The United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Windsor, holding that if a couple is married and resides in a state (or province) that allows same sex marriage, then that couple is married for purposes of federal law (including the Internal Revenue Code). A question left unanswered by the Supreme Court in Windsor […]
On July 14, 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated enforcement guidance regarding the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) as they apply to pregnant workers. The EEOC’s guidance discusses a number of issues related to pregnancy discrimination and other pregnancy related issues and provides insight into […]
2010, as part of the Job Creation Act, Congress allowed a surviving spouse to utilize a previously deceased spouse’s unused estate tax exclusion. This planning technique is known as “portability.” In 2012, as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, portability became permanent (or as permanent as any federal statute can be). One of the […]
The federal tax code (the “Code”) offers several benefits (and a few burdens) to married couples. In 1996, the United States Congress passed a statute known as the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). Under DOMA, with respect to any federal statute, a married couple meant a husband and wife; a man married to a woman. […]
Beginning in the 2014 tax year, when a taxpayer’s Adjusted Gross Income (“AGI”) exceeds a threshold amount, the taxpayer will be subject to a 3.8% tax on his or her net investment income. Net investment income includes income from a business in which the taxpayer does not “materially participate.” The section of the Internal Revenue […]
The law firm of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. is pleased to announce that Grant C. Killoran recently was elected by the State Bar of Wisconsin to serve a two-year term as one of its five Delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. The House of Delegates is the policy-making body […]
Earlier this year, we alerted employers when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case involving the President’s appointment of three members to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) without U.S. Senate approval while the U.S. Senate was on break. Today, Thursday, June 26, 2014, the […]
M Magazine (July 2014) just listed its “Leading Lawyers” in the Milwaukee area, and the list includes the following nine attorneys from O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C.: • Jim DeJong (Business) • Pete Faust (Corporate/Incorporation) • Grant Killoran (Health Care) • Dean Laing (Litigation) • Greg Mager (Family) • Patrick McBride (Insurance) • […]
On June 12, 2014, the United States Supreme Court held that funds in an inherited individual retirement account (IRA) are not “retirement funds” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code, and therefore such funds are not exempt from creditor claims in bankruptcy proceedings. Ordinarily, when a debtor files for bankruptcy relief, his or her legal […]
