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The public will have an extra month to weigh in on proposed workplace injury and illness recordkeeping rule changes.
Tagged with: OSHA
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Contractors pay a price for OSHA over-reporting
A company could go years without knowing it has recorded more incidents than necessary.
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Read More »More than 122 million returns e-filed in 2013
The Internal Revenue Service reached a milestone for IRS e-file in 2013 with more than 122 million returns electronically filed.
Tagged with: Internal Revenue Service
Read More »New rule in New York allows out-of-state attorneys to offer free services
In-house counsel admitted to practice and in good standing in another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia will be allowed to perform voluntary legal services on behalf of poor and underserved clients.
Tagged with: pro bono
Read More »Prescription drug abuse among lawyers on the rise
Prescription drugs follow alcohol as the most commonly abused substances by lawyers seeking help through state support programs.
Read More »Estate planning approaches fiscal cliff as well
While most discussions about the fiscal cliff seem to focus on how income taxes, capital gains taxes and qualified dividend tax rates may be affected by whatever deal Congress eventually makes (or fails to make), estate and gifts taxes also stand to be affected significantly.
Read More »Lawyers struggle over compensation for nonlawyers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held recently that a law firm could pay a paralegal a percentage of the gross proceeds from cases on which the paralegal worked. The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation had argued that the compensation plan violated the prohibition on sharing legal fees with a nonlawyer. (In re Weigel, 817 N.W.2d 835 (Wis. 2012)).
Read More »Commentary: Can marketing your practice make you happier?
There has been a dramatic shift in how psychologists view happiness. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard and apply ourselves, success will follow. And once we are successful, we’ll be happy.
Read More »ABA adopts policies on technology, law school data
The American Bar Association adopted new ethical guidelines for lawyers regarding online marketing and staying aware of current technology at its annual meeting this month.
Read More »Commentary: Be smart about the social media conversation
Chances are if you’re not already participating in the social media conversation, you’re thinking about it. And if you’re not thinking about it, you should be.
Read More »Few companies report their procedures for data deletion
It’s a chore few people want to do, it seems: delete old data securely. Even though it’s beneficial to a data storage strategy (less data to store means less money needed to store it), and significantly lowers costs if e-discovery becomes an issue, few companies have a consistent deletion plan in place.
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