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Florida’s Equine Landscape
Cannabis M&A: Pain Points and Opportunities
Haight Partner Greg Rolen Testifies About SB 907 Before the California State Assembly
Intellectual property considerations for launching new cannabis products
Unpacking the current cannabis regulatory landscape and how it impacts your business
In That Case: Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
Mitigating Political-Law Risk
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 40 - Debunking Courtroom Pseudoscience: A Conversation With the Innocence Project's Chris Fabricant
State AG Pulse | The State AG: Both Advocate & Influencer
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 21: Economic, Industry, and Workforce Development in the City of Greenville with Mayor Knox White
State AG Pulse | Changing of the Guard in the PNW
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - What’s Next in VA K-12 Education? An Interview with Scott Brabrand, Executive Director of VASS
Unveiling Gender-Affirming Care: Why It Matters and What’s at Stake – Diagnosing Health Care
State AG Pulse | Everybody Comes From Somewhere
AI Law in the Commonwealth of Virginia - Recent Developments
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Farmers First According to Humboldt Trim Company
State AG Pulse | Content moderation vs. free expression
State AG Pulse | Swinging Through the Rust Belt, the Sun Belt and the South
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Ep. 3: Secretary Harry Ligthsey, SC Department of Commerce
The New Jersey Tax Court held that a taxpayer was entitled to a refund of corporation business tax (CBT) for tax years 2011 and 2012 after determining the taxpayer correctly used a market-based sourcing methodology to source...more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. ln this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize selected state and local tax (SALT)...more
This is the first edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2024. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT...more
Under a new bill signed into law on March 11, 2024, the South Carolina Department of Revenue will have to satisfy additional standards before it may force affiliated corporate taxpayers to file a unitary combined return. ...more
Since the South Carolina Supreme Court held in Media General Communications, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Revenue, 694 S.E.2d 525 (S.C. 2010), that the Department of Revenue (“Department”) had the authority to allow...more
The legislature picked up the pace in week 14 as a real push toward the end of session began. The House and Senate spent extensive time on the floor, working to clear their calendars—which included several controversial...more
Legislative Day 40 is a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, and zero gravity turns (also known as conference committee reports). One goes from celebrating a bill achieving final passage to lamenting a measure being gutted...more
Senate committee meetings continue under the Gold Dome as this report is published on Wednesday. With the Senate’s requirement that bills pass out of committee before the chamber convenes for Legislative Day 38, legislators...more
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the right of Ohio municipalities to tax wages earned by employees working outside the municipality from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schaad v. Alder Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-525 (Feb. 14,...more
While legislators and lobbyists continued to nurse the hangover of Crossover Day, the most unlikely of events unfolded in the Georgia State Senate on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega) awarded the...more
Thursday carried several distinctions under the Gold Dome. It was Leap Day, the quadrennial opportunity to celebrate those born on Feb. 29. It was Crossover Day, the day we all have to explain to our significant others each...more
If there’s a lesson to be learned from the Washington Court of Appeals’ recent holding in Orthotic Shop Inc. and S&F Corporation v. Department of Revenue, No. 39321-6-III (Jan. 23, 2024), it’s that the use of a marketplace...more
2023 has brought many updates and changes to the legal landscape. Our blog posts have covered many of them, but you may not remember (or care to remember) them. Before moving on to 2024, let’s take a moment to review our top...more
Massachusetts Estate Tax: For decedents dying on or after January 1, 2023, there is no Massachusetts estate tax for an estate under $2,000,000. The law does not adjust the filing threshold so state tax returns may still be...more
The November 2023 election is quickly approaching and brings with it another round of tax—particularly property tax measures—that will soon be put to Colorado voters. And, if what has already been filed is any indication,...more
As the New Jersey Division of Taxation changes leadership and issues guidance regarding legislative changes, including for unity, it is time to recall some fundamentals of unity and put the unity statute change in context....more
On July 21, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law retaliatory tax legislation aimed directly at its neighbor, New York. Assembly Bill No. 4694. The rule in the majority of states, including the rule in New...more
The Washington Court of Appeals has held that investment funds are subject to Washington state business and occupation (B&O) tax on their investment income. Although Washington law allows taxpayers to deduct “amounts derived...more
The Salem City Council on July 11, 2023, approved Ordinance Bill No. 12-23, which imposes a new payroll and self-employment tax to fund community safety services. The ordinance imposes tax at a rate of 0.814 percent of an...more
In 2021, the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Alabama Electing...more