Hazards to a golfer’s health and safety that come most readily to mind involve swinging clubs and golf balls in flight, usually on unintended flight paths. But the sport also has other dangers lurking, including the garden variety slip and … Continue reading
Author Archives: Mark Klein
The IRS is Here to Help
To help struggling taxpayers who owe back taxes, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently unveiled a series of new steps to help people get a “fresh start,” to use the phrase invoked by the IRS Commissioner, with their tax liabilities. … Continue reading
Employees Win Benefit Protections
A major health services company with thousands of employees overhauled its pension plan some years ago. As it explained to the employees at the time, their then existing benefits would all be converted into a hypothetical lump sum, which would … Continue reading
Chalk One Up for the Little Guy
Nate Thoma is not a lawyer, but he is a soft spoken, yet confident, small investor in Washington Mutual, the big bank that was seized by the federal government in 2008 and ended up in bankruptcy. As for so many … Continue reading
SBA Loans Can Help to Finance Small Businesses
It is no secret that businesses generally, and small businesses in particular, have been through rough times, and those are not over yet. Still, there is some assistance to be had as a small business owner if you know where … Continue reading