Taxpayer Help From The IRS

The IRS reminds taxpayers they have a variety of options to get help filing and preparing their tax return on IRS.gov, the official IRS website. Taxpayers can find answers to their tax questions and resolve tax issues online. The Let Us Help You page helps answer most tax questions, a...
January 31, 2018

Capehart Scatchard Admits Four New Shareholders

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that four attorneys were admitted as shareholders to the 141 year old law firm.  The new shareholders at Capehart Scatchard are: Karen E. Gibson – Workers’ Compensation Department John R. Hewlett – Litigation Department John W. Pszw...
January 29, 2018

Compulsion Versus Permission in Workers’ Compensation

“If you require it, you buy it.”  So said the Honorable Ray A. Farrington, former Supervising Judge of Compensation in Hackensack in reference to situations where an employer required an employee to perform a task that would otherwise be clearly not work related.  The concept of compu...
January 26, 2018

Getting an Income Tax Refund in 2018

TAXPAYER HELP FROM THE IRS The IRS reminds taxpayers they have a variety of options to get help filing and preparing their tax return on IRS.gov, the official IRS website. Taxpayers can find answers to their tax questions and resolve tax issues online. The Let Us Help You page helps...
January 24, 2018

Cadillac Tax on Health Care Plans Delayed Again

By: Robert A. Muccilli, Esq. Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. In the context of labor negotiations, health benefits is an important issue to both sides of the bargaining table. On January 22, 2018, Congress passed and the President signed into law a two-year delay on the Affordable...
January 24, 2018

Appellate Division Expands Right to Electronically Stored Information Under OPRA

In June 2017, the New Jersey Supreme Court in Paff v. Galloway Township expanded the scope of the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) to require public entities to produce information relating to the “sender,” “recipient,” “date,” and “subject” of emails even if that means the agency wou...
January 23, 2018

New “One Room” Law Eases Restrictions on Surgical Practices In NJ

On January 12, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature signed the “One Room” bill (A-4995/S-278) into law. The “One Room” law is set to bring much needed relief to surgical facilities in the State of New Jersey. Under the new law, surgical practices may apply for licensure as ambulatory care...
January 22, 2018
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