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New Deduction for Pass-Through Entities
January 23, 2018
The recently enacted tax act significantly changes the way businesses will be taxed. The tax rate for C corporations was changed from a progressive-rate system with a maximum rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%. Combined with a Qualified Dividend rate of 15% for many taxpayers, the combined tax rate on corporate earning […]
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Duly Noted: Drueke Elected to Rhoades McKee Executive Committee
January 22, 2018
“I am honored to utilize my knowledge and experience to contribute to the development of our services.”
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Game Over for Entertainment Deductions
January 16, 2018
The cost of business entertainment just got more expensive. The good old days of deducting expenditures to entertain clients and customers has come to an end. Under the recently enacted tax reform, no deduction is allowed with “respect to an activity generally considered to constitute entertainment, amusement or recreation.” While portions of the current IRS […]
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Commercial Litigation Team Shares Insight on 2017
January 15, 2018
Happy New Year! Our Commercial Litigation Team would like to say THANK YOU to the many accountants, financial advisors and other professionals for the confidence you show in our team by referring clients to us in the past year. Our commercial litigation team has worked diligently to develop unique capabilities in finance, accounting, and business valuation, […]
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Patrick Drueke Elected to Executive Committee
January 8, 2018
Patrick R. Drueke has been elected to a three-year term to serve on the Executive Committee at Rhoades McKee. Grand Rapids’ fourth largest law firm, Rhoades McKee enjoys a statewide reputation for providing transactional and litigation legal services to corporate institutions, family run businesses as well as individuals with personal family matters. As a member […]
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Court of Appeals Publishes Opinion Impacting Use of Experts
January 4, 2018
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently published a new opinion clarifying expert qualification for nursing experts and the standard applicable to a request for permission to disclose a new expert following a ruling that the party’s timely disclosed expert is unqualified. Cox v Hartman, ___ Mich App ___; ___NW2d ____ (2017) (Docket Nos 333849, 333994). […]
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A Rare Occurrence: A Jury Trial in Ottawa County
January 4, 2018
The civil jury trial is a fundamental part of our democracy and has been a part of our country since its inception. Yet, many people do not realize that, in present-day America, civil jury trials are exceedingly rare. Statistics from Ottawa County prove this point. From 2012 to 2016, 2,082 civil cases were resolved through […]
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Take 2? Supreme Court Asked to Revisit Harrison
December 20, 2017
Harrison v Munson Hospital leaves the Court of Appeals for a second time on its way to the Supreme Court to possibly consider whether or to what extent peer-review documents can serve as a basis for attorney sanctions. The Supreme Court is once again being asked to address the question of whether a peer-review document […]
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Holy Schneikes! I’ve Been Hacked. Now What?
November 28, 2017
As cybercrime becomes increasingly widespread, businesses should not only have a policy to reduce the likelihood of a cyber-intrusion, but also be prepared on how to respond if and when they are hacked. Advance preparation, including a response plan, can minimize the adverse effects and opportunity costs that are inherent in every data breach. There […]
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Rhoades McKee Welcomes Lisa Bruinsma
November 6, 2017
Rhoades McKee is pleased to announce that Lisa Bruinsma has joined the firm as a Senior Human Resource Generalist. She will provide input and leadership affecting human resource management including recruitment, benefit administration, employee and community outreach. Prior to joining Rhoades McKee, Bruinsma worked with the City of East Grand Rapids as a Human Resource […]
