanup program, Part 201 of Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (Part 201

2011 a year of sustainability regulatory actions?

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2011

A recent benchmark survey of corporate sustainability programs, the first of its kind, identified nine major components: energy conservation, renewable energy purchases, LEED building construction, greenhouse gas emissions, production and transportation, supply-chain accountability, product stewardship, solid-waste conservation, and water conservation