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Noteworthy 2013 health care provisions
October 2012
Newsletter: Tax & Business Alert
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 411
Abstract: The 2010 health care act included several significant tax changes. This article lists two provisions that could impact numerous taxpayers — the $2,500 cap on health care Flexible Spending Account contributions and a higher threshold for itemized medical expense deductions — and notes what to do to minimize them.
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Contractor’s Toolbox – How JPM helps measure productivity in real time
Fall 2012
Newsletter: Construction Industry Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 411
Abstract: Traditional measures of productivity are after-the-fact accounting measures of production. They do nothing to help contractors monitor productivity during a job and respond to negative trends or other issues. So, increasingly, contractors are turning to Job Productivity Measurement (JPM). This article shows how JPM measures productivity in real time by tracking work performed compared to construction put in place. It determines the quality of construction outcomes, rather than simply outputs that can mask unproductive activities.
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Ask the Advisor – Q. Should my company ask for a cash or a stock deal?
October / November 2011
Newsletter: Merger & Acquisition Focus
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 411
Abstract: One of the many issues sellers must consider is the type of deal they prefer — cash, stock or a combination of the two. This column explains that all-cash deals are simple and don’t depend on the buyer’s future performance. But they’re less common than more complex structures such as partial cash/partial stock offers, partial cash/debt assumption, share exchange and earnouts.
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University learns harsh lesson about assignment agreements
April / May 2010
Newsletter: Ideas on Intellectual Property Law
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 411
Abstract: A university that has assignment agreements with its faculty likely expects to own the patents on inventions they produce. Yet, depending on the language in the agreement, that institution of higher learning could be in for a harsh lesson. Does the phrase “agree to assign” in a copyright and patent agreement reflect an immediate transfer of expectant interests — or a promise to assign rights in the future? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit weighed in.