The coronavirus outbreak has affected virtually every aspect of normal life and business relations, including operation and administration of employee benefit plans. To assist plan participants and beneficiaries, employers and other plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, and other service providers of […]
In addition to recent guidance allowing Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to reimburse for over-the-counter medications (see our Client Alert), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued IRS Notice 2020-23 as well as frequently asked questions (FAQs) which, in part, describe […]
To permit the execution of important legal documents, while reducing face-to-face exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Governor Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-74. The new Executive Order went into effect on May 5, 2020 at 9:37 p.m. and permits the […]
One of the many changes brought forth under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) includes allowing pre-tax reimbursement of over-the-counter (“OTC”) medications effective January 1, 2020. Specifically, the CARES Act amended Internal Revenue Code (the […]
In response to the rapidly increasing outbreak of COVID-19, on March 24, 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-21, directing Michigan residents to remain at their home or in their place of residence to the maximum extent feasible. Many businesses […]
Issues not typically thought about or discussed are now at the forefront of many people’s minds. During Michigan’s COVID-19 Stay at Home Executive Orders, discussions about life and death are common with friends, family, and loved ones. I recently had […]
On April 22, 2020, with Executive Order 2020-58, Governor Whitmer suspended deadlines applicable to the commencement of all civil and probate actions and proceedings from March 10, 2020 until the end of the declared states of disaster and emergency. The […]
UPDATE: On Monday, April 20, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-54, extending the duration of relief in prior Order 2020-19 through May 15, 2020. With Executive Order 2020-54, Governor Whitmer enacted a “temporary prohibition against entry to premises for […]
Late in February, the Secretary of State’s office advised me that I had to renew my license in person this year. Dreading a visit to the Secretary of State’s office, I decided to wait until closer to my birthday at […]
In Executive Order 2020-46 issued April 13, 2020, Governor Whitmer authorized the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (“Commission”) to offer a licensee a cash buyback of any spirits a licensee ordered from the Commission and received and accepted from an Authorized […]