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News about severe financial difficulties at the Brattleboro Retreat quickly spread throughout the State House this week, and just as quickly legislators rallied to throw their support behind the venerable institution....By: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Equity compensation can be different in LLCs and corporations. LLCs have the benefit of using a special equity compensation tool called a “profits interest.” Unlike a traditional stock option, which represents a right to buy into the company at a...By: Hutchison PLLC

Join the HUBZone Council as They Celebrate Their 20th Anniversary - On January 17, 2020, the HUBZone Contractors National Council will be hosting its first EVER HUBZone Industry Awards Gala in Baltimore, MD, at Morgan State University with a...By: PilieroMazza PLLC

Tax-exempt employers that sponsor or offer Internal Revenue Code Section 403(b) plans (including non-ERISA plans) have until March 31, 2020 to complete the amendment and restatement of those plans....By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

On December 19, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) held that employers can require employees to keep internal investigations confidential during the pendency of the investigations. This decision, Apogee Retail d/b/a Unique Thrift...By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

It hasn’t been a good few weeks for unions. First, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” depicted the history of corruption and mafia ties within organized labor. As one historical correction, the scene in which Jimmy Hoffa is convicted should have been...By: Miller & Martin PLLC

On Thursday, December 19, 2019, the Senate voted in favor of an omnibus spending bill that includes some of the most significant retirement reform to take place in more than a decade. This reform comes in the form of the Setting Every Community Up...By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for public comment until December...By: Harris Beach PLLC

On December 23, the National Labor Relations Board reversed its 2014 decision in Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co, Inc., and reinstated the legal standard for deferring to the arbitration process that had existed prior to the Babcock decision....By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") is expected to rewrite its rules protecting employees who violate employers' policies when they use profane, racist or sexist language. In September, the NLRB requested public comment on whether it should...By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC