Though liable for back taxes, he will be exempt from future demands on his cash pile, including Barack Obama's mooted levy on high-earners.
It vowed to drive the fire company into bankruptcy, have it found liable for back taxes, and boycott local businesses owned by the Strain family.
The Legislature should reduce from six years to three the statute of limitations for which restaurants might be liable for back wages, which is more in line with federal wage and hour laws and those of most other states.
But in effect it reinstates Shoesmith, who earned £133,000 a year, as an employee of Haringey council, liable for back pay and pension contributions dating back to her dismissal in December 2008.
While Tribune disclosed only recently that the Internal Revenue Service had disallowed the tax-free basis of the transactions -- with the company now estimating that the liability could be as much as $880 million -- the company reported in an S.E.C. filing at least a year ago that it could be liable for back taxes, interest and penalties because of the I.R.S. review.
For example, in April, a U.S. Tax Court judge ruled an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer was liable for back taxes from thousands of eBay clothing sales that she hadn't reported on her tax forms.
The law encourages employers to end discriminatory pay practices, so that they are not liable for back pay to employees who discover that they are unfairly underpaid.
If McDonald's is found to be a joint employer, that could make it jointly liable if franchisees illegally fire workers for backing a union, violate safety laws or cheat workers out of overtime.
Under the old law, the suits dragged on for years and employers were liable for all back pay if they lost.
Louisiana, hardly a liberal redoubt, did not make the cut because Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, voted for Senator Manchin's bill and because the city of New Orleans sued to hold gun makers liable for damages back in 1998.
