August 2020 - Courtroom Strategy by Attorney Oscar Michelen

Employment Law

Payroll Tax Order Causes More Problems Than It Solves

August 11, 2020 Oscar Michelen 1

This past Saturday, from the golf course, President Trump signed an executive order touted as a relief to employees from payroll tax. The order relieves employers from collecting the employees’ share of payroll tax. But issued without any guidance from the Treasury Department or the IRS, it raises many more issues than it purports to […]

Constitutional Law

Fed Judge Grants Qualified Immunity But Writes Powerful Decision Against It

August 6, 2020 Oscar Michelen 2

Federal Judge Carlton Reeves, of the Southern District of Mississippi, ruled that the doctrine of qualified immunity meant that a white police officer could not be sued for racially profiling and then terrorizing an innocent black man on the side of the road. Judge Reeves ruled that the law required the dismissal of the case […]