BREAKING NEWS - Maryland: Gradually becoming a better place to die (from an estate tax perspective).

            On May 15, 2014, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law House Bill 739 ("Estate Tax Bill") raising Maryland’s Estate Tax Exemption from $1 Million to match that of the federal estate tax exemption in 2019.  Although the bill is effective July 1, 2014, it is implemented over a five (5) period and the "recoupling" of the Maryland and federal estate tax exemption equivalents will not be complete...

EEOC Offers Guidance on Using Arrests and Convictions in the Hiring Process

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Transgender Employment Discriminaiton

This week, the EEOC affirmatively stated that an employer who discriminates against an employee on the basis of the person’s gender identity is violating the prohibition on sex discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The decision was issued in response to an EEOC complaint filed by Mia Macy against the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Macy alleged that the ATF rescinded an employment offer, made while she was presenting as a male,...