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In a decision with wide-ranging implications and potential refund opportunities, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled on September 19th that Pennsylvania municipalities (other than Philadelphia) may not impose their business privilege tax ("BPT") on a rental real estate business.

On November 15, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") withdrew an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("ANPRM") regarding the transportation of merchandise and equipment by foreign-flag vessels engaged in the support of Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") activities.

On November 2, 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard published a Notice of Policy announcing the release of CG-543 Policy Letter 10-03, effective September 1, 2010, which outlines the ­procedures for denying entry to U.S. ports of non-compliant foreign-flag vessels due to a vessel’s history of ­operating in U.S. waters in a substandard condition.

Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”) should be viewed as debtor friendly and helpful in facilitating restructurings.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration issued a release on September 18, 2013, providing guidance to employee benefit plans, plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, and plan participants and beneficiaries on the meaning of "spouse" and "marriage" as these terms appear in the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code.

Because 2012 is an election year, Congress is not expected to pass significant labor and employment legislation.

In a rather surprising turn of events, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) announced on March 10, 2008, that, effective immediately, it will once again enforce its “Marine Vessel Rules.”

Medicare Advantage delivers Medicare Parts A and B coverage through a private insurer.

On January 31, 2022, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS") released its annual drug lists in accordance with its Drug Transparency Reporting Program.

The decisions by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in In re Fisker Auto. Holdings, Inc., and the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia inFree Lance-Star Publ’g Co., have sparked discussions.

The window may be closing rapidly on one of the most popular—and effective—estate planning techniques—the GRAT.

The owners of tugs and other workboats are entitled to limit their liability under the Shipowner’s Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. §30501 et seq. ("Limitation Act"), to the same extent as the owners of ocean-going ships.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Marine Fisheries Service, issued the Final Rule on October 10, 2008 concerning speed restrictions on the east coast of the United States.

The AIA extensively reforms U.S. patent law, and in doing so, replaces the current first-to-invent system with a first-inventor-to-file system.

The recently implemented Administrative Measures show the Shanghai government's intention to relax and simplify the requirements for company domicile registration.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") released two new proposals that aim to expand the Bureau's authority over nonbank financial institutions:

Last week, a highly anticipated question in data privacy was finally answered, clarifying the power of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to oversee commercial data security practices and to sue businesses that fail to secure customer information adequately from data breaches.