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Taxpayers typically incur significant transaction costs when undergoing a transaction involving a restructuring, acquisition, disposition, sale of assets, or sale of stock. The default rule under section 263 is that all transaction costs that...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20 years ago, the hard liquor business was dying and microbreweries were the hottest thing. People may not be aware of it, but for most of the existence of television, the spirit industry had a self-imposed ban on liquor advertising......By: Ary Rosenbaum

Company Improperly Screened and Refused to Hire Applicants Based on Disability, Federal Agency Charged - LOUISVILLE - The Ford Motor Company's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky., will pay up to $537,760 and furnish other relief to resolve a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In Logan v. MGM Grand Detroit Casino, released September 25, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which hears appeals from the federal district courts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, held that employers cannot...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

The new Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019 (the 2019 Planning Act) came into force on 5 August 2019, repealing the Physical Planning Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act). The 2019 Planning Act shall now govern matters relating to planning, use,...By: Dentons

Effective September 29, 2019, Illinois has amended the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 to prohibit employers from inquiring about an applicant’s current or prior salary, wages, benefits, or other compensation and using this salary history to make...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming to theaters this holiday season, I was reminded of one of my favorite Saturday Night Live sketches in recent memory featuring a very special take on Undercover Boss. In the sketch, Kylo Ren goes undercover...By: FordHarrison

A recent Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion should serve as a reminder to Arkansas businesses that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) (the federal governmental agency responsible for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Due to a recent court decision, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has again revised its workplace examination rule, 30 CFR §§ 56.18002, 57.18002, undoing revisions made in 2018 and returning it to its original form as issued in 2017....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

 Retail Giant Refused to Allow Job Applicant to Take Pre-Hiring Physical Assessment Test Due to Obvious Disability, Federal Agency Charged - ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it declined a job applicant the opportunity...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission