In a surprise decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has declined to assert jurisdiction over the representation petition filed by the Northwestern University football players. This means that the petition will be dismissed without the Board making a decision on whether or not the scholarship athletes are statutory “employees.” In March of...Read More
The IRS is expected to issue regulations this fall that will substantially limit the use of family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies. These entities are often used as a method to gift assets to children and other family members at discounted values, often as much as 40%. It appears that the regulations will...Read More
KDDK’s landline phone service has been impacted by the major outage affecting AT&T customers from coast to coast. Many KDDK attorneys have AT&T mobile phone service and are therefore also unavailable via cell phone. Fortunately, our email system has not been affected and remains fully operational. If you are unable to reach your KDDK attorney...Read More
The expanded definition of the “Waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) as published in the Federal Register June 29, 2015, will become effective on August 28, 2015. Per EPA, this new rule is in response to the Supreme Court opinions regarding Clean Water Act jurisdiction, and is intended to provide clarity as to which waters are...Read More
When purchasing a business, buyers often prefer that the transaction be structured as an asset purchase rather than a stock purchase. In a stock purchase, the buyer purchases the target company as an entity, and therefore assumes the seller’s liabilities, since the company being acquired retains all of its liabilities as a matter of law....Read More
(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) – July 28, 2015 – Steven S. Hoar, a civil litigator at Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK), has been elected president of the Evansville Bar Association. Hoar primarily handles contract, construction, manufacturing, corporate, financial services, real estate, and creditors’ rights disputes through state and federal courts, as well as arbitration. He...Read More
On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet. Under the MOU, the agencies may share information and coordinate enforcement of federal and state laws and regulations regarding classification of workers. In addition to Kentucky, the DOL has...Read More
Last Thursday, the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 in favor of the defendants in the case of King v. Burwell. In that case, the petitioners argued that the words, “an exchange established by the state” in the Affordable Care Act meant that only Americans purchasing health care coverage from a State-run exchange (such as...Read More
When purchasing a business, buyers often prefer that the transaction be structured as an asset purchase rather than a stock purchase. In a stock purchase, the buyer purchases the target company as an entity, and therefore assumes the seller’s liabilities, since the company being acquired retains all of its liabilities as a matter of law....Read More
