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Duane Morris LLP New York, NY Document Search Results (9) Sort by:  | Obama Administration's 2013 Budget Proposal Includes Key Changes to Income Tax and Transfer Tax Provisions
Michael D. Grohman, Barry L. Small; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 27, 2012, previously published on February 27, 2012 On February 13, 2012, the Obama administration presented its revenue proposals for fiscal year 2013. Among these proposals are several significant changes to various income tax and transfer tax provisions.
| | New 2012 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program; Taxpayer Advocate Criticizes IRS "Bait & Switch"; Current Offshore Enforcement Initiatives
Stanley A. Barg, Michael A. Gillen, Jon Grouf, Hope P. Krebs, Anthony D. Martin, Thomas W. Ostrander, Megan R. Worrell; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 26, 2012, previously published on January 24, 2012 On January 9, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it had reopened the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) following the closure of the 2011 and 2009 programs and the collection of more than $4.4 billion USD from those programs. The third offshore program comes as the...
| | UK Construction Act: Long-awaited Changes Come into Effect This Fall
Nicole Woolard; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 21, 2011, previously published on November 16, 2011 Changes to the UK Construction Act (the "Act") overhaul certain payment procedures and dispute resolution or "adjudication" provisions, generally enhancing the rights of subcontractors and other payees. Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act...
| | CBP to Eliminate Courtesy Notice of Liquidation for Certain Entry Filings, Effective September 30, 2011
Brian S. Goldstein; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 18, 2011, previously published on August 17, 2011 On August 17, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a final rule in the Federal Register, stating that effective September 30, 2011, and to be implemented soon thereafter, CBP will cease the issuance of courtesy notices of liquidation for those importers of record that file their...
| | World Customs Organization Publishes Commentary to Valuation Agreement Related to Dutiable Status of Third-party Royalties and License Fees
Brian S. Goldstein; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 3, 2011, previously published on August 2, 2011 The United States and many of its trading partners have often disagreed on the inclusion of royalties and license fees in the dutiable value of imported merchandise. The World Customs Organization ("WCO") Technical Committee has recently published Commentary 25.1 to the WCO Valuation...
| | Proposed Comprehensive Revisions to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations
Brian S. Goldstein; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 19, 2011, previously published on July 14, 2011 In furtherance of President Obama's directive in 2009, to the various agencies that are charged with administering U.S. export laws, to conduct a broad-based review of the U.S. export control system, the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, by advance notice of proposed rulemaking, notified the...
| | "Religious Worship Services" After-Hours in School Facilities Prohibited by NYC Rule and Sustained by Second Circuit
Robert L. Byer, Anthony J. Costantini; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 16, 2011, previously published on June 14, 2011 By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—in The Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York—vacated a permanent injunction issued by a U.S. district court that had enjoined the enforcement of a policy prohibiting the use of...
| | Supreme Court Sets Stage for Skirmish on Price Impact and Securities Class Certification
Robert L. Byer, Anthony J. Costantini, Susan Schwochau; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 13, 2011, previously published on June 10, 2011 In Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit decision that required a putative class of investors to prove loss causation in order to attain class certification. The Court rejected defendant Halliburton's argument that the Fifth Circuit's...
| | SEC Proposes Disqualifying "Bad Actors" from Rule 506 Offerings
Robert P. Bramnik, Heather Carmody, Laurence S. Lese, Howell J. Reeves, Kathleen A. Roth, Chad J. Rubin; Duane Morris LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 8, 2011, previously published on June 6, 2011 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced proposed rules that would deny the safe-harbor exemption provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D to securities for any offering involving certain "felons and other 'bad actors'" under the Securities Act of 1933 (the...
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