October 17, 2016

Who Needs Halloween to be Frightened?: Politics and Sexual Harassment

I come to you this beautiful October day with three scary topics you should likely avoid at any dinner party.  However, as an employment lawyer and breast cancer survivor, I'm going to tackle all of them:  Politics, sexual harassment and cancer.  I'll...

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September 29, 2016

Employment Law: Knowing When a Bonus Must Be Included In Overtime Pay

Everyone likes a bonus, right? Employees enjoy receiving them, for obvious reasons, and employers use them as a means of rewarding employee achievements and increasing morale. But while paying employees a bonus can seem like a relatively straightforward...

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September 1, 2016

EEOC Issues New Retaliation Guidance

As the mother of an 11 year old and an 8 year old, I witness retaliation on a regular basis. Case in point:  This morning at my house. Let me set the stage. Our elderly orange longhaired cat woke both my husband and I up at 4:53 a.m. (as my husband yelled, 7...

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August 17, 2016

IRS’s Proposed Regulations Heighten Need for Business Succession Planning in 2016

For many years owners of family-controlled businesses have been able to value transfers (during life by gift, sale or part sale/part gift, or at death) of business interests (e.g. stock in a corporation or membership interests in a limited liability company...

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August 14, 2016

Doris Loomis Elected Chairperson of the Givens Board of Directors

Doris Loomis was elected Chairperson of the Givens Board of Directors in July 2016. Doris’ relationship with Givens began as an attorney with McGuire, Wood & Bissette in the 1980s and steadily grew during her service on the Board for the past ten...

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