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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 2013

by Paul Frankel, Hollis L. Hyans, Kara M. Kraman, Amy F. Nogid, Irwin M. Slomka | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/4/2013

In This Issue: Court of Appeals Reverses Appellate Division, Holds that EchoStar’s Equipment Purchases Qualified as Sales for Resale; Appellate Court Holds Electronic Messaging Services Subject to Sales Tax; ALJ Finds...more

Illinois Supreme Court to Issue Final Four Civil Opinions on Friday Morning

by Kirk Jenkins | Sedgwick LLP on 12/26/2012

This morning, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that it will issue four more civil opinions on Friday morning to close out 2012. The upcoming decisions deal with issues as diverse as res judicata and absolute immunity,...more

Illinois Supreme Court Sets Civil Argument Schedule for May

by Sedgwick LLP on 5/3/2011

On Friday the Illinois Supreme Court published its Call of the Docket [pdf] for the May term, and the Court will hear oral argument in five civil cases. The cases, with the issue or issues presented in each, are: May...more

California Supreme Court's Workload Continues to Increase

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/15/2010

The California Supreme Court has released its annual report describing the operations of the Court from 2009 to 2010. The Court issued 105 opinions in this period, 42 of which were in civil cases. However, this does not...more

Changes in Czech parental and other family contributions or benefits for Czech citizens abroad.

by Radka Koch Hartmanova on 8/18/2010

The Czech employment agencies were long ago warned by the European Commission and other Member States that they interpreted the term "residence" to broad. This would lead to abuse of the whole social system. (Czech nationals...more