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On May 10th, the Taxation Committee held a public hearing on LD
1496, An Act to Modernize and Simplify the Tax Code.
The Department of Defense has issued a new instruction that establishes internal DOD policies for detecting, avoiding, and remediating counterfeit parts in the DOD supply chain, and allocates responsibility among various DOD offices and functions for administering or developing those counterfeit prevention policies.
Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.
Governor LePage has recently vetoed his third bill of the session, LD 405, An Act to Increase Municipal Agent Fees for Licensing and Registration of Motor Vehicles.
The Supreme Court of the United States has recently issued a unanimous decision upholding citizen-specific limitations in the State of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
April was a particularly active month in terms of grant and procurement news specific to nonprofits.
Governor Rick Scott has recently signed into law House Bill 569, which enacts sweeping changes to Florida’s campaign finance laws.
The sequester remains in the news, drawing attention most recently when sequester-induced furloughs of air traffic controllers led to airport backups.
On April 18, 2013, the FCC announced streamlined policies and procedures for review of foreign ownership of U.S. companies holding common carrier wireless licenses and certain aeronautical radio licenses.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence is considering signature of several legislative bills passed during the 2013 session, including one that would require Indiana Redevelopment Commissions to report on their activities to city, town and county councils.
In December, 2011, the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) caused much consternation among the federal contracting community.
Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Explores Drug Distribution Security...Senate HELP Releases Drug Compounding Oversight Draft...Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule Proposed.
On March 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision imposing certain socio-economic contract requirements on subcontractors operating hospitals associated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers.
Following up on my post on the matter from some time ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Colin O'Keefe of LXBN regarding sequestration's impact on government contractors.
In 1997, the Virginia Supreme Court sent a chill down the spines of many companies operating under teaming agreements with a Virginia choice of law provision. In W.J. Schafer Associates, Inc. v. Cordant, Inc., 493 S.E. 2d 514 (Va. 1997), that court held a teaming agreement to be unenforceable on the ground that "agreements to agree in the future" are "too vague and too indefinite to be enforced."
Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House
Debriefings are a source of great frustration for both contractors and Government personnel.
Earlier this month, news broke of a twelve-minute audio recording of a Feb. 2 campaign meeting Sen. Mitch McConnell attended at his campaign office in Kentucky.
The House has approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which allows private companies and the federal government to exchange information relating to cybersecurity threats.
Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.
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On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014 (the Budget).
On January 17, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations that provide guidance on the "Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act".
In an unprecedented use of its USA PATRIOT Act Section 311 authority, Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) yesterday issued orders effective immediately.
Litigators should be aware of recent noteworthy amendments to the federal removal statutes.
A critical component of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform package, put together by the so-called "Gang of Eight," is a provision that would require all employers to participate in the E-Verify program.
The U.S. Supreme Court has recently held that the presumption against extraterritoriality applies to claims under the Alien Tort Statute, and as such, there is no federal court jurisdiction under the ATS for torts in violation of the law of nations that occur in a foreign country.
The Obama Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 on April 10, which included several proposals affecting estate planning.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") has proposed to amend its regulations by extending the availability of employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants.
The Government has announced that at some point in Spring 2013 it will bring into effect a new permitted development ("PD") right, to allow changes in use from Use Class B1(a) (offices) to Use Class C3 (residential), so that there will be no requirement to obtain an express planning permission for such a change in use.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has recently issued its decision in the case of "Noel Canning vs. National Labor Relations Board".
