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What Private Companies and Family Offices Need to Consider in 2025

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Across all industries, private companies, family offices, and their owners and management teams face rapidly evolving challenges, opportunities, and risks in the dynamic environment that is 2025. Here are 11 issues that...more

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Administration Action Could Unravel the De Minimis Exception for Goods From China

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Many e-commerce retailers are closely monitoring increasing bipartisan criticism of the Section 321 de minimis program. This program, which provides an exemption for goods valued at $800 or less destined to a single person on...more

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U.S. Government Plans to Restrict Low-Value Imports Under De Minimis Exemption

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Under the current de minimis rule, shipments with an aggregate value up to $800 per day per person can be imported free of duties and taxes, except for antidumping and countervailing duties and taxes collected by other...more

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Georgia Online Marketplace Updates Prove Controversial

An update to a Georgia law regulating high-volume third-party sellers on ecommerce platforms that takes effect July 1, 2024 has proved controversial for wrapping in not only sales “through” the platform but also sales made by...more

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The Electronic Trade Documents Bill - it’s on the agenda!

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Following the highly anticipated publication by the Law Commission of its Electronic Trade Documents Report and draft Electronic Trade Documents Bill on 16 March 2022, the Electronic Trade Documents Bill (the Bill) is now on...more

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Will NFTs Push Regulators to Regulate the Metaverse?

A few years ago, NFTs were the subject of interest only for tech geeks and the cryptocurrency community. It seems, however, that nowadays, NFTs are almost everywhere. For those who don’t yet know, NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...more

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Senate passes online country of origin labeling requirements under the USICA

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On 8 June 2021, the Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which contains a wide range of provisions aimed at improving the United States’ global economic competitiveness, particularly toward China. ...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021

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Hope is in the air (not to mention copious amounts of tree pollen) here in New York – and that’s to say nothing of the Knicks’ hardwood resurgence, the Giants’ highly-acclaimed moves in last week’s NFL Draft and the Yankees’...more

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Updated: Maryland’s Latest Attempt to Fix its Digital Ad Tax May Lead to More Litigation

Shortly after Maryland passed the country’s first “Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax”, H.B. 732, the Maryland Senate went to work attempting to fix a few known glitches in the law. Senate Bill 787, which passed the...more

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Word Play: The Curious Case of Economic Nexus Legislation in Florida

In June 2018, the United States Supreme Court in Wayfair held that the physical presence of the taxpayer was no longer a prerequisite for imposition of a sales tax. In so doing, the Court blessed the concept of “economic...more

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Maryland’s Latest Attempt to Fix its Digital Ad Tax May Lead to More Litigation

Shortly after Maryland passed the country’s first “Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax,” H.B. 732, the Maryland Senate went to work attempting to fix a few known glitches in the law. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.7.2020 | Top Story: November Hiring Well Below Expectations as Employment Recovery Stalls

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Friday’s jobs report was not only 200,000 jobs below projections for November, but it marked the fifth straight month of a diminished pace of hiring in the United States and brought urgency to facing the reality that there...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines - December 2020

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In Washington: Congressional interest in a coronavirus relief legislation has been revived after months of the stalled negotiations. Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators held a press conference to introduce a broad...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 18

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In Washington: On Sunday, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx warned Americans to “assume that you’re infected” with COVID-19 if you traveled or gathered for Thanksgiving and advised being...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 9

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In Washington: Two public health experts on President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 task force rejected the idea of broad “lockdowns” like those seen in the spring designed to slow skyrocketing case numbers. Celine Gounder told...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.8.2020 | Top Story: Feds fine Citi $400M over “Longstanding” Governance Failures

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Federal regulators—including the Federal Reserve and the OCC—have fined Citigroup $400 million over “longstanding” failures in the areas of risk management, data governance, and internal controls. In addition to the fine, the...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – September 2020 # 13

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In Washington - Trump health administration officials testified Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the NIH,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.23.2020 | Top Story: Fed Chair Calls for More Covid-Related Stimulus From Congress

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The latest from Fed Chair Powell and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s first of several days on the Hill, including their take that the economy is improving but that continued fiscal support—from the Fed and from Congress—was...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – September 2020 # 5

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In Washington - Based on the Senate failing to advance a coronavirus stimulus bill and the ensuing election-season rhetoric by both sides of the congressional aisle, it is looking increasingly dim that a deal will be...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 17

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In Washington - The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday night and centered around President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 12

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In Washington - The threat of a partial government shutdown and the 30 Sept budget deadline might force negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill back on track. Congress must pass a continuing resolution to keep...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.11.2020 | Top Story: McDonalds Sues Former CEO Over Series of Workplace Affairs

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Eight months after firing its CEO, Steve Easterbrook, for “sexting with a subordinate,” McDonald’s has sued Easterbrook for allegedly “lying, concealing evidence and fraud” in what appears to be a series of other workplace...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – May 2020 #5

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In Washington: Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, has tested positive for coronavirus.  This is the second case of White House staff testing positive since yesterday.  Miller is married to White House...more

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Defense Procurement Overview of the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act

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Cybersecurity, supply chain risks, data rights, software acquisitions, and cost or pricing data are among the procurement-related issues targeted in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which...more

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Short-Term Rental Update: Airbnb poised for a reprieve in the EU; Guesty offers innovative and more streamlined tools for property...

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Airbnb poised for a reprieve in the EU - ("Why Airbnb Could Escape the Uber Trap in Europe," Fortune Magazine on Apr 30, 2019) The Court of Justice of the European Union is considering whether Airbnb was breaking the...more

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