The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) added major limitations on the deductibility of compensation paid to top executives of companies with publicly-traded securities. The $1 million limit in Code Sec. 162(m) on the deduction of compensation paid...
Heads of National Mediation Board and National Labor Relations Board to Speak at ALI CLE Conference on Labor-Management Relations
The American Law Institute CLE (ALI CLE) has announced Airline and Railroad Labor and Employment Law 2018 will be held on September 27-28, 2018, in Washington, D.C. This highly-rated advanced conference (on...
Practitioners Describe Way Around ‘Black Widow’ Gift Tax Limitation
Wealthy widows and widowers on the lookout for other partners can multiply their estate and gift tax exclusions thanks to taxpayer-friendly regulations that Congress has declined to reverse so far. “Congress was worried about the ‘black widow’ who...
QTIP Trusts Could Allow Big Gifts With Small Costs
Wealthy individuals concerned that the higher estate and gift tax exemptions will disappear in 2026 can use a special trust planning technique to ensure they use up their bonus exclusion amount without giving up much. Those who are interested in...
Incident Management: What Role Does Legal Play?
Barbara D. Andrews of California Academy of Sciences discusses the use of an "Incident Command System" to effectively manage major incidents within an organization. This highlight is part of the on-demand series from the Legal Issues in Museum...
Non-Grantor Trusts May Sneak Services Into Passthrough Deduction
The exclusion of several professional service fields from the benefits of the new pass-through deduction left many professionals dismayed, but non-grantor trusts could help bypass that obstacle. Grantor trusts have been the entity of choice for...
Supreme Court Gives Employers “Epic” Win: Upholding Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements and Rejecting Obama NLRB
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (a companion case to NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA and Ernst & Young v. Morris), the U.S. Supreme Court finally and decisively put to rest the Obama-era NLRB's aggressive contention that the National Labor...
Immigration Regulations Impact
Elena J. Voss of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dan H. Berger of Curran & Berger LLP discuss the recent changes in immigration policy and its potential impact on museums. Voss also discusses drafting exhibition agreements and responsible...
Museums and Technology: Emerging Legal Issues
Jeffrey De Blois of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston discusses an art exhibit, its technology, and the challenges the piece presented to the museum from a curator's perspective. S. Jason Balesta of Massachusetts Institute of Technology...