Communications & Media Law, Tax Law, Administrative Law

Top Issues for Employers in 2013: Social Media & Independent Contractors

by Micha "Mitch" Danzig | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 1/16/2013

Employment lawyers anticipate that employers’ social media policies and their use of independent contractors will be hot button issues in the New Year, much like they were in 2012... ...more

The Top 10 Things That Every Business Owner Should Do At Year-End

by Scott Legal Services, P.C. on 12/14/2012

As a business owner, all year you have likely been running around acting as manager, developer, business generator, marketer, human resource manager and administrative assistant. Given the numerous roles, it is often tough...more

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 3, Issue 12 - December 2012

by Open Weaver Banks, Kara M. Kraman, Amy F. Nogid, Irwin M. Slomka | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/5/2012

In This Issue: Court Holds Television Programming Is Included in the Property Factor Regardless of Delivery Method; ALJ Upholds Retroactive Application of Stock Option Regulations; Petition Found Untimely Under Special...more

IRS Set To Ease Practitioner Rules

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 10/8/2012

Almost every email I send out to anyone has this at the end: CHUCK Charles (Chuck) Rubin, Esq. Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. Board Certified in Taxation PRINCIPAL PRACTICE AREAS....more

Online Advertising, Including Click-Thru, Does Not Establish PA Nexus

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 9/20/2012

With Pennsylvania’s September 1 deadline approaching for the commencement of sales tax collection by online vendors having in-state affiliates or PA-based website sales agents, the Department of Revenue issued a letter ruling...more

MTC Meeting Summary: Uniformity Proposals Progress; UDITPA/Compact Amendments and Model Sales and Use Tax Notice and Reporting on...

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 5/15/2012

On May 10, the Multistate Tax Commission's (MTC) Executive Committee approved for further consideration model uniformity laws dealing with: (1) communications transaction tax centralized administration; and (2) tax...more

Tax Day 2012: Does The Government's P.R. Campaign Increase Compliance?

by Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 4/6/2012

More than any other area of the criminal law, enforcement of the tax laws is associated with a specific date: April 15. Over the next two weeks, accountants will be working feverishly to complete their clients’ tax returns,...more

"Payroll Tax Extension Law Grants FCC New Spectrum Auction Authority"

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/24/2012

Last Friday, February 17, 2012, the House and Senate finalized and passed H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (the Act), which President Obama signed this week without fanfare. The law extends certain...more

10 Lessons from the Verizon Cases at the State Corporation Commission

by Sands Anderson PC on 11/25/2011

In December of 2009, Verizon Communication, Inc.’s two “baby bell” subsidiaries in Virginia (Verizon Virginia, Inc. and Verizon South, Inc. — collectively, “Verizon”) filed applications to correct erroneous assessments of...more

Tax Alert: IRS Announces Voluntary Settlement Program On Worker Classifications

by Davis & Gilbert LLP on 9/27/2011

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). The program provides partial relief from federal employment taxes for eligible employers that agree to prospectively treat...more

Summary of Canadian Financial Incentives for the Production of Animation, Digital Media and Interactive Content

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 2/28/2011

Table of contents: 3 Foreword 4 Federal Government 5 British Columbia 6 Ontario 8 Quebec 9 Manitoba 10 Nova Scotia 10 Prince Edward Island 11 Heenan Blaikie’s Entertainment Law Practice Team 12 Our...more

Recent NLRB Decisions Impose Stiffer Interest Penalties and New E-posting Requirements on Employers

by Miller & Martin PLLC on 11/23/2010

In a pair of recently issued decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB or “the Board”) adopted two new remedial policies. Now, interest on all NLRB monetary awards will be compounded on a daily basis, rather than a...more

Advertising Law - April 9, 2010

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/13/2010

In This Issue *Special Focus: New Colorado Sales Tax Law Poses Significant Threat to Internet, Catalog Retailers *Linda Goldstein and Tom Morrison Join Faculty of Upcoming Advertising Litigation Conference *15 Years...more

Extended Tax Benefits for Cultural and Media Enterprises

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/28/2009

On March, 27, 2009, China’s Ministry of Finance (“MOF”), State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) and General Administration of Customs jointly issued Notice of Some Issues related to Taxation Policies on Supporting the...more

Communications Law Bulletin, October 2008

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/30/2008

In this issue: *The Month in Brief *FCC Streamlines Satellite Earth Station License Process *California Passes New Broadband and Prepaid Services Laws and Considers Copper Loop Retirement Issues *FCC Clarifies ?Junk...more

The New Internet Tax Freedom Act

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/6/2008

President George W. Bush signed into law on October 31, 2007 legislation (House Bill 3678,[1] the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007) that extends for another seven years, until November 1, 2014, the moratorium...more

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