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Read Delete: The World’s Most Liveable Cities
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantThe World’s Most Liveable Cities Each year, The Economist publishes a ranking of the cities with the best living conditions. In 2022, the list was influenced not only by the Covid-19 pandemic but also the war in Ukraine, with Kyiv being removed from the survey and both Moscow…
Marriage on the Rocks: Prenups- The Good, the Bad, the Funny
Rachel Mech and Emily Shank talk prenups – the good, the bad, and the funny. Emily Shank, who is featured in this video, is no longer affiliated with Offit Kurman.
Wage Deductions: When Can You Make Them?
While wage deductions can effectively recoup costs and losses from an employee, deductions from wages are heavily regulated, and contractors should proceed with caution when making these deductions. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law governing most contractors nationwide, wage deductions for items considered primarily for the benefit or convenience of the employer…
13 Things You Need to Know About Parent Coordinators, Particularly If You Are Involved in a High Conflict Custody Case
After a long struggle with the other parent over custody of the children, involving protracted litigation, repeated trips to the courthouse and mounting legal fees and costs, a custody order is entered by the court. It contains detailed provisions regarding the physical and legal custody granted to the parties. You begin thinking that the conflict…
The Turning Tide: How Americans Currently View the Supreme Court
Not too shocking: about half of Americans’ ratings of the Supreme Court are now as negative as – and more politically polarized than – at any point in three decades. According to the Pew Research Center’s report published September 1, the share of Democrats or Democrat-leaning participants who say they have a favorable opinion of…
Don’t Let Vendor Standard Contract Terms Hurt You; You Have Negotiating Power!
Situation: You’re a busy practice; you’re presented with a vendor’s standard contract with standard terms and conditions to sign for services to your practice software that submits your insurance claims. Who has time to read all of that information, especially the small, 8-font type?! You sign the vendor’s contract. As part of standard licensing…
OK at Work: Phantom Equity
This week on OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss the use of a phantom equity plan to incentivize employees. Phantom equity, as the name implies, is not actually equity in the business but rather a form of incentive compensation that mirrors what it would look like if the employee had some equity…
Read Delete: Where Employers Struggle to Fill Open Positions
Where Employers Struggle to Fill Open Positions The Great Resignation may have eased up a little in recent months, but with job openings near record levels, historically few layoffs and millions of Americans still quitting their jobs voluntarily each month, the balance of power in the U.S. labor market remains tilted towards the workers. In July, the…
Splintering Door Frames (Almost) as U.S. Marshals Enforce Order of the Bankruptcy Court
Last month, Jim Hoffman of Offit Kurman, P.A., Counsel to Cheryl E. Rose, a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee, accompanied the U.S. Marshals and the Prince George’s County Police to the home of an uncooperative debtor to enforce a Bankruptcy Court order to seize his computers, computer equipment, books, records and other items that may assist…
Divorce Papers: How to Serve Your Spouse Most Effectively
If you are considering divorce, one of the most important steps to give some careful thought to how to best handle is how to serve your spouse with your divorce papers. There’s been a lot of news lately about how actor Jason Sudeikis served his former fiancée, actress Olivia Wilde, with child custody case papers….
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