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Business New Haven
1/12/1998
By: BNH
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Start 1998 with the information to help lessen your legal burdens. Did you know that?:
• The New Haven County Bar Association has a service which can at no charge refer you to a local attorney with experience in your specific problem area. If you find yourself in need of the association's Lawyer Referral Service (LRS), call its new coordinator, Laurel von Wilgen at 203-562-5750. Not only will you get the name and number of a participating attorney, that attorney will give you a free half-hour consultation.
• The New Haven Superior Court system has a number of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs for cases which might otherwise languish on the civil jury trial calendar well into 1998. Generally, eligible cases are presented to an individual who is appointed or otherwise approved by the court. These impartial “fact-finders” listen to the facts and arguments for each side and then prepare a written report of findings. The reports may be agreed with or objected to by the parties, with a possibility of return to the court's calendar for a jury trial. Various types of cases are eligible for the program. For more information about the ADR/PP (Alternative Dispute Resolution by Private Providers) and C-AM (Court-Annexed Mediation) program, contact Amina Warsama in the New Haven Superior Court clerk's office at 203-789-7908 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m. weekdays. For particulars about the ARB (arbitration) or FAC (fact-finding) programs, contact Steve Hildrich (203-789-7915) at the clerk's office during the same hours.
• The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 may actually help businesses with a number of additions and amendments to the tax code. Subjects you may wish to discuss with your CPA or tax attorney before the spring 1998 rush include: capital gains tax reduction; payments to an attorney by a trade or business; revision of IRA rules; unified gift and estate tax credit increase; police and firefighter disability benefits; home office deductions; small-business stock rollovers; sale of principal residence; and incentives for education costs. Or, for those intrepid individuals who brave the IRS on their own, even in its new “kinder, gentler” mode, try the website of Deloitte & Touche at http.www.dtonline.com/taxguide97/cover.htm.
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