Estate Planning for Gifting: What’s Taxable?
Gifting is a common estate planning strategy to reduce the taxable estate and minimize estate taxes. However, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) contains provisions that "pull back" certain gifts made...
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Department of Education: Title IX regulations to revert to 2020
On January 31, 2025, in a “Dear Colleague” letter to K-12 and higher education institutions, the Department of Education and Office of Civil Rights announced yet another round of changes...
How trucking companies can avoid higher FMCSA fines
Trucking companies and drivers should be aware that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has raised dozens of fines for violations that cover everything from recordkeeping to commercial driver's license...
CMS Updates to Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance
Last November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo regarding updated guidance for nursing home surveyors, which addressed revisions to the State Operations Manual – Appendix...
PowerSchool breach highlights key area of vulnerability to schools
On Jan. 7, the almost unthinkable happened. PowerSchool, a third-party vendor that provides information management services to school districts, sent out a flurry of emails announcing that the company had...
PA Funeral Board sanctions three, blasts eVitals, and discusses license fee increases
At its meeting in December, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors considered changes to funeral director licenses to make up a substantial budget deficit. When the Pennsylvania Department of...
District court ruling vacates Title IX regulations nationwide: What are your institution’s next steps?
In another large-scale change to the Title IX regulations, a federal court on January 9, 2025 vacated the entirety of the Department of Education’s 2024 Final Rule. The result of...
PA Funeral Board considers new regulations and more mid-Atlantic funeral regulation developments
The past month saw significant developments in death care across the mid-Atlantic. At its Oct. 30 meeting, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors spent several hours discussing draft regulations...
Estate planning law change coming in 2026: What you need to know now
At the start of 2026, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will end, and with it, a major tax savings for affluent individuals will end. The estate and gift tax...
Judge’s ruling blocks and bans minimum salary threshold for OT pay
A Texas federal court has permanently blocked a final rule from the U.S. Department of Labor that had raised the minimum salary threshold to receive mandatory overtime pay through the...