Publications Archive

What changes did the House Ways and Means Committee have to the original version of the Tax Cuts and Job Act? What are the policy highlights from the Senate Finance Committee? Our latest update ...

The House of Representatives unveiled their Tax Reform Bill on November 2, a major step towards tax reform. The Reform Bill will go back to the Ways and Means Committee for editing before it is ...

Good news for family businesses: in a report issued on October 2, 2017, the Treasury Department recommended the withdrawal of previously proposed 2704 regulations. These regulations could ...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII") is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and ...

Tax reform is once again at the forefront of the Washington D.C. political agenda.  On September 27, 2017, the framework was released that will serve as the blueprint that the Whitehouse and GOP ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine recently published a supplement on law firms and Mike Hupp, President of Koley Jessen and Head of M&A, provided insight on trends he has seen in the ...

This is a survey of certain key deal terms in private equity co-investments made by limited partners in lower middle market transactions. Our review of lower middle market transactions ...

The impact of the controversial “waters of the United States” or “WOTUS” rule is very significant to many business sectors because any water body that falls under the jurisdiction of ...

What do buyers need to know about Representations and Warranties Insurance ("RWI")? Koley Jessen attorneys provide a practical guide to the RWI process to help buyers understand what to ...

Although several bills have been introduced in recent months to reform various aspects of the immigration system, Congress has yet to pass any of the bills. Nevertheless, there have been a ...

As of August 1, 2017, the Occupational and Safety Health Administration’s (OSHA) new electronic injury tracking portal (the “Injury Tracking Application” or “ITA”) is ...

The VETS-4212 filing season is open from August 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017.

Although there is still no current mandatory sick leave law at the federal level, interest at the state and local levels continues to grow.

Many business owners and human resources professionals have been waiting (perhaps not so patiently) to understand how the Trump Administration would address the regulations implemented ...

The Department of Labor announced on June 27, 2017, it will resume the issuance of Wage and Hour Opinion Letters which are written responses to questions presented by employers and employees ...

If it seems like you’ve heard this before . . . you have! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has released a revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility ...

Now is a great time for employers to take a look at their SPDs to make sure they are in full compliance with the current regulations.

Under ERISA, an employer that provides health and welfare benefits to its employees, such as medical insurance or other types of coverage, is considered to have established an "employee ...

The sun has set on President Trump’s first “100 days” as the President of the United States. This initial period of Mr. Trump’s presidency produced a flurry of actions and executive ...

As many are well-aware, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) suspended the availability of premium processing for H-1B petitions effective as of April 1, 2017. It ...

President Trump’s recently released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018), titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” includes ...

On June 7, 2017, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of the DOL’s 2015 guidance on employee / independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor ...

Last week the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Although at this point it is just a bill and not the law, the House bill provides insights into what the future ...

Claims processing for health care and disability plans is a routine administrative task that is often taken for granted. If the employer has a fully insured plan, the insurer handles claims ...

In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, employers across the United States spend countless resources each year at­tempting to set themselves apart and claim their share of ...

With the beginning of a new year and a new Presidential ad­ministration, it was a fair statement to say that change was com­ing for employers in 2017. Would the Affordable Care Act be ...

We have entered round two of the bout between President Trump’s administration and various challengers over the legality of the President’s Executive Order titled “Protecting the ...

As employers are well aware, the Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B cap season is in full gear. In order to be considered for one of the 85,000 coveted H-1B visas, employers must file their H-1B cap petitions ...

President Trump has directed the Secretary of Labor to re-examine the Department of Labor’s final so-called “Fiduciary Rule” to determine whether it “may adversely affect the ...

On Friday, January 27th, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” Two days earlier, on Wednesday ...

Now that President Trump’s first 100 days in office has begun and his administration turns to policy and legal decisions. President Trump has stated that he plans to cut “regulations by 75 ...

On January 13, 2017, the United States Supreme Court granted a request to address the question of whether employers could contractually require employees to waive the right to bring ...

Many of our clients have reported major increases in Douglas County’s preliminary 2017 property valuations. Diane Battiato, who heads the Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds ...

As has been widely reported, on Friday President Trump issued an executive order directing that federal agencies “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any ...

On January 19, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) pre-merger ...

Historically, Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) enforcement regarding misclassifying partners as employees has been relatively lax. Recent guidance focused on this issue, however ...

This article written by John L. Rudy (Senior Counsel at Deere & Company) and Anshu Pasricha (Shareholder at Koley Jessen) addresses the continuing trend of expanding enforcement of the ...

As employers are well aware, the Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. A revised Form I-9, dated ...

On December 13, 2016, President Obama singed the 21st Century Cures Act into effect that provides welcome relief to small employers concerning health reimbursement arrangements. As ...

In a stunning development, a federal district court in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction blocking implementation of the new salary basis rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

In a similar development to the DOL’s salary basis rule, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas also issued a nationwide injunction halting implementation of certain ...

In our June 2016 NewsFlash, we reported on OSHA’s Final Rule published May 11, 2016 titled "Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses." One of the provisions that has caused ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court recently issued an important, taxpayer favorable ruling in Stewart v. Nebraska Dept. of Rev.[1] In Stewart, the court ruled that the federal “economic ...

When doing sophisticated estate and wealth transfer planning for a high net worth client, there may be no more effective weapon in the estate planner’s arsenal than the “grantor ...

For employers, the cost of noncompliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") has always been high, but it just got higher as a result of recent adjustments for inflation. In the ...