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EEOC Issues “Best Practices” Guidance for Employers

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is the federal agency charged with enforcement of federal discrimination laws such as Title VII and the ADA. Today a Task Force commissioned by the EEOC released an extensive document entitled “Best Practices of Private Sector Employers” outlining its findings and providing significant recommendations for all employers. The 183 page …

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  • Immigration Law

Should You Hire a Dallas Immigration Lawyer

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Immigration to the United States is great, but the question of staying in the country comes up and that can be a bear to figure out.  Immigration laws, are complex and are not easily understood.  Most times, only a trained immigration lawyer will be able to help.  Many people misrepresent themselves, so make sure your …

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  • Tax Law

RETAINER AGREEMENT

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This document sets out the basis on which Millar Wyslobicky Kreklewetz LLP (“MWK” or “we”) will agree to provide services to our clients. Accordingly, if you decide to retain MWK as your legal counsel, our agreement will be as set out below (“our Agreement”). MWK’s Fees for Services Rendered Under our Agreement, we will charge …

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  • Tax Law

Recent Customs & Trade Developments

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  Some of the most significant current developments in customs law have centered on Canada’s customs valuation rules, and range from the newly enacted “purchaser in Canada” regulation, which imposes an additional pre-requisite to using the transaction value method, to the recently decided royalties cases. Royalties Certain royalties and license fees are potentially dutiable under …

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  • Employment and Labor Law

Never Too Young To Sue: New Jersey Affirms Age Discrimination Lawsuits For The Young

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Age discrimination lawsuits are no longer the exclusive preserve of the maturing workforce in New Jersey. This was confirmed by the State’s Supreme Court in the matter of Bergen Commercial v. Bank Sisler, 1999 N.J. LEXIS 58 (Feb. 24, 1999), which held that New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) is broad enough to permit reverse age discrimination cases …

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  • Tax Law

LAWYER BASHING BANNED: NOVEMEBER 2nd, 2001 DECLARED NATIONAL “I LOVE MY LAWYER DAY”

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 Over 100 million Americans could participate in first ever lawyer-lovefest, critics sure to be angered BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, – “Mark your calendars for the first Friday of every November from now on. “National I Love My Lawyer Day” will be one of the most anticipated and talked about days of the year,” said Nader Anise, …

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  • Tax Law

Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege

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   In In re Campbell, 13 Fla. Law W. Fed. B183 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2000), debtor filed an objection to creditor’s motion to compel production of documents filed against debtor’s counsel. Debtor asserted the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product. The Creditor alleged that non-exempt assets were converted to exempt assets with the intent to hinder, delay …

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  • Tax Law

Pension Funds and IRAs

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       1. General Rule – Anti-alienation Provision Section 206(d)(1) of Title I of ERISA (the “anti-alienation provision”) provides that: “[e]ach pension plan shall provide that benefits provided under the plan may not be assigned or alienated.”  The corresponding tax provision is Code §401(a)(13) which provides that  “[a] trust shall not constitute a qualified trust under …

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  • Tax Law

Family Limited Partnerships

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  General  Asset Protection Guidebook As asset protection tools, the limited partnerships really reign supreme. The single greatest proclamation in recent years to my own estate planning clients, is that the limited partnership is without peer in the asset protection area. See Oshins, supra, at p. 43; Mitton, “Asset Protection Guidebook,” p. 13 (1992). In addition to …

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  • Public Law

Public Interest Law

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The Public Interest Law Center renders legal services mainly to organized sectors of Philippine society on legal issues that have a direct or indirect impact on the lives of numerous classes. As a principal mission, PILC is committed towards fighting for actual, tangible, and quantifiable gains for its clients. On a supportive role, PILC realizes …

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