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The IRS recently released a Governance Check Sheet which will be used by IRS revenue agents during an audit of public charities described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Any U.S. taxpayer with a financial interest in a foreign bank account is required to file the FBAR form if the aggregate value of the account exceeded $10,000.

On September 10, 2013, the Coast Guard issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making.

The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on June 22, 2009 to establish notice of arrival (“NOA”) requirements for units (i.e. floating facilities, mobile offshore drilling units (“MODUs”), and vessels) planning to engage in Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) activities in order to improve U.S. maritime domain safety and security awareness.

The Department of Transportation recently announced that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects under the TIGER program.

On October 5, 2011, the MV Rena, a 47,000 ton container vessel registered in Liberia and owned by the Costamare Shipping group, struck the Astrolabe Reef off of Tauranga, New Zealand. At the time of this advisory, the ship is in extreme distress and on the verge of breaking up.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Notice to the Area Port of New Orleans Trade Community, announcing electronic online reporting of possible Jones Act violations.

Companies often ask if it is possible to obtain a Jones Act waiver in emergency circumstances or otherwise when they know that there may not be domestic Jones Act vessels available...

On August 7, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Notice 2009-62, which extends the deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, or “FBAR”) from September 23, 2009 to June 30, 2010 for two groups of U.S. persons for 2008 and prior calendar years.

In a precedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Opalinski v. Robert Half Int’l recently held that a federal judge—not an arbitrator—should decide whether an agreement between individuals to arbitrate employment disputes should extend to class-wide arbitration. 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 14538 (3d Cir. July 30, 2014).

In a decision issued late last fall that surely surprised "wizened veterans" of the debate over corporate creditor standing to bring derivative claims, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed creditors' derivative claims brought against the board of directors of an insolvent limited liability company.

On October 3, 2008, following weeks of contentious negotiations between the House and Senate, Congress approved and the President signed into law a comprehensive tax extenders bill as part of H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, New York’s Court of Appeals issued a groundbreaking decision holding that a plaintiff’s common-law claims for breach of fiduciary duty and gross negligence against a securities firm were not preempted by the Martin Act—New York’s "blue sky" law.

All employers, particularly those with employees in New York, should be aware of three important developments in New York employment law.

The federal False Claims Act is one of the United States' most effective tools to detect and prevent fraud against the Government.

At the outset of 2019, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf set a goal for Pennsylvania to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

On September, 26, 2012, in perhaps the most significant New Jersey environmental decision in the last 30 years.

The City of Philadelphia is imposing its School Income Tax on City residents’ Subchapter S Corporation income, whether or not distributed.