Connecticut state Representative Pat Dillon introduced a bill (HB 5083) that would prevent companies from offshoring the drafting, reviewing or analyzing of legal documents to unlicensed workers.

The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Myspace over disclosure of Myspace users' personal information.

Employers in California may no longer ask or require employees or applicants to provide their log-in credentials for social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter.

"In other words, you must continue to protect customer information that you obtained from a customer, even if they are no longer a customer, for as long as you have that customer information in your possession," FTC staff advised

This decision marks a shift in the Ninth Circuit's CIPA approach by lowering the pleading threshold, reinforcing the need for prior consent, and affirming California jurisdiction over companies collecting data from residents.

Beginning March 1, 2012, any non-governmental entity, wherever located, must amend existing agreements with third-party service providers that receive, store, maintain, process, or otherwise are permitted access to personal information (in both electronic and non-electronic format) to require such service providers to implement appropriate security measures for the personal information of Massachusetts residents consistent with the requirements of 201 CMR 17.00 ("Standards for the Protection of

As of September 15, 2025, the NAI has discontinued its cookie- and email-based opt-out tools. Companies should update their privacy policies accordingly...

In "Appeal of Eddie C. Davis and Cynthia L. Davis", the taxpayer had received non-qualified stock options from her employer. During 2005, she exercised a number of the options and also moved from California to Texas while continuing to work for the same employer.

The California Franchise Tax Board ("FTB") has reminded taxpayers that only the portion of real property taxes that is based on the assessed value of the property may be deducted as an itemized deduction.

On January 22, 2010, President Obama signed H.R. 4462, which will permit taxpayers who make cash contributions to the Haiti earthquake relief effort after January 11, 2010 and before March 1, 2010 to take their tax deduction in 2009.

We thank one of our clients for bringing this case to our attention. In "Judith Lang v. Commissioner (December 10, 2010)", a mother paid medical expenses that had been incurred by her adult daughter.

The litigation over valuation discounts associated with family limited partnerships and limited liability companies shows no signs of abating.

In the case of "Knight v. Commissioner (January 16, 2008)", the Supreme Court held that investment advisory fees paid by an estate or non-grantor trust are subject to the 2% of adjusted gross income floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions imposed by IRC Section 67.

In a series of questions and answers, the IRS has provided tax return filing information for registered domestic partners in California, Nevada and Washington and same-sex spouses in California. These are all community states.

If a donor transfers an income interest in property to a charity and retains the underlying property or transfers such property and retains the income interest, the donor does not receive any income tax deduction unless the interest that goes to the charity is in the form of a qualified remainder interest in a charitable remainder trust or a qualifying income interest in a charitable lead trust.

New York state tax law currently provides that a New York resident person, including a trust, that owns stock that is qualified small business stock (QSBS) under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code...

Rumors have begun to circulate among tax and financial advisors about a possible early reduction of the $5 million estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling sent a letter March 8 to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Last week, on July 14, 2025, a New York federal court issued a general stay of enforcement of the NY Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act, which went into effect just days earlier, on July 8, 2025.

In this episode of "Reel Talk: Inside the Business of Entertainment," Anne Kennedy McGuire, deputy chair of the firm's Entertainment practice and chair of the Podcast industry group, is joined by Ben Riskin...