The I.R.S. has recently issued additional guidance on the consequences of employers failing to provide health insurance coverage to employees. Generally, an employer may reimburse employees’ for substantiated premiums paid by an employee for non-employer-sponsored hospital and medical insurance. In such instances, the payments are excluded from the employee’s gross income. These arrangements are often referred to...Read More
The Spring 2014 issue of the KDDK Advantage Newsletter, which provides timely legal information on a wide range of topics of interest to KDDK clients, is now available. Click to download PDF version» Would you like to receive news and information from KDDK in the future? Sign up now! 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Read More
Congratulations to Brian P. Williams, a Co-Managing Partner at Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK), who is being formally elected President of the Central Region of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) at the 2014 BSA National Annual Meeting, which is being held May 22nd and 23rd in Nashville, Tenn. Brian has made a...Read More
Security and value – win/win objectives sought by both sellers and buyers in negotiating supplier documents. Where pursuit of these objectives is sincere, one finds healthy supplier/purchaser relationships. Long-term profitability more often follows. This is rarely more apparent than in this week’s business news. Pharma leader Eli Lilly was reportedly just hit with a $6...Read More
We recently blogged in this space about a pair of Federal Claims decisions that sided with an owner and denied a design/build contractor’s (Metcalf Construction Company) $27,000,000 claim for increased construction costs. The main focus of these cases involved the duty of a design/build contractor to independently investigate soil conditions on a project. The trial...Read More
Suppliers and customers often pay little attention to the general terms and conditions of sale – the “boilerplate” – found in supply contracts and other business forms. But if a dispute arises between the parties, these terms and conditions are critical in determining your rights and a business’s liability exposure. In this FREE seminar, KDDK...Read More
When parties to a construction project find themselves in a disagreement, there are several options to resolve the dispute. These include: (1) informal settlement discussions (often with “high level” executives); (2) turning the dispute over to an “initial decision maker” (often identified in the contract as the architect, project engineer or construction manager); or (3)...Read More
