Keane's Unclaimed Property Blog

Legislative Alerts, Unclaimed Property Law

Legislation eliminates requirement that gift card issuers/merchants obtain consumer data. On February 5, 2015, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law Senate Bill 2235 which repeals the otherwise upcoming requirement that gift card issuers/merchants, when selling gift certificates or cards in New Jersey, obtain the name and address of the purchaser (at a minimum the zip code […]

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Uncategorized, Unclaimed Property Reporting

The Pennsylvania unclaimed property reporting deadline is fast approaching and recently reduced dormancy periods are in effect. Is your company in compliance and ready to report? Keane invites you to attend our Pennsylvania unclaimed property holder seminar to prepare your company for the upcoming escheat cycle. This is a free educational program providing important unclaimed property […]

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Legislative Alerts, Unclaimed Property Law

During a Delaware Public Media interview (Radio WDDE 91.1 FM) on January 20, Delaware Senator Bryan Townsend provided insight into Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) which addresses many of the recommendations from the final report of the Unclaimed Property Task Force (UPTF) he co-chaired in Fall 2014.  As co-sponsor of the bill, Townsend indicated that […]

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Compliance, Public Corporations

In mid-December, 2014, lighting manufacturer Osram Sylvania, Inc. filed an unclaimed property audit-related lawsuit against the Delaware Secretary of the Department of Finance, the Delaware State Escheator and the Delaware unclaimed property audit manager challenging Delaware’s audit estimation and extrapolation practices.

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Compliance, Legislative Alerts, Unclaimed Property Reporting

During the first week of the new legislative session, Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill (SB 11) that would implement some of the broad recommendations of the Delaware Unclaimed Property Task Force (DETF).  The DETF was created in June, 2014 via Senate Concurrent Resolution #59 which charged the DETF to “inquire into, examine, study and make findings […]

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