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Workplace Policies Concerning Hairstyles Can Be Discrimination Many employers have dress code workplace policies relating to what employees can and cannot wear while working.  Sometimes, these policies may include references to types of hairstyles that employees are or are not permitted to wear while working.  Oftentimes, dress code and/or grooming policies have prohibited certain hairstyles […]

Estate Planning: The Rise In Prenuptial Agreements In prior newsletters, we have discussed prenuptial agreements in the context of being a useful tool in estate planning and safeguarding your child’s future inheritance. On the average, the length of a marriage in the United States is seven to eight years with a divorce rate for the […]

BUSINESS LAW CANNABIS TESTING OF EMPLOYEES With cannabis becoming legal in many states, both recreationally and/or medically, and the Federal Government seeming more and more likely to decriminalize it, many employers are asking our attorneys how to proceed with the drug testing of employees for cannabis use. Generally speaking, drug testing by employers is controlled […]

Estate Planning Strategies for School Tuition With school tuition continually spiraling further and further out of control and college loan indebtedness continually hampering more and more young adults for decades after graduation, parents and grandparents may wonder how they can help lighten the financial burden on their children/grandchildren. The two most popular options are the […]

The Realities Of The Inflation Reduction Act Of 2022 President Biden and the Democrats are touting that The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) will have the massive cooling effect necessary to reduce inflation and cut carbon emissions. Notwithstanding, it does not look to do much for the average American, at least directly. Its main […]

Estate Planning Considerations for Same Sex Couples In Light of the Supreme Court Eliminating the Constitutional Right To Abortion in Dobbs It is safe to say that the United States Supreme Court’s June 24, 2022 decision in Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health et al. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization et […]

The Science Of Closing a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Transaction and Avoiding The Stumbling Blocks Buying and selling a business can be a stressful time for both parties. The buyer is nervous whether he is getting a good deal and acquiring what was promised; the seller is usually morose about moving on from a major […]

Estate Planning For The Non-Traditional Family In decades past, the “traditional” family of a husband, wife and their biological children made estate planning drafting simple and straight forward.   However, in modern times married households have fallen to 48% and what was once considered a “non-traditional” family is now what a “normal” family looks like. Non-traditional […]

How To Establish Your Legal Domicile In Florida As discussed in the March Newsletter, there are a myriad of financial benefits and savings, both during your lifetime and after you pass away, relating to your income, property and death taxes which you may obtain if you make Florida your permanent legal domicile.  In this newsletter, […]

The Potential Benefits of Changing Your Domicile From Pennsylvania or New Jersey to Florida If you are a resident of Pennsylvania or New Jersey and you spend or plan to spend a significant portion of each year in Florida, you might want to consider the option of making Florida your legal domicile.  In doing so, […]

Can a No-Contest Clause in a Will And Trust Be Enforced? In continuation of last month’s newsletter, Can You Disinherit Your Child?, this month we will discuss the enforceability of “no-contest” clauses which are also referred to as “in terrorem”/“forfeiture”/“penalty” clauses.  These clauses in a will or trust can act to reduce or eliminate the […]

ESTATE PLANNING: CAN YOU DISINHERIT YOUR CHILD? While you cannot completely disinherit your spouse under Pennsylvania and New Jersey law (except in certain narrow circumstances such as under a pre- or post- nuptial agreement), you can disinherit your child(ren). The general rule is that in all states except Louisiana, children can be disinherited.  In fact, […]