TRUSTED ADVISORS: Seeking advice for the challenges and opportunities of the current moment.

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If there was ever a time that you needed the expert advice of a trusted advisor, now is that time. Businesses in every industry and of every size are grappling with changes in the regulatory and legal landscape. Not to mention a stock market that continues to defy gravity and a Federal Reserve that is committed to raising interest rates under the leadership of a new chair.

Here are just a few of the trends and issues that could impact your business in 2018:

* The Tax Cut & Jobs Act of 2017--people are still chewing over how this wide-reaching tax bill will impact businesses and individuals. Pitfalls and opportunities abound--but you definitely need the advice of experts to sort it all out.

* The Affordable Care Act--while it wasn't repealed, bits of it have been altered or eliminated. What does that mean for your business or for your personal healthcare coverage?

* The National Labor Relations Board has made several revisions to Obama-era rules. For instance, it recently changed how it determines if two companies are joint employers. For example, are franchisors and their franchisees joint employers of the franchisees' employees? If that just gave you a headache, talk to your labor and employment attorney.

* Many other regulatory...