Laura D. Francis
Team Leader at Bloomberg Law
Team Leader at Bloomberg Industry Group
Team Lead @BBGIndustry/@BLaw focused on litigation coverage. Disney-obsessed swim and soccer mom. Tweets my own, RTs ≠ endorsements.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Shweta Watwe |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 6-3 that the law governing the Federal Communications Commission’s administrative orders doesn’t preclude US district courts from reviewing the agency’s orders under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case here arose out of a junk fax dispute where the district court said the 1950 Hobbs Act, a federal law which says in part that FCC final orders must be reviewed by circuit courts, required class decertification.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Laura D. Francis
June 19, 2025, 11:48 PM UTC Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 30, 2025. Photographer: Tierney L.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court 8-1 held Thursday that the US Tax Court properly dismissed a woman’s case over her tax levy after the IRS applied a tax refund from another year to the debt.
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news.bloomberglaw.com | Laura D. Francis |Brian Flood
The US Supreme Court ruling that Wisconsin’s preference for religious groups that only serve followers of their own faith is unconstitutional has opened new pathways for state tax and other exemptions. The unanimous decision reversed the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s holding that Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. was rightfully denied an exemption from unemployment taxes because it provides services indistinguishable from those offered by secular organizations.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Tristan Navera |Laura D. Francis
Meta Platforms Inc.‘s Facebook and the IRS filed cross-motions in US Tax Court arguing that the law is on their side as to whether the company can claim CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s stock options as part of its research tax credits. Meta filed a petition in 2018 in a longstanding dispute over the credits for wages paid for employee research, which the Facebook parent claimed for the 2012 and 2013 tax years.
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The new #SCOTUS test for 10(j) injunctions doesn't just make it harder for the NLRB to get them--it also opens the door for employers to access evidence they can use to defend themselves in the underlying administrative proceedings. From @robertiafolla: https://t.co/cvuQVhhHhK
Legislation that would bar student athletes from being considered employees by virtue of their participation in college sports advanced in a House committee yesterday on a party-line vote. Read more from @lilah_burke and @parker_purifoy: https://t.co/kW07tKF1UT
RT @MrSethHarris: I had a fascinating conversation with @jacobin's @alexnpress and @BLaw's @robertiafolla in a brand-new @PowerAtWorkBlog b…