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ArticleRepatriation Tax Compliance: IRS to Begin Examining 2017 & 2018 ReturnsOn November 4, 2019, the IRS announced that the LB&I division will begin examining 2017 and 2018 tax returns for compliance with the so-called repatriation tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 965.United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleRettig Starts Four-Year Term As IRS CommissionerOn October 1, Charles Rettig began his term as 49th Commissioner of the IRS. This gives the IRS a Commissioner for the first time in approximately one year, since his predecessor John Koskinen, an Obama appointee, stepped down in fall 2017.United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
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ArticleRopes & Gray's Investment Management Update April – May 2024The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry.United StatesFinance and BankingRopes & Gray LLP
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VideoValue-Based Health Care: Data & Technology (Video)There's a lot going on when it comes to technology and health care. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleFDA Issues Immediately Effective Guidance Allowing Waiver of Informed Consent for Minimal Risk ResearchThe United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance document announcing its intention not to object to an IRB's waiving or altering the informed consent requirements for an FDA-regulated clinical investigation that presents no more than minimal risk and involves adequate human subjects protections. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleGDPR And Clinical Research: Time For A Rethink?Although it's become an increasingly common occurrence, I can't help but feeling excited whenever the Financial Times reports on data protection.United KingdomPrivacyRopes & Gray
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ArticleDeadline For Grandfathered Deferrals Payable After 2017We are writing to remind you of an approaching deadline for accelerating certain previously grandfathered deferrals otherwise payable in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
VideoShareholder Proposal Rule (Video)SEC Rule 14a-8, the shareholder proposal rule, allows a shareholder who's owned at least $2,000 worth of company stock for at least one year to have a proposal included in the company's proxy...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawRopes & Gray LLP
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ArticlePodcast: COVID-19: Market Declines And Falling Out Of Carry: Considerations For Fund Sponsors And InvestorsIn this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Lindsey Goldstein and Isabel Dische discuss considerations...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Ropes & Gray LLP
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