ThomsonReuters

APRIL 1, 2021

Torres v. Starbucks Corp., 2021 WL 964219 (M.D. Fla. 2021). An employee and another employee’s spouse sued the employer in this case in a proposed class action lawsuit, seeking damages and an injunction because the employer provided them deficient COBRA election notices. The employer filed a motion to compel arbitration, arguing that the lawsuit violated agreements that required individual arbitration of claims arising from the employer’s group health plan.

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Compliance 98

Quantive

APRIL 1, 2021

We get it, it’s daunting. Especially if it’s your first time getting a business valuation. With a quick search on Google, you can probably figure out how to get one. However, the even bigger question Google fails to answer is – What does the process look like? Quantive answers this question by running a tight valuation process to ensure a high-quality result.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 1, 2021

QUESTION: One of our employees just lost her coverage under our dental plan when she went from full-time to part-time. Can she pay her COBRA premiums on a pre-tax basis through our cafeteria plan? ANSWER: Assuming she is still eligible to participate in the cafeteria plan as a part-time employee, your employee can pay COBRA premiums on a pre-tax basis.

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Compliance 95

The Mentor Group

APRIL 1, 2021

The intellectual property called Right of Publicity (RP), is also known as “Name and Likeness” “Persona,” and “Personality Rights.” Any and all of these terms encompass the right of an individual to control the commercial use of his name, image, likeness, or any aspect of one’s identity. Usually considered a property right, it can survive one’s death, depending upon the jurisdiction.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 1, 2021

IRS Notice 2021-21 (Mar. 29, 2021); IRS News Release IR-2021-67 (Mar. 29, 2021). Notice. News Release. In response to the continuing COVID-19 emergency, the IRS has offered deadline relief for 2020 federal income tax returns that also extends the deadline for 2020 contributions to HSAs, IRAs, and certain other accounts. In addition, the relief extends the time for filing and furnishing certain retirement-related forms.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

As Bitcoin gains increasing traction since its inception 11 years ago, we begin to question whether it will slowly replace traditional dollar funding in M&A deals. Whether Bitcoin will be used to fund large M&A deals will likely depend on its ability to stabilize in value. One of the most common concerns of using Bitcoin as a source of deal funding is its propensity to fluctuate in value.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 1, 2021

Atkins v. CB&I, L.L.C., 2021 WL 1085807 (5th Cir. 2021). Available at [link]. An employer promised to pay construction project employees a 5% bonus for working until completion of their assigned tasks on the project. Several employees who quit early, and thus did not receive the bonus, sued in state court, claiming that the bonus arrangement violated a state wage law.

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