Metz Lewis strongly recommends that if any parent has children age 18 or older who are not married, they should get their children to sign a Medical Power of Attorney (POA) so that a healthcare [...]
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the basic exclusion amount (BEA) for estate and gift tax purposes from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 which, after allowing for inflation adjustments, [...]
A little-known planning technique may provide assistance to individuals with disabilities (the onset of disability must have occurred before turning age 26). In 2018, total contributions up to [...]
Like non-convertible, double-dip participating preferred stock, convertible, double-dip participating preferred stock has a fixed, accruing dividend and a senior liquidation preference pursuant [...]
Recent legal trends raised the likelihood that merchants will pass on their credit card transaction fees – that is, the fee that credit card providers charge merchants to process a credit card [...]
Convertible, conventional participating preferred stock entitles the preferred shareholder to receive the greater of (a) the senior liquidation preference pursuant to which the preferred [...]
This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules changing the standard used for claim construction in AIA proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPR), [...]
Last year the Pennsylvania legislature enacted House Bill 542 which changed Pennsylvania state sales tax law requirements for out-of-state vendors selling into the Commonwealth. The bill revised [...]
The House Ways and Means Committee is considering retirement plan changes. Retirement issues aren’t unpopular with the Democratic minority in the Senate. The retirement provisions can be [...]
For the first time ever, a Delaware court has found that a target company has experienced a “material adverse effect” sufficient to allow the purchaser to terminate the purchase agreement. On [...]
