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Two New Procedural Wrinkles That May Disincentivize Challenges to Federal Policies

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The first weeks of the Trump Administration have been defined by executive orders and new policies that were immediately challenged on constitutional or statutory grounds....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Suing A Former Employee Under An NDA Has Substantial Risks… Even If You’re Donald Trump

In what appears to be the largest attorney fee award against a political campaign or president, an arbitrator ordered Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. to pay $1.3 million in legal fees and $17,300 in costs to former White...more

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California Gets A New AG | $188.6 Million Surgical Mesh Settlement | Keystone Pipeline Litigation

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State AGs in the News- Governor Newsom Nominates Rob Bonta for California Attorney General- •Governor Gavin Newsom nominated California Assemblyman Rob Bonta to replace Xavier Becerra as California AG. Bonta’s...more

Perkins Coie

New Tax Bill Eliminates Deductibility of Confidential Sexual Harassment Settlements

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Although business-related settlement payments (and attorneys’ fees) are generally tax-deductible, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) restricts an employer’s ability to obtain tax deductions for settlements of sexual...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Reform Impacts Confidentiality in Sexual Harassment Settlements

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The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) contains a largely unnoticed provision worth the attention of human resources professionals and legal counsel who draft and implement settlement agreements and releases of...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Tax Reform Act Denies Deductions for Some Sexual Harassment Settlements

In a little-noticed provision buried deep inside the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (signed into law on Dec. 22) is the following “denial of deduction”: “Payments related to sexual harassment and sexual abuse – No deduction...more

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Tax Reform Law Includes Paid Leave, Sexual Harassment Settlement Provisions

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), passed by Congress on December 20 and expected to be signed into law by President Trump in the coming days, contains several provisions that will directly impact employers and workplace...more

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