Tag Archives: Costly

Reviewing Compensation Arrangements for Employees Subject to U.S. Income Tax Before Year-End Could Avoid Costly Tax Penalties

We have written about this in the past [here], but the message bears repeating each year. It is easy to overlook that employment agreements, change-in-control agreements, and severance agreements with U.S. taxpayers frequently contain provisions that subject them to U.S. Internal … Continue reading

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Avoid Costly Mistakes When Filing SBA Size Appeals to SBA OHA 13 CFR 134.314

Your small business may at some point receive an adverse small business size determination from the SBA. Since so much is at stake, your immediate reaction would be to file a U.S. Small Business Administration – SBA size appeal to … Continue reading

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Is ePHI Encryption Required? The Failure to Properly Protect ePHI Can be Quite Costly.

Is ePHI Encryption Required? The Failure to Properly Protect ePHI Can be Quite Costly.(June 27, 2018):  Violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are without a doubt very serious and the failure to utilize ePHI encryption can be … Continue reading

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Watch Out Employers – Sexual Harassment is Costly: Female Employee Awarded Notice, Moral Damages and Human Rights Damages

  The Ontario Court of Appeal in Doyle v. Zochem Inc. affirmed a Superior Court of Justice decision to award $60,000 in moral damages plus $25,000.00 for human rights violations on top of notice to a woman who endured sexual … Continue reading

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GUEST BLOG: Bad Behavior in eDiscovery is still very costly!

  My Guest Blogger Melinda F. Levitt is a partner and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Melinda’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, and has developed in-depth experience in complex electronic discovery matters and regularly publishes and speaks … Continue reading

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