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Employment Law

Turn the IRS’s Recent Breather on Tips and Overtime Into Actual Money

If your leadership meetings have recently sounded like a collective groan about payroll, tips, overtime, and whatever Congress “fixed” this time, take heart. Not long ago, Treasury and the IRS handed employers something rare: breathing room. Specifically, they announced penalty relief for the new information-reporting requirements on cash tips and

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Employment Law

Taming the Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition Beast

We see you. And we know you’re sweating bullets every time a plaintiff’s lawyer slaps you with a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice. Mostly because real people have no idea what a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice even is – why would you? Think of it like this: you’re being summoned to

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Employment Law

Separation of Powers Shenanigans and Employer Panic

Feeling a little queasy over the ongoing separation of powers drama? A little like you’re trying to build a business on quicksand? You’re not alone. These days, the ever-shifting landscape of legal authority is enough to give anyone a severe case of the “what-ifs.” But fear not, Treaty Oak Legal

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