by Jeremy Rickson | Apr 1, 2014 | Estate Planning & Probate, News
The Surprising Importance of Proper Beneficiary Designations By Jeff Moore Most of us have some form of a “beneficiary-designation asset,” such as a life insurance policy, an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), a 401(k) or other retirement account, an...
by Robert J. Saalfeld | Mar 28, 2014 | Business & Taxation, Health Law, News
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help health care providers in small to medium sized offices conduct HIPAA Security Rule risk assessments. Conducting a security risk assessment is a key...
by Robert J. Saalfeld | Mar 27, 2014 | Business & Taxation, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, News
The IRS will soon be changing the rules that regulate how often you can take tax-free rollovers out of your IRA. Tax-free rollovers are distributions from an IRA that are payable to the account owner, but which are re-deposited into the IRA (or into another IRA)...
by Jeremy Rickson | Mar 26, 2014 | Employment Law, News
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by Robert J. Saalfeld | Feb 24, 2014 | Banking, Business & Taxation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, News
In 2013, the Legislature adopted changes to the Oregon Bank Act (ORS chapters 706 to 716) which requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to set the frequency of board meetings by rule. The proposed rulemaking activity sets the minimum...
by Robert J. Saalfeld | Feb 5, 2014 | Business & Taxation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, Litigation, News
The Washington Court of Appeals decided Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association v. The McNaughton Group, et al, on February 3, 2014, which held Washington Federal’s line of credit instrument did not encumber monies owed under a certain “latecomer agreement.”...
