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This week the General Assembly of North Carolina provided some relief to developers with active development approvals. Pursuant to Senate Bill 704, signed into law on May 4, 2020 (the "Act"), the expiration of those approvals and related vested...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

On March 25, 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-20 in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The Order generally requires Minnesota citizens to remain in their homes for at least two weeks beginning on...By: Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Trusts & Estates attorney Samantha Heaton explains the serious impact of The SECURE Act on estate planning for retirement accounts. The SECURE Act, signed into law on December 20, 2019, has a serious impact on estate planning for clients’ retirement...By: Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSA"), for decades, has permitted employers to pay some workers a lower minimum hourly wage than would otherwise be due if the workers receive at least a minimum amount per month in the form of customers' tips....By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

Employer sponsors of 403(b) retirement plans have until March 31, 2020, to amend their plan documents to comply with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules stating what provisions must be contained in those documents. The most reliable way to satisfy...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

In December 2019, Congress passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 abbreviated to the SECURE Act. The SECURE Act has many sections and covers many topics. For our purposes, we focus on just a few. Required...By: Pessin Katz Law, P.A.

Filing a bankruptcy petition automatically halts efforts to collect pre-petition debts from the debtor outside of bankruptcy. If a creditor wants to continue a lawsuit against a debtor outside of bankruptcy, repossess collateral, terminate a lease,...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

Hammertime Security is a nationwide cybersecurity firm whose in-house counsel faces a slew of tricky legal problems: - Managers posting unprofessional content on social media - Employees publicly complaining about company working conditions -...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

Only the most notable legislation is addressed in this blog as it would otherwise be entirely too long. Both Congress and South Carolina are entertaining bills pertaining to fair pay and minimum wage. Congress is additionally considering a bill that...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

If you haven’t heard the phrase “OK Boomer” yet, you probably are a boomer – a baby boomer. And if someone said it to you, it was just under their breath. For the uninitiated, the phrase is an ironic, dismissive expression used by younger generations...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.