Lansing Lawyer Ryan Wilson was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Trusts and Estates.
Most recently,Wilson has successfully settled the case of Schumacher v. McDowell, a case involving a contested will in Ohio. Wilson earned a successful settlement for his client, the VFW National Home for Children, in the lawsuit.
Continue reading Ryan Wilson selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America
Recently, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether an person must receive compensation in order to be considered an “employee” for purposes of meeting the 15-employee threshold for covered employers under Title VII.
One of the many new challenges imposed on employers due to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010 (“Health Care Reform”) is the requirement to report the “aggregate cost of employer-sponsored coverage” on their employees’ Forms W-2. The types of coverage required to be reported and the method to calculate the “aggregate cost” of such coverage were, until recently, unclear.
Continue reading Group Health Plan Form W-2 Reporting: Effective January 1, 2012
One of the many new challenges imposed on employers due to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010 (“Health Care Reform”) is the requirement to report the “aggregate cost of employer-sponsored coverage” on their employees’ Forms W-2. The types of coverage required to be reported and the method to calculate the “aggregate cost” of such coverage were, until recently, unclear.
Continue reading Group Health Plan Form W-2 Reporting: Effective January 1, 2012
Lansing Lawyer Marlaine C. Teahan was selected as one of the The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Trusts and Estates. For nearly three decades, Best Lawyers has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey. Congratulations, Marlaine!
The IRS has recently updated rules relating to donations and transfers to nonprofit organizations by donors and sponsors of donor-advised funds (DAFs). These rules are utilized by donors to assure themselves that their donations are eligible for charitable income tax donation and by DAFs who are required to exercise expenditure responsibility.
Continue reading Nonprofits Beware….There are new rules by the IRS for Donor and Grant Makers
Slow as much as you can but hit it!!!…rather than swerve. I am referring to objects that suddenly appear in the road ahead of a driver. This advice is often given in relation to deer darting out in front of an automobile. Generally speaking, striking a 150 pound deer will cause much less damage and result in significantly less chance of a personal injury than veering or swerving, losing control and striking an object along the side of the road or rolling the vehicle. (I am aware of one such incident where the driver managed to save the deer, but left the traveled portion of the road, struck a tree and broke her back in the subsequent collision. She was off from work for more than a year.)
Client Alert: As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., Health Care Reform), the annual election period that ran from November 15 to December 31st of each year is now changed and runs from October 15 to December 7th of each year.
Continue reading Medicare Part D New Annual Election Period & Revised Model Disclosure Notices
On August 25, 2011 the Michigan Court of Appeals published a final opinion in Richard v. Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C., No. 297353. (The court had previously issued an opinion on August 11, 2011 which it later vacated on August 22, 2011.) The opinion is important because it confirms that Saurman (previously discussed on this blog) is retroactive in nature; however, it limits the application of Saurman by requiring a mortgagor to challenge the foreclosure by advertisement during the foreclosure or eviction proceedings. The court specifically points out that that if the foreclosed property has already been sold to a bona fide purchaser then Saurman does not apply.
Just as our children return to school to acquire the skills, knowledge and experience to enter the job market, so too does Congress and state legislatures return to work to create the environment to stimulate job growth.
