-
1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Perry Cooper |Laura Mahoney
A bill on Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk intended to resolve uncertainty about a business and occupation tax deduction for investments doesn’t go as far as some attorneys who represent taxpayers would like. The investment provision is one of many related to the B&O tax in a bill lawmakers approved (H.B. 2081) before adjourning for the year on April 27.
-
3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court should use a dispute over a Georgia tax on strip clubs to clarify its First Amendment jurisprudence on what makes a law content-based versus content-neutral, groups backing opponents of the tax told the justices Wednesday. The amicus briefs support the Georgia Association of Club Executives, which asked the justices to overturn a 2024 Georgia Supreme Court ruling that the tax doesn’t violate the right to free speech.
-
3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Laura D. Francis
The US Supreme Court should use a dispute over a Georgia tax on strip clubs to clarify its First Amendment jurisprudence on what makes a law content-based versus content-neutral, groups backing opponents of the tax told the justices Wednesday. The amicus briefs support the Georgia Association of Club Executives, which asked the justices to overturn a 2024 Georgia Supreme Court ruling that the tax doesn’t violate the right to free speech.
-
2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Richard Tzul |Perry Cooper
The Gap Inc., Kohl’s Corp. and other retailers didn’t violate a state consumer protection law when they collected sales tax on cloth face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday.
-
2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Richard Tzul |Perry Cooper
The Gap Inc., Kohl’s Corp. and other retailers didn’t violate a state consumer protection law when they collected sales tax on cloth face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday.
-
Feb 13, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Michael W. Shapiro
The Federal Circuit reversed a trade agency’s invalidation of a patented composition called a polycrystalline diamond compact, which is used to make drill bits for the oil and gas industry.
-
Feb 13, 2025 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Perry Cooper |Michael W. Shapiro
The Federal Circuit reversed a trade agency’s invalidation of a patented composition called a polycrystalline diamond compact, which is used to make drill bits for the oil and gas industry.
-
Feb 3, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Michael W. Shapiro
Mitek Systems Inc. told the Federal Circuit it should once again revive its lawsuit seeking a judgment of noninfringement over mobile check-scanning patents in part because of an indemnity agreement with the firm that licenses its technology to major banks. The San Diego software maker used Jack Henry & Associates Inc. to sell a check-scanning phone app to a number of banks, several of which have been targeted by United Services Automobile Association’s patent litigation campaign.
-
Jan 27, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Perry Cooper |Michael W. Shapiro
The legal nonprofit that represents suspended Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman argued her colleagues are violating the law by excluding her from deliberations as the full court takes up a patent damages appeal. Newman is still an “active” judge under the US Supreme Court’s definition of the word even while she’s subject to a suspension, the New Civil Liberties Alliance argued in an amicus brief filed Jan. 24, and she therefore must be included in the en banc proceeding in EcoFactor Inc. v.
-
Jan 27, 2025 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Perry Cooper |Michael W. Shapiro
XYour Choices Regarding Cookies and IdentifiersWe and our 150 third party partners use cookies and similar technologies ("Cookies") and hashed identifiers (e.g., a hashed version of your name, email address or phone number) to help us identify you on our site and third-party sites and to process certain information, such as your IP address and digital identifiers, to analyze site usage and provide you with relevant advertisements and content.
