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Even as they age, baby boomers continue reshaping modern life. From rock and roll to botox, signs of their innovative (some would say rebellious) spirit are still coursing through the American landscape. And now, it’s retirement-what it looks like and ...

The paralegal profession presents some unique questions about how to attract and retain employees. The combination of female predominance, erratic compensation, and lack of a specific career ladder leading to burnout has the potential of reducing the availability of qualified ...

To taxpayers, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 may have meant income tax cuts resulting in more current after-tax income. But to financial planners it has meant more work for clients to develop strategies to minimize ...

The federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), enacted in 1994, was designed to protect the rights and benefits of employees who are in the military. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that since Sept. 11, 2001, more ...

The recent confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito by the Senate Judiciary Committee, similar to the proceedings last fall for Chief Justice John Roberts, dealt extensively with the concept of stare decisis. Scintillating portions of the dialogue between ...

Taxes, home prices, traffic. Problems all seem to get worse and worse. It makes you wonder: Will we ever be able to solve them? The affordable housing problem offers a good example. People agree we need more moderate-priced housing, but ...

There’s no question that the infusion of technology into the practice of law has created new responsibilities for lawyers. Increasingly, lawyers are playing a larger role in law department operations. Their ability to follow procedures is a critical element in ...

“Be sure to read the fine print.” It’s neither complex, nor profound advice. Yet, it isn’t easy advice to follow when you are navigating your way through pages and pages of IRS rules and regulations governing the way you manage ...

Well, we have finally reached it. We are now ready to talk about the last of the five areas that make up every business in the world, and that area is “collecting.” The other four areas that make up every ...

One of the most basic elements of the physician-patient relationship is the concept of informed consent. Informed consent is the process of communication between a patient and a physician that results in the patient’s complete understanding of the diagnosis and ...

If the term “financial planners” evokes visions of equities and equity mutual funds – selected to implement financial plans they developed for clients in accordance with their investment goals and tolerance for investment risk – it should not be surprising. ...