Labor and employment law attorneys may not normally think of severance pay as "deferred compensation." Yet that is the position the Internal Revenue Service has taken in its proposed regulations un
On September 29, 2006, the National Labor Relations Board issued decisions in Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 348 NLRB No. 37 and two companion cases responding to NLRB v.
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments regarding an employee’s appeal from the Eleventh Circuit’s decision limiting her right to challenge disparate pay decisions to those occurring within the
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC is pleased to announce that 13 of its lawyers have been selected for the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The attorneys named are:
The federal estate tax law provides an exemption from federal estate tax for each individual in the amount of $2 million through 2008. This amount will increase to $3.5 million in 2009.
The federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) requires that health care entities which receive $5 million or more annually in payments under the Medicaid program must provide information to employees and
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
OIG's Open Letter to Providers: Did you know that the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) released an Open Letter to health care provid
On May 2, 2006, a patient rights group, the Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs (the Alliance), won the right to pursue its case against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In December of 2004, the Maryland General Assembly enacted legislation aimed at relieving physicians and certified mid-wives from the spiraling costs of professional liability insurance.
