Wage and Hour, Partnerships

New Louisiana Employment-Related Laws: Key Takeaways From the 2025 Legislative Session

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/22/2025

Two notable laws affecting Louisiana employers have taken effect this summer, providing expanded antidiscrimination protections for military status and a new exemption to Louisiana’s final pay law for certain types of...more

Tax Alert: Understanding the New Pass-Through Business Deduction Rules Under Code Section 199A

Verrill on 8/28/2018

Due to the significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) at the end of last year, the Department of the Treasury has been very busy issuing guidance and proposed...more

New IRS Proposed 199A Regulations Provide Guidance on 20% Profit Pass-Through Deduction

Burr & Forman on 8/15/2018

On August 8th, the IRS released its much-awaited Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through businesses. The new deduction applies to essentially all types of businesses other than C...more

California Supreme Court Deals Death Blow to Jewel v. Boxer for Hourly Fee Cases in State

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/7/2018

• The California Supreme Court has decided the fate of the unfinished business rule for hourly fee cases in the state with its long-awaited decision in Heller Ehrman LLP v. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. The court held that a...more

The New Section 199A 20% “Profit Deduction” for Pass-Through Businesses: The Undecided Issue of Owner Compensation

Burr & Forman on 2/13/2018

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress is now offering a new 20% deduction for “pass-through” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced under the new law to a flat...more

New Internal Revenue Code Section 199A: The 20% Deduction for “Pass-Thru” Businesses

Burr & Forman on 1/8/2018

Aside from corporate tax reductions, one of the most important aspects of the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act beginning this year is the new 20% deduction for “pass-thru” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With...more

New York City Transit Benefit Requirement Fast Approaching

FordHarrison on 11/5/2015

As most New York City employers know by now, beginning January 1, 2016, the New York Mass Transit Benefits Law (the "ordinance") requires employers with twenty or more full-time employees working in New York City to offer...more

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