Legal Alerts

Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer regularly issues legal alerts and other bulletins on developments in law that may impact our clients.

Legal Alerts

BHBM Tax Alert 7/15/2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Special Alert

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BHBM Tax Alert 7/14/2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

FEDERAL
 
Baucus Seeks to Prevent Dividends from Being Taxed at Ordinary Rate

Senate Finance Committee Chairman ...

BHBM Tax Alert 6/22/2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

FEDERAL
 
Extenders Bill Still Working Its Way Through Congress

On May 28, 2010, the House of ...

BHBM Tax Alert 5/26/2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

FEDERAL
 
Textron and the Work-Product Doctrine

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal ...

BHBM Tax Alert 4/29/2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

FEDERAL

Economic Substance Codification


Congress codified the economic substance doctrine as part of the Health Care ...

BHBM Tax Alert 4/07/2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

TAX ASPECTS OF THE HEALTHCARE ACT

Recently Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law, the Patient ...

BHBM Tax Alert 03/19/2010

Friday, March 19, 2010

PRACTICE ALERT
 
Target Date for Preparer Registration

The IRS has announced that January 1, 2011 is ...

BHBM Tax Alert 2/26/2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

FEDERAL

Foreign Bank Accounts

FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, which is a bureau of ...

BHBM Tax Alert 1/28/2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

By: Matthew P. Miller, Esq.

FEDERAL

Grouping and Regroupings of Activities Under IRC ...

BHBM Tax Alert 1/14/2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010

FEDERAL AND STATE

A Look Ahead: 2010 Tax Planning

By: Jason Alley, Esq.

     As we ...

The Contsruction Reserve Fund ("CRF")

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The Construction Reserve Fund (“CRF”) is a United States Maritime Administration program that provides tax deferral benefits to owners and ...

The Capital Construction Fund ("CCF")

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

 The Capital Construction Fund (“CCF”) program is designed to encourage owners of U.S. flagged vessels to accumulate sufficient capital to ...

Super Lawyers Named Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer Attorneys as the Best In Louisiana

Monday, January 4, 2010

(NEW ORLEANS) - Super Lawyers named five attorneys at Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer as five of ...

Employee vs. Independent Contractor

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

In times of economic uncertainty, some companies attempt to classify workers as independent contracts rather than employees so that the ...

BHBM Tax Alert 12/15/2009

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

FEDERAL

Chinese Drywall Casualty Loss

Several Senators, including David Vitter, have requested formal guidance in the form of ...

Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer Employees Build with Habitat for Humanity

Saturday, November 14, 2009

A group of attorneys and staff, along with many spouses and friends, gathered on Saturday, November 14th in New Orleans ...

BHBM Tax Alert 11/12/2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

FEDERAL

Legislation Expands Homebuyer Credit and NOL Carryback

On November 6, 2009, President Obama signed ...

Red Flags Rule Extension

Thursday, November 5, 2009

On October 30, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission issued a press release delaying the enforcement of the Red Flags Rule ...

BHBM Tax Alert 10/30/2009

Friday, October 30, 2009

FEDERAL

New IRS Enforcement Unit and Other Taxes on the Wealthy

A new IRS enforcement unit, called ...

Rosalind Kinnaird celebrates thirty years of service with BHBM

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Rosalind Kinnaird celebrates thirty years of service as the Administrator for Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer.

She is pictured with other ...

Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer would like to welcome Matt Miller as an associate of the Firm

Friday, October 9, 2009

Matt joined the firm as a law clerk in 2006. He is admitted to practice in New York and recently ...

BHBM Tax Alert 10/09/2009

Friday, October 9, 2009

FEDERAL

Roth IRA not eligible “S” corporation Shareholder

The Tax Court ruled on September 29, 2009 that a ...

BHBM Attorneys Names as Best Lawyers

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer is pleased to announce 4 attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® ...

BHBM Tax Alert 09/25/2009

Friday, September 25, 2009

FEDERAL

Estate Tax Bills in Congress

There are several bills pending in Congress that will attempt to change the estate ...

2009 Louisiana Tax Amnesty Program

Thursday, August 27, 2009

The 2009 Louisiana Tax Amnesty Program begins on September 1st and continues through October 31st.  The amnesty program allows taxpayers ...

Jerome Reso Chosen For CityBusiness Leadership in Law Class of 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Jerome J. Reso, Jr. was selected as one of fifty chosen for CityBusiness Leadership in Law Class of 2009. He ...