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Surprising Facts About Employee Theft

This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantWhen it comes to occupational fraud (i.e., employee theft), there are generally three primary categories: asset misappropriation (i.e. theft of company money or property), corruption, and financial statement fraud.[i] Asset misappropriation is the most common form of fraud, occurring in about 85% of the cases…

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The Weekly Scenario: Social Security Benefits and IRA Taxation

Question: What is the difference between how social security benefits are taxed and distributions taken from retirement plan accounts (IRAs)? Answer: The rules for taxing social security benefits are different than those for retirement plan benefits. Social security benefits may or may not be taxable. About forty percent of people who get social security pay income taxes…

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IP Alert: Facebook’s New Digital Inheritance Policy

Earlier this year, Facebook introduced a policy that allows users to specify who will inherit their account information after they die. New features such as account “memorialization” and “legacy contacts” address some of the longstanding legal uncertainty surrounding individuals’ digital legacies and assets. The problem? Most users have not chosen executors. As more and more…

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Executive Leaders Radio CEO Interview With Lisa Renstrom Hosted By Offit Kurman

Executive Leaders Radio Conducts “Elite Interviews” Of Prominent CEOs, CFOs, And Presidents Focusing On “What Makes Them Tick.” The ten to twenty-five minute on-air interviews are really informal POSITIVE conversations. Guests may be asked about their background education, influences, mentors and early career experiences, asked about their business, what they do and who they serve. They…

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Read|Delete: Mother’s Day

The custom of honoring mothers goes back at least as far as 17th-century England, which celebrated (and still celebrates) Mothering Sunday. Mother’s Day in the United States originated in 1872 with Julia Ward Howe, a writer, abolitionist, and suffragist who wrote the words to “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” In 1911, President Woodrow Wilson made…

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Bankruptcy Preference Demand: Part 1

Ordinary Course of Business Defense What happens when a company that owes you money goes bankrupt? And how should you respond when that company claims the reverse, and threatens you with a lawsuit if you refuse to return whatever payment they have made? In this video, Offit Kurman business law and transaction attorney Glenn D. Solomon explains…

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After foreclosure, who pays past HOA dues?

Q: At what point after a mortgage foreclosure does a bank become responsible for the payment of delinquent HOA dues? We have a home in our development where the bank has foreclosed, the previous owners have moved out, and there is a “for sale” sign on the property. The previous owners were billed in January…

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A Conversation with Anne Balduzzi, Founder and CMO of SameGrain

Offering a deeper, more private form of social networking Anne Balduzzi is the founder and CMO of SameGrain. SameGrain is a privacy-first social discovery platform that enables anyone anywhere to privately connect with other people that share multiple in-depth areas in common, such as beliefs, professional industry, life experiences, and ancestry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTrG1izqmxs Click here to…

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Compensation and Compliance Matters: How Quality Customer Service Can Keep Mortgage Lenders Compliant

The consent decree the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau entered into with Green Tree Servicing involves $48 million in restitution and $15 million in penalties. Specifically, Green Tree was accused of not adhering to the modification process of loans in modification at the time they were transferred to Green Tree. In addition, its short sale department…

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Friday Factoid: Predatory Pricing .Sucks

Registrars for newly created generic top level domain names (gTLDs) must provide a “sunrise period” during which owners of registered marks may pre-register domains that directly correspond with their registered marks (before such domains become generally available). The registrar for .sucks domains is offering .sucks domains for premium registration prices up to $2,499. The .sucks…

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