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Asset Protection Trusts: Expensive for You, Cheap for Your Children
December 2, 2019 By Joseph Price Jr. What if you were able to set up a trust, contribute assets to it, maintain some control over the assets and thumb your nose at any creditor who tried to seize them to satisfy a debt that you owed? You can certainly try to do that...
Can the Senate Save Stretch IRAs?
November 18, 2019 Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, P.C. Shareholder and Director Joe Price authored an article for the October 2019 issue of Ingram’s on Stretch IRAs, the method for creating them and their tax benefits. Stretch IRAs are in danger of...
Changes to Missouri Discovery Rules Offer More Clarity to Litigators
November 8, 2019 By Leslie Boe This summer brought noteworthy changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure for Missouri litigators. Effective August 28, 2019, amendments to the Rules limit the scope of discovery, address electronically stored information (ESI) for the...
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages
November 4, 2019 Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, P.C. Director John Wilcox and Associate Ben Stringer authored an article for the October 2019 issue of The Transportation Lawyer, an exclusive resource for Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)...
The Stretch IRA is dead! Wait a minute; I think I see signs of life.
By H. Joseph Price Jr. September 27, 2019 What is the meaning of that cumbersome title? I’ll get to that in a minute. But first, let’s talk about what a shame it would be if the “Stretch IRA” is really dead, especially since it was (likely) going to provide a very...
DOL Sets New Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees
By Anne Baggott September 26, 2019 Employees who make less than $35,568 per year are now eligible for overtime pay under a final rule issued recently by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The new rate will take effect January 1, 2020. The new rule will increase the...
DOL Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers
DOL Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck DriversAugust 19, 2019 By Anne Baggott The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an Opinion Letter that withdrew several previous opinion letters regarding transportation...
DOL Issues New Proposed Overtime Rule
DOL Issues New Proposed Overtime Rule By Anne Baggott The Department of Labor recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that increased the salary level necessary for employees to be properly classified as exempt from overtime. The proposed rule increases the...
New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira: Independent Contractors Now Exempted Under the Federal Arbitration Act
New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira: Independent Contractors Now Exempted Under the Federal Arbitration Act By: Anne E. Baggott and Benjamin J. Stringer The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a case with important implications for the transportation industry, New Prime, Inc....
Employers Should Use New FCRA Disclosure Notice
Employers Should Use New FCRA Disclosure Notice By: Anne E. Baggott Employers should immediately begin using a revised Fair Credit Reporting Act notice form to applicants during the adverse-action process. Failure to use the updated form, or a substantially similar...
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