Newsletter Article Highlights: IRS Announces Employee Benefit Plan Limits What You Need to Know About Letters of Intent in Commercial Leases Understanding Medication as an Alternative to Litigation Executive Order Affirms Commitment to Repeal the ACA Creditors, Predators, and Divorcing Spouses Are Why Having a Trust May Be Better Than a Will Proud to Be […]
Within hours of being sworn in on Friday, January 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order (the Order), that affirmed the administration’s policy of seeking “the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Order, however, neither specifically mentions employers nor has any immediate impact on employers’ obligations under the ACA. It is […]
Two of Steve Slawinski’s recent victories before the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit were featured in an article published in the December, 2016 issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer titled “Top 9 Recent Wisconsin Federal Court Decisions.” The article discussed the importance of these court decisions in the areas of Wisconsin contract […]
In the spirit of the holiday season the attorneys and staff at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing decided to do something special this year. We brought gifts to our firm Christmas Party to be donated to the local Ronald McDonald House, and quite a pile of gifts was indeed donated. We had the opportunity, […]
U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers, for the seventh consecutive year, announced the “Best Law Firms” rankings. O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. has been ranked in the 2017 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list in 13 practice areas: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law […]
Be Aware: Current Phishing Email is Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication As many HIPAA covered entities and their business associates are aware, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) division of the United States Department Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has begun a second-round of audits to examine compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security and […]
Each year, Super Lawyers surveys the State’s attorneys and judges, seeking the State’s top attorneys. The lists for 2016 were just published and, once again, a large number of our attorneys are included thereon. Dean Laing was named one of the Top 10 attorneys in Wisconsin for the second time. He was also named one […]
The Internal Revenue Service recently published the cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits under various employer-sponsored retirement and health plans for 2017. The majority of the dollar limits are either unchanged or will increase only slightly. Employer-sponsors of benefit plans should update payroll and plan administration systems for the 2017 limits and ensure that any […]
The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final overtime rule (the Final Rule) takes effect December 1, 2016. As described in our prior post, the cumulative effect of the Final Rule will be to significantly expand the categories of employees eligible for overtime protection. As part of preparing to comply with the new wage and hour law, […]
Earlier this month, OCHDL proudly sponsored a charitable event at the Wisconsin Club, downtown Milwaukee, in honor of Catholic Relief Services; the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The event had many influential guests in attendance, including Archbishop Listecki, Dr. Carolyn Woo, CEO and President of CRS, and Coach […]
