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The Dangers of 'Ban the Box'

Eugene K. Connors & Meghan Offer

To prevent job applicants with criminal records from being automatically rejected, cities and states are considering and already adopting so-called "Ban the Box" laws and ordinances.

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Expanding Fiduciary Exposure Under ERISA

Edward A. Marshall

The same pressure to investigate and disclose fees associated with 401(k) plans is now coming to plan administrators in a different form ' new Department of Labor ("DOL") regulations codified at 29 C.F.R. ' 2550.404a-5.

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IRS: Cell Phone Services Provided to Employees Excludible from Income Image

IRS: Cell Phone Services Provided to Employees Excludible from Income

Christa Bierma & Debera Salam

The IRS has modified its position on the tax treatment of cell phone services that employers provide to employees primarily for noncompensatory business reasons.

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Legal Issues in the Cloud

Andrew L. Goldstein

Increasingly popular, Cloud computing nevertheless raises new and challenging legal issues for both cloud computing users and vendors.

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Demystifying the Proposed Lease Accounting Changes

Barbara E. Schmitt

They" are coming. "They" are the proposed changes to the lease accounting rules. And even if you are not an accountant, you still need to know the broader implications of these changes for leases.

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Statistically Distinguishing Between Active and Passive Appreciation

Ashok Abbott

When divorce occurs, how do matrimonial attorneys deal with division of wealth that exists at the time of filing? Depending on state laws, <i>very contentiously</i>.

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AAML Child Custody Evaluation Standards

Mary Cushing Doherty

The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) has approved the Child Custody Evaluation Standards to provide the guidance that judges, attorneys and families across the country should embrace.

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'Ban the Box' Legislation

Eugene K. Connors & Meghan Offer

Ban the Box" types of legislation, designed to ensure that employers are fair when screening persons who may or may not have criminal records, can unintentionally create impossible hiring decisions and pose huge legal risks for employers.

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Lending to an LLC? Think Twice and Draft Carefully Image

Lending to an LLC? Think Twice and Draft Carefully

Alisa E. Moen

As it stands right now, under Delaware law, present creditors of insolvent LLCs have one less avenue to be made whole.

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A World of Copyright Confusion on the Web Image

A World of Copyright Confusion on the Web

Craig R. Smith

Keeping track of and complying with copyright laws can be difficult, especially for ISPs and social-media companies that provide services to a global market. Many countries have developed specific legislation to help protect such entities from liability relating to the activities of their users. Unfortunately, the laws are not uniform ' or are not interpreted consistently ' and therefore compliance requires knowledge of the nuances among them.

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