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The IRS has issued inflation adjustments for certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Of interest to our estate planning clients, the federal estate exemption amount for decedents who die in 2022 has been increased to $12.06 million per individ…
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Last November, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its Emergency Temporary Standard that would require employers with 100 or more employees to implement a mandatory workplace rule that employees either be vaccin…
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When done right, an estate plan can help make certain that a person’s assets will be easily passed on to the correct people after death. Not planning properly may cause family conflict, higher tax burdens, and the excessive time and costs of pr…
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Signed into law on November 15, 2021, the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“the IIJA”) contains various provisions that may be of interest to small businesses and other employers. In a prior article, we advised that the Emplo…
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The legal profession has been a trusted source of conflict prevention and resolution for centuries, with the first attorneys in history dating as far back as Ancient Greece and Rome. But there is a growing group of 21st century computer scientists wh…
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Nine years ago, I wrote a piece for this forum under this same title. Hearing an interview this morning with a representative of the Better Business Bureau on the same subject (updated for 2021), I revisited my old article. My, how things have change…
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There’s an old proverb, “Let the buyer beware.” A recent opinion issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals (Galvan v Poon, Mich App No. 76047, August 19, 2021), however, has turned this time-honored legal principle a bit on its head. In Michigan,…
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Last Thursday, the Biden Administration unveiled its OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard – a detailed set of rules requiring mandatory vaccination, or mask-wearing with weekly COVID tests, for employees of companies with 100 or more workers. The rule…
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How title to real estate is held between owners and the legal consequences of that ownership are common areas of misunderstanding that we work through with clients. There are situations where a property owner believes they know what form of ownership…
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Over 12 million American households adopted a pet during the pandemic. With the increase in pet ownership, more employees may be asking to bring their new companions with them upon return to the office. Do employers have to allow employees to bring t…
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