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insightIn a consumer class action pending in California, the Ninth Circuit recently vacated a discovery order that would have forced Williams-Sonoma—prior to class certification—to identify all of its California customers who had purchased specific bedding products since January 2012.[1]
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peopleMarc Purintun is the chair of Williams Mullen's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. His practice focuses on the design and implementation of all types of employee benefit programs, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, incentive plans, as well as a variety of welfare benefit arrangements including health, disability, cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements, retiree welfare benefit plans, severance plans and other employee benefit plans.
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insightThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on April 13, 2020, announced an Interim Enforcement Response Plan (Plan) for the coronavirus pandemic.
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insightUnder the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or Act), certain borrowers of loans secured by mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or insured by HUD, may request a temporary forbearance from payment obligations under Section 4023 of the Act.
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insightIn a series of related actions by the IRS designed to provide relief for taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS, under its Code Section 7508A authority, issued Notice 2020-23 (Notice).
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insightOn the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by David Blanchard, of OneDigital, to discuss key considerations for employers contemplating furloughs, layoffs or addressing other leave scenarios and how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act may help.
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insightOn April 9, 2020, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23, announcing that certain additional tax return filing and payment deadlines have been pushed back to July 15, expanding upon relief granted by previous notices issued earlier this year.
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insightOn the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Tom Bergert and Clint Brannon discuss what companies operating in the national security space need to know.
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insightIn a flurry of guidance, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22, Revenue Procedure 2020-24, and Notice 2020-26 providing guidance to taxpayers wanting to elect out of new net operating loss (NOL) carryback rules, to file tentative carryback adjustment applications and to make elections pursuant to Section 163(j). Waiver of NOL Carryback Rules Waiver of Five Year Carryback Period
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insightIt is without question that changes to present-day life caused by the spread of COVID-19 are both material and adverse, in the traditional sense of these words.