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Attorney Articles
"Recent Challenges to the Companionship Services
Exemption in the Home Health Industry"
By: Roni Glaser
Roni Glaser, member of Meltzer Lippe's Health Care Department,
explains the history of companionship services exemption in the home health industry
and then discusses the recent challenges it has been presented with.
"Employers: Don't Blow Your Employee's
Covenant Not to Compete!"
By: Loretta M. Gastwirth
Loretta Gastwirth, member of Meltzer Lippe's Litigation
Department, reviews the complexity surrounding employment
contracts.
"Home Health Care: Overview of Federal
and State Regulations"
By: Roni E. Glaser
Roni Glaser, member of Meltzer Lippe's Health Care Department, provides an overview
regulatory schemes affecting health care services provided in the home.
"Why Have A
Will "
By: Irwin Scherago
Irwin Scherago, member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses the reasons for creating a will.
"Popular Estate
Planning Techniques Can Cause Income
Tax Horrors For Real Estate Owners"
By: Stephen M. Breitstone
Stephen M. Breitstone, head of Meltzer Lippe's Tax Group,
discusses the income tax pitfalls that can result from the
use of popular estate planning techniques. He also describes
a technique that can be used to avoid those pitfalls, known
as the preferred partnership freeze.
"Financial Survival
For The Families Of The Missing Victims
Of The World Trade Center/Pentagon Tragedies"
By: Irwin Scherago, Esq
Irwin Scherago, member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses, in layman's terms, the financial
survival for the families of the missing victims of the
World Trade Center/Pentagon Tragedies.
"Declaration of Death
of a Missing Person: Obtaining Preliminary Letters Testamentary
While Waiting for Declaration"
By: Irwin Scherago, Esq
Irwin Scherago, member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses the legalities of financial
survival for the families of the missing victims of the
World Trade Center/Pentagon Tragedies.
"Clean Room Engineering: Fact
or Fiction?"
By: Alan L. Mittman, Esq
Alan Mittman, of counsel to Meltzer Lippe's Litigation Group,
discusses important tips for implementing "clean-room" engineering
procedures, a topic that holds particular relevance for
your ability to successfully develop, produce and distribute
"independently developed" technology products.
"Prop. Regs. Reduce
Many Required Minimum Distributions"
By: Howard Esterces
Howard Esterces, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and
Trusts Group, discusses that those who have already begun
receiving required minimum distributions from IRAs and qualified
plans may be able to reduce their annual withdrawals—thereby
increasing their tax deferral.
Update on Health
Care Privacy Regulations
By: Roni Glaser
Roni Glaser, an associate in Meltzer Lippe's Health Care
Group, discusses regulations issued by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, effective on April 14, 2001,
which are designed to protect the privacy of patients' medical
information.
"Federal Estate Tax Repeal Could
Bankrupt Land Owner's Estates and Heirs"
By: Steve Breitstone
Steve Breitstone, head of Meltzer Lippe's Tax Law Group,
discusses the Estate Tax Repeal Legislation.
"Preventing Inevitable
Disclosure of Internet
Company Trade Secrets"
By: Loretta Gastwirth
Long Island Business News
Friday, November 24, 2000
Loretta Gastwirth, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Litigation
Group discusses the developing body of law known as the
"inevitable disclosure" doctrine.
"Raising Capital
Online"
By: Michael Weiner
Michael Weiner, an associate in Meltzer Lippe's Corporate
and Securities Group, examines that today, companies that
want to raise money have a new option, The Internet.
"Corporate Compliance
in the Health Care Industry"
By: Roni Glaser
Roni Glaser, an associate in Meltzer Lippe's Health Care
Group, explores the Office of the Inspector General's most
recent guidance issued in September 2000, the Compliance
Program Guidance for the Individual and Small Group Physician
Practices.
"Faulty IRA Beneficiary Designations
Explode Estate Plans"
By: Irwin Scherago and Howard Esterces
Irwin Scherago and Howard Esterces are members of Meltzer
Lippe's Estate and Trusts Group. Given the size of the retirement
plans in individual estates, careful planning of beneficiary
designations is essential to assure that the wishes of the
IRA owner or the plan participant are carried out and that
whole classes of beneficiaries are not unintentionally omitted
from sharing in the retirement plan benefits.
"IRS Expands Tax-Free Exchanges
of Real Estate"
By: Steve Breitstone and Marc Finer
Steve Breitstone heads the Tax Group and Marc Finer is an
associate in the group. A look into the tax-free like-kind
exchange treatment under section 1031.
"Beware of Ideas"
By: Loretta Gastwirth
Loretta Gastwirth is a member of Meltzer Lippe's Litigation
Group. She discusses why even listening to a new idea bespeaks
great caution to any business owner lest he/she be accused
of misappropriation.
"Estate Planning for Marriages
(First, Second and Terminating)
and for Unmarried Live Togethers"
By: Irwin Scherago
Irwin Scherago, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses laws of inheritance for non-traditional
relationships.
"Preserving the
Capital Base Mitigating the Estate Tax Mordida"
By: Irwin Scherago
Irwin Scherago, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses protecting your capital.
"Year Round Gift Giving
to Families and Charities"
By: Irwin Scherago
Irwin Scherago is a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and
Trusts Group. He discusses how to properly plan your gift
giving program to your family and to charitable organizations.
"Paying Estate and Gift Taxes
at a Discount"
By: Irwin Scherago
Irwin Scherago, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and Trusts
Group, discusses negotiating the stated rate for estate
or gift taxes.
"SCINs Are Still Useful Tools Despite
Recent Decision"
By: Howard Esterces
Howard Esterces is a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and
Trusts Group. He examines SCINs and compares them to similar
estate planning devices.
"Rights of Surviving
Spouses To Pension Benefits"
By: Howard Esterces
Howard Esterces, a member of Meltzer Lippe's Estate and
Trusts Group, discusses compensation and benefits.
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