The FCC has issued a Declaratory Ruling in response to a petition filed by parties involved in litigation over a billing dispute, declaring that unclear billing information violates the FCC's Truth-in-Billing rules ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Privacy + Security Forum is a can't-miss event for professionals in the cybersecurity field, and this year, Womble Carlyle's Allen O'Rourke and Marty Stern will be among the thought leaders sharing insights at the forum.

New omnibus privacy laws are coming to Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut in 2023. Updates to California's existing privacy law arrive in 2023 too.

A major change with the GDPR is that data processors now have direct legal obligations under EU privacy law.

GDPR compliant businesses that are using Microsoft cloud products like Azure and Office 365 may need to modify their data processing agreements.

Trying to keep pace with developments in internet-connected toys and other devices for children, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced June 21, 2017 that it has updated its guidance...

Even if your website, app, or connected device is not for children, it is prudent to know and assess COPPA's potential requirements on your business.

In an outright win for pharmacies, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in the attached opinion, granted Rite Aid's motion for summary judgment in a class action...

Effective January 1, 2025, Arizona property owners will no longer be required to collect and remit city Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) on residential rental income for long-term stays of 30 consecutive days or more.

As we've posited in this space before, water will be the oil of the 21st century. In what way? Its value, its scarcity, its requirement for development.

On February 8, 2017, the Wireline Competition Bureau ("Bureau") granted a waiver of certain Category One/Category Two classification standards established in the 2017 Eligible Services List ("ESL")...

In terms of when the credit is to be taken, in terms of "taxable year", there are limits depending on whether the property is for business purposes or nonbusiness purposes.

In recent years, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina has handed down two decisions which make very clear that the common law rule against perpetuities doctrine is alive and well...

On April 19, a Florida court preliminarily approved a $40 million class-action settlement by a privately held major real estate company over claims that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

The Center for Enterprise Development, with support from JP Morgan Chase, published a study on the racial wealth divide in Baltimore.

The Georgia Department of Revenue has amended rules on the quality jobs tax credit to conform to newly enacted legislation (HB 922) that modified the definition of an eligible taxpayer and adjusted the computation for determining the credit amount available if a taxpayer creates jobs in more than one country

In our inaugural Wealth Management newsletter in February, 2017, we analyzed the President's campaign platform and made predictions about the President's legislative agenda.

This guidance is important for a number of reasons. First, there has been very little guidance issued by the IRS beyond the Section 409A regulations.

An ATI allows County tax assessors to reassess the value of the sold property for tax purposes in the year after closing, which can result in a significant tax increase...

(And Yes, this Impacts All U.S. and Non-US Businesses with U.S. Customers)