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On March 19, 2014, a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Tussey v. ABB, Inc., No. 12-2056 (8th Cir. Mar. 19, 2014).  The case came to the Eighth Circuit on an appeal of a decision by the United States District Court for

On February 26, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service published a final regulation clarifying the meaning of “substantial risk of forfeiture” under section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The new guidance will help taxpayers who receive property, other than money, in exchange for services determine when they must recognize the difference between the fair market

In an opinion released earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a self-insured health plan was not entitled to a refund of the nearly $1.7 million it paid to two Wisconsin hospitals for treatment administered to a participant’s newborn child, despite the plan’s ultimately concluding the newborn