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Jan 29, 2018
Employment Law and Overtime Employment Violations Employment laws, or labor laws are the guidelines that have been put in place by the Navajo Nation legal system in an attempt to protect the rights and livelihood of employees throughout the state. In other words,... read moreLatest Posts
Mar 2, 2016
Many First Nations people decide to start a tourism-related business for the benefit of their families, children, and to provide for future generations. The enterprise must be correctly registered under Indian, state and federal jurisdictions. Indian people who plan... read more Jan 21, 2016
On June 12, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court—in a unanimous decision—ruled that Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)inherited by anyone other than a spouse are not retirement funds and therefore are not protected from the beneficiary’s creditors in bankruptcy. The... read more Jan 21, 2016
When planning their estate, most parents express the desire to treat their children equally out of a sense of fairness. However, sometimes being fair or doing what’s right by your children may not mean equal or the same inheritances. The Key Takeaways Treating... read more Jan 18, 2016
Surprising to most people, the federal estate tax is a voluntary tax. Estate planning attorneys used to say, “You only pay if you don’t plan.” Now, portability provides both an alternative and a back up plan to lifetime tax planning. This means you might be able to... read more