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Florida Department of Revenue: Bonuses should be excluded from insurers' salary tax credit calculations

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Erin T. Siska

Recently, during routine audits of insurers by the Florida Department of Revenue of Revenue (“DOR”), the DOR has found at least a dozen insurers which have been including executive bonuses as part of their salary tax credit calculations. These insurers have been assessed for certain past due taxes related to such calculations, as it is the DOR’s position that bonuses should be excluded from insurers’ salary tax credit calculations. Insurers who have not yet been audited b... Read More

Posted at 12:34 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Insurance

Fred Karlinsky Comments in the Miami Herald on the Oct. 24 Landmark Florida Supreme Court Workers' Comp Ruling

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Fred E. Karlinsky

Fred Karlinsky of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate comments on Florida Workers' Compensation in The Miami Herald... Read More

Posted at 12:12 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Insurance

Answers To Top Questions on Florida's New Reinsurance Collateral Rule

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 by Richard J. Fidei

During September, 2008, the Florida Cabinet adopted a potentially far-reaching Rule providing for an alternative ratings-based approach to the State’s reinsurance collateral requirement enabling ceding insurers to take credit for reinsurance. In essence, the new Rule provides for lower collateral requirements for certain reinsurers that are determined to be "eligible" by the Florida Insurance Commissioner after an application process. These requirements will be based upon insurer... Read More

Posted at 12:01 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Insurance

Federal Disability Retirement: Investment for the Future

Sunday, October 26, 2008 by Robert R. McGill

Ultimately, whether or not this is an optimum time for an individual to file for Federal Disability Retirement under FERS or CSRS is a decision each individual must make, depending upon the specific circumstances. From a medical standpoint, of course, most individuals have no choice because he/she must file for disability retirement. From an economic standpoint, as private companies cut back and begin relying upon a part-time workforce without needing... Read More

Posted at 18:45 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Administrative Law

From the Subprime Mortgage Markets' Collapse to the Credit Markets Implosion' and Beyond: Identifying and Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle into Place (Part One)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by

This is part one of a series of related blogs that examines the credit market problems now being experienced in part because of the implosion of the subprime markets. It builds upon and adds to my prior blogs which focused on the subprime market problems and related issues. In upcoming blogs, I plan to refocus on some of the theories being asserted for damages by private plaintiffs and government entities in suits and actions against various party defendants, address some of the defenses b... Read More

Posted at 13:55 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Securities

Federal Disability Retirement: Which disabilities to list

Saturday, October 18, 2008 by Robert R. McGill

When I look at a potential disability retirement case, I find it helpful to look at the case not only prospectively, but retrospectively. While not a "rule" cast in stone, when the Office of Personnel Management approves a disability retirement case, it will normally attach a page which identifies which disability -- normally one, often two, sometimes three -- was/were the basis for the approval. Thus, it is important when preparing a... Read More

Posted at 20:30 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Administrative Law

Up to the Minute on Case Law

Friday, October 17, 2008 by Harvey D. Friedman

After more than 30 years of practicing law, South Florida personal injury attorney Harvey D. Friedman puts new case law to work for his clients.... Read More

Posted at 09:17 AM | PERMALINK

Topic: Personal Injury

Protecting yourself and your legal rights prior to filling an insurance claim.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 by Edward H. Zebersky

Before you contact your local lawyer or a Hollywood Florida insurance lawyer, it is important to know what you should do to protect your legal rights and ensure the safety of your family before a disaster, such as a hurricane, hits.... Read More

Posted at 09:42 AM | PERMALINK

Topic: Insurance

Support for the Contingent Fee System

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 by Robert I. Feinberg

It is often said with criticism that personal injury cases are taken on acontingent fee basis. The implication is that the client, and for thatmatter the injury lawyer, have nothing to lose. This is an oversimplificationand misleading, as often happens in a de... Read More

Posted at 15:37 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Personal Injury

Court Filings are Down

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 by Robert I. Feinberg

When I began practicing law as a Boston personal injury lawyer in the 1980s, fillings in the Superior Courts of Massachusetts were in the range of 15,000 tort cases (i.e. torts are usually but not always personal injury cases). Beginning in the current decade, those figures have reduced by about half.... Read More

Posted at 14:11 PM | PERMALINK

Topic: Personal Injury

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