Gay Gross-Up

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Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.10

* The producers of South Park are being sued for copyright infringement. You bastards! [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter] * “Beware the Male Foreign Associate: He Quotes, He Gropes, He Elopes.” [Last Day at the Office Emails] * Law prof Ann Althouse comes to the defense of the Palin family. [Althouse] * Collected commentary on […]

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Biglaw Perk Watch: A Follow-Up on Google’s Gay Gross-Up

If you’re a gay employee and have a domestic partner who receives health benefits through your employer, you have to pay more in federal income tax — about $1,000 a year, on average. This is because federal law, thanks to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages. As a result, the feds […]

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Biglaw Perk Watch: Google’s Gay Gross-Up

It’s good to be gay at Google — or a “Gaygler,” as they call themselves. And not just because the company sometimes has a float in the San Francisco Pride parade. The New York Times recently reported: [Last] Thursday, Google [began] covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive […]