municipalities

Local Governments Stand To Save Millions By Opting In To NJ Health Plan

February 29, 2012 12:37

  As reported by nj.com, local governments could save more than $100 million annually by opting for the state health benefit plan instead of costlier alternatives, according to a State Comptroller’s Office report released Tuesday. The audit looked at four local governments of...

More Hurdles for Subcontractors that Perform Work on Public Contracts

October 12, 2011 15:07

  In August, the Illinois State legislature enacted an amendment to the Public Construction Bond Act (the "Act"), the substance of which amounts to nothing more than an additional burden for the unwary or unsophisticated subcontractor that provides labor and/or materials under a...

IRS Files Lien against Goldman Partnership

January 27, 2011 18:56

The IRS has filed a tax lien against Goldman Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, a Goldman Sachs Group partnership that specializes in selling derivatives to US municipalities.  The amount in the lien is $1.55 million that arises out of unpaid taxes in the year 2009. This...

Municipal Sick Pay Ordinance Update

October 18, 2010 14:33

While wage-and-hour compliance programs traditionally focus on FLSA and, as regularly discussed in this space, any applicable state laws, county and municipal governments also have the right to impose additional requirements. See previous post here. Two proposed municipal laws which would...

New Suit Friday for March 19, 2010

March 22, 2010 17:28

  From time to time we will report on new cases that have been filed that are related to the construction industry.  Walsh Construction has filed suit against the City of Chicago requesting that the court declare that bids submitted by two other contractors for the Congress Parkway...