Key Point: The FTC’s fine is the largest for any COPPA-related incident; however, two issues of first impression alleged in the Complaint could have a more significant impact over the long term. We previously reported that the Federal Trade...
The Qualified Opportunity Zone Program enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act not only allows taxpayers to defer paying tax on capital gains arising from the sale of capital assets, but also to exclude from tax up to 15 percent of the deferred...
On September 17, 2019, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) chaired a hearing to discuss the use and sourcing of minerals needed for clean energy technologies. Highlighting the fact that renewable technologies such as batteries and wind turbines are...
A&B Abstract: The Summer 2019 edition of the CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights indicates recent examination focuses for several categories of consumer credit products.... By: Alston & Bird
Nebraska’s tax department has issued guidance confirming its position that IRC 965 deemed repatriation income: 1) must be included in a taxpayer’s corporate income tax base (less the IRC 965(c) deduction); and 2) does not qualify for the state’s...
In Genentech, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 18-cv-1518 JLS (JLB) (S.D. Cal.), the California district court denied Lilly’s motion to dismiss for improper venue under the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). Opinion, Sept. 12, 2019....
Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit declined to further extend the patent term of an antibody patent held by the Mayo Foundation. In Mayo Foundation v. Iancu, the court held that the time spent on a request for continued examination (“RCE”)...
The pre-publication version of the final rule to be promulgated by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to repeal the 2015 redefinition of the Clean Water Act’s term “Waters of the United States” which is the linchpin of these agencies’...
Adhesive company rejects NAD and NARB recommendations - Sticky Businesses - Back in February 2019 – my, has the time flown – we told you about a dispute before the National Advertising Division between J-B Weld, manufacturer of a staggering array...
