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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Kurt Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/5/2013

President Obama recently announced the Rebuild America Partnership plan (RAPP), a bipartisan effort focused on rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure and driving economic growth. Through RAPP, the President proposes to...more

Capital Thinking Update - March 11, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Jared Fleisher, Mara Giorgio, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Stacy Swanson, Joseph Urso, Sarah Vilms, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture and Food - Budget, Appropriations and Sequestration - Cybersecurity - Defense - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services -...more

Federal Maritime Commission to Open Use of Liner Negotiated Rate Agreements to Foreign NVOCCs

by J. Michael Cavanaugh | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/1/2013

The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under which foreign unlicensed Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) will be allowed to register with the Commission and...more

Capital Thinking Update - December 10, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/14/2012

General Legislative On Tuesday, December 11, the House will meet at noon for morning hour and at 2:00 for legislative business. The House will consider a Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 4310 – National Defense...more

Capital Thinking Update - July 16, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 7/20/2012

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - International, Defense, Homeland...more

Delinquent Taxpayer’s May Lose Passports

by Sanford Millar on 3/14/2012

The Senate passed the surface transportation bill with an amendment that would give the State Dept the right to deny, limit or revoke passports of “seriously delinquent” U.S. taxpayer’s. The passport provision is part of the...more

PRC Tax Regimes and Time-Charter Hire Payments

by Reed Smith on 6/23/2011

This alert is intended for non-PRC owners and charterers who may or have time-chartered vessels to PRC entities. There are two PRC tax regimes that levy taxes against hire payments made by PRC time-charterers, the...more

Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan Launch Customs Union

by Alexander Averbuch on 7/26/2010

On July 6, 2010, following the adoption of the unified Customs Code, the Customs Union of three former Soviet Union republics - the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan - became...more

IFTA Compliance Tips

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/5/2010

The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) audit procedures employed by the PA Department of Revenue when a motor carrier lacks proper mileage records or proof of fuel purchases almost guarantee a substantial assessment,...more