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February 5, 2019

Do you have an Estate Plan? Don’t leave it to chance…

What do Aretha Franklin, Prince, Bob Marley, Sonny Bono, Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Brown have in common?  As hard as it might be to believe they all died...

Mandatory Employer Posters Reflect Changes to KY Child Labor Laws

Kentucky has updated its Child Labor Law poster to reflect new laws. Employers should have posted new posters in June 2018. Minors who are 16 and 17 years old may...

Treasury Issues Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives

Treasury recently released proposed regulations providing guidance to those looking to qualify for the new Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) tax incentives created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of...

Kentucky Supreme Court Bans Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

Employment arbitration agreements, which require an employer and employee to arbitrate their disputes rather than litigate them, are a common practice in the private sector, as arbitration oftentimes is far...

Prepare Your Workforce for the Unthinkable

Speaking at a recent Active Shooter Seminar, DBL Law Partner Kelly Holden advised, “If you don’t have a plan in place and have not practiced that plan, it could be...

Kentucky Charities Now Have To Charge Sales Tax

Effective July 1, 2018, Kentucky law will require nonprofit organizations to collect sales tax from supporters of special events and some programs.  Nonprofits were already required to collect sales tax...

1031 Exchange Services Offered As Part Of Excel Title Services And DBL Law

ExcelExchanges LLC has entered the market as a Qualified Intermediary in Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. An affiliate of Excel Title Services and DBL Law, a team of attorneys, real estate...

New Power of Attorney Laws Adopted in Kentucky

Governor Matt Bevin has signed House Bill 11 into law, adopting provisions of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act of 2006 and creating new power of attorney standards in Kentucky....

New Kentucky Deed Requirement Now In Effect

On April 10, 2018, Kentucky Governor Bevin signed into law Senate Bill 139, which amends K.R.S 382.135 to require that a deed contain the “full name” of the grantor(s) and...

Supreme Court Rules Against Mandating Fees For Public-Sector Employees

A June 27 U.S. Supreme Court ruling declared that public-sector employees cannot be mandated to pay regular agency fees to unions that represent them in collective bargaining and in some...